West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-07-28

WinuoW ptucs, possesses no more
curative powers than hitting a
fnch Of bacon wiih the back of
your hani. pritbee, avoid il !;
when girl runs from kiss YOU
NAV take it for granted either that
the germ crop rs not ripe or you
ARE poachlug On somebody clse's
preserves. The best results can be
! obtained about the midnight hour,
when the dew is on the reese, the
jasmine bud drunken with its own
perfun and the mockbird frllling
a last goodnight, to his drowsy
mate. You eniice your best girl
into the gdrde0 TO watch Venus
! flaming orb banging like the
Kohinoor pendantfrom the crescent
moon. You piusc beneath the
great gnarled hive ok, its myriad
leaves rustling softly as the wings
OF scraps. Don't be in in hurry.
aud for Gods s,ke don't gib--in
ouch "A night silence is the acme of
el"qncnce. In such night
Trolius mounted the TrogIn walls
aud sighed his soul toward the
Grecian tents where Oressd lay"
She watches the frcAies respiring
In phosphorescsn fame amid the
clover blooms, while you watch
her, and twine spray Of honey
suckle in her hair. Your clumsy
fingers unloose the guards and her
fragrant tresses. caught up by the
cool night wind. float about your
face. Somehow her hand gets
tangled up with yours. aud after q
spasmodic flutter there remains a
willing prisoner. The frefles have
failed to interest her and she 10
studying the stars. You move
your shoulder forward TO give her
head u rest and get hold of her
other hand. Be patient when
she wants you TO kiss her she'll
tind means to make it manifest, and
maid worth kissing de-
spisss forward man. She looks
very beautiful with her face up
turned IN the moonlight /; but don't
say u word about it, for there's a
little OF the POsEUR about all the
daughters OF Eve. She withdraws
her eyes from the stars, slowly.
turns them dreamily upon yours,
aud you note that they ara filed
with astral fire. They roam idly
over the shadowy garden then close
as beneath weight of weariness.
Her head rests more heavily against
your shoulder aud her bosom
trembles With q half.audible sigh.
There is now really no occasion
for further delay. Do not swoop
down upon the health germs like
hungry hen-hawk on green
costing, but incline yonr head
gently until yonr carefully de-
odorIzed breath is upon her lips
pause, tor the-esseuce OF enjoyment
is In anticipation. The man who
gulps down glass of old wine
without first enhaling its favor
and feastlng his eyes upon its ruddy
spiendors, 10 simply got. Wait
null you have noted the dark
lashes lying upon the cheek of sun
flushed snow, "the charm OF mar
rled orows." the throat of ala baster,
the dimple in her chin, the wine
tint Of her half parted lips with
.heIr CLINT of pearl-wait until her
eyes half open, look inquiringIy
into yours. and close again, then
cIncture her gently but frmly With
one arm, support her chin with
the other hand, and give the health
germs ample time to change their
home. A kIss to have any scientific
value, should last one minute and
seven seconds by Shrewsbury clock,
and be repeated seven times, not
In swift Succession. but with the
usual interval between wine at a
symposIac. Byron did these things
differently, but the author Of "Don
Juan" Is not safe example for
young folks to follow. He pictures
Mars lying With his head in the lap
Of Venus,
Feeding OF thy sweet cheek, while
thy lips are
With laya-kisses melting while they
burn,
Shower'd on his eyslids, brow and
mouth as from an urn"
That may be sminently satisfactory
for Mars, but scarce proper for
Venus. 1t is exciting, but not
scientific. IL suggests charity
children gorging themselves with
plum pudding rather than poetic
natures drunken with beauty and
fragrance, sgooning meath the
sweetness OF duet sung by their
own cbaste souls. The dyspeplic
who cannot recover by following
my prescription deserves TO die.
The psssimist whom il doesn't
make look 1T life thro' rose-tinsed
glasses should bs excluded from
hmm society. The hypocbondnac
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