The evening world., 1911-02-02

League Of Baltimore.
1t may be news to school girls.
devotees Of the ancient and honorable
pastime Is on trial for its life, but n I
prosecutor they win be In b1issful. or
"KissinS shoulA be abolished"
declared 19rs. Gabriel. "Ths utter
msaninS1sssnsss Of the perform
ancs. to say nothing Of the unsani-
tary element OF II, should have
killed h Kiss long ago.
1.-THE msnaoss 70 health that
dimcult TO get ria Of. suoh - open
sewers ana suoh things, ars BE-
walled and bsmoansd, but one Of
the most dangerous practices, q
thst constantly snAanSsrs health
ana spreads disease, 10 allowed 70
flourish on account OF the mere
maudln sentiment hat surrounds
this form OF oarsss. 8obbsd OF this
sentiment, there 10 nothing to .
kiss"
Stern words! What would Cyrano do
Berxerac say to themf I wondered.
Seeking q Kiss Defender.
Surely the singer Of the KISS praises
must turn owe In his CONN at the gross
libel upon the kiss-"the rose dot on
the 4 Of adoration.' brush Of q bees
wing that makes time eternal" or any
thing else you and the quotation dc
tionary please.
Not dhstn9 able to summon Cyrano
from the dead or to visit the shrine Of
his odern interpreter. Rostand. I had
to content my self with DR.. Anna Freed
mans opipion, I'm surs yvy.n al, hke It.
DO 700 wish me 70 dis18D stM3 kiss
from a medical or a human standpoint"
inquired DR.. Freedman. with delightful
seriousness.
Both" said.
Discussion from q medical standpoint
would be much too long and compli-
Gated" DR.. Freedman answered. and
such things are not always for the
public. The kiss has a physiological
basis, or excuse or whatever you choose
to call II. but l would have to explain
the whole system to tell you
why. Many kisses are meaningless and
to some un~responsive persons all kisses
may be.
VI - 10 WV VI thcSOp
that is. II she refers to the kiss as the
expression of an overwhelming senti-
ment between adults.
Wrong 70 kiss Baby.
But I imagine she refers more par
ticularly to the Kisses exchanged be-
tween women who care nothing for each
other.
"It 10 wrong for any psrsoa,
undsr any circumstances, - Mss
Q ohild on the mouth. This applies
just - much 70 the beby's mother
ana father - TO any else.
MANY diseases may b con-
~ Cd : infants By . HISS on the
mouth, ana No mother who loves
her baby VIII ever expose IL TO
possible oontaS1on b. Kissing fts
mouth.
~ do not think Kissing between
healthy adults 10 attended BY h
same danger.
II think kissing between women wht
are utterly Indifferent to each othel
should be abolished.
There is really no such thing as Ar
Indifferent itss. There Is h kiss o.
love and the kiss OF hate. or Judas kiss
II you kiss a person. man or oma
with Indifference in your heart, you hav'
given a Judas kiss. Don you think so
Many women exchange this type o.
| kiss more from a senseless and mean
| ingless custom than anything else. Thi'
| practice should be abolished, but law
| cannot do 1t. only improved education
In ethics mi hygiene could accomplish
such a reform.
Beyond Laws Reach.
1T would not be possible to frame
law making kissing in public places
like railway stations or steamship piers
a misdemeanor. and the persons ar
rested subject TO a fine.
Those very persons might be tn
ones who could kiss with perfect i'm
munity.
"If there could be Q law forbid
ding the kissing Of dsfsnsslsss
babies upon the mouth II would
be An excellent thing. But you
understand ~ well - I do that to
enforce suoh . law would DO im-
possible.
NO." DR.. Freedmen concluded. II
Is impossible to leg!slate against In
discriminate kissing. n a only edu
cate against It,"
Perhaps Chicago University will tax
A hint from Dr.. Frsedman's conclusion
and establish a professorship to on
tighten the public pon the folly an
LANCER of meaningless kisses.
~ ~ hA thA Maui Work nthel
schools might add the subject to thel