Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-23
A KISSABLE MOUTH.
An Expert on OscuIatory Performs
ances EXPLAINS the Fine Art.

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1T is an error popular and widespread.
| but nevertheless an error, to attribute the
most bliss from a kiss from small
mouth" said gentleman whose expe-
rience III this line entities his views to re-
spect.
In novels the heroine always has a
| small. rosebud or Curid's bow mouth.
whose red, perfectly formed lips are a per-
! petual temptation to the hero to implant a
chaste but passionate kiss thereon. A
| large-mouthed heroine is as rare as a play
in which the villain triumphs. So it has
been ingrained in peoples minds that for
blissful kissing the button-hole mouth is
supreme.
But they are wrong. have kissed thou
sands of women with more or less ardor
according to the girl and the attending cir
cumstances, and have had as many pairs
of Indifferent or cold or warm or passion
ate or tempest-tossed lips pressed to mine
and my unequivocal. unyielding opinion is
that the large-mouthed woman is the best
Yes. L know that tastes differ. So do
mouths l am speaking in general terms.
And know that it makes pile of differ
ence how a woman feels when you kiss her
and also how she feels toward you you
bend your manly head, grab her tight and
let instinct do the rest. But the general re-
suit is unchanged. Now, L Will prove it.
What would May Irwin be without her
big mouth? She wouldn't be May Irwin
that's all. Well do I remember that mouth
when, as a boy, l would gaze transfxedly
at its smiling amplitude when its owner and
her sister Flo did turns at Harry Miners
and the London, on the Bowery. That
mouth has made May Irwin. She is one of
the top-notchers on the American stage in
the kissing act The audience love to see
her kiss and be kissed, because she appears
to like 1t, and the leading man has such a
fine field for foot ball. But, levity aside
Miss Irwin's mouth and her capacity to
kiss the ginger out Of ginger snap has
largely contributed to her success.
And Olga Nethersole! Can / go on?
Dear Olga! whose kiss burns like the con-
centrated rays of the deserts sun on a
high-powered magnfying glass of large di-
mensions. and which invariably calls out
the fire department on double-six alarmt
Has she button-hole mouth? Do her lips
resemble a small, red rosebud with petals
Just apart tC receive the mornings dew
drops% No, indeed. Miss Netherso!e has
mouth of which any woman ought to be
proud. and which any man would feel hon
ored TO KISS. / would kiss her myself. If
she asked me-mainly for the reason that
she exemplities my pet theory. of course.
And Ellen Terry. the beautiful Mrs.
Langtry, Julia Marlowe. Blanche Walsh
and score of other stage celebrities of
fame and beauty, all-all have large, kiss
able, enjoyable mouths. I most emphati-
cally reaffirm that man Of taste and judg-
ment will select a large moderately
good-sized mouth when he wishes to enjoy
a good. sweet sustaining. pulse-pumping
soul-warming and altogether delectabIe
kiss.
You see the button-hole mouth looks
pretty until you have use for II, and then
where is it? You can't find II. Ii found
you kiss all over 1t, and land on the left
cheek. Then, ashamed at your lack of
skill. you reach again and make a home run
on the right cheek. Manfully YOU try
anew. because you know the mouth is
there somewhere. and If you are a youth of
determination you keep on hunting until
the rosebud unfolds to yours. and, though
tired YOU are happy, think you are
which amounts 20 the same thing.
Not so with the iarge-mouthed girl. She's
right there when You are-oh, no, never be-
fore! There is the impact, ap electric thrill
pause. another collision, and, well, a good
kiss, don't you know"