The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-27
The ART or THROWING KISSES
PART or THE SOCIAL ETIQUETTE
or SOME NATIONS.

PART or THE SOCIAL ETIQUETTE
or SOME NATIONS.
II ID Pretty Performance 1t Avoids
Dangers for which Some FhyIicians
Condemn Actual Kissing--A Spanish
woman Describes the Process In Cuba.
The art Of throwing kisses u not prac-
tised a. much as Il might be. There is
good deal to be said in its favor.
There never lived pretty girl who did
not know, naturally. how TO throw kiss.
Perhaps this IL extreme, and it would
be more correct to say that there never
lived . pretty girl who did not want to
know how to throw . kiss Going further
than that, II would be safe to add that there
ought never to be q woman. under the sun,
who did not possess the art.
Az evidence Of the fact it may be said that
kiss-throwing ID considered by some nations
az part Of the etiquette Of society and Of the
family. kiss throwing was considered
such fine art in the gardens Of Pompei
that the young women Of Roman society
took lessons, learning how to do 1t prettily
toward each other.
For Il is not always man at whom
pretty woman throws kiss. Far from it,
Americans do less throwing than other
nations. A cynical man said 1t was be-
cause they preferred TO kiss at close range.
This may be- Yet. any way, 1t Is pretty
form Of salutation.
Then again there are health considerations
to recommend hss-throwing rather than
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style In English society three years ago in
consequence Of 4 crusade against it, Nu-
merous physicians, English and American.
were interviewed on the question whether
kissing was bad. They decided that it
was bad for the lips, bad for the mouth
and bad for tho complexion and worst of
oil, It was bad for the general health.
Kissing went largely out of vogue among
society people and Is not now nearly 80 pop
ular a. It once was. Whom girls Of fifty years
ago met, wherever 1t might have been,
upon tho street or in the house, it was their
They even kissed in church, and it is not
30 very long ago that an English clergy
man publicly rebuked two women for kissing
while seated In the church pews. Their
excuse was that they had not seen each
other for several days.
At ono time, kissing was 90 common
In the street that women and girls, meet
ing on the public thoroughfares, nlade
no bones Of ealuting each other with
loud smack. 1t was a. frequent IN the
street as tho handshake, and was Q COM
monplace salutation,
To-day the kiss In public il almost I'M
known. Women meeting each other in the
street. well-bred women, do not kiss, and
women meeting in parlors at receptions
and in the evening at entertainments. eA-
change handshA6 a Put NO m aos Il. evils
undoubtedly brought about the change.
And 1t did another thing 10 tho Linz Of the
permanent reduction Of the kissing prac-
tice. It tended to reduce the amount of
kissing bestowed upon children by elderly
people.
little daughter not to b Kissed. At the
are OF 8 the child would firmly. but po-
litely, refuse to have kiss planted upon
her mouth by 1 stranger. And, when
little older. she would not suffer the caress
ct all.
A great many women, some Of them
old enough TO know better, make AXE = p rac1
authorities win tell you. stops the breath.
makes the heart beat irregularly, in fact,
temporarily smothers the child.
II suppose 1t odends people, said
young mother, but people who are so
foolish really ought to be offended. I put
up my hand and say, Please DON'T
The girl who learns how to throw q kiss
Accomplishments. She has at her CON-
mand q series Of the most charming little
gestures that ever came from the hand OF
| mortal woman.
The art Of kiss throwing is an acquired
one. II begins with the correct position
| of the body, which should be slightly bent
forward from the waist line, q mere tip,
The head should be lifted. the chin thrown
out and tilted back, the eyes should I've
partly closed, and the gaze should ia
centred upon the one who Ia to receive tho
kiss. Always look at the person at whom
| you are blowing kiss. Never look some
where else. for 1t is the witchery of the eyes
that counts.
You do not really get the kiss, only it's
perfume a. 1t floats toward you, but you
do get the smile that is in the eyes, tho
eyes that are lighted for you specially.
In throwing tho kiss the hand must not
touch the lips, but only gracefully glance
toward them en- The fingers must lightly
But let Spanish woman tell the way
they throw kisses in Havana.
"You take kiss that il already on your
lips says the seforita, 4and you deliver
1t so. You breathe the kiss and you look
the person in the eye. The man, il he be
gentleman Of Spain, will bow and watt
Wait until he receives the kiss
which he will do In a minute. You raise
your fingers, which must be as pink on the
tips as possible. and you slant your hand
toward the light.
This is to make the finger tips look tho
roster and to make the nails glisten. 1t IL
very necessary, this slanting Of the finger
| ri n lnt
sun hit them IL you can.
.Then you kiss your finger tips, and
you wave them, and the man-f you be
throwing kiss at q man, who is your
brother, perhaps, or your husband, or
maybe your aano&, bows and smiles ard
bows again.
Maybe he touches his hand to his heart
And then the kiss throwing is over. II i
q chance for beauty
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