The age-herald., 1898-08-09
HE KISSED A NEW YORK GIRL
And the BelleS Of His Native State
 Are POutinS.
TELL HOW IT WOULD BE DONE
Should the Hero Visit Birmingham the Nectar of the Gods Will Be on Menu and the Govern
 or VIII Retire

That Birmingham belle who would walk seven miles to have a kiss sealed upon her lips by the Merrimac hero, may have the opportunity if Lieutenant Hobson will only visit this city.
 The method of doing it is simple if the story told in a letter to a young lady of this city from New York friend is true. Have your little sister with you. Now be sure and think of this," runs the letter in characteristic feminine style. "When you are introduced, of course MT. Hobson will kiss your little sis. Then just put on your best air, let your eyes wander away while you repeat:
 Backward, turn backward, oh time, in your flight
 Make me child again just for tonight"
 This may not be right, but it is some- thing of the sort, and you can look it up before he comes. Of course he will be too gallant not to respond to this hint and the kiss is yours''
 This is the way the trick was accomplish ed at Long Branch, but Birmingham girls may be ingenious enough to find some other way of nestling their sweet ruby lips be- Hedtn the Snelter or the nero 5 trimmed mustache.
 The Trick in New York
 Miss Arnold, the lucky young lady of Long Branch, tells he experience to a New York paper as follows:
 .'Yes, I'll tell you just how it all occurred. I'm proud of that kiss, not ashamed of it.
 When MT. Gavegan and Mr. Ames and the rest of them told us that Lieutenant Hobson was coming down here and that there was to be a reception, all the girls and the married ladies, too, for that matter were wild with delight. Why shouldn't we have been? We knew the people at the Oriental hotel had made all sorts of ef- forts to get him to go there, and 1t was a big triumph for Long Beach. When MT. ffobson arrived and we all went in to meet him, I told some of the girls that I was going to say something more than How do you do to him, because he looked such handsome man, besides being a hero. I never intended to be kissed at all. I only wanted to make him laugh, he looked so solemn, and l knew he could laugh heartily if he was stirred up.
 Just before 1 was introduced two little girls were presented by their mamma. He
 
 ing hands with them. Mr. Dink presented me, and as MT. Hobson bowed over my hand tried to think of something to say quick
 What did say was not what I had in- tended I just blurted it out on the iml pulse of the second, never thinking how it might sound. said this: Lieutenant, almost wished I were child again
 .He laughed merrily, as I knew he could laugh, and replied instantly:
 "'Do you wish to be treated as a childo'
 Tt was dare the way he said it, and I replied in the same tone, wouldn't mind it.
 He leaned over-he is ever so tall, you know. and I'm so short-and-well-he just kissed me fairly and squarely before them all
 That was all there was of 1t, then"
 He Acknowledged It
 Here is how the manly hero modestly acknowledged his feat:
 As Lieutenant Hobson stepped from the Long Island train which brought him from Long Beach this question was asked him:
 Did young lady really kiss you dur ing last nights reception at the Long Beach hotel?"
 No" said Hobson, smiling pleasantly, as he politely pointed the implied rebuke, 'sne didn't. 1 kissed the young lady"
 '.Who was the favored one? Was it Miss Arnold?'
 Now, you must go and find out fnr vo-,r- self. You know what happens to peopie who kiss and tell Well, I won't tell" How did it happen?' inquired another of he arty ba bira sailor hero Did she ask you to kiss her, as the story goes?" "The young lady herself is the only per- son who may with propriety discuss the matter" replied Hobson, gallanty. q can not talk about it, really Was there more than one young lady who needed kissing, lieutenant?" ''There were dozens, all very beautiful, all charming. l kissed two or three"- An "Young ladies in plnafores, or, at least. of pinafore age."
 Our Girls Pouting The Birmingham girls are pouting just | the least bit. It is hard to ruffe the feath- CTS of a Magic City belle, but it is little | unjust that an eastern girl should wear the first imprint labeled with the Hobson trademark. They claim that the first be- longed to Alabama, and that uh<.r the training of "Our Guv'' they have become all that the blushing maiden with puck cred lips could.
 The kiss of the southern belle with the freshness of the magnolia cannot be com pared to the article put up by the effete east. It is worn out from overwork. They nave others besides governors up there. For your kiss down in Dixie amid the cot on blooms and the orange blossoms is the place to wander. The only way that Hob- son can redeem himself is to show impar- iality. return to Birmingham and give the