Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-01
KISSING AS FINE ART.
Some Kisses are Delicious, Whilo
Others are Thoroughly Insipid-

1t is said that kissing gees by favor.
Sometimes il does-very often it does
not. There are rs many kinds OF kisses
as there are OF Strawberries, and like
the fruit they differ In size and flavor.
Some are delicious, and others are in
siped as the fruit that grows by the
Dead sea- l suppose in discussing
these little explosives l ought TO classify
them as we do plants and minerals, but
instead Of that / shall bunch them and
select a few from the job lot
l NAV say, by way of a starter, that
when kissing came il came 10 stay, and
the old records show that it came very
early in the history of mankind.
would not have the cheek TO say that
when Adam awOke from that sleep
when he lost a rib and beheld beautiful
Eve blushing by his side he kissed her,
but will assert that II lie bore any re-
semblance 10 the males of the present
day there is not doubt that he tasted
her cherry lips. l will further assert
II Mother Eve had the same anticIpa-
tions that her daughters have she eX-
pected that Adam would salute her 4
kiss. Under the circumstances 1t IS
reasonable TO suppose that kissing COM
MenCeu III lut OdIuGA VI L-uCA- DOi
you think so?
Now, my dear, l am not going into
any sentimental dlsquisitIon on kissing.
l don't believe could if / wished to.
Poets and novelists have given us n
surreit of that long ago, while at the
same time many or them have not had
half rs much practice "a those ''whO
kiss and don't tell. d" There Is consid-
erable etiquette in kissing, by which l
mean there are rules or proprieties
which make kiss proper or improper.
y baby furnishes free lunch for kisses.
but if that baby is a girl there comes a
time when said free lunch ceases You
run no risk ut l6 months, but you must
be careful about it at IL years, although
in nv opinion she Is really more kiss
able at the latter age. l never had a
passion for kissing babies-it seemed
| like plucking fruit before it vas ripe,
and. besides that, | DO not believe II IS
right for smokers, chewerS and snuu
dippers to glue their tobacco tlnctured
lips TO a baby.
kissing that is genuine must be done
by those who want il. It takes two
willing people to make one kiss, Just as
il takes two blades TO make scissors
ANY other sort Is not perfect, although
il may be pleasant. 1t requires the
combined effort Of both sexes to make
IL a success. Women kiss each other
because il is the custom, but they have
none Of the genuine flavor, and they
are as dried apples compared TO the
iuicy fruit when II hung on the tree.
Their action, their cOuntenance and
their whole bearing show that there Is
no endowment in il, and some of them
take il like distasteful medicine. In
SAYING this l have reference to those
who have no affinity either by the ties
of consanguinIty or love.
1 like to see children kiss each other
because there is no deceit nor dress
parade in il. They are genuine and
have some meat in them, although
they have not the sugary sweetness of
those given to lovers. They are first
class in every respect, because they are
when they are ripe. 1t makes
me laugh to see two men kiss each
other. / know il is the habit in some
and 1 have frequently seen it
AZ the Broad Street Station in Philadel-
phia, but | cannot believe that it Is a
luxury. 1t is an unseNed kiss, and that
IS sufficient to destroy all its magnetic
sweetness. | might 20 on and give 4
sermon on this sort Of kissing, but as l
desire 70 introduce the opinion of others
| desist for the present. Here is what
4 celebrated writer says on the sub
iect. There IS both sentiment and
sense III II.
"a kiss to be success must have
mutual interests; there must be a reci-
procIty in the operation, or somebody
suffers the punishment of disgust.
-
mean a victory as robbing a birds
nest, and kissing too willing ones is
about rs unfragraut a pastlme as max
ing bouquets out OF dandelions.
AT the start the average man makes
a botch of kIsS!ug. The beauty of a
kiss lies in its impulsiveneSs and its i'm
pressibility, nor is it possible to make
the first one too brief. There is danger
in the attempt to make the initial kiss
complete. The girl won't have it.
There is too much audacIous avarice
about it. The thing to DO is to go at
the fair creatures lips slowly, so rs not
to frighteu her. 1t is TO be expected
that she viii draw them away from the
point OF attack, but instead of retreat
| the thing for herolsm to do IS to kiss
her on some place-on the cheek, the
temple, behind the ear or on the hair.
"a wOmau'S fancies are as branch
| ing rs the trees OF forest, and how
| ever unsatisfactory to the swain the
misplaced kiss may have been, II Will,
if left to itself, make tue recipient won
| drous indulgent next time. She will
caress the spot where your lips have
been, look at the place through hand
| glass, and dream of the one who placed
it there. When sufficient progress has
been made in the love e-making TO war
rant the ideal kfs, take it methodical-
ly, with both hands, and the gentle
touch that love can teach. Let the
left arm go about-nOt her neck, TO
Wrinkle crepelisSe ruche-but about
her shoulders. Take her chin in the
right hand, allowing three fingers 10
touch the pretty white throat, holding
the face with the thumb and foreiinger.
which Will form sort of wise for love :
conquest. Move her head to one side
and little backward and. approaching
SO rs TO make the quartette Of lips de
scribe the diameter of an imaginary
square, kiss her twice - the seCo ID
double the length of its very short pre-
decessor. This double kiss is clue Il
a mans culture.
"Only the uncOuth, ill-bred lover
kisses as he learned 70 country units.
The gentleman who las had the good
fortune 10 he borne III an atmosphere
of refinement makes a duet of his first
and final sdlutatIOn, whatever may be
the numerical value of the intermedi-
ates- The well bred girl wants short,
sharp, swapping kisses, that pop inaudi-
bly,, but stiu pop. y kiss on the haiI
is the kiss OF a poet; tenderness is i'm
piled when the lips press the eyelids
reverence is spoken when the brow i:
caressed and protecting love when the
cheek IS empearled.
Nothing can sancitifY a kiss but