The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-30

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-.''1s' THE INT0HICANT KISS.
Il think kissing, the worst thing a
voting womam cam do said DR.. Anna
Hatfield, at tha, Session of. the Demorsst
unionsef the Metsl4ork w. C. T. u; "and
the amount asIgylfng and kissing that
some girls-of our best families, too sub
NIT to is literally menace to our moral
ity.'' * ~ =
,l5l Intoxica1nts as shes theme. Of She ses-
Sion, and the q the Women $
Christian Temperance union present and
engaged in the discussion we're speaking
of intoxicants i'm connection with the vice
crusade. It was then that the KISS was de-
nounced as one of the most insidious and
dangerous of the fntexicants. The nee
I tar auaffed from red lips was described
as more fruitful of consequences to the
young women of the land. than all the
alcoholic beverages distilled. DR.. Anna
Hatfield, in a torrent @ eIoquence. de-
elared that the kiss, ike the saloon.
must go. She told the result of careful
Investigation into the. .subjsct, and of
the testimony of both. young men and
young women as to their experience and
observation in regard to the widespread
ravages of the kissing habit and the
alarming growth of the kiss custom
The radical conclusion which she at
length reached was: 'sFhe girls must be
taught that it is wrong. not only to kiss
a stranger, but Ito kiss the man they are
engaged to- . - 6
The officers of the national w. c. 7. u.
whose headquarters are at Chicago. have
been interviewed on the subject of DR..
Hatf1eld's address, and while they do
not place the kiss custom on par with
the drink custom ASA menace to society,"
they state that kissing has been deplor-
ed and advised against in resolutions
adopted by tte5 association something
over a year ag6. 81 Af57
There is no Doubt that the kiss is in
toxicating. Nest people. except dried up
editors, can testify to this by experience,
and even the,-edaters have learned of it
by report If l1ot1by observation. The.
extent of the kiss habit likewise, is
alarming. There is no doubt of that.
Indeed, wherever two or more-more Of
ten just two-iiyouhgy persons gather to-
gether, progyidad4aue of them be girl,
there, the chances are. has trans
pired kiss. And wherever through the
universe a md q and woman-some-
times when married, more often when
not, and always when engaged-have
come to one and the same
place at one and 1.-THE same
time, the old danger of the intoxicating
kiss has reared ;itssawful form before
them in all itsZantraneing$sh horrors. The
kiss is. the first thing which the babe
gets after it gets its, etst dinner. and
during the .next8fveS}Y years the chances
are, the little .dfmpled darling gets 100
kisses to each nesf served to it, and a
thousand> kisses tos:each suit Of clothes
Of Sunday school, aszs6a And Theses
kisses coma frqR, the dearest sources
from mother father, sisters and broth
eFs; cousins and aunts, friends ana
teacherss so thatAif- there is one thing
in life .1hati IS thoroughly instilled into the
youthful mind 1T Is that kissing. is the
dearest and sweetest thing going Mann.
ma may be. foolish. she may. forget te
teach moral or insist. upon a. prinei
pie, but she. does not forget to kiss
What are DE-, Anna Hatfield. and her
good reform co1werkers going to do
about it? That IS the question. Sup
pose the Intoxicating? What of
that2 Hugging 9isEfnore so. Love is ter
rible in that regagd. Enthusiasm intox-
icates. PassRpf all kinds. and some
tfrfes sentimes iatoxicates. The beau
ty3 Of some pnssh il enough to take
ones. breath awAexcept that of edi-
torsA7and do niorsithan whole case of
elaret- to send .aSYAan on drunk. Now
and then you ,And i man whose personal
magnetism isSSe<geuree of more danger
u TIE 1dIE SEX LAldIL dt1 the CudLlpdSt1S
that could be uncorked.. Sometimes there
is a voice which enthralls, or an eye
which bewitehes, or a coil of hair which
thrills, or a bosom which gives delirium
What then? Shall there be no beauty in
the world, and no love? Because Dr.
Anna is virtuous, shall there be no
cakes and ale? Because there is a re-
form crusade, shall life be shorn of
love and beauty and. sentiment? Because
there is Demorest union of the w. C.
T. u, shall there be no hug, no kiss, in
this dull, dry universe? All. no! Not
while there are dear, ones on the earth.
Not while there are hearts which throb.
and arms and lips which make heaven
o.. earth. -. -.
This is not saying that Dr. Anna may
not teach wisdom in regard to the hy-
glenic menace, of promiscuous kissing
of babies. So,