The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-17

'tflH the human family
more members of
any other game Money, Of course.
~ the root Of all evil. rs tho
prime factor Of trouble. II possesses
peculiar faculty Of annoying both
by TO- presence aud absence. Those
who poucas It have trouble to keep It,
and those who are without u have
trouble to get IL.
Kisses have got men and women into
an sorts Of difficulties. Thcy always
occur before a wedding aud frequently
before an application has been made to
the divorce courts. They have caused
pain and happiness. riches and poverty.
and sometimes death: also deafness.
ilphthoria aud tonsilltls. Tho puritan
Rightly Of New England suppressed
every sori OF kissing In that part OF the
country that Is. 40 far ~ human ma
turo would bear the prohibitions while
among the blue laws OF Connecticut
there was one which prohibited a man
kissing hls wife ON Sunday.
4 very pretty young girl got into
trouble In Vienna. and all because OF q
kiss She was IL and very attractive,
but had to 80 TO an ear hospital and
would only confess her story 10 the
physicians II was this: She had
lover who he'd been away. but who had
returned a few days before. In the pro-
cess OF greeting he implanted kiss
tN.. l.aH
mcnt she was unable to hear Tho
physicians examined her ear aud found
that the drum had really been frac-
tured
In September. 1854. there were three
kisses exchanged which made all Eu-
rope quake with fear This was when
Germany. Austria and Russia formed
the famous triple alliance. The confer
onco was held In a Polish castle, after
which Emperor william. Emperor
Francis Joseph and the czar OF Russia
kissed one another several times The
czarlna and tho grand duke OF Russia
were also kissed by the visiting mon-
archs.
Then there was an Instance on record
whore a man and his wife were locked
no all night In New York for kissing
one another In public The man was
Alexis Glslka Ne was supplng early
one morning with his wife In a Broad
way restaurant. when. In moment Of
amorous enthusiasm. he leaned across
the table aud imprinted a kiss upon
the blushlng Augustlna'a red lips. lie
got angry at the unaeomly laughter of
some OF the other patrons and the af-
fair ended In a row. The walters set
upon the couple and they were finally
locked mp In the West Thlrtieth street
police station In the Jefferson Market
court the following morning they were
fined 49,
Former Superintendent Murray "a on
record for having called kissing Ia the
stree. dlsorderly conduct. even when
accomplished with the lady'H consent
The case was that OF John Mowatt. who
was arrested In 18th street. together
with the lady to whom he was bidding
good-by. They were locked up all night
and iined so In the morning.
Jack the Kissor" has appeared In
many cities and has got himself Into q
peck OF trouble.
Gen. Sherman had national rcputa-
tlon as kisner II II said that this
famous general was never introduced
to a woman that he did not greet In
this manner, To be kissed by him was
considered an honor
In 1883 a woman In Erie. Pa. died a
few hours after kissing a corpse. She
was Mrs. William sayory who kissed
her dead friend In her cofln. Tho I'M
dcrtaker had just baihed the dead wom-
ans lips with poison and Mrs, Sayory
died almost Immediately,
Children often tako an aversion to
kissing. Little Frank Celia ran away
from his homo in williamsburg to avoid
kissing an admirlng female relative.
lie was lost several days
Quite a pretty woman went 10 Brook.
Ign once to pay visit and while there
contracted diphthoria. When she re-
turned to her home In Chatham. n. j.,
nho greeted her friends with kisses. and
It was not long before an epidemic OF
diphthoria made It's appearance In that
picturesque town. About forty people
suffered from the disease.
A matinee kiss Is distinctly a kind OF
lts own. The less a woman likes an
other tho warmer II the salute. Then
there is one place whore kissing pre-
dominates and that Is ON a steamship
pier. n you want TO see a sight worth
seeing Just 10 down TO some ship as she
Is getting ready to sail, When IAN
ashore Is called there seems TO be n
mighty effort on the part of all con-
cerned To get in as many kisses as pos
sihle Ia the shortest space Of time,
Men are seen to kiss one another for
olgners, OF course.