The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-26
THEY NEVER KISS.
ABOUT ONE-HALF OF TIE
POPULATION OF THE EARTH.
Unknown IN japan or China--Satise-
Who zee n Consider u the Most Dis
EnsfIng Of the Msny Objectionable
Habits 81 the 'Foreirn Defiis.r

EnsfIng Of the Many ObisstioHshle
Habits Of the Foreign Desiis.-
The embrace has been hahiiual with
many peoples. especially 20 Europe
the western pax; Of ASA and tae north
en- part q Africa. from the earliest
dawn Of history. and. although 10 mod
ern tiuc- a good deal rea,rictei. 10 saii
marks the meetings OF kinstolk aad
lovers. Gays 'Ae New York Poat. But
the k.rs. wlle % appears constantly l
in Semitic aud Aryan aniiuniiy az
the salu.ato1 between sirangcrs I'M /
der certain conditions. and habitualiy /
between friends and relatives. a. Is .
evident from the frequent illusions 20 |
. 10 10 the Bible and in the classics. has I
no such unlyenaiiiy. TO kiss az a /
mode of situation says au authority.
comes from Us use 20 cgpross rever-
ence or worship Thus 20 adore idols
and 20 kiss IDOLS mean the same thing
| Indeed. the word adore signifies sim
I ply 20 carry the hand 20 the mouth
that q. 20 kris 4, 10 the IDOL We still
kiss The hand In saluta.ion. To kiss
the lips .s 70 adore the living breath
% the person saluied 20 kiss the feet
or the ground IS 20 humble oneself 10
alteration. 20 kiss the garments is 10
express veneratlon FOR what belongs
20 OF touches the persons who wears
thom.' Il Is always a great surprise
20 most people 20 learn tha; there are
millions q human beings who DO not
know what o is % k.-s Not very long
ago a friend with shom ] vas talking
about the japanese remarked with
considerable as,onIahmeut DO you
mean 90 sag that those people never
kiss7' Yes. % IS a fact that taey do not.
n one speaks o. native japanese GUS
toms. and what Is more DO Is AGO a fact
when one speaks o. customs which are
peculiar 20 an the peoples Of eastern
Asia. practically all Of Polynesia,
much Of Africa the native races OF
North America. and those q many 9th
er parts Of the world. Il would not be
worth while 70 compile careful stalls
ties even II the necessary data we're
easily accessible. but ] believe that Il
Is not far from the truth TO say that
one-half the people % this earth do
not use OSCILLATION az all and that
many OF those who DO kiss do not press
lips % lips. The idea o. Us being a
natural or spontaneous gesture is re-
futed by the FAC; that q Is unknown 20
so many peoples The falutaiion by
smiling sometimes called rubbing
noses by travellers Of doubtful exact
nessl. which prevails amoug the Poly
Eesian Mallys Burmcse and othel
lndo-Ch.uose. MCrE0is and others o
Asia. and which extends eastward q
NEST no not ail o. The Esk.mo1 IN,
westward 20 -ie Laps. has sometime
been mistaken for kissing but ~
meaning is quite different ID Japan
prior 20 what Is Known as the openlnI
OF the country-that o.. before Com
modore Perry. % 1854 knocked 8
loudly and 20 approximately 40 n
closed gates o. the m'kados empire
the only natives who could possibt
have done any kissing were those VII
had embraced the Roman Catholic 70
llgion and wished 20 please Or emulai
their Spanish or Portuguese teacher
y IA rendering alteration 20 sacred i'm
e ages and pictures. but even they n
i Il as religious act and had no
i adopted the kiss az a personal saluta
= ton. The Catholic missionaries VII
= practiced kissing had been in Japa
e for several centuries prior 70 the edlS
= Of exclusion against them In the al
d tenth century and had been very su,
N cessful In making converts. Such
a thing as a kiss between lovers woul
'e have been grossly repugnant TO jar
D. anese ideas Of proprieiy would hay
r been ridiculous between girls or won
II en- and would no; have been thought
? between man and wife. Japlnese cir
l. and women have always used pil
% menis. rot always OF a clear vermllio
CT color. Tor sometimes a bronze tint
u seen. % heighten the color Of the
20 lips so ,ha, this arilhclallty preclude
y the possibility o, kissing.
remember the disgusted look VIII,
Il showed Itself In the faces Of a par
Of japanese ladies and their atten
ant nurses. In spite Of their natur
poliieness and careful training. VII,
"a q newly arrived and very euihusias,
70 youag American woman. on seeing
3D. nice ll.tlc baby. exclaimed. "Oh. d
IN sweet thing ! mus; kiss o." and d
Us so. making the yourgs;er howl AZ q
unusual greeting have seen
vi japanese woman. lady OF rank Ia
n own right and as devoted a moth
re laccordInr 20 her llghp as any OF n
ie. acquaintance 10 other countries. b
'ir her only son. boy of T.. good-by
r. ne left her 20 30 % Europe Tor maj
n years o. study. In the set phrases
nj their code Of etiquette. without an ei
de brace Of any kind although the year
he INK OF the mother heart was so siru
e. that she could scarcely keep back 1
'ss tears