Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-23
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KISSES FAMOUS IN HISTORY.
How One Duchess Raised Regiment
and Another Bought q Vote.

How One Duchess Raised a Regiment
and Another Bought Vote.
No more celebrated kiss was ever
given than that bestowed on November
22, 1881, in the gallery Of Greenwich
Palace, by Queen Elizabeth upon the
Duke d. Alencon, one Of the suitors
for her hand, whom, in the presence
Of Walsingham and Leicester, she
kissed upon his coarse lips and, plac-
ing a ring upon his finger, presented
to her courtiers as their future mas
ter. ....
With true sincerity did another
English Queen grant a like favor,
though the kiss given was but that
Of friendship and esteem. 1t was at
the conclusion Of the Crimean war
when, France and our country being,
as at present on the best Of terms,
Queen Victoria paid visit to Paris.
Her meeting with her ally, Napoleon
II, was Of the most cordial descrip-
ton, and the queen reached every
heart, when, throwing ceremonial to
the winds, she touched with her lips
the emperor's cheek, with that kiss
doing more to cement the good will
between the two countries than any
amount of formal courtesy would
have effected.
Every one has heard Of the famous
kiss bestowed upon the butcher by
Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire. In
1884 Fox was contesting Westminis-
ter in the Whig interest, among his
keenest supporters being the beauti-
full duchess, who entered heart and
soul into the spirit Of the election,
gaining many a vote for her protege
by her golden speech and sparkling
eyes. One man, however, a butcher,
remained impervious to her wiles;
neither beseeching glance nor per-
suasive word could move him. But
the duchess was resolute on gaining
her end; she offered a kiss for the
mans vote. Such a bribe was ire
sistible.
The efficacy Of a fair woman's kiss
was incontestably proved when, In
1894, the famous Gordon Highland
ers were raised by the lovely Duchess
of Gordon, who was directly instru-
mental in gaining thousand recruits
by the donation Of guinea and kiss
apiece. In a sense, many OF these
kisses may be said to have been fatal,
for in an encounter with the French
shortly afterward more than $50
were either killed or wounded.
Alain Carter, the French poet, Is
the hero of a romantic legend. One
day he sat down in a public place.
and, being weary and exhausted by
the heat Of the day, fell into a slum-
Der. AS he slept Margaret Of Scot
land, the wife of the Dauphin, af-
terward known in history as Louis XI,
chanced to pass with her attendants.
She glanced at the unconscious man
and recognized in him the poet whose
verses she so loved. Then, motion
ing to her maids to be still, she gently
stepped forward, and, STOPPING, i'm
printed a kiss on the sleeping poets
lips.
Pretty, too, is the story of 1ngeborg
Winding and the poor student, Paul
Vendelbo. The latter whose empty
purse was a sad trammel to his ardor
after knowledge, was promised by
two noblemen a foreign tour condl-
tional on his being able to obtain a
kiss from the fair Ingeborg. Nothing
despairing, Vendelbo one morning ap-
preached the lady as she was seated
at a window and boldly made con-
fession of his hard case. Ingeborg
heard in silence, then bent down her
proud head and in loving charity gave
gave him a kiss.
At times, however, a kiss has been
the prelude Of a tragic sequel, as was
that bestwed in 1918 by Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bavaria upon Princess Thy
ra, the near relation of a ruler Of
neighboring state, where he was on
visit. This affectionate greeting, a
needless whim of the moment, was
given under the very eyes Of the
princess's betrothed, who naturally
taking umbrage, soundly rated the
thoughtless prince. Words came to
blows, which resulted in a duel being
arranged, and diplomatic relations
between the states were broken of.
In the war that followed, although
hostilities lastd but six weeks, over q
thousand lives were sacrificed.