The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-03

Under What Circumstances and By
Whom should II BE INDUCED.

whom SHouIu IL be Inuuikcu.
Is kissing a necessity or luxury!
Under what circumstances. to what
extent. and by whom should II be
indulged? And why, among those
presumably capable OF, and RESPONSE
BILE for the shaping OF our common
destiny has 1t received so small
percentage OF the attention which
all OF us not unfamiliar with Its GER
tain delights and probable conse-
Quences fully realize that 1t deserves?
Clearly custom plays large part
In the determination of these prob
lens. The marriage service does not
impose the specific oscnlatory obli-
cation upon either party to the con-
tract. but nobody would question
for moment the implied right OF
each to kiss the other at suitable mo-
ments, and In a manner OF course.
not inconsistent with the mainten-
'ance OF the dignity OF both. Al
though we may safely assume, In a
large majority OF cases, the practice
has not been wholly neglected dur
Ing the period OF courtship, there Is
general taeit recognition OF an abb
rupt change taking place in the quail
of the caress simultaneously with
the exchange of marital VOWS. In
deed, no engraving Is more popular,
particularly in our rural commune
ties, than that of the tired and tear
full bride receiving from the groom
salutation OF the variety commonly
described as melting as the min
lister and parents ostentationsly dis
appear through the doorway. In
France. where young persos are per-
mitted far less freedom tnan in AM
erica or even in England. the pic
ture is truthfully labelled ''Tne First
Kiss; but here the difference in con-
dition is recognized by the substitu-
ton OF Welded Bliss or, as IL
spoken or breathed. "Mine!" and, in
rare instances "All Mlne!"
1t is in this nint OF possession that
we detect the underlying cause Of
the change in quality or flavor; prob
ably at no other moment either be-
fore or afterward, are necessary and
luxury so happily blended. From
that time forward, even among the
best regulated and least fashionable
families, the caress, as an inevitable
consequence of frequency and easy
acquisitions gradually SINNERS down
to an inoffensive but somewhat per-
functory evidence of freindiiness It
by no means follows that this fact
implies reproach, on the contrary,
evolution in any other direction. es-
pecially toward display Of more arr
dent emotion, would be in nat oppo-
sition to the laws Of nature and
consequs emily abnormal. oa oPn'
A further distinction. involving
tparttal resersion to the earlier type.
often arises from the decrease of one
OF the partners, usually the husband;
but Ii may be accepted as certainty
that tile SAVIOR peculiar to the orig
inal participation can never be wholly
regained. A more apt illustration
Vi iilpIG LOHIil1l}G IOAiii WI
this unhappy truth could not be de-
sired than that contained In the APP
pellations bestowed upon the pro-
duts Of his art BY the most famous
OF concocters OF beverage s,fdesi gned
to induce a quickentng Of the ape
tite. ~-.-.,......
OF the two mixtures from whose
invention he,derived the highest sat
isfaction, one he called THE Maid
ems Prayer" the other was desig-
mated as The Widows Delight"
Both were, and continue to be, ac-
cording to current reports. deserved
iy popular, but the significance OF
the delicate differentiation and the
certainty that even to the untutored
mind a reversal of the terms would
have seemed preposterous tend great
ly to clarity our sufficiently explicit,
Yet necessarily somewhat vague, as
sertion respecting the constantly
VARYING quality Of the kiss as con-
sequonce Of changing conditions. We
suspect. moreover. that the essentials
TO fun appreciation OF osculatory
fsyors differ eorrespondingly; the
Ingredients. for example. composing
that which the artist felicitously
termed maiden's prayer" while
suficing in early life. in later years
seeming inslpid and inadequate as
compared With the richer combina-
ton OF elements comprised In a
widows delight" Either would be
regarded. OF course. as luxury. In
decd, broadly speaking, we may safe
~ assume that only sucn kisses as
convention DEGREES that we may and
should have az will fall within the
realm OF necessity; all others, al
though in widely varying degrees
are indeed luxuries.-George Harvey
in the North American Review.