The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-23

mouth, but this was done in order to
know whether they smelt of wine be-
cause Roman women In spite of the proni-
bltion, were sometimes found to have
made too free with the juice of the grape.
1t is said that kissing was first intro
duced into England by royalty. The
British monarch, Vortigern, gave a ban
quet IN honor of his Scandinavian allies,
at which Rowena, the beautiful daugn-
ter of Hengist, was present. During
the proceedings the princess, after press
ing trimming beaker to her lips. sa
luted the astonished and delighted mon
arch with a little kiss after the man
ner of her people,
The most honorable royal kiss on rec
ora IS that which Queen Margaret Of
france, In the presence of the whole
court, one day imprinted on the Inns IF
the ugliest man in the kingdom, Alan
Charter, whom she found asleen. To
those around her she said, 81 do not kiss
the man, but the mouth that has uttered
so many charming things"
among the serious kisses may be men
TONED those of Anthony and CIeonatra
ana OF Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn.
DotH OF these, 1t is said, shook an empire
ana destroyed a religion.
Charlemagne once caught his secre+art,
Kissing the emperor's daughter at mid
night. The lady, that her lovers foot
steps might not be traced in the SNOW
carried MN on her back. The emperor,
heard OF 1t. and made her take the
secretary 1or the rest of her life. which
sne was not at all unwilling to 90.
When Cardinal John of Lorraine wa c
presented to the Duchess of SavaI sh t'o
gave him her hand to kiss, greatly to
the Indignation of the irate ch1lrctIoao
How, madam" exclaimed he. ..an, +
TO be treated in this manner? kiss tho
queen my mistress, who is the greatest
queen IN the whole world, and shall /
not KISS You, dirty little duchess2 /
would nave you know I kissed as hand
s sot3 laoles' ana OF as great or greater
Ianlly than yours" Without more ado
ne made for the lips Of the naughty Por-
luguese princess, and despite her resist
ance, kissed her three times on tha
mouth before he released her, with an
eXultant laugh
BUT IN some quarters of the globe the
Pracuce IS not favored, if, indeed. it is
SHOWN. New zealanders, Tahftians, Pa
puanS and Esquimaux are still to ha
civilized in this respect, and Africa Is
the largest non-kissing area on the faca
CT the earth. John Bunyan 6enouncad
1t in no measured te1 ms, and the Pi1ritane,
looked upon it with extreme disfavor
Under the blue laws" of Connections
no woman was allowed to kiss even her
SAiAAN Va UIlC DDdl1l or lasting GaV-
der heavy penalties.
A few years ago. when the king of
Sweden visited the pope, instead of TAX
irg His Holiness hand and kissing it.
ne kissed him on both cheeks The la ST
lnfraction of papal etiquette occurred
when Gen. Grant went to see Plus TX.
and shook hands with him, saving
Very glad to see you, sir"
Many stories are told of the Young
king of Spain and his kisses When
Patti sang before tho queen regent AL
phonso XII was, brought into the room
in his nurses arms. Patti made a dee,
! curtsey to him, and pressed his LITTLE
dimpled hand. to her lips But the queen
lnterposed, saying: MY son shall not
not be so ungallant as to be the first
Spaniard to permit a lady to kiss his
Rand Allow him to revenge himself
with a kiss" Obediently the little Al
phonso threw his arms about the prima
donnas neck and bestowed upon her
q warm and unkingly kiss.-New York
Press.