The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
/ mICS OF KISSING.
) WoMAN'S VIEWS ON THE SusJEcI
OF OSCILLATION.

There are still occasions. however
rare, when inactivity. much Is it las
fallen into disfavor. COZ 1i:.uts to be
mastery. Wien 4 modest maiden is III
doubt as to whether CT: 20 Sc should
kiss or allow herself 10 he kissed by
any man not related TO her by close
ties OF consequently, she best displays
her wisdom by giving herself. not him.
tie benefit Of the doubt and so refrain
ing from OSCILLATION.
An absolutely safe list of men whom
1t is allowable to kiss might be COM
piled from tie list give! il the Book OF
Common Prayer of persons whom it is
forbidden to marry. There can be NJ
possible improperly in Gny woman.
being kissed by her father, grandfather.
brother, uncleS, etc, whenever occa-
sion may offer. Still, public opinion is
much less in favor Of kissing than of
yore. and affectionate greetings are
no longer considered good form in mar
ket places or what answers for them in
the present generation.
To TIE prayer book may be added
cousins within tie degrees forbidden in
marriage by the Roman Catholic
church, bat these in moderation. The
you Z man cousin WHO is greedy i'll the
matter OF kisses from his pretty cousin
Is not TO be trusted. lie
sho1ld be denied
And set aside and mortified.
Kisses of greeting or parting. Of good
night, good morning and of conGratu-
lation are still general, although by no
means 50 frequent as they were for
merly. Indeed, kissing as Il practice is
much less popular than ii once was.
Between doctors and the moralists it is
constantly falling more and more into
disfavor, while. still more fatal, Fash
ion, with a big F, sets her face as a
flint against all demonstrations Of feel
ing as i'll bred.
All the same. the man who becomes
engaged to be married. as usual
thing, expects kiss from his fiancee
to seal the bargain. not for publication.
SO to say, but as a guarantee of good
faith on her part. If she is willing Il
promise to marry him. he reasons. she
ought to be willing to let him kiss her
Moreover, he desires kiss or kisses
upon general principles as something
to which he is entitled by the unwrit-
ten law Of tradition On the other
hand, the party Of the second part has
herself to consider in the matter. A
- ~'>~.''a r." c',~n IF her OVID bona
n -uuS o. matr!LlOAy and dou
~ - If hQfnrQ
sshe sets such a sign and seal to the
contract engagements of marriage are
by no means irrefragible. and she VIII"
kisses least is likely to have leas'
cause for future regret. At all events
q prudent woman will wait until the
engagement is announced before she
permits any kissing. There are men
who have serious objections to marry,
ing any woman who has been engaged
to another man, for the simple reason
that they do not choose that any man
shall be able to say Of the woman
whom they take to wife that he has
kissed her as her lover. 1t matters lit
tie, rather more. that the kisses have
been given in good faith to an afianced
husband. It's a way men have.
Sir, she's yours!
You have brushed from the grape its soft
blue;
From the rosebud you've shaken the deft
cafe dew.
What you've touched you may take
A noted LADY killer" Of past gener-
alton who had been engaged many
times and who boosted to his intimates
that no woman had ever refused an Of
fer Of his hand in marriage was once
asked why in that case he was still a
bachelor. Because i am waiting until
l can find a woman who will not per-
NIT me to kiss her before we are mar
ried,' he replied.
Even though q woman be fully as
sured of the inevitableness in due time
Of her marriage she will be wise not to
be too liberal Of her caresses. Most
BILE in direct proportion to their rarity.
Were diamonds as common as pebbles
they would be worth no more CONNER
cially than the common stones Of the
beach and highway. Moreover. one may
have too much Of a good thing. King
Midas story is an old one. TOO much
water drowned the miller" 1t is com
mon practice with confecioners to a.
low a new apprentice all the cand,
which he or she can eat. certain that IL.
a little while the surfeit of sweet will
destroy all taste for sugar in any form.
1t is human nature essentially to tire
Of what we have much of and to prize
most the fruit which hangs highest
and is most difficult to obtain.
Consequently the woman who is
chary of her favors, who is niggardly
even with her caresses. will find that
Der lover values them all the more. and
thatshis respect, as well as his affec-
ton, for her becomes the greater in
proportion as he hopes rather than is
sure of her. 1t has long been a maxim
that no man shall kiss and ten; never
theless, the woman is safest by far Of
whom there is nothing which it were
better 1t were left untold.-Helen Old
field In Chicago Tribune.
Privileged Person.
Caller-Well. the nerve Of thatI
Merchant-What's that?
Caller-Why, didn't you hear that