The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-18
vSCULATORY OBSERVATIONS
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Right - wro0G, everybody hikes 4,
80 ne-%Aa4 r. evseyb who Isn't
soased o. li1o. The sight isu't equal to
the oct. bat. AsvsrtAslssa. II II q cheer
ing sight Thsse azs. places In this city
where every variety of eseulatory salu-
tation can b witnessed several times .
week.
It 10 On tAe pier when some big ocean
steamship comes b that this delicious
drama b played. II - at the time Of
year when thooo who have been doing
Europe HE themselves homeward. aud
when their brothers and other fellows
brothers, their husbands, sisters and
friends gather on the pier to welcome
them. and, Anding language made
quate, do 1a14 what Adam and Eve
would have done under similar circum-
stances.
The end Of The pisr = packed with a.
happy IN aggregatioa Of mortAls a can
b found anywhere. Out In midstrealn
h ths big. blael-hulled steamer. Near
~ everybody on the pisr u going to lkiss
somebody On the steamer, and vice
versa, and In most instances the ex-
change will not b limited. Pjeasurable
expectancy makes everybody rood
natured. The crowd doesn't mind hav-
ing its toes trod upoa OF its elbows
1ostled.
Pushed and pulled BY painting little
tugs. the oosan lsviatAan. ttself power.
less and unwteldy. czawis toward the
pief. At length ahs Rets near enough
for recognitious 10 b exchanged.
Handkerchisfs are waved frauticaliy.
Kisses are waited across the interven-
ing space. Greetings ars hurled from
shore to ship and from ship 70 shore.
Everybody is In . tight plsos. but mo-
body can kesp still. Women On pder and
on steamer Jump and clap thar hands
ecstatically.
It takes N swfully long time 10 ret
the big steamship snug aloogsids Of the
pier. Il n dsliciously tantalizing 70
those who axe impatisntly waiting 70
rush into one another's arms. But II
gives the mare spectator. who has no
such reason for impatienee, time 70 ob.
serve that there are some stunning girls
on board that steamship. The glow Of
health u on their cheeks and the light
Of love In their eyes. and they look their
prettiest because in the excitement
they forget themselves entirely. The
breeze toys with bangs, whisks wells
aside and sets their hair adrift. But
their eyes are on "Tom, or Harry" or
Charley" " On the pier. and they are OBJ
hvious 70 such triAss. They won't bs
20 tomorrow; they WIN b Just like
other girls than. but now they are diff
ferent and that vary difference makes
them % attractive and makes you wish
that you were Tom" OF Harry" or
Charley"
The steamship II made last 10 tho
pier at last, the pudgy tugs scurry on
in search Of others, the gangplank 10
swung out and the Escs TO ret the arst
kiss begins.
A man starts In tbs lead; he u half.
way down when . pu2 Of wind lifts
his hat; hs peuses TO clutch Il and loses
the racs. A superb brunette, with hat
securely moorsd. daxts BY and In an
other moment 10 embraced by stalwHrt
arms, and two spirits have rushed to-
Eether at the touching Of the lips"
Nor do they mipd who sees Il, and the
spectator looks On without compuue-
tions Of conscience.
In moment the osculatofy engage
ment becomes general. It 10 kisses to
right Of you aud kisses TO left Of you.
You caa't rec them oil: can't SEQ ono
tenth Of them, but The regret vanishes
when you recollect that Il win b prac-
tical1y repeated two or three times Q
week for month TO come, % that you
can como again and go what you missed
the Arst time bscause nature limits you
70 one pair of eyes.
All the world loves . lover-os ought
to-and naturally The Kisses which
lovers exchange interest one most.
There II something about theu-4hs
look which accompanies them, the
blush which acknowledges them-by
which they arc recognised and classi-
fed. But perish the thought that they
are the oaly kind o6 kisses worth seeing.
TherO N old man, with thS SHOWS Of
winter on his head bat eternal spring in
his heart, kisses . whits-haired lady.
And the way he dos IL and the way ahe
receives Il and returns it tells . story Of
mutual devotion and loyalty that has
stood the testo3 tsvoscoee yeaSsor more.
and makes you 1sel IKE takiugo2 your
hat
Ihs0 thssO aro hs1os between motA.
sss saa thniy chjldssa. and brothsss snd
Sisters and girls 4e1d girle-ewoes and
wholesome % look eo. and su1Reaeot II
themsolveo . make . nniss1throPa ~
vise NJ misssabls phi9oeopAy aud 80
kunswfodwn that fhaxn = Guhplno hhppl.