The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-08-22

an illustration Of the comparative deGree
Of the kiss We have only to turn to that
exquisite anacreontic, the "SOng Of Solo
mon," to find II. That wise and pleasure
loving philosopher wrote:
Let him kiss me with the kisses Of his mouth;
for thy love is better than wtne.-ChpteF J.
Thy lips, oh my spouse. drip 9! the honey.
comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue
Chapter 4, verse II.
HI. lips like lilies dropping sweetImeIling
M SFrh.-Chnpter ., verse H.
SOlOmon's kisses were Of the inviting
eharacter, otherwise he would not have
enjoyed them so much. Even in his
rhapsody there is q method. But the
reat kiss. the climax, the apex Of ecStatic
bliss is to he found in the superlative kiss
of the dranIatist MarloWe. He writes in
"Dr. Faustus":
Was this the face that launeh'd a thousand EhipS'
And burnt the topless towers Of lliumf
sweet Helen. make me immortal with kiss.
Her lips suck iorth my soul; see, where It nies'
Beyond any and all question this kiss
is the most powerful on record. What q
vast stride there is betwixt this kiss Of
Solomon and the kiss Of Marlowe! Solo
OnIon's is like lilies dropping sweet.
smelling myrrh," very pretty figure Of
speech, by the way, and one that Is very
delicate. Compared with the affair Of
MarlOwe, it is idyllic as q June morning
in contrast with December blast.
II there are degrees in kissing there is
also an art in the kiss. 1t 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 to artistic rules. There
are some who could not kiss II they were
to spend their whole lives In attempting
to master the art. Grant it that most
women like to kiss and be kissed. II Is .
part Of their nature, as it is the nature Of
birds to sing and owls to blink. II they
can't kiss bewhiskered fare they are sat.
isfied with q smooth one. And II the
smooth one is the face Of one Of their own
kind the kiss counts just the same. But
they certainly do object to being kissed
brutally. But this l mean indelicately,
fOrcibly, bur Slariously, fliriously, muscu-
IarIy. No woman wants to be bounced
upon for kiss as q falcon seizes upon Its
victim or cat pounces upon an unfor-
tunate mouse. A kiss to be enjoyable
must he artistic. There should be the
premonitory warning, the careful and de-
lightful preparation. What q world Of ex.
quisite emotion there is in this! The arm
gently encirclinS the waist and pressing
the quivering form with tender 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 on the eyes
close as II in the intoxication Of the de-
lirium that is so near. Then the realiza-
ton. Heaven preserve US. The appli-
cation Of the four lips in gentle desperate,
fully realizinS S-the-importance-of-the-situ
alton and sOul.stirring style, comes the
climax, the real soul of the kiss, it's inner
consciousness, its very living essence.
This cannot be described, because Il varies
with the individual. With some there
comes at the instant q long-drawn-out,
symmetrical, and suggestive sound, some
thing like drawing q bow over the mute
string Of a violin. With others there ID
the CURLING sound, which carries the
idea that the pair are in the last stages Of
poignant frenzy. Last and best Of all the
game is tile very choicest kind Of q kiss
the kiss accompanied by the velvety, ad-
hesive sound, that plainly says; Now
we have got what We want, and would
like to stay here forever. Goodness gra-
cious! It sets one all over in Q titilation,
or Standardization, rs you please,
just to think Of It.
A kiss, to be thoroughly appreciated
and enjoyed, should cause every nerve
renter in the physical organism to dance
riotously In series Of transports. Such
kisses go to the very roots Of ones being.
They are never forgotten. Even in the
throes Of final dissolution, I imagine that
the memory Of the sweet kisses Of . life
time steal over one like the recollection Of
something that Is too lovely 70 be perish
able. A kiss that is conceived In the
pure fancy and exeCuted With proper re-
finement and intelIi1ence, accompanied
with the necessary sentiment, ought to
live forever.
Heaven preserve me, however, from
the perfunctory kiss Of two women.
There Is something about q kiss Of the
kind that Is as dismal rs the desert Of Sa-
hara. There Is not even one oasis In Il to
mark the dFeary waste. u b worse than
melody measured out with yardstick or
poetry dolrd out by the quart. There Is
no inspiration about it-none whatever Of
any kind. What a dull, sodden affair Is
the fare Of a pretty Rirll How the same
pretty face be ONES illuminated with the
fire Of the soul when 1t 10 kissed by-well,
perhaps this is getting 10 be an overdeli.
rate 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. II Is as uninviting as the fields