New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Anfisepffc K fssfn6 Introduced
BY Professor Harry Butler

@sacrifcingly in the initial demonstration of
/ the kissinette This suspense was short
! lived, however.
| AS soon as the megaphone in the hands
! of Edward Schott announced that a new
and wonderful device for protecting kissers
/ from germs was to be demonstrated Pro-
| feSsor Buffers booth was surrounded by
/ groups of self-sacrficing persons. At first
there was a demand for the kSSinetteS and
/ the entire three hundred were handed out
at . cents each as rapidly as several per-
sons could take in the money for them.
Then Mr.. Schott announced that Professor
Butler would show how the kissinette
should be used. The self-sacrif1cng young
women stepped forward and several equally
! self-sacrifcing young men, with noble de-
vOtion 10 the cause of science, volunteered
to take Mr.. Buffers place Ten cents
kiss, or three for . cents. was the fee
charged for the honor of being the early
experimenters in the art of hygienic oscu-
lation
/ A Few careless persons, evidently without
q proper respect for germs, were inclined
/ 10 treat the new invention with levity, but
after listening to the exposition of its
merits they were gathered into the fold
of converts. One light minded youth re-
germs could not crawl through the in
! te7stices in the gauze. Professor Butler
explained that the antiseptic preparation
| lured the bacteria 10 the strands of the
netting, just as Gree of old lured sailors
to their death on the sunken reefs Be
Sides he declared the ways of germs, like
those OF all evil things, are crooked, and
they would never go straight through on
principle. He also explained that an i'm
mersion in water after any kiss rendered
the kissinette again germ proof
| Professor Butler was asked if he found IT,
pleasant experience to be Hobsonized
with innocuous oscillations. He replied in
/ q reproachful tone: THE pathogenic in
| terest L had in the demonstration pre-
Guided my giving attention to what would
otherwise have been a pleasurable expert
ence"
He is convinced that his invention is
going 10 make kissing more common.
when you men and women realize" he
said. that OSCILLATION can become perfectly
harmless it viii be more generally prac-
tised. There is a certain nlodesty about
the kiss given through the kissinette that
! Goes not pertain to ordinary kissing, and
the most prudish girl will feel that she can
allow herself 10 be kissed with the hygienic
kiss"
But will not the charm of kissing be lost
when lips no longer meet?' Mr.. Butler
was asked.
''On the contrary" was the softly spoken
reply. II am a bachelor. and possibly my
judgment may not be regarded as decisive,
! but j am convinced that there viii be an
added charm when the new device is used.
The threads OF the gauze create vibration
1 which viii add 10 the thrill OF the kiss and
I viii I am sure DE something intense be-
! tween true lovers In farewells this vibra-
ton viii express sympathy, sometimes
pathos. since the net responds to the oscu-
/ lations. There is one other advantage
The vibrations cause musical note in the
kiss waves which I'll q room when two
persons kiss each other
Professor Butter has given the entire
rights to his invention to the Pharma-
ceutical Society. He says that a smaller
sized kissinette is soon TO be made which
q man may hang from his buttonhole after
the manner Of an eyeglass.
The kissinette is really the result Of ex-
periments made several years ago by Pro-
fessor Butler TO find an antiseptic gauze
that could be used on the drinking cups
passed in church communion services II
IS difficult, he explains. to find germicide
that is not poisonous TO man. Various
pathogenic bacteria may be disseminated
when different persons use the same drink
ing cup and when two persons kiss each
other.
Professor Butler is a serious minded
young man-the conventional student in
fact-and is panied when one smiles at any
| portion Of his discourse.