Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-04-21
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distinction for officers of high rank.
The Emperors themselves were not
restricted in this matter, and if they
wished to COZ. er signal honor on any
OF their subjects they kissed either
the lips or the eyes of the one they
wished especially to favor.
The Greeks loved kissing. Theoc-
rites very prettily says to beauti-
ful lady friend:
Il would have been contented
With kiss of your sweet mouth"
Plato was said to be connosseur
on the art of kissing, and in his
piece of verse entitled, THE Kiss, "
he tells of how on a certain occasion
his soul seemed to have deserted his
body, as he was literally lost in the
smack of a kiss But some of those
old Greek husbands were mighty
jealous fellows, as they used to cLm-
pei their wives to diet themselves
on onions before the masculine lord
OF the household set out on a jour
ney, the man thinking that this odor-
Gus vegetable would act as pre-
ventive to any lovers kissing their
wives while<they were away
What Is One Worth?
The enjoyments of OSCILLATION were
introduced into England by Rowena.
the lovely daughter of Hengist, the
Saxon. AT a banquet given by THE
British monarch in honor of his al.
lies, the Princess, after pressing a
foaming beaker to her lips, sauted
the lips of Vortigern with little
kiss, after the manner of her own
people.
AS to the financial value of kiss
many stories might be given. One is
to the effect of an English Magis.
trate in London fining man 10
shillings for kissing another mans
wife AS the husband of the kissable
one did not think the punishment
sufficient he thoroughly threshed the
offender after his discharge. The
kisser thereupon caused the arrest of
the husband of the kissee on. a
charge of assault and battery, and
said husband was fined 10 shillings
A few weeks ago grass widow and
a gay young bachelor were brought
into the Partisan Courts and COM
PEELED to pay S. apiece for kissing
each other while riding through the
streets one sunny Sunday morning.
Thus kiss costs 10 shillings in
Great Britain and SO in France
But according to the following
scale of rates Kissing another man S
wife is somewhat cheaper in this lit
tie Ohio town than in London, Eng
land. 1t was "hugging social
given one evening a few years ago
by the young people of prominent
church in North Greenfield, Ohio, the
object being to raise SIS toward pay
ing off the church debt These were
the scale of rates:
"Girls under Is years of age, Is
cents for two minutes hug and one
kiss.
Girls under 20 years, so cents
Girls under 25 years. Is cents.
Another mans wife. 81.
"Old maids, 8 cents and no time
limit
Four Kisses Sanctioned.
kissing was a part of the religious
rites of the early Christians. At
their feasts of love the disciples
kissed each other. So greatly was it
abused that in 397 A. D., at the in
stigation of ST. Peter, the Council
of Carthage forbade all religious kiss
ing. The Pontiffs of the Christian
church, however, revived the custom,
and one of the principal features of
an audience to the common people
was the kissing of the Pope's feet
From that time to the present all
deyout Catholics who pay true hom-
age at the shrine of Peter kneel al
the foot of the throne and, mounting
as they kneel, kiss the toes Of the
slipper worn by the infallibIe head
of their church.
ST. Augustine, who preached Chris
tianity in Great Britain, sanctioned
four kisses: The kiss of reconciliation
or that between enemies who desired
to obliterate the past by state of
future amity; the kiss Of peace, ex-
changed at the celebration of the
Lords supper; the kiss of love, which
passed between those nearest and
dearest to each other, or from one
who had received hospitality, and,
lastly the kiss of holiness or sancf-