The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-30
aE}OET KISSING.
There Are Degrees and Art IN Ii.
From the Detroit Free Press.


From the Detroit Free Press.
II there are degrees IN kissing there Is
also an art in the kiss. It is not every
one that can kiss properly. The kiss is
born. not made. He may achieve great
ness in his particular line, but 1t must be
done according 10 artistic rules. There
are some who could not kiss were they to
spend their whole lives IN attempting to
master ;he art Grant 1t that most
women like to kiss and be kissed. 1t is
a part of their nature, ust As it is the MAJ
ture of birds TO sing and owls TO blink
And il they cannot kiss bewhi>kered
face they are satisfied with a smooth one.
And if the smooth one is the face Of one
of their own kind the kiss counts just the
same. But thew certainly do object to
being kissed brutally. BY this mean
indellcatelv, forcibly, burglariously, furi-
ouslv, muscularlv. No woman wants to
be pounced upon for kiss as a falcon
seizes upon It's victim or cat
pounces upon an unfortunate mouse
\ kiss to be enjoyable must be
artistic There should be the Fremont
tory warning, the careful and delightful
PREPARATION. What a world of exquisite
emotion there is in this. The arm gently
encirciin9 he waist and pressing the
qnvering form with tender and deep
sea meaning. Then comes the next stage,
the placing Of the finger tips on the
rounded cheek and its succeeding slight
elevation With this the lips of the fair
one automatically pucker and the eyes
close as if in til" intoXlcation Of the de-
lirium that it is 50 near. Then the real
ization. Heaven preserve Us. The ap-
p.ication Of the tour lips III a gentle, des-
perate, tull v-rcaiiziug -the-imp ortance-o Of
the-,ltuation and ,oul->tirring style. comes
the climax, the real soul Ct The kiss, It's
inner CONSCIOUSNESS, It's VERY living q,
sence. This cannot DC described because
il varies with the individual. With some
there comes at the instant a long, drawn
out, svmmetrica and Suggestive sound
something Ike the lrawing OF bow over
ti.y mute string II 4 violin. With other,
there j, the gur-.ing sound, WhicH car
rIe~ the .r2 tNa, the 1..r ar !" the last
stages II q si-,.ant tr-:Hv. I.a-t AMI
BIS y, e.. t- 1.tlc !, VIE 1eIr cno;cv,t
l>:... ii K ~~-.:... <-~ 4c.aa4} ;t.;-l ~
tie ye.1e,r. aln ~.9. sound Il 1t l...'a.r
\..e. W. l.>e Lo' Vl..- ~. want
at Isl ~tsr r-y.r C,ooJ-
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p.ra>r. ~. ~ ,tit4N - il.
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ami .niryvl, >hou.d cause eIcry Derive
centre in TIE ph, steal organism 10 lance
!ioiou>ly IN series 81 Transports. Such
kisses 20 u The cry roots If ones being.
They are never forgotten. Even in the
thrors Of final dissolution, imagine that
the memory 81 the sweet kisses Of a lie
tirno ~.eal over pn- TX the recollection
OF something shat j 200 lovely To be per
i-na1lc, in, winch. like all else in this
world. nu-; he sacrificed 20 the inevita-
br \ ks, tlat i conceived III the pure
fancy and executed with proper refinement
arl intelligence, accompanied by ne
necessary sentiment, ought to live for
cvtr.
Heaven rrc~crv" ne, however from
the periunctory ki-- OF Two women. There
is something about kiss OF The kind that
i, a, dismal a. the desert OF Sahara There
IS not even one oasis in il to mark the
drcarv waste l. Is worse than melody
measured ou; with yar,!.>ticb or poetry
dolcd out by the quart. There is no
inspiration about it-nonc hatcver Of
any kind What a dali. Sodden affair is
the face Of a pretty girl How the same
pretty face becomes illuminated with the
fire of the soul when it is kissed bv--well,
perhaps this is getting to be an over-deh-
cate matter, and something ought to be
left to the imagination of the reader.
However. there is no rhapsody in the
kiss exchanged by two girls or two
women. 1t is as unnviting as the fields
in winter.