The Washington times., 1907-02-03

-Bouche riantee pIaisante bouche,
tUi balse aeFdnt qu. uH Ia touche.
buuce an balser Igi.dsut EuEge haleins
CONNIE P0deuT de fraIche marjolains'
The taste Of the kiss depends upon
the lips Of the women. Let US. there
fore see how these lips ought 70 be
perfect for oscuiatury purposes.
When French msdieyal poets &C.
scribe a beautiful woman they say
that her mouth must be- beautiful and
good 10 kiss, ''bien fate 81 doucs pour
baiSler'
The lips must first Of all be tempt
ing and red as coral;
Los lsbios de Ia su boca
Como IN mo coral,
or red as rosef
"Lo bocca picciOletta colortta
Nermiglia come rosa al giardino
Flagente ed amOrOEa per bacIare."
This last parable is one OF the most
frequent The mouth OF tie beloved
one is like a rose II has the color
and the fragrance Of thr rose.
"TIaec dulcIs IN snore.
Est FL pleua deCOrp.
Rosa rubet rubore
1T lilIum c0nvaihum,
bAa hll4tlL OINIr
sang the uoubadour Of medisyel tines
and the IoIly goliards and praised the
one who might kiss the lips OF such
a woman.
Felix est qui oscuIis meIlihuis.
lpsluS pDULur
Aud they added that upon the lips ~
every Young girl kisses are waiting
% Doe taken.
-Sedit "a ore
Rosa cum pudCre."
IT, oH the other side, We try 10 ind
out what woman demands OF the
kisses of man. the question becomes
more difficult because So few women
have sung OF kisses. which. OF course,
is quite natural and ! must. therefore,
try 10 give my own explanation.
II seems that woman prefers bearded
men. AT least a halduk sings IN 3
R7umauisn song,
u am stA far too young TO marry.
] have no beard. and what married
woman would care 10 kiss me-"
Women In the northern part OF Eu-
rope seem 10 have the same prefer
euce. The German women fatty de-
clare that beardless kiss is no kiss A.
ALL and in Holland they express the
same thought In the proverb. a kiss
without beard IS ike an egg without
salt"
In Jutland. Denmark. the women say
that a kiss should not only scratch
10 shall also be Juicy" To kiss a
beardless fellow who does not smoke
or chew is like kissing an earthen
wall"
on the other side his lips must not
be too wet for then they say. He is
good 10 kiss for thirst"
In French folksong the lover tells
how he has rubbed his lips with butter
that they may taste better.
'Jayais tonjours daus ma pochetts
Du bon bieur frais
% que je me gresssis Ia bOuIe,
Quand ] lemlTaissas."
Socrates. in a talk with Xenophon.
declares that beauty and kisses sfs
more dangerous than spiders and
snakes which can only poison us when
they touch US. while beauty makes us
insane even when far away
One might say that Socrates fear Of
kisses was rather exaggerated. but his
ideas were probably a result OF Kan
tippe's lack OF gentle manners. In our
time. OF course, we look a. these
things more stoically. but one should
endeayor not 10 indorse the rather
dangerous opinion that a kiss more or
less makes no difference.
The Italians say "a kissed mouth Is
as good as IL ever was" (bacca bach,ra
non perdre ventura. and French aus
thor compares kisses 20 the harmless
bullets used In French duels.
This moral. or rather lack of f. rs
also found in Northern countries. e.
Jutland they say: "A kiss Is Ike BE-
sPeck OF dust who does not ike q
may wipe II on"
There is no doubt that kisses are
dangerous. far more so than dynamite
and gun-cottou. First, because people
DO not ordinarily carry these explo-
sives in their pockets. while kisses
are always al hand, or rather at
month. and second, because when
dynamite has exploded its power Is
spent. while one cannot get rid OF
kisses without getting them back
again. Tor the kisses you give you also
take, and those you take you also
give.
A modern French anecdote tells OF
a student who took the liberty 10 KISS
young girl who. however. got angry
and called him an impudent fellow.
whereupon he gave her the logical
answer; Pour Dieu, Ne yous fachsz
pas; 81 &c baiser vous gene. rendez-
le-mek"
Far more peaceabIe. reads the story
of two Danish young people, who had
decided 10 break OF their engagement
NOW, I suppose we bad better re-
turn each others letters" he says
Il think so, too. she replies. but
then we had better give back ali the
kisses we have exchanged"
Which they di6-snd renewed their
engagement
This shows us that kisses ara hard %
lose. and that the Italian provsrb r.
right that says ''Bacio dato non
mai perdfgfo %