New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
TROERLE IN MATTITTCh.

few days ago we had occasion to REFER 10
the Presbyterian Church fair at Mattltuck' ~.
l.. at which the young ladies OF the nocK "iio"e"
themselves to be kissed by the gentlemen ae Uhc
rate of twenty-five cents apiece. At the .nnie
we commended the practice as an eAceIehV way
in which to raise money for the neglected. hea.hen'
and we have had no reason to change our Vie"7'
It seems however, that though the plan prongnO
ioy to the heathcn it has made trouble IN MAUI
tuck The Methodists are scandallzeo' MID
Putney SAYS that she never heard OF anything
like it in her life Mrs. Tabor wouldn't peiieNe
il il she hadn't seen it with her own eyes-ieaV-
ing it a matter Of only the widest CONJECTURE as
to what she would have done II Sic
had happened to hHve been using
pair of borrowed eyes that day AS ior Mrs'
Shanks and Mrs. Prescott and Mrs. Stephen Rogers
and dozen other prominent Methodis's' ,heS
say that it is heathenish. positively heatIenish-
such thing might possibly happen in Paris ana
he thought nothing of. but never IN an Ehghsi-
speaking country, unless it might perhaps oe III
Australia some such place very very iohs
distance away. And as for the MethodiSt young
ladies, they are indignant and refuse 10 speak
10 the Presbyterian young ladies who indulgeu III
the kissing exercises. The Presbyterlans OF course
reply that it is Of jealousy on the paf.
of the MethoGIsts, and the young ladies VINO dio
the kissing say that the Methodist young iadies
would kiss too if anybody would KISS them' Du'
this is certainly doing the Methodist girls gross
Injustice as our adviccs inform us that all the
young ladies of Mattituck, without regard 10
church or creed, are fair to look upon and alto
gether ldssable.
But the worst consequence Of the kissing opera
tions is in individual case. Miss Brdie HAN
kensOn, daughter of Isaac Newton Hankensoh'
proprietor Of Hankcnson's Long Island Wooden
Pump Factory has for some time been engaged
to be married to Arthur H. Boggs, rising young
man employed as cashier, head bookkeeper and
chief salesman in the pump works AT the time
for the fair young Mr. Boggs was away from Mat
tltuck pushing the sale of the Han<enson wooden
pump in neghboring towns. his intention being 70
return Saturday in time TO balsnce up the DOCKS
and pay off the force employed In the works'
which latter operation rendered necessary uie
drawing of two checks--one for the man and the
other for the boy. Miss Hankenson would have
consulted Mr.. Boggs before she Joined in the KISS
Ing exercises if he had been in town, but he was
not. She hesitated at first, but she thought OF
the poor heather, and their want of clothes was
too much and she went with the others Now.
Miss Birdie TIankenson is the belle Of Mattituck-
-
the fair-kssing may be said to have been phe
nomena There was $3.50 raised at % cents n
kiss. and there twelve young ladies impli-
Gated. little earnest reckoning with good
lead pencil and piece Of paper will show the
reader that each young lady would Nave earned
$l3 80 and small fraction, which would have
required ffty-three and one-third kisses apiece
a really small number after all for the Methodlss
to make so much fuss about, the Presbyterian
girls aptly remark But some earned more than
others; Miss IIan<ensou, Of course, led, with
500 - 10 her credit When Arthur II. Boggs
heard of this his quick ear for figures instantly
told him that his future wife had been kissed
ninety-one times Arthur Hartley Boggs called
on Birdie llankenson. She tried TO explain. but
he would not listen Selling up Christmas
card he hastily multiplied 22.75 by four, in figures
an inch high, tossed it in her lap and stalked
away. To-day \. II. Boggs is on long and re-
mote trip through Connecticut. which may in
clude parts of Rhode Island, ostcnsby in the
interests Of the Ilankenson pomp, hut really 1t is
m attempt to forget his sorrow in distant travel.
The heathcn rejoces in his darkness, but he does
not know that he has blighted two young hearts.