The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27
WOMAN'S WORLD

against temptation an anti-osculation
pledge must be. With such an iron
clad resolution as that in his pocket
man is proof against the wiles of a
Cleopatra"
1t has remained for New York wom-
en-, however, to discover two aspects
of the case that the Ants have APP
parently never considered. One is the
relation of kissing to the whole scheme
Of nature, the other is its effect as a
beautif1er
kissing" said Mrs. Cornelia Stew
art Robinson, the well-known social
economist, when asked to discuss the
possibility of a New York branch, sis
one of our Oldest social amenities. 1t
did not come into being without reason.
1t could not be killed without disaster.
1.-The law of psychic attraction is the
provision of Mother Nature. 1t runs
through her entire plan. The kiss is
the highest expression. Abolish it and
you disintegrate the universe.
ITO treat the subject economically,
if it be true that the microbe is
fostered by the practice of kissing, its
cessation would put many physicians
out of business, and the pauperiZing of
the medical profession would be a Sc
rious consideration"
''The kiss" said Miss Emma Fields,
the actress, more than all the CO.'S
metics in the shops, is a rejuvenator.
The French proverb, the lips which
are often kissed never grow DID, de-
! scribes the case exactly. A woman
wants to know she is lovely and Iowa.
| BILE, and no words can convince her
of that fact so thoroughly as we'll
timed kiss. 1t is her natural right.
| THE child and the woman were made
| to be kissed. / once heard a man de-
| clare that the best gift woman could
| 20 L Il
| ly that seems to be the opinion of the
| sex.
IF we could abolish the society kiss,
which means nothing, 1 should favor
an Anti-Society at once. But as for
| it's bad effect upon health, do not
| think the microbes transmitted in a
| kiss weigh against the pessimism and
premature old age of those who Ian
guish for kisses that they never re-
ceive."
Mrs. Belle De Rivera of the New
York Equal Suffrage League said:
kissing is a relic of barbarism. We
shook our enemys hand originally to
discover that he had no weapon con-
cealed. The promiscuous kiss is the
thing to go, but the abolition OF the
entire practice might have a political
| significance"
ut is the habit of kissing in public
and the kissing between women on
every occasion of social sort that
calls for an anti-society, said Mrs.
Harriet Ostrom of the West End Re-
publican Club. I'm my opinion the
French fashion of kissing on the cheek
should be adopted"
I'm the matter of kissing" said Mrs.
George Studwell of the Professional
Woman's League, 1.-The Ants have
more to contend with than they reckon
for. There are, for instance, the peo-
| pie born in the month of May, who
are supposed to be constitutionally in
clined to this expression of their af-
fections. l believe that any one VINO
is not inclined to kiss the people they
are fond of has something radically
wrong with them. Everything when
carried to extremes is bad, but as kiss
ing goes by favor, it seems to me that
should be sufficient protection from the
evils of promiscuity at least, and all
other evils are matter of individual
ity and not of the kiss per Sc"