The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-29
FEMININE

invented kissingr' they give as no
brighter light upon lhc subject than
that refieclsa BY me poet VINO sang:
May his soul be IN hssVsn--hs deserves
Who was nrst the inventor OF kissing
The three degrees OF the KISS De-
slowed BY the ancient itoinans ale de-
scribed w one OF these nistorians--
'basium," or kiss VI good fsllowshii.
ana "saciuum." or kiss OF love.
Marc Antony ala not complain to tbs
reformerH when ClsOpatra gave MIN the
third degree. And this reminds me
mat our own kisses were CLASSIFIED only
this summer by Mrs. kendai, the 'MrG
Grundy OF the British stage" N her
lecture, Rambling Roses" wherein
she said:
ITO kiss ones wife 10 an obligation.
To kiss AN ugly woman - galiantry.
ton. To kiss ones ricn aunt 10 hypoc.
risy. To kiss ones niotner-tn-isw u
a holy sacrifice. To kiss u. yoank
b!uhing girl is-qulte q different
The bIissfui pleasures OF ejaculation
seem to have been unknown 20 our
British ancestors prior to the NTH GEN.
fury. when introduced at the ums =.
daughter. we are told. pressed the
vecker with her lipkins and herself sa-
luted the arnorous Vortfgern with q
most OF the states In our aneged .anc
our frisick nation. From this period
the aforesaid custom of kissing was
adopted in Britain. SO that the learned
Erasmus Rotterdamus Manyerges AZ
terward found occasion to praise the
whole land on account thereof.
This, then, was the first kiss In Eng
land. Subsequent history attempts ~
sas MORE pink .hsa % A nGa R0n
those OF reconeiliation. peace. faith ana iai
charity-and the later ceremonial
forms OF nectarless osculation rahsins
from the parental smack upon the lore
head to the kissing OF the Pope's toe.
ION the hygiene of the kiss there 10
not such q dearth of literature. onL
as Is inevitable when any phase OF Inv
health question Is attacked, autnora
Old Socrates opaned up the discussion
In that talk with Xenophon. wien ne
declared kisses to be more dangerous
Is held even now by that learned Prof.
w. d. Mile OF the University OF Ber-
lin, who the other day, In an adoress
at Middletown, Conn, declared that hs
mouth OF some beautiful German frau
leins. the nectar Of whose lips.
placed upon an arrow would. cause
death throes more terrible than wouio
pent. Indeed. there 10 no propaganda
the venom Of the most noxious ser
pent. Indeed. there 10 No propaganda
more persistent than that OF these anti
kissing fanatics. They pointed with
dispatches announcing the one hundred
and second birthday OF the SWISS CEN
tenarian, Jean Brun, who attriputes
his great age to the faet tbat-nke
prophet---he had been kissed by no
other woman than his mother. These
anti-kissing crusaders nave aireauy
captured the sovereign state % ~.
Board of Health lately posted the
warming: do not kiss anyone on the
mouth or allow anyone 20 DO so 70
YOU. Oh. safe and sane age In wh'ch
Finally the laws attitude toward
lovers must find place In the currIeu,
lum of our school of love TOR what
sSe be Of %Srs pr So the Of
different States and different counties
vary as TO the penalties for love-mak-
Ing. The lover In these days 10 axe
the automobiiist. always running aIo h
ed old men for the limitation and sup
preston OF romance. Might IL not pc
Important to know that, whereas IN
kiss a willing maid with impunity.
most OF the states In our alleged land
Of liberty now hold 1t to be punish
able offense to thus salute lass even
after she has courted such an atten-
| ton? In the mother country the nne
| for stealing q kiss from an unwhling
| lady ranges anywhere from $40 to yzo,
with alternatives OF from two to nve
weeks in durance vilet In America the
| average penalty for a kiss freely given
is a. this Is the regular fine for Will
| ing kisses enjoyed upon the beaches OF
Eastern seaside resorts. even Wneh
darkness has fallen to hide the shame
less deed from all others except the
policeman skulking behind the dune.
But here unwilling kisses came much
higher and subject tine thief not only
to a fine In court but to heavy civil
damages. Thus In Des Motnes NOT
long ago a young man was sueo Aor
$4,000 for stealing kiss from young
woman. But there yet remains one
American city where the minions OF the
law refuse to mug Cupid for the
rogues' gallery. This Is Pittsburg
whose superintendent of police the 9TH
err day uttered this dictum ensnt PARK
| spooners:
Let 'em kiss their heads of! Give
| 'em room! And what is more. we want
| to give EN- better aecomodations-
| more benches, where more kissing par
ties can be held. II a fellow waits TO
take his best girl to- the park ana
there give her a few kisses, and she IL
willing-why. more power TO them
| bothw
All that can find OF interest anent
the kiss In tina learned cOIwuentaries
"The kisser and the kisses must
meet on equal terms, the latter revert
| ing in due course to the practices OF
the former. Indeed, kiss Is sub
pect to this wonderful paradox. thai II
ject to this wonderful paradox that II
all OF its value from being returned tC
the giver