The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-27
THE NETHERsLOE KISS.
sOuI-InspirinE Oscillation That
Brenks All Records.


Brenks All Records.
New York Letter to Philadelphia Record
There are three kisses now that belong
to the stage. One is gone forever. and its
giver, too-Emma Abbott The second
zelie De Lussan implanted on a plump
young man at the Fifth Avenue theater,
some years ago. and the newspapers raised
such a fuss about it that the little singer
resigned from the opera company with
which she was playing and went to Eng
land, where Queen Victoria commanded
her TO MARBLE and presented her with
diamond brooch. The last kiss is the
greatest, and 1t was fashioned by Olga
Nethersole.
She thrust it upon New Workers. last
Tuesday night when, at the Empire the
ate as Carmen, she came tripping on the
stage in real red dress and a mantilla,
and yellow waist and cleaning ankles.
Truly sinuous serpentine being. Her
CRY brunette panther, for the blonde ones
have green optics. With a WilloWy move
ment and brilliant purring speech she
won the love of corporal in the army OF
Seville. only a Cigarmaker, but her
charms were irresistible
Il m a cat she says, and her velvet
hands she passes over the face of the love-
SICK military youth, and he shudders. APP
parently there is a mesmeric touch to her
fingers a s is shown in the words which she
purrs into the ears of the man she ad-
mires.
SO with this wicked Carmen" who
starts gingerly at first to WIN the poor
dolt of prospective victim. She doesn't
go In and violently attack "Jose"-thats
his name. The degree methods is used
and from apathy she works up to frenzy.
It's all very fine, and this is how she did
First, it's the touch of a finger. She
notes its effect 1t succeeds. He is visibly
affected. His nerves are like the radii
of a devilhsh. Instantly his mental tent
acles close on the idea. He turns and
looks into those eyes. Her soul he thinks
is revealed but she has dropped a curtain
between her cerebellum and her cerebrum.
She VIII keep part of her soul in reserve.
They kiss! and my, oh. my, what a
labiated contact it is Later in the play it
is stronger. when that mental curtain is
lifted and unreserVedly the naughty per-
son attacks Jose"
She starts on her knees and progresses
toward the fortunate young man, who is
seated on chair. When she arrives he
bends over her and she starts at his ears.
She pecks at them as sparrow eats his
crumbs.
Like the same bird, who sees you are
not going to harm, as he hops a little
nearer to your feet; So she hops.
MY. darling" she gurgles, and
then she makes bold dash for the broad
forehead of the young man, who looks as
happy as any one can, when such things
are going on and 1900 persons are look
ing on.
From the forehead is but step to his
mouth and she lands there kerchunk.
Glued is not the word for ii. Cemented,
nailed permanently attached, sounds bet
ter.
About his manly form-he's six feet tall
are clutched in grip which makes him
resemble dumb bell those velvet hands
attached to arms of steel. You can al
most hear his ribs crack. Not only are
the -four lips together, but there is a great
dimpe under his nose where his mouth
was From the four corners of his face
lines run toward this depression.
There is a gurgling sound, and then all
is still. In the great auditorium there is
absolute silence A pin dropped would
cause an earthquake. 1y's football
would be distinctly heard.
On the faces of the audience there is
a look of rapt attention. Eyes stare and
breaths, though noiseless, are feeding pal
plating lungs
Will they never stop? Is there to be no
end to this bliss? The arms relax and
tighten again, the dimple deepens and
they break away
All. it is overt No, it's a false alarm
She takes her mantilla from her should
ers, covers their heads jointly, and once
more returns to the attack.
Jose stands it all well, but when Car
men rises to her feet he staggers to the
back of the stage, and the audience shows
it's satisfaction and delirious joy al the
apparently satisfactory outcome of it all.
Like the swift and joyous ones
We used to know
When we kissed because we loved each
other,
Simply to taste loves sweets,
And lavish our kisses, as summer
LaVishes heats.