The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
The Kissing Of the Hand.

From the rern0test times men saiufed
the sun. moon and stars ny Kissing The
hand. The ancient Romans made the
kiss of sautatiof by kissing the tips Of
the hngefs to every person whom they
met. * issing the hand was a marx
of respect. Subjects formerly kisss"ti the
knees of their superiors and the feet of
the Chief Pontiff. kissing the priests
nand was usual when making offerings
10 the COILS the rich made various sac
riiiccs, but the poor adored them by sim
ply kissing tn" hand. In illustration Of
this. II Is told of Demostbenes that when
prisoner in the hands Of tilr soldiers
of Antipater. he asked to be allowed 81
enter Il temple. When h. entered he
touched his mouth with his hands wIIich
the guards took for an action Of re-
llgion. He did it, however. more secure
~ to swallow the poison he had prepared
for the occasion. The Romans treated
as Atheists PERSONS who would not Kiss
their hands on entering a temple. Under
the Roman tmperors il became an rs
| sential duty. even for the great them
selves.
Inferior c0urtiers were obliged to he
content to show their respect hy kneeIins
| touching the robe of the Emperor ny TIL
| right hand and carrying il tn the mouth
But after time even this was eons.'l
cred too great a favor, and they were
| compelled to salute the EiDperur at q
distance by kissing their hands in the
came manner that they adorrd their eo,is
1t was n custom with the primevaI bisn-
ops TO give their han,ir| to- br kissed by
the ministers who served at the altar
| COrteZ found the custom established III
| Mexico. where more than Thousand
lords salutetl him by touching the earth
| with their hands, which they afferw ard
carried to their mouths At the begin
ming of the. century the custom was ear
| ried to such an excess. and became so
co'ymon that the better classes for a
| time abandoned the practice. which event
ually fell into dsuse generally Indeed.
according to one authority. the custom
| would have been entirely lost IF levers
We're not solicitous to preserve it in all
its full power. York Recorder
Revival of the White skirt.
The revival of the white skirt is AS
| sured. Single skirts of p'rt-ale finished
! with a fine scallop around the edge of
the hem and Il ten or twelveinch sraIIDp
| tounce above it will be worn in the street
| with summer dresses. With more elab-
! crate house dresses a skirt of nainSook
is Worn. This is finished with three. four
and five overlapping founceS. about five
or six inches deep around the bottom.
These rutiies are quite generally trimmed
with edges of French Valenciennes or
| liAlS VI punt VI eSDtt IueTt are bIISn
as many as three two-inch rutties of solid
lace on the edge of the skirt. One over
the other. Above these the overlapping
1ounces come. edged with lace of the
same width. This gives a bouffant edge
to the bottom of the petticoat and holds
out the dress skirt. For extra warmth
there are short pettierats of the fines,
crepon woods edged with Maltese lac, :
The luxurious fashion of silk brutade,l
skirts and corsets to match is shown in
the new sets imported from Paris Sets
of pale violet brocade in fine shell pat
tern arc shown. The petticoat is trimme,
around the bottom with nine inch
flouncc of butter-colOred point DE- Paris
This f1ounct. is festoonch with full ittls
choux of violet ribbon around the edge OF
the skirt. over several overlapping founce,
of violet silk in varied tones of color
Still other skirts are of cream sros-srains
figured la chine. with bouquets of roses
i'll natural colors. The corsets that match
these skirts are trimmed around the toI
with lace to match the founce on the
/ skirt. These handsome corsets are in
tended to be Worn without a corset cover