New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
HUNTING KISSES WITH SEARCHLIGHTS.
BOSTON GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE Bt'SY DR1GGLNG
KISSERS IN PUBLIC TO COURT

get settled TIE -ive- TIE police c1uoes. 20 tns
number or twenty-five. put our On their pryinE
expedition. TIE policemen are dressed In plain
clothes. and 50 md down the river Deerins nto
each canoe 20 see 2 TO o.rp7ots are o5eying ths
rules 70 the letter
There Is a bHndinE ra7h - uzht. ard then ths
stern order. Gene. or ~ the-e with yoIr lady
friend
Iris command. coming from n person without
evident authority t-fng= forth -o-7 reioi1ders on
the part of tho rano~tst.
SIT W o. 30 locked u0"' says tee policeman.
showing his had-e. ana Tho carcc'sts usually pre-
fer the former. tho1-r tr-'r indignation Knows no
bounds
The canoe crowd hs- found orc ~7v % getting
even. As soon police boat f. detected word =
passed along and every one gets apart. Then the
policeman comes i~ Tor ~ end ~ foiiv.nE.
What pity he can't get Eiri 20 ride with
him
"oh. he's o-Iv good -or hand holding IN the
kitchen He'd be AFRAID 20 move n he had a sri
aboard
Ard then the band. in coy Gus league with youth
and beauty. strikes Up Please Co Way and Let Ne
sleep AMI the policeman paddles on amid issra
and cat-aIs.
Some OF the moro ti,uid take queer precautions
One young man padded up 20 band concert
towing empty canoe When he had gained tn
position desired he stepped lightly into me other
boat brought 81 a.or-eiCc the orc IN wal n
his friend was reclining Then side by side. but IN
adjoining craft. they Iored IN comfort. and oads
dedar~e the police
There is another phase 20 this canoe reform and
the consequent publicity. az a Young Boston bank
clerk found the other evening For more than
year he has beer going with the belle Of Newton
Centre. one o. the arist0crot!c suburbs. At least
one evening Il week they spent canoeing on the
Charles re called last Wednesday evening after
having been away on vacation for month
Ny daughter will never no able to receive you
again. VT Jones' said the girls mother. who
came. ia 70 HIS card.
why. what-vhat's the natter hs staTnrnersf-
al wrrnf "a
that the interview was ended
"But-but don't understand he -rted
charles River said the mothe-. with whitening
scorn.
Whatever is tire natter. h- begged.
Police from tho mother, and wiki that sAs
opened the front door.
As 10 left the porch he could hear sonrs cry
Ing IN the second story front He very much
at sea until he met the girl next day at luncheon.
an engagement she arranged over a nsishbors
telephone
Tt was just too dreadful :or anything she
cried In exaggerated girl English. for contrary TO
general opinion, Boston girls talk Just Ike New
York girls. 1T all came out IN the papers when
the police got to arresting couples
What all came outc' demanded the man Who
had been away.
About the kissing in shadows and reclining
gether in the canoe under steamer rugs and holding
hands and all the other dear things. Mother read
atorit r.. and then she swooped down on ne. Id
rather ta talked IL over with park policeman.
$nA was creadfu1~ arGr~.
SO this is what YOU do vHer Won 90 OF 20 the
Charles she cried 70. and that precious young
scamp from the bank. And you told ne the canoe
tricky that ha1 20 sit perfectly still
ard supposed Won meant one IN each end % ths
boat and thought II vas a. good 90 a chaper7n.
Vow the police come along ard say thar all a--
most sbamefuIIy. The law saws lt IS indecent and
the law - right. To think that such dissracs
should come to a daughter OF mine"
She SAYS You can never CONS 20 the house
again. Charley. and isn't ., 'ust TOO dreadful
I've been thinking OF asking YOU something or
long time. little girl began the injured canosst.
toying with a Touraine ice. You know love YOU.
and n your mother won't let come 20 your
house suppose we have house OF our own
They are going to eIope shortly. this pair. ard
again the Charles proves IT'S worth match
maker and a sacred Boston institution.
Many mothers have taken the newspaper ac-
counts ot canoe di-tations seriously. and there
has been an obvious falling off n che number %
young women VINO visit the river II the police
keep on. fear some the only feminine things
the stream Will be the canoes There has been
TO end OF woe too for other girls who have held
out the idea that the tricky canoe was most EN-
Cfent chaperou
A New-York girl who has just ended two
weeks visit here and who had H-te runout win
a park policeman ..on the bow OF n green can1c.
half indignant and half amused.
I'D Ike them Try anything Ike this i0
New-York she said. The very idea why ths
canoe police would be IN the water half the
time. We'd dump them. In New-YOrk YOU can
make love In the parks. on the elevated. IN CODey
Island and in the Broadway electrlcs.
and no one ever says q word. When get the
new underground railway they will have spoon
Ing seats I'm told And why rote
They say the objection here ~ Boston comes
from men Who go out with their wives for a row
on the river. and Who Disguised because they
see people loving. Now. IL should remind these
men and women OF the days OF their youth wher
they were in love. Perhaps 81 reminds them how
cold they have become TO each other let them
keep OF the river 7 say. 70 they can't stand a
little sentiment. I tell YOU one thing u John
Henry wants 10 hold nv hand and m willing. Ia
IKE 10 any Boston policeman make him let
go"