Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-26
to refrain from kissing one another be-

I.-LAWFUL.
A.. AS spiritual kisses.
r. AS kisses of reconciliation and
kisses of peace.
&. AS customary kisses, partly,
a. BY way of salutation.
/. At meeting.
. On arrival.
g. At departure.
b. As mark of courtesy.
&C. IN jest.
d. As kisses of respect.
f.. AS kisses on festive occasions.
r As kisses of love.
a. Between married people.
a. Between such as are engaged |
to be married.
=. Between parents and children.
Il. Between intimate friends.
When They Are
Given
A. Out Of treachery or malice.
T.. Out Of love that is not holy.
But this wise jurist declares that Il
woman forfeits all claims when, for
instance. by looks or gestures, she
saws. Il should like to see the man who
would dare to kiss me-" and by such
conduct obviously exposes to the dan
ger.
Eut when is kiss taken by force?
A woman's No often has piquancy
that refined lovers delight in. Thus
Marot begs his sweetheart not to give
her kisses readily:
Ionged for mouth, I pray you this,
Feign deny me when you kiss
porat has also thus expressed him
| self: Promise me nine KISSES" says he
to his Th:.is. Give me eight and let
me struggle for the NINTH
1T ought now to be taken as
| proved" writes Professor Nyrop, in
| concluding his chapter OH love kisses,
| that womeil-6eautiful wonderland
kisses are of Il piece. 1t is at the same
time natures ordinance, and we find It
verified in all countries and il all
ascs Odin himself says. you know,
in Hamaval. where he instructs NOR
tails in the wisdom of life:
Ships are for voyages, and shields for
! sword blades to smite and maids to
kiss.
And the Greeks say; Wine belongs
to chestnuts, honey to nuts and kisses
| to maids
Il am inclined to assume that women
also agree with this view; certainly
have no positive enunciation to support
my assumption, but | am able to quote
| a German proverb which assuredl.o
points in this direction: L cannot beais
kissing said the maiden, when L AZ
not taking part in it.
| l.
angel that shields the child from 4
evil" writes the professor, when ne
| turns TO kisses of affection. This Tel
follows man even after death; wit a
kiss one takes leave of the lifs
body. In Genesis we read that .h pi;
Jacob was dead, Joseph fell upfils ! -
fathers face and wept upon hirT'iu NC
| kissed him. "
III ancient times lovers alwaf ee -
manded of each other this act foTt- ="
when the alabastcr box, fill W.
| Syrian perfume, has been pot, ou' ~,
over my dead body, then dofou' 10 li,,
Cynthia, press thy last kisses ny ~
cold lips sings Propertius, o'ie -,
his eleGies. -,
1.-The death kiss is somsis 80 ,ra
natural that it is superiluoto poin' ~
! out its existence among difht ii ~
tons" writes DIR. Nyrop, fhsis, II
was not only a mark of lovu. "a ri.
also an article of belief 'l.c Soui hi
might be detained for b "iiiie oS fo
! such kiss. ne
"The kiss was the last fuer p prooi ~;
of love bestowed on one ti"Ve ioSeu' br
and was believed, in arr liiies' - 10
follow mankind to theYhe' moliu an
ven in our own days, puia, so
in many places demanlt..'' '"e , hi
est relative shall kisg'ne 10
| forehead ere the coiiite " wi
down: in certain pr inuNeu' ~ 10
| incumbent on everyie "ho hi
| dead body to kiss it'ieI Miee nc "iii pr
get M neace for t,dead.' iu
| So it is easily sefio" oio'eis "iiic" er
is the l.;so ne attion, in certain M
respects, to the k Oh peace anu ',ie ch
lics ar rosnect a,why the Dane who ha
v.r;tes frankly a a,owledges that his an
ortiticio, fo,n,edoups often overlap We
ono .notbor che kiss of respect w
,r,,,o 5a rranr, in her. memoirs, da
writes dascrihi the homage paid to hi
| benjamin Fra III a. lhe rieiO'' iis
| court: %
| "A+ ona of splendid entertain
,,,o,,ts ,,i,,a,, F'rankIin's honor saw
| -, ~. ,,,os,eautiful of the 500 la
dia, nrasa,- Jas chosen to place a y,
ta,,.oi n the white locks of the ,
A,,oriean Josopher and imprint a :
~. - - If the old mans cheeks"
m, ,-;s.S admiration and respect es
It,. +asnh the. form of kissing la q
dies han. CT
The kid friendship became an m ca
| 4o1orr,,, ~ Ilisance in Rome at one
| ti..s m when a man feared to in
r,oat ), iailor, it was not so much be- ey
narsa the tailors bill as of his kiss tr
.pe.," says Martial, gives on cl
turn after fifteen years abb pf
lsarosuch a number of kisses as ex- az
oaac those given by Lesbia to te
JUS. Every neighbor. every 4
,a. faced farmer presses on you with :, :
i ongly scented kiss. Here the m
1,.ger assails you, there the fuller and al
| ,,cobbier. who has just been kissing a.
,her 1t was hardly worth whiles to n;
urn" b'
kslch is some-a little-of the valu ft
ole and enjoyable information i'm :,
,arted in Professor Nyrop's book.
Evidently he has gathered it in as z