The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-08
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tunhies for plentiful kissing. Brothers
kiss sisters, husband wives, friends each
other II would even be thought prudish
should young lady refuse 10 offer her
| check for a kiss TO a friend of the family
| on his departure or return after a hong
| absence. In England kissing among MEM
| bers of a family is less common. Men
| never kiss one another. sin more re-
| strained are they i'm Scotland where
woman would consider it beneath her dig
nifty If she kissed her grown up sons. and
| mothers are sparing of cauesses even for
| their little boys.
In northern lands the kiss ia reserved
exclusively for love, probably for the rea-
son that people there always kiss the
mouth, which gives 10 this expire ssion of
| affection the character of great intimacy
| 1t is comprehensive under such circum-
stances that young girls should braveIy
| defend their rosy lips against the attacks
| of bold cousins. and the stealing of a kiss
| should be looked upon by the law as
| punishable offense, for which fine is i'm
posed. The definition of a kiss by Chi
nese is interesting. A mandarin who trav-
| eled in he West for the purpose of learn
| Ing the European customs was greatly per-
| picked in trying to explain kiss-a thing
unknown in his country. THE kiss" he
writes, lis an act of courtesy, consisting
of bringing the lips of one person into con-
tact with the chin of another. whereby a
sound is produced. -
kissing, however, is not privilege re-
served exclusively for love; there are oc-
| casions when it is prescribed by court Ell
| quette. On the occasion of the crown
Prince of Greece's wedding the bride
I Princess Sophie of Prussia, the Kaiser's
sister, was obliged to bestow no less than
| $50 kisses. The King of Greece received
three kisses. so did The Queen, so did the
| Empress Frederick, and the King and
| Queen of Denmark and Kaiser Wilhelm
and he Empress, while All the princes and
| Processes present received one kiss apiece
| The poor crown princess on leaving the
church must have had all the kissing she
wanted and can have had few kisses left
for the wedding journey.
Kisses have played part in politics, too
for the Duchess of Devor shire bought
votes with them. and the Gordon High
landers We're recruited, by a Duchess of
Gordon, who offered q. kiss to the men
who would not take the Kings shilling.
Since the world was young, the New
York Tribune a foot has a ways been con-
sdered as a sign of dominion "To put
ones foot upon it - ITO subdue all things
under his feet" TO walk over ITO
stamp Il out" To trample it under foot"
etc, are expressions in daily use and de
uote supremacy. Is it is be taken a
sign, therefore, that the twentieth century
is to be under the rule of a gynocracy
chat the feminine foot has increased so
| much in size Of late years? 1t is not 50
long ago that she who could boast of a
small foot wore No. 2 as the maximum
while No. l, and even No. 121a, were not
~ .~sv ~
sdered small and No. z and No. are
nothing unusual I'm ordering number of
shoes this winter for a gymnasium class
composed of young girls from 10 to 49,
said a society woman, commenting upon
this fact, 81 told the shoemaker to send
up a quantity to choose from. What sizes?'
he asked. From tours to seven 1 an
!, swered, thinking these would surely cover
I ell requirements, but l found had not
considered the children of this generation.
for fully third of the c.ass required arg-
| er sizesi IL seems almost Incredible %
me that when l was girl l felt that my
number 'threes and a half were disgrace.
fully large and that I would never tell
any one my number, While my brothers
were continually making jokes about it. to
my unto.d misery. The men in those days
thought everything Of a small foot. But
now they do not seem TO care whether feet
are large or small so that they are well
shod. l know several stately young beau
ties who wear tens, and do not hesitate to
avow it. Increased exercise on the part
of women has undoubtedly much to do
with the present conditions, but thai is
not she only reason. | know one family
of athletic girls, who are great sports, who
are comparatively short and have hands
and feet smaller than the average while
their cousins, who do nothing are young
giautesses. and wear their brothers. shoes
| Probably the next generation will have 20
have a new set of lass manufactured ex-
pressly for their size, for certainly the
shoes we used to wear would be impossi-
bilities nowadays"
well, how did you find Milly M"
said one of her friends 10 another, who
had been dining, says the New York Tri-
bune, with the woman in question a lively
little creature, lately widow, from Bo-
hemia who had managed to secure a mil
lionaire. what a haven of rest 1t must
seem to CRATER the long years Of schem-
ing and managing and trying to make both
ends meet to nave luxurious house, per
fectly trained servants and plenty of pock-
et-money! l suppose she is thoroughly
haDpy?"
ION the contrary" was the answer, "it
Is my opinion that she finds Ii all deadly
dull. Everything was perfect, it is true;
her chef sent up a perfectly cooked and
served, and the table appointments and
flowers We're superb. Milly was dressed
in a beautiful French gown, and showed
me a long rope of pearls which Mr.. NJ
had just given her, ard her house left
nothing TO wish for; but the whole thing
was dull. Do you remember those jolly
little dinners she used TO give, for which
she herself marketed and. believe did
half the cooking. And how proud she
was of her skill. and what funny stories
she told of her various makeshifts and de-
vices? She used to be the life Of every
party she went to, but now there is moth
ing 10 boast of. She cannot talk of her
riches as she did Of her poverty, and there
is nothing to strive for. How she used
to enjoy her SUCCESSFUL little entertain
meutsl But now her dinners are con-
ventionally heavy, and, besides the gene
Of her possessions she has Mr.. Nj to
boot ! really do not think that her lib
erty was worth ity'