The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Quit kissing Talk.

"Pindar. what Is osculaticp?"
Ejaculation, Nettie dear,
Is "a learned expression queer
For nice sensation.
put my arrns thus 'rornd your waist
This is approximation
you need not fear,
There no one near,
then,-oh. dear!
Nettie, that's oscillation
The New York World says pro-
miscuous OSCILLATION is under the ban.
The kissing habit must cease. The
Demorest branch Of the W. G. T. U.
has declared sgsinst it and hereafter
the stolen sweets, e1tolled in song and
story, will have the added spice Of a
self constituted detective agency of
arpus eyed white ribboners successfully
bsth d. The organization admits Of no
compromise. 1t does not urge temper,
ance. Il breaches prohibition accord
ing to its principles. The kiss is an
into1icant, therefore the kiss, like the
saloon, must 60. This decision was ar
rived st recently at the regular meeting
OF the Dsmorest Unionites at the hons
Of Mrs. Sssnley, 448 West Twenty
third street. The matter came up in
connection with the vice crusade when
Dr.. AnDa Hatfield interrupted torrent
Of el.qaence apropos Of the saloon as
the source of all evil 10 prove that the
nectar quafed from red lips was more
fruitful OF consequence than any aloo
ho!ic beverage ever distilled.
Il think kissing is the very worst
thing a young woman can do, said the
doctor, land the amount OF huggiDg
giog aud kissing that some giris-o OF
our very best families, too-suomit to
is literally menace.t TO our morality.
know young man very wellGho declares
that he rarely leaves girl without kiss.
ing her goodnight. He says that the,
not only eagerly accede to his request,
out that several have insisted upon be.
'ng ii .ej."
Il should have shown him the door, .
said Dr.. Ellen Miles
We'll, he explained that of course
ne had no ,e,pecs for the girls he
k:sssd, went on DR.. Hatfield. But
think women are.Very careless abou'
kissing Mothers should teach their
daughters the evils Of it. A girl doesn
know the danger of kissing. She should
understand how to guard against it. |
have carefully inquired into the. matter
and l find many young women imagine
this is the way to get / usosnds. 1t il
reprehensible. These are the supposed.
ly we'll, broughtup daughters Of rich
parents. The girls must Do taught tina,
it is wrong, not only to kiss stranger.
but to kiss the men they are cngnged
TO. Too great care cannot be taken"
Il should suggest that an excellen:
and efficient Way to stop the impro.
priety," SAID Mss Thomas, would be
to Instruct the young men in the evils
Of kissing"
But they like it, said one woman
impetuousiy.
Another cited the case Of. modest
youth, who, fearing to yield to the so
licisat1oos of an. ..osculatory temptress,
had applied to policeman. But the
law was felt to b. taclt encourage,
ment of all kinds Of s,imulants, from
liquor to kissing, and all idea Of a.
anu kissing bill was promptly aban.
doned. The kiss, relatively speaking,
was not dissected. No fac lines of de
marcstion have been drawn about the
cousinly salute, nor has it been an,
nounced whether male connection bJ
marriage may with propriety embrace
newly acquired feminine family ad
jancts. But the Demoress Union hss
pledged itself to eternal vigilance il
the matter Of the promiscuous kiss,
and the unsaDc.ioned application Of 6
moustaeae.to the.lips that are nearest
will heccefor9ard run tie gauntlet o!
fearless and czoeriencsd crussdes