Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
WHEN WOMEN KISS WOMEN.
Opinion of a Young Lady on tho Time
Hon0red Custom.


This is an age of female advancement
Strong-minded women all over the land are
rising to put down, with an iron-like firm.
ness, all feminine weaknesses; the strike is
for higher, more masculine standard
The old-time "lady," with her laces and
frIlls, her gentleness and timidity, hyster.
les, smelling bottles, simperings and prud
ishness, is defunct The nineteenth cen
tury woman" rises superior in her tailor
made suits, stiff, white collars and cuff
and big umbrella; she goes unattended
wearing a martial air Of assurance, the ex
preston of perfect independence; prac.
tees law and medicine; fills pulpits, lee
ture platforms and almost every other pc.
sitiOn occupied by men.
Revolutions, it is said, never go back
ward, and in the progress of the world and
Its advance in civilization, we find the
condition of women coming along for its
proper share of alleviation. Her cause has
been pushed forward for years, and has
increased in strength and magnitude with
the march of time The old shackles that
so bound her in tyrannical subjection are
falling away one by one, but few hoary
customs cling to her still with their ener.
waiting down-hill tendencies. Among these
is the abominable habit of kissing. 1t i:
like barnacle to ship; vulture at the
throat of an eagle. A further thrust mus
be made and the tie severed.
Friends Americans, countrvyomen
arise, to the rescue! There is nothing ir
the world like setting a new order of things
afoot. Mrs. Belya Lockwood says she al
lows her name to be brought forward il
connection with the Presidency, not sc
much with the hope of being elected, a.
for forwarding and circulating the move
ment for female suffrage So it is with the
question of kissing, A little ripple otter
sets the mighty deep in motion.
Women, as whole, are constitutionally
opposed to kissing each other; they do il
simply because they are expected to
Entire strangers kiss; enemies kiss; there
is no distinction made between friend anC
foe. If the practice engendered gooC
feeling, if affection was deepened, if hu
manity's tie was strengthened it would be
Enthusiastically lly, much TO be commended
but under the existing circumstances it is
highly distasteful, as | have heard mum
bers of women declare, and as every Eo.
man in the State would admit if pressed
for an opinion.
When the lips meet the hat is dislodged
the collar bent, the powder brushed from
the chin and nose, causing anything but
angelic feelings. Besides these objection
able features, there are numerous other.
that speak eloquently for themselves with
out being enlarged upon. All heather
nations have modes of salutation supe
rior to ours. 1t is to be wished thai
they would send US a missionary nor
that subject. The custom of rub
bing noses is highly preferable to escu
latlon. Thesdeep salaam of the Eastern
countries is quite majestic and dignifed ir
comparison. ] move we adopt 1t. Somt
of us, during ,.the prevalence of certain
fashions, would find it little ineonveni
ent, but the charitable view to be taken o.
that is, that only one person suffers at, 9
time.
Allow me to.add, as an afterthoEaht, ir
the light of a concession, that the fore
going remarks were made for the benefit Of
the present and younger generation. The
old ladies, those eawho have passed the bes;
part of their days in kissing, and who
have become wedded to the woGh-be
amiable practice, will not be expected to
relinquish it in their declining wears. II
IS alone to these whose hearts are fresh
and lives untrssnmeled that L appeal ITO
take forward step in tkis advance move
ment.-Georgid EoodsGg.