The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
PURCHASED KISSES
Recent Court Decisions Say Ihey
Must Be Paid For.
auvinr the Luxury Comes Higher
Than Stealins-vaIue of Oscuia-
fion May Soon Be Establishes
by Statutory Regulation.

The value of kiss may soon be es-
tablished by statutory regulation. ihere
seems to be necessity for this, Judging
from the number of cases which nave
been brought into the courts 10 coliect
for kisses which have been dellVereo
voluntarily or stolen.
According to court decisions, there
seems to be more value to kiss which
has been purchased, a price having peen
agreed on. than to kiss which is stoieh'
Recently a Chicago justice fined youth
SIS for stealing one, but out in Call
fornia Judge has given young woman
q Judgment of SIPS for one which was
purchased.
Miss Marian Green, of San Francisco,
was the young woman who sold and nae
to bring action in court to collect. Ac-
cording to the painful story OF a witness,
Miss Green was the belle at party given
in that city. 1t was proposed ina KISS
ing auction should take place. Among
the men present were P. T. Doolan and
Dr.. A. c. Hicks. The former in a gen.
erous mood astonished the assemblage
by announcing his willingness to pay
500 for a kiss from Miss Green. she
promptly delivered the goods and &C
cepted his note for the amount.
Then DR.. Hicks, who did not have any
money, but who considered that his note
was as good as Mr.. Doolan's, offered
s125 for the same commodity, and again
the delivery took place at once.
According to those present the doc"
tors signature was so illegible that Miss
Green made him sign 1t again, and In due
time the note found its way into the
hands of D. A. Curtin, who sued on it,
the case coming up for hearing last
month. When the justice got the facts
In the case he solemnly decided that,
though kisses were things to be given
Cor taken) without payment, the note
was binding and he entered judgment
accordingly.
But Miss Green Is not the first who
has sued for payment of kisses given
and returned. In California an action
was brought two years ago by Miss
Katherine Smith against Mr.. Thomas
James for payment of II kisses sold to
him for dollar apiece.
It appears that bazaar was held In a
small town near Pasadena, the proceeds
OF which were to go towards the erec-
ton Of a schoolhouse. There are many
women in the district, and it was sug-
gested that It would be good way to
increase the financial condition of
things by putting up few choice kisses
for auction. The suggestion met with a
hearty response and the sale was an i'm
mense success and things went off to
the satisfaction of every one. Every
gentleman honorably paid cash down ex-
cepting Mr.. James, who, having helped
himself literally to II kisses from the
pretty lips of Miss Smith, coolly an
nounced, when called upon to "stumI
up" that he had come away without his
purse, but that II dollar would cancel
the debt he would be pleased to hand Il
over to the treasurer of the bazaar
His offer was Indignantly declined
and it was only by doing harlequin
act through the conservatory that he es'
capped a well deserved thrashing from
the young men present. But Mis-:
Smith, who Is a girl of nerve as we'll a.
beauty, promptly brought suit agains
the mean debtor, and recovered pay
ment in full, greatly to the JOY of every
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