Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
NO KISSING E
Al Easy Discovery Which the japanese
strangely Failed To Make.

strangely Failed tn Make.
Young girls are as nature made
| them. and very sweet they are. too,
in their quaint dresses, showing the
plump chest aud rounded arms. Pages
could he written about their charms.
What dear, dainty little dolls they are!
Such white teeth, rosy lips, and coy
smiles. Who shall describe themi and
what ncXtl A kiss, perhaps! Not
over here. Oh, never! They never
do. They don't know how, actually
don't know how, and even peasant
girls are closely guarded.
Fancy n young man in cotton kimo-
no and wooden clogs stealing a chance
Ia walk with his best girl under the
blooming cherry trees, explaining the
consultations and quoting sentimental
poetry; telling her thai 'he hung
gpun her cyeiids, that "her voice was
like Il temple gong in fact, that hG
loved bat her alo.e, and then making
! her several formal bows al the looro
her fathers straw tllatched hui rs they
E.}trfi IN the moonlight. Can any
| American lover stretch his magma
1 'iOu far enough 10 believe in Il sweet
heart not kissing those pretty lips,
palnt and all, by 4 sort OF natural sc
/ lgsi.ouE
lis q melancholy fact, but n Japan
csc has no such impulse. No lover
courts his mistress with sweet per
suasiye kisses" No mother kisses her
baby rs she cuddles it against her DO.
som. Parting husband presses the
hand Of his wife aud bends his fore
! lead 10 the mats in sad farewell.
! Our SITUATIONS run through the ere
.ocndu %! bow, handshakc, kiss and
Kiss. cant explain the difference in
grade between the last two, but every
body knows. But in Japan the cy.
preston OF regard Is regulated by the
number and length of the Stlaams.
4 friend who constantly travels
about tie country told me "f a little
| illustration in point. lie had been on
the road for SIX weeks, having with
| him a native merchant who WAS inter-
csted IN his business. On their return
10 Toxic he accompanied the broker
10 his home, a permit for the nights
visit having been obtained from the
local inspector of police.
The wife met her husband and his
friend at the door and ushered them
in. Together they assisted their guest
TO remove his coat. The wife next
took from her lord his wadded kimono
and other wraps and folded them
away.
Then, and not Until then. did they
kneel upon the mats and bow long and
low to each other. You haze been
many weeks away from us said the
wife in a sweet. aifectionat" voice.
we have waited for you with impa.
ticnce. ! hope that you are well, dear
la~noskesan." And he thanked her and
said he Was.
Ny friend had been curious 10 know
hctherthescformalities which he had
always witnessed between acquaint-
anCcs would be repeated between the
dcvoutcd couple, who wOuld not feel
restrained before an old friend.
! retUld the story "a a select audi
encc, and added my opinion that the
missionaries might give the belated
Japs some pointers on earthly bliss
when instruction on the heavenly Joys
of another life had vacation. Why
not get up classes to teach the art OF
kissing, with some good old gray
headed elders Us instructors! That
would be quite harmless and proper.
Tie girls could learn if they began
quito small Toxic Cor san Frauci
90 Chronicle.