The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-03
KISSING As A.,NECEssITY.


NJ "hom should IL BE INDUCED.
ls kissing q necessity or q luxury!
Under what circumstances. to what
extent, and by whom should 1t bs
| indulged? And why, among those
presumably capable or. and response
: PIG ior the shaping Of our common
uestihy, mas 1t received SO small a
i percentage OF the attention which
~ OF US not unfamiliar with its GER
tam delights and probable conse-
quehces fnlly realize that II deserves?
III Clearly custom plays a large part
IN the determination OF these nroh-
lens The marriage service does not
impose the specific oscnlatory obi
CATION upon either party to the con-
I tract, but nobody would question
/ ior moment the implied right OF
eacn 70 kiss the other at suitable ma
Mehts, and In a manner. or course.
NOT inconsistent with the mainten-
ance OF the dignity OF both. Al
.hongn we may safely assume, In
iarge majority Of cases, the practice
mas not been wholly neglected dur
ING tne period OF courtship. there IL
general taeit recognition OF an abb
Iupt change taking place Ia the quaI-
ity or hayor, Ii We may SO term IL.
81 the caress simultaneously with
| the exchange OF marital VOWS. IN
ueed, no engraving is more popular. i
parucularly In our rural communi~ |
lies, tnan that OF the tired and tear
III pride receiving from the groom
sanitation OF the variety commonly
uescflDed as melting ais the min
lster and parents ostentatiously dis
appear through the doorway. In
france. where young persos are per-
ihitted Tar less freedom tnan III Am
erica or even in England. the pic-
lure Is trnthfully labelled THE First
Mss Dut here the difference In con-
uitioh IL recognized by the substitu-
non or Welded Bliss, or a. II
spoken or breathed, .Minet" and. IN
rare instances "AIl Mine,"
u Is IN this mint of possession that
we detect the underlying cause Of /
sne change IN quality or flavor, prob I
ABLY az no other moment either BE- !
lofe or afterward, are necessary and /
luxury SO happily blended. From /
mat time forward, even among the i
pest regulated and least fashiopahla !
'ahililes, the caress, as an inevitable
OF frequency and easy
gradually SINNERS down
. an inoffensiye but somewhat peP !
uhc'ofy evidence Of freindliness II i,
y no means follows that this fact
implies reproaeh, on the contrary !,
in any other direction. as !.
'eoiaiiy toward display of more ar Y,
ent emotion, would be in fat oppo- g'f
itloh 70 the laws Oh nature and
onsequently abnormal aaa A9raI 81
fnfther distinction, involving
aftsal FeNersion to the earlier tvn4gI p
Iteh arises from the decrease of one L
fhe partners, usually the husband. r
" i may be accepted as a certainty bl
iat Tue SAVIOR peculiar to the orig 4
~ participationScan never be wholly | Il
sgained- A more apt illustration IA
more conclusive confirmation or W
Us unhappy truth could not be d. OF
rel than that contained IN the an re
'fiations bestowed upon the pro- N,
us OF his art by the most famons IN
coneocters OF t,evenag es, designed ~
induce q qniekening III The appe-
e,
VI me two mixtures from whose
Vention ne derived the highest sat ~
acton, one he called .;The Maid At
Prayer; the other was .desIe- TN
TED as The Widows Delight" VIII
IN were, and continue to be. ac- the
ding to current reports. deserved. fas
popular; but the Significance OF
delicate differentiation and the
tainty that even to the untutored +
hd reversal of the terms wonld De-
1e seemed preposterous tend great pTs
70 clarity our sufficiently explicit Of
necessarily somewhat vague. Az
ton respecting the constantly I
wing quality Of the KISS as a con- tru
hence OF changing conditions. We
pect, moreover. that the essentials r.
tull appreciation OF osculatory to
ors differ correspondingly; the
rodents, for example, composing
which the artist felicitously r.
= su maiden prayer" while corn
~ easy me- I'D later years ind
n'ne lnsipio ana inadequate as en-
pais' Win the richer combina- God
OF elements comprised In a does
dow's delight" Either would be ave
Irded, of course. as a luxury. In Iyinl
J. broadly speaking. we may safe TT
ssume that only sucn kisses as eap
'ention DEGREES that we may and
I'D have at will fall within the -
m OF necessity; all others, al III
gh in widely varying degrees. III
indeed iuxuries.-Georse Harvey So
he North American Review. Cor