Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-10
What 8 in a Kiss.


nor been kissed by woman, and the
very manner OF making the unusual
experience known demonstrates its
truth. No man who ever kisses wo.
man, or woman man, may dignity
that holy function hy the name If
Kiss without responsive mutualltv. q
reciprocal object and intent VIII ch
unltes the two for the time being into
- Two souls with but single thought.
Two hearts that beat as one
Just about where this snul-commu
mon begins, or ends, as n mutual act.
Is mystery. That it is brief and
evanescent, is the experience uf all :;
and that it is like the glare of some
bright meteor athwart the midnight
sky, whose biililancy is so manifest
that 1t leaves the armament darker
than than before, has been used As
smile for that
Only bliss
OF Paradise that has survived the Fall"
But all agree that there must be a
spontaniety and accord OF soul.beat to
call down the PrOmethean fire which
should light the altar of Love.
While Prof. Crooks declaration is
causing universal comment in the
East, from the fact that it is so much
at variance with human nature and
universal experience, it certainly
speaks we'll for humanity that nobody
has yet risen to dispute with him his
rare distinction. In fact, the confess
sion-for as such we must regard it
has made men reminiscent, and has
led to a comparison of experiences of
some people, whose eminence entities
their opinions to respect and their ex-
amples to reverence, whatever may be
the lightly-expressed sentiment OF
shallow worldlings on the subject.
One of these, which is entitled to
profound respect, narrated by no
less authority than the N. Y. World,
is from Senator Depew, who, looking
dreamily over his sixty-seven years of
experience, is said to have suddenly
bursted into this rhapsody:
Why, worlds couldn't buy the mem.
DRY of my first kiss, there on the river at
Peekskill, in the moonlight! l remem-
Der it yet with an exquisite thrill. can
feel the brush of her curls against my
cheek, feel the thrill of her touch, see
her blush and her roguish eyes before
me now. Pity, pity the poor creature
who has never enjoyed an experience
like that.
A pause, long sigh, is said to have
ensued, and then, with lowered voice
and eyes closed, the Senator contin-
ued:
When was boy in my teens l was a
great Oarsman, and l was often on the
Hudson in my boat. This night my lit
tie bright-eyed sweetheart was with me.
The moon was shining. Have you ever
seen the big round moon shining on the
Hudson at Peekskill on June night?
If you have you know what il is for
boy to be out alone with his sweetheart
in that moonlight.
l remember how pulled out into the
siivery stream, her mischievous eyes
upon me. A king on his throne was
never happier and he never had half the
right to be.
Well, we talked. After while we let
the boat drift, l rather think. Maybe
her eyes drew me nearer to her. Maybe
her loose curls touched my cheek.
Maybe we were saying tender nothings.
Maybe touched her hand.
Here the Senator, like the expert
enced narrator that he is, ceased.
His hearers were hanging upon his
words. When the proper effect had
been produced he resumed:
Then 1T happened.
This time his pause was very, very
long. When he again took up the
thread Of his narrative his tones we're
almost sad:
II is the touch that does 1.-THE cleo
trio thrill. A young fellow could no
more help it than he could stop storm,
and the girl couldn't either.
But Why try to explain the inexpli-
cable, to account for the unaccounta-
BILE? Soloman was wiser than the
distinguished Senator. After an ex.
perience with "the sex" that might
almost be called exhaustive, he put
among the four things which I I'M
derstand not, yea, comprehend not at
alp:
| "The wav of a man with a maid"