New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
THE GERM KISS.
WOm6n, Be7care Mustache Oscula-
ton, Says French Physician.

Should kissing be forbidden by law No. his IS
New Years joke With all seriousness and
with feeling that. in relating the following scien-
tific discoveries. he may save thousands from the
attacks of death dealing microbes a correspond
OF Tit Bits the must surely be a soIrsd
bacheIorD ventures not only 70 advocate anti
kissing crusade. but also 70 suggest that health
reformers should aGitate for laws making oscu-
latOry practice punishable offence He says hs
is prepared TO bear with the patience of a martyr
the contemptuous. scOrnfuI attitude OF all Nssa1s
young ladies and love sick swaiuS. not 70 mention
the angry indignation Of the spIuSter who sits and
signs forty for the who Will confess tnat
her lips are as sweet as honey. This is what 0lr
kiss-hating friend writes:
Gould those poor. misguided girls who sssert tina;
kiss without a mUstache IS like egg without
salt see with microscope the swarms Of horrid
ugly. wriggling microbes which UCstache con-
tans they would insist on all being ciedn
shaven and that both faces should be treated VIE
strong anttseptic solution before and after allow
ing themselves be kissed. even i they did not
abjure kissing altogether.
"A striking illustration of the dangers OF Kissing
a man with mustache is furnished by The reSuI-s
of the following experiment. carried OUT sEor'
time ago by eminent French physician IHis
doctor enlisted the services OF Two men, one clean
shaven and the other with mUSJaChe, and tooA
them to his laboratory. where a young wOman'
who had been hired be Kissed. waiting
With the aid of certain preparations the doco'
made quite certain that no germs fingered on 'Ae
lips OF the lady after which the clean shs'sa
young applied his lips - hers in the clstOH-
any manner. Tie doctor then passed Sterl'Ssd
brush ever tho young Iady'S lips dipped IL mo
test tube containing a sterile solution and 9uicE5
sealed the top
The girls lips and f.ce having been sterilzed of
second time. the man with the ul,istachs vas
permitted to kiss her the stc-i.ized uIusa aoa
test tube being again used IS before After i'A-
days the tubes were opened The ars;. taken tTe-.
the shaven man. Speckled with dots, cac' q
which WAS a coloay cf yeast germs. s-cI as cause
mould. but are practically harmless Tae seems
from the man with the uuS-a-a be. Lfela''
swarrei with malignant microbes. iJEs 14''
tubercle bacillus, dipththeria -ld i.-tt-
germs, not mention minute bits o, s-3I ana .
hair from SPIDERS leg.
1t does not follow. hove -t-- absence u H'''
on the face means absence Of disease sI'st''-.~'
microbes. Dr.. NaIpaSse. OF the Nc-i-al E5c~I
OF Paris. and phS 20 ttl- rers-oa le;@l-'- .
Constanttnople. makes Out STRONG t.l~r t-'--
the mother who kisses her baby. pc -aaFs's
kiss with the :c~po@SjtiIty for ss.s.-a1- n', 'i'
tuberculosis ard diphtEtriI tut also srjii- -eN'
measles, uiuuIps. Sc;trlattuI. vi.rrr4,; tnuSh -
typhoid fever, Wei t.tuy INFECTIOUS lts =
of the skin. such bOjlS and C,sro@1..rS-
may escape the evil eousvGucnces ot d '--sS'
says They are Strons; and able O. rruei use
but the delicate organism vf iui,lt IS hei'''
He therefore. suggests th..y il cannot s'VF
lovers from kissing law si.ould Pc r,sSe1 -,
hibitins the practice of kissing children as lb1'~
ttry In the Jly&ut.ul-. Nalpa>Sv advises n''' -,
only refrain from kissins 'hcir oH''es, s,r
an airrg.-Tit- Bits.