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terra hlrkInR thoro, but from meQi-
cnl standpoint no person should kiss
another unless an nntlscptic wash is
used on tho mouth dnily.
"lf Won will take microscope and
examine the teeth Won will realize
how limitess are the dangers Of kiss
irgy"
"And tho moral bactoriaY'
"Iou won't require microscope
for that kissing has come 10 ho a
greater plague than drink. 1t is
more nsidious 1t is moro deadly.
Girls are not taught to view Il kiss
with awe, rs they wore in tho days
when was young. Girls then con-
sid"rcd u kiss brtrothul"
"Thrn engaged people may kiss
and b" savcd?'
"No,' SAID DR.. llartield, positive
ly; ""nSagrd poopIo should not kiss.
~ bctrothal kiss is different thing.
1t is simply a token Of rospect-the
sealing of pledge,
"Now, to most people, DIR. Hart
field continued, seriously, "thcso
ideas may seem very extreme; but
they arc not. Almost all my deal-
ings have becn with women. a large
part of my practice consists Of young
girls, because for some ronson win
tho love and coDlidonco Of young
people.
''Theso girls conldo in mo; they
tell mo their lttlo hopes and aims
and plans and secrets. And nine
out of ten Of thom confess thoy kiss
the mon they know. Whom | warn
thcm against such Il course thoy say
| Why, what's the harm in itY' TO
think that mothers should neglect to
answer this question! Mothers who
rear their daughters with Il vi =. to
| perfect culture and ondeavor to pro-
vide them with an education!
"Thc mothers of today" continued
DIR. ilarttiold. 'uro to hlamo for nine
trnths Of the OWL that cxlsts Thoy
don't know how to train children.
When their SONS and daughters arc
babies they are kissed necessarily.
Every ono who comes in is allowed
t" torment the infant in the sumo
fushion. BY tho timo tho infant bo-
comes child Of several years it has
become used to tho kissing, and you
will find that most children before
they are five have cultivated tho ha-
bit 1t is like any other vice, which,
TO be dreaded Int needs to be seen;
but, soon too oft, familiar with it's
face, we first endure, then pity, thon
ombraco."
cor course the crusaders know the
habit is very deep seated ono and
will be hard to break up?''
"C"rtuinly; but they must begin
with tho mothers. Glrls are loft
alone too much. When young girl
and young man arc left night after
night down in the parlor their con-
versation becomes oxhaus. .od, and
thoy resort to billing and cooing
1,
mothers, that they are too liberal,
and their daughters do not receive
the protection that is thoir duo. If
some Of the hours spent in solitary
association with young mon were
given up to toaching them how to
become good wives and mothors girls
would roalizo that tho way to win
husband is not through the medium
of spooning
"Kissing between women is quite
as unwholosomo Il practice as could
possibly exist have soon women
kiss each othor--not once or twice.
but hundreds Of times who hate
each other, who talk behind each
others backs, who would kill each
othor through the medium Of thoir
kisses if it were possible. Yot it is
expected of them, and 80 they arc
hypocrltes.
"Tho kiss has gone too far II
usually does, and that's one of it's
great setbacks. It's time somebody
made war upon the kiss. Pm will
ing to go down as firing the first
gun"
Poor John.