Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-28
KISSING
AT THE
DEPOT
IournaI Horse EDITORS 0pin-
ion Gathered From Hear
saw and Observation
Only

Tho SpOkeSmahheNAeW VI oPVhaho,
...Dtlv had, half column article ON
Ina habit of kissing as INDUCED in at
M depot in that city. The subject Is.
4 profound one, and either the reporter
,ss overcome by what he saw, and
|..iled to do the subject justice, or the
-.tyle Of kissing up in the bunch grass
gsdous is different and less fervid
.A,n that in this favored section. The
,snorter had n keen nose for news, but
4 fear me, he was tyro in the art os-
.ulAtory. The kissing habit at the de-
SOt is universal. 1t is a delightful
su,tom If you are tho kissee and the
tther party TO the arrangement is
sOung, dainty, and good looking. 1t is
good custom anyhow, undor almost
Inv arrangement, for " 'Tis better to
ave kissed and lost, than never to
ave kissed at all. d" A desultory
sudy Of the proposition shows kisses
i infinite variety, and with as many
fiaerent blends, havors and bouquets
soda fountain. There is the kiss
hfantile, where a cents worth of gum
as.es its sweetness beneath the bud
ng dust Of q downy moustache, an
Innocent, harmless triviality known as
the trundle-bed sip" Then there is
% other extremity, the 20 years mar
cd kiss, that is brief, soulless; taste
IS, dry, insipid, and purely perfume
by This is the "Darling, / am grow
kg old, and alfred ugly" variety
bat comes only after long and con
nued slipping at the same fountain
IS produced safety. This is the
AbOu Ben Adhem" kiss, because it
axes one love his fellow men. Then,
|bt to be overlooked, is the rapturOus,
hrgling kisses, done up in lunches,
|fd threaded on a string, that one girl
pnds out to another when they meet, a |
IT Of OH yum, yum; I'm so gladl yum
pm. just thought you'd never, yum,
Pmel yum, yum, yum, until the whole
|fing is played out. This kind, no
an moweth the flavor Of, as it is
tap only for girl friends. But as
e attack is generally short, and the
sses popped in like firecrackers, it
not supposed 20 be highly favored,
ID not worth sampling. 1t lacks
'nl touch, expression and timbre.
might be called the peek-a-boO kiss.
zen there is the kiss hypOcritieal be-
feen two married ladies, aceompan-
] by smiles fresh from the ice cream
Peer, that makes the old thermome-
in the depot hunt the cellar. There
in direct opposition TO this the
'Fvid, elinging, can-I-ever- -let-you-go
eulation the first time Jimmy goes
pay from home while the honey
BON is still full and maudhn. This
fludes a stranglebold on Jimmy by
pair Of white arms and a couple Of
'Arly tears as big as horse ehestnuts,
4 At drop on Jimmy's shirt front. This
followed by rapid dabbing at the
es with pad Of a handkerchief that
PAT rub the powder on. 1t Is sup
ped to be warm even to sultriness,
At buds, blooms ripens and fades
50 short time the crop is hardly |
f1h raising. Beside this is another
fiety unknown 10 all but the honey
eners. There is the kiss friendly, the
p eonciliatOry, the kiss dutiful, the
p casual, the kiss experimental, the
fs hirtatious, the kiss sisterly, the
p kindly, the kiss unavoidable, the
financial, the kiss sympathetic,
Kiss sOrrOwful, the kiss silly the
= courageous, the old maid kind, the
ne again kiss, and kisses Of every
'ss' form, kind, temperature, flavor,
Z degree-all good, of course, but
1e better than others; but there is
Nnd you never see at the depot,
Pugh you may see the sure indica- |