Evening journal., 1898-12-30
LETTERS PROM gHE P,OpLE
THET kEss.Na MAlIa.N .NIE.

,4 >ne l.N.-t--..c R.eA-aOud Pearson !
A,,s.,.Dn. l.. ;. \. We would s4y. by /
Nay u iuSTO-..l.-0n, ti.tt L.U4Aensne
holrcn is the inuyidua. wnDee rScOg- |
A.t.on vi ,he rLOASs urp.ac1e, A. .lt
recent tt-oe Juu4lce, ctlS.<keo Jf s.
tenc.el.,.cy bowing to ana fro. mucn |
at-er the s.nt.ls44e OF "a mt@hl nical |
uoiA .sNy. inci n.ng net IU@ persons
IA. tSl .hAt that jubilee Wiz lcimu- |
lared not 10 comme em-raAe the close, Of
thS Ssslzi lzils1l-.Asncr.c3n War, but Tor the
express and on.y purpose OF enhancing
the thfo a0Naoy ephvmeiai rerown OF
Iteuterans H..son.
+ 1-ne newspaper prees recer.-y report
ed the k.ss1ng p.anls Of this navai o.
fcer, much a.teT the fciilwins man
nsF:
-Laeu .cnart Hoeson r. the most
thoroughly kissed man Ia America.
After kissing az women IN l<arias
CITY he reseUel his journey TO San
Franci sec. HIS trip acrcss Kansas was
one coul iDVovs- k.seinE bee Rep Its
reccirel at Tcpehl indicate be kissed
more taau seven hundred Kansas girls
crd wmen andthe numoer may reach
lhousand.
II have 0Een noiiccd.' said Hohcon. /
.thst men luolghl prominently iniol
r4fbiic tice have beenIhc resp ents|
cf marked aUenticn from women. n
acvcr tbcughs ] WAS dcsiined TO hsA~
3ueh an-cxpar.ence. Eut here \ a-l ir.
me midst CT SO
"Now whIi zculd vou doe Wcuia
glu run amey from Ng Nc. ali.
rle going 20. esher liam a man. and
7 proI1se 10 srjcv it while ~ ass.r
do you not rrt tired kssfng 81
many Voneri9" Hrhson was ssktd.
No. ] hayen'i yet. I have tf7rcngh-
s. ioyC7 g. 80 far ] sippcss II haa
k.SSCd one womln as Oxen as have
k;ssei 6stferent Ncmen today J should
fe thor ush.y exbareeed But me
'onslanr rheuve ir de,irhtfuiry exhil-
rat.ng. d-nt v1u Fee? When the kiss
'rk IS fast and fur'cre. IL F1metnlrs
aets just q l!tiie tiresome and II some
mfa h7r7ens tfnt flcce, are PRESENTED
.hat wou't faln p-ss nv. Eut when
J start IN have to take II. az It comes.
1hfre is no ss,5c'ing. evervtA.ng c'fs.
IS a.noys a very enjoyable expsri.
nse f-r mS. --"-
So mu1h for LieNtcrant fFfwon's
.nerks on ihe art ~ cgcti,ationh We
low not who WAS the gentleman ic
fAGm Mr.. HOsa2n thus exprtgsed him.
0tg But We hope. we do reag,y hope
i1at the gentleman upon whom SO pain.
81. n burden was thrns; felt c0nHraln-
"a 10 slap the F.ddy IIof on on the
wVleci But aitcr gTanting a libera
scount 10 the ABOVE report, and after
liking a., allowance for any eupposed
deria. emonating from Mr. Bolsoh
Aere s...l remaire suh.c.orf evidence
convicL Nfr IloLson OF conduct a..
EeShor unoeum-nE an officer ~ the
aited Seates Navy. Were Liouten
il HCbg9n mere private citizen.
eD ery breach Of the pr1preties he
.sht commit woud rehsvi upon him'
i alone. NOT upon a department OF
.e1 Government Of which he IS a more
or less comroDens mart. BY reason
q al this. Mr.. Ilobssn's recent pub
,t3 oScu'ati0n becomes inexcuea BILE:
e'1 bis indiscriminate kissing reminds
le of the lone widow who when told
ea- her end was near. replied; '"Well.
iis very comforting 10 think that !
s.a.. scon De folded In BeelzeIbuIb's
eorcm." You mean Abrlhain' 3
gu' corrcC,ed her spiritual ad-
eser "Ah. welt" resp 'nded the dying
gsnan. st doesn't matter After twen-
NEfAE Va nIMWMA / II UOI| very
2rrGllar as 10 the mans rune
Perhaps the NEST charitable con-
trlction that can be placed upon
Lieutenant H0b10us irap.d ana
giderdRs n-sike ugseranccs IS. that the
10 gencroC1 uNra-sentmenca. gush
eted out TO him by the popl.ace has
rafd his heal 10 such q degree that
hal head Is no longer worth q hat
-.
B 3 iunerart iOvemaking. the following
ga; VI am man, said Mr.. Hote3n,
and ! propose 10 enjoy Il (k.ss.ng)
sile it lasts we beg TO take excep-
ion 10 the 9rst and as5ertive c,0use cd
-ae sbove declaration: we rather in-
line 10 the belief that Lieutenant
iichs7n Is nct a man, but 2 somewhat
lso.s-ed and. uni0up specimen OF the
famous Dalwiniln theory. Again. fhe
Silly strluD D'is--1or they are an thaf
et hczet. Notwithstanding their as.
elTrTtion Il fine clothes and supposed
y me. rD-.c-date mAhpers ae.
sisted in These kissing 'exhfbith MS Sre
, course. 70 many siddy and bra.niess
1uma1 sutouaSous. ever on the alert
we would employ vuigsrism--ts
mash. We do not suppose that there
exists a naval ree7r.ation prohibitina
AZ officer mokine an f4s Of himself Id
public. or preventing him from bring.
ing irAo ridicuie SO rurscnal and rec.
cEnizc1 se-v.ce as the Irrited State.
NAVY. More'a the Pity that no sucl
hard ard Tart regulation exists. an or
dinarce bearing directly upon sucl
foolish escapaies 20 thcne perpstrate,
by Lieutenanf Hobson 1ut IN the ah
sclcc ~ ads thir -rd 18Th the des.rt
70 gsve this CAV naval Irrhar.O
poinger. We wcu.d remind Mr. Hobsol
thaf there are to be found in ever,
city Of the t1niop certain tacitiy allow
cd rts0rfa of a n'cre or iesS question
abe Characterize uages Of pu5fi
oecOl7in prec'ude ra from = furthe
EpecidC par.cn na~izati0r-where
would ncS 10 in The least inclmben
u1cn HIM 10 ''r5sirain his vouth'u. al
dQri and whore opportunities for in
dI,giag In such Hooecn5r ~, unseemf
oecuiasion are provided az The shortee
possible notice.
We have an axe r1sticatine in som
forncr OF other; and were it not 70
tins 1~cs thar we bear no is-wil. Il
w3rds .that unonrndsrr domestic in
plkuent We ehnld VERY much like {
give Lsuteaant Hote,n a large. cc
pteuE and saiutarv "sVst" with th