The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-03
EXTINCTION OF THE KISS


Sanitary Science Invading the eseW~
Realm nj Romantic Sentiment.
The kiss of affection and romantic
love is celebrated in the song ana
story Of all ages. Sacred literature
iustifies and honors the holy KISS OF
religious sympathy and fellowship
The meeting Of the lips has always
been with our race the universal ana
natural and spontaneous expression
of the most tender sentiment.
Now sanitary science pushes itseii
forward 10 degrade the kiss to the
level of sewer gas and the many
agencies by which noxiousand mice
tious disease is propagated. 1t Is de-
handing the abolition OF the practice
ma n remnant Of hGrbarOus ignorance
of the laws Of health. ltwould subor-
diuate romantic sentiment to cautious
prudence ard forbid the lover to EN-.
brace his sweetheart, even rs seal
Of their betrothai until they are able
to produce medical certificates that
they are free from the transmissible
germs Of disease.
For several years past prudent par
ents. under the instruction OF their
physicians. have guarded their young
children jealously against the intiis-
criminate kissing which was once IN
vogue. lest those poisonous germs oe
transmitted to the babies. II Is
reasonable precaution, for undoubted-
ly the danger exists, and as the germ
theory of disease is more generally
accepted peril Of such contact Is ap
preciatel the more intelligently.
If. then. there il a serious risk FOR
children in careless kissing, say the
preachers of sanitary science, it is Q
risk which older people must avoid
, also. Even the cherry red and pout-
: ing lips of beauty may convey mate
? rial poison along with the rapture OF
love they express so romanticaily.
" The most ardent manifestation ol
masculine devotion may be the
!. means Of planting the seeds OF dis
: ease which will bring forth fruit
= full crop OF maladies sent dowr
O through generations. So says science
/. Accordingly the secretary OF tn
J. Ohio board Of health has been urging
D. the Pastors union Of Sandusky Z
use their influence TO put stop =
o the practice Of unscicntific kissing o
~ kissing which il not carefully re
IIes strained by sanitary laws. He ais
;. warns them Of the danger OF usin
70 the same wine cup in adninisterin
re the rite Of the holy communion {
er different persons. He would not L
k~ women kiss each other after the pr
H. yaillng fast. on. and of course he di
he countenances the kissing OF babe
u, by every chance conner, and he woul
OF prevent kissing among the babe
80 themselves.
=, :" Thus cold and prudential science
n, invading the realm Of tender and r
n, mantle, poetic and religious Sent
Ter ment and destroying as o pesthou
w the very temple in which the love
ng all ages has offered up Its worshi
OF 1t is an appalling revolution. Ne
,nne York Sun.
'"s How Trees Restrict Winds.
\" There are pines 80 lofty that tn
~ resemble cathedral towers, and roc
me Of pine tree are peculiar and rese1
OF BILE the claws Of birds. They eli
IA, TO the light, sandy soil Of the sou
with an animal-lik grasp that def
the widest winds to shake them frt
md their hold. The oak is always ma
IN. stronger by the wintry winds VIII
Of cause its roots to strike still deel
ged into the soil until the hold is SO gr'
~ that nothing can uproot It or ca,
~ it lose its hold Boston Transcrl
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