The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-16

people will participate: Mr.. and Mrs
O. c. Krone, Miss Stella Brush, Mrs
Clarence Hadley, Mrs. Edna Long
neeker, Mr.. Walter Luring and male
quartette from the church choir. A
delightful feature will be the Mum
Quintette. The family picture gallery
described by the exhibitor, will be
most amusing: At the close Of the
program the young ladies of the Lea
que will serve ice cream at the usual
prices. An evening of genuine enjoy
ment is assured.
The following illuminating screed
entitled FFunny Kind of Kissing
is taken from the editorial depart
ment of the "Louisville Herald:''
"Funny but incomprehensible to a
man is, indeed, what the New York
Evening Mail calls the "formal femi-
nine kiss" What is it? We have all
seen it. 1t is of every day occurrence
at railway stE y, steamboat land
ings, hotels, hol4,s and sometimes at
church doors. It is exclusively femi-
nine in origin. design. mechanism and
result. The Mail, evidently speaking
from very close range, says that the
formal feminine kiss, consists in
"two well-dressed women edging to-
ward each other when they meet, each
one threatening the other with a kiss
that the other does not want to re
ceive, and ending up by the one stiff
ly giving and the other as stiffly re-
ceiving a dry little kiss somewhere in
the vicinity of the right ear.' The
formal feminines kiss is of purely
American origin. 1t did not come over
with Christopher Newport to James
town, nor with Miles Standish toPly-
mouth Rock. It did not originate in
Alaska or Senegambia for the abort
ginal ladies of these interesting coup-
tries could hardly be called we'll dress
ed. It was in due course invented by
an ingenious American woman, pat
ented and put on the market. It meets
want There are times apparently
when women feel bound by the social
code to make toward each other a
show Of cordiality in which neither
have any heart. A mere handshake
would not do. That were too mascu-
line. A kiss on the lips were too effu-
sive A good old-fashioned smack on
a rosy cheek were a trifle out of
form. Touching noses too ridiculous.
So the fair inventress of the formal
feminine kiss laid down the law that
when such a kiss is called for the
woman to be kissed deftly projects
her ear to the kisser who lands an
icy little peck on the irresponsible
space beneath the auricular append
age. The strange thing to men about
the whole affair, demanding such skill
precision and mathematical accuracy
on the part of the participants. is
that they do not even seem to like
each other any the better for it. But.
bless our deluded masculine souls, fill
ed with microbes of ignorance on top
les and methods exclusively feminine
tended to make the kissers like each
other, or look as if they liked each
other
The formal feminine kiss is one of
woman's handy little make-believes
that makes her outwardly admit that
the other woman, perhaps a rival,past
wardly she thinks as she pleases. The
formal feminine kiss will in time dis
appear. A substitute will be, of course
found. Men are opposed to the formal
frigid kiss of femininity because it
is a waste Of a very delightful thing.
The following invitations have been
issued by the Knights Of Columbus:
Knights of Columbus, Richmond
Council, No. $50.
Richmond. Ind, Aug. Is, 1904.
Dear Sir and Brother:
You are cordially invited to attend
a reception given by Richmond Coun-
ell, No. $50. Knights of Columbus, at
X. c. Hall, Friday evening, August
10Th. at o'clock, in honor of Broth
err VIM. HI. Kelley, recently appointed
District Deputy of the eighth district
of Indiana. Fraternally,
CHAS. F. DUNN.
JAS. E. GOLDRICK.
JOHN F. MCCARTHY. JR.
HENRY Fl. BURSTING.
CASPER MTNEA