The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-21

put my soul into my lips and viii take
| pleasure in the work
Mr.. Clay drew himself up to his full
height, while the girls Uttered, and said,
WI h graudiloquent air: Il thank you,
hr. Chngman, but | am perfectly able to
attend to my duties, private as well as pub
| liC.'n
Gen. Sherman's kisses have been almost
national in their reputation. and he might
answer as did Buchanan at one time when
some youth offered 70 relieve him of this
feature of his Presidential popularity.
Buchanan waved his young man aside and
said: II kiss for the nation" It is the same
with the jolly General, though it is said that
his short, wiry nustache sometimes scratches
| the lips OF the tender maidens. He SAYS
pretty girls are Gods most perfect handi-
work, and that he is never ashamed to ex-
press his admiration for them. One day
during his calls here in Washington, a
| friend OF his said on meeting him; ''Oh,
General, have a beautiful girl here, whom
l want TO present to you, and | know you
VAL ike her, for she Is very nice. She VIII
be glad TO sec you, and want YOU to kiss
her. Tothis the General replied that he
was always glad to meet pretty girls and
| always glad ID obiige a friend. The lady
then asked him to wait and she would
bring the young lady TO him. A moment
later she returned with her little | year-old
baby girl in the arms of its nurse, and the
| two were formally introduced. Gen. Sher-
man was surprised at the size of the young
lady, but he leaned over aud put a rousing
smack on its rosebud of a mouth. In the
| meantime the gir,s are quite as friendly to
zen. Sherman as he is to them, and she
would be foolish indeed who would re-
fuse kiss from the General
James G. Blaine, as a rule, confines his
kisses TO babies, bit he is the most affec-
ct. h. i
and numerous cur Gus .cidents occurred
during his trips throughout the United
States which evidence the admiration of
women for him. At Bellaire, during the
campaign Of 1880 he made stirring speech,
which called p, 600 people from the sur
rounding country. TIE West Virginia girls
came over in squads, and each one of them
was bound to shake hads with Blaine They
besieged him at the little country hotel
where he stopped and pushed their way in
to his room, where he was decidly en- dis
hdbttte. After the meeting was over they
hung around the train, and he reached his
arm out of the widow and shook hands
with them as they stood upon tho platform.
Now, Blaine has way of squeezing and
holding on to your hand while he talks to
you. He had just grasped the soft, plump
fingers of a sweet 16-year-old girl when
some friend engaged him in conversation
inside the car. He evidently forgot all about
the girl, and supposed he was bclding the
hand of the man he was talking to. Itmay
be the touch was soft and soothing At
least he held on, pressing it in emphasis of
each kind word he gave to his friend, until
the young GIRLS lover, whose face had
grown blacker aid blacker, as he saw
Blaine evidently fiirtiGg with his girl, came
no and pulled Blaine's sleeve and made him
let 60. In tie meantime the crowd had
begun TO laugh and it was very embarrass-
ing for the young girl.
President Cleveland is averse to the kiss
ing of babies, and he avoids it whom
ever he possibly can at his MONDAY recep-
tiOns. Now and then he has to succumb,
however, and he would perhaps add to his
popularity with his cabinet if he would do
as Andrew jackson did-deegate the kiss
ing to them. jackson. on one of his tours, was
handed dirty faced baby by very proud
mother. Secretary of War Eaton was stand
ing beside him at the time. Jackson held
the baby up and aid: Here is a beauti-
ful specimen Of Young American childhood.
Note tire brightness of that eye, the
strength of these limbs. and the sweetness
of those lips" Here he pushed the baby in
TO the face of Gen Eaton and said, without
a word of warning:"Kiss him Eaton!n and
of course Eaton had TO do so.