Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-02


many, recently uttered words of warn
ing against kissing a person upon his
or her eyes, procedure even more
absurd than its labial parallel. The
reason for the professors remarks was
a case of inflammation of the eyes of
lady, the wife of Silesian noble
man. In DOUBT about the cause of the
serious trouble, the physician upon
questioning the patient, learned that
her husband was in the habit of kiss
ing her upon her eyes. A microscope
cal examination of the Counts sputum
disclosed the fact of his saliva being
infected with pneumococci, the bac-
THEOLOGICAL cause of pneumonia, whose
discovery is of comparatively recent
date Although proper treatment soon
checked the Inflammation, the cornea
had been so affected that the lady al
most completely lost her sight Dr.
Uthoff, from this and other cases, took
occasion publicly to denounce both
ocular and labial' kissing, and the
beaux and bellies of the Kaiser's do
minions are in the dilemma whether to
abandon the savage habit altogether
or to find other space for impressing
their kisses. But let them take cour-
age; for, as contemporary POLITICALLY
expresses it:
She is shy of germs in the water,
She boils and kills them by steam;
She is shy of germs in the butter
And microbes that flourish in cream.
She is shy of germs in the sirloin,
Of germs in the marrowfat bone.
She is shy of germs on her money
And germs that you meet at the
phone.
She is shy of germs at the playhouse,
Of germs on the car transfer slips;
But she never is shy of the microbes
If there are such on gentlemen's lips
And did not a Baltimore belle ex-
plain the fragrant presence of her
cigarette smoking Cousin Charlie by
remarking: 'You know, l only tolerate
these filthy Christians, as Mr.. Moody
calls them, because the doctor tells
me tobacco smoke destroys bacteria.
When I smell the odor of tobacco I
know the boys are about. Smoking
keeps them at home. Don't you think
it is a refutation and preventive
against your anti-kissing theory?
There are no microbes on smokers
lips" The Gossiper succumbed, while
cousin Charlie" roguishly hummed to-
his guitar the Neapolitan ditty:
Chesta fronte chesti trezze
So tessore de belIezze;
Ma sta vocca bella fina
De bellezze e. a riggina.
All! All All!
He picked up the song from an
italian organ grinder without knowing
its meaning, and in the true Neapoli-
tan dialect, too. | was compelled to-
give it's version in English:
For her brow and braid of hair
Are the treasures of the fair;
But her mouth so sweet and keen
Makes of Beauty her the Queen.
What's the use of attempting to pro-
mote the anti-kissing movement, /
said to myself; and, taking consola-
ton in the saying of Propertius, who
knew more about these things than the
Gossiper does, nineteen centuries ago.
In magnis ct voluisse sat est lin great
tempt is enough)-I decamped.
A French. magazine for children
brings the following pretty story: A
mother told her little daughter that be-
cause she had been naughty she would
not kiss her for a week Before two
days had passed the child's lips thirst
ed so for her mothers kiss that she
begged her not to prolong her punish
ment. 'No, my child" the mother re-
piled; "I told you I should not kiss
you, and must keep my word "But
mamma, mamma" rejoined the little
girl, would it be breaking your word
if you should kiss me just once tonight
when I'm sleeping?"
Kiss me, mamma, while I'm sleeping,
Kiss me, kiss me only once;
Don't you see how I am weeping?
was acting like a Ounce.
Kiss me, mamma, in my slumber,
Bending angel-like DER me;
For half-kissed do not number;
You won't break your word, you see-