Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-14

!, stroy as pest-house the very temple
] wherein lovers of all ages have ever
| offered up sweet incense. Science says
that kissing should be abolished as
remnant OF haroarous ignorance OF the
laws OF health Science says that the
most ardent manifestations of masculine
affection may be the means OF planting
the seeds OF disease that will bring forth
, (: fruitful crop even unto the third ana
fourth generations. Science asserts that
the cherry-rcd ard pouting lips of beauty
may convey plenty OF poison along with
The rapture OF love they express SO
ro,ranttcailv. Science seeks to compass
the destruction OF the Kiss as vehicle
whereby contagious and infectious dis
cases may be propagatcd and communi-
Gated the health ruined and life Itself
destroyed Science would forolu the lover
10 kiss his sweetheart as seal OF be-
,rothal until they both had certificate
from some cid proSaic doctor that they
were free from the transmissibc germs
Of disease Science says that kisses are
dangerous.
IF this be science, then. indeed
Knowledge is but sorrows spy:
II is not safe to know.
"-Davenpant the Just Italian, act v.
knowledge is not happiness, and
science
But an exchange of ignorance for that
Which is another kind of Ignorance.
"-EyTon-Aianiircdr act H., sc. !.
ION behalf ourselves and all human
tty at large. Irrespective of race, class.
SEX OF previous condition OF servitGde.
we 30 utterly rcpuciate, 6eprccaie, and
GemoGDcr without restriction. hesitation.
or limitation. row, hcnceforth, and for
ever, this atrocioUs attack, onslaught.
and assault upon the kiss as hereinafter
SET foT1a.
We have examined our system, ard
we fad HAT we cannot DO without the
kiss The sanitary congress TO the con-
t.ary notwithstanding. We need it in
peace and war. at homo and abroad, in
storm ard shine.
IN every condition, in sickness and
IN poverty, IS vale or abounding in wealth
we maintain with &c poet that
This is Tie soIacc. this is the science.
Life's purest sweetest. best appliance,
That d,eaprcirts no mans reliance
JTl.atc'cr his state,
But challenges. with calm reliance,
Time. fortune, fate
we confidently maintain that the kiss
is not only pt-c ard innocent in itself,
but that il has actual medicinal virtue,
and we Will prove it before We are done.
it can bear an unlimited ana uItrammel-
&C invest cation. 1t is always veTitia bic.
II rccoils from no trial. 1t cares nothing
tor criticism higilar or lower. It shrir.s
from no skepticisrn. 1t challenges them
all 1t seeks no aid from faith. 1t APP
peals TO TO authority. The evidence. and
tie only evidence which it admits :
senses. Ii Gcns not relceatc the inquire,
to dusty prccedeuts or the mouidy max
inns Of commentators. It cannot be pick
ei 10 pieces or DESTROYED by the medical
profession. or any other body on the face
OF the earth. 1t is not for the nlonoculous
inspection Of \ lot Of delegates in conven
,:rn assembled 1t is for love. romance
d auty. fer this world. and G1l other
worlds Of any account. for time and
afrr~tffne for US. and Ire would he intol-
cra1J1c without It. 1t is among the few
Pleasures that have TO alloy. 1t is horn
Of oar rest sense OF beauty. purity, grace,
and love.
When age cht1ls the blood, when our
Pleasures arc past.
For Years feet away with the wings Of
dove.
The dearest remembrance viii still be the
Our swertcst memorial, the first Kiss ..
love.
Byron. The First Kiss of Love
Hence. they are immortal and inde-
struct:b!e, ard must live on until hui
manity is dust. aed the heavens rolled
together Ike a scroll.
We have not had time. opportunity, or
wherewithal TO search the great store
h0uso Of general literature for authority
TO sustain our position. but, relying upon
the light of shakespeares matchless
genius % guide Us to the right. we DO
come with words medicinal astrue CNin-
ter's Tale. act H. scene y. to soy TO the
sick, either in body or mind, There is q
remedy approved sci down TO cure the
desperate CAll's Well, act, j. sccne p. |
which Is ,nears for thy relief (Cylnhe- !
line. act iii. scene 81. And further the