The Washington herald., 1913-04-10
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on Two Continents

1t was Cromwell and his roundheads
who gave the dcathblow to the amiable
and universal custom, and made il such
a dangerous pastime that even lovers
dared not exchange salutes where any
prying and envious eyes could see them
Thus it is recorded that one Jacob Mar
line and Sarah futile were hailed before
the local bench of magistrates for sit
ting on a cheste together, his arms about
her waste and her arm upon his shoulder
or about his neck. and continuing in that
sinful posture for about half an hour.
in which time he kyssed her and she
kissed him, or they kissed one another,
las We witness testified
When the Duke Of Clarence. later the
fourth William. was travelling in Can
ada, he stole kiss from the pretty wife
of the barber who had shaved him
There, now he boosted, tell your
countrywomen that the son of the King
If England has given a royal kiss to a
Yankee BARRIERS wife" Scarcely had the
words left his lips when the knight of
the razor lifted a vigorous foot and
kicked Kim out OF the door. with the re-
mark: There, now, go and tell your
countrymen that a Yankee barber has
given . royal kick to the son of the
King of England"
Australian in recent years. He was
taken before the magistrates and heavily
fined. Then he was horsewhipped by
the girls muscular brother, and harried
into a brain-fever by his own wife. The
clergyman of his parish referred to the
outrage in a scathing sermon, to which
the press gave the fullest publicity, and.
finally, the caterpillars took hand in
the case and ate up every blade of the
malefactors wheat crop.
When an Irish farmer walked into a
grocer's shop and, without preliminary
beating about the bush, clssped the fair
shop lady in his arms and kissed her, a
Dublin jury placed value of E120 on
that solitary kiss, while Partisan man
milliner. whose appetite was not salts
fed until he had embraced in turn a
round score of his shop girls. no doubt
counted the luxury rather dear for the
375 francs he was ordered to pay for II.
One cannot help thinking that a more
suita ple punishment than fine Tor jaiD
for such "delinquents'' would be a SEN
tence of a few hundred electric kisses"
This kiss. as all dabblers in science are
aware. is performed by means Of An
electric stool. A woman (the prettier the
better) mounted upon a stool with her
current conductor, challenges a man not
in the secret to give her a kiss. Upon
his attempt to obey, a spark flies in his
face and effectually deters him from
! further adventure.
Kisses from pretty lips have, as We all
know smoothed the way to Westminster
for more legislators than James Fox.
and this in the days when a single vote
was often worth eco or more of a candi-
dates money. But such sum never
would have purchased the kiss offered.
only recently by auction, for a charity.
| by one OF the most beautiful of Paris
actresses.
| The bidding scared higher and higher
amid fever of excitement until IL
reached 20,0ee francs. ANY advance on
! 20, 600 francs?" asked the fair auctioneer,
! flushed with pride at >the value placed
! upon one of her kisses. of which she had
any number in reserve. Then amid a
silence that was almost painful in its
4 intensity, the dainty hammer fell. ITO
1 you monsieur" she said, smiling be-
witchingly at an old gentleman. Mime,
was the answer. II am profoundly
honored But such prizes are not for
old age. So with madame's gracious per-
mission I will icpute the. honor to my
srandchiid'' and raising sweet lirtie
! boy in his arms. he received his kiss by
| proxy amid thunders Of cheers and de-
lighted laughter. FI4sNEUR
J Copyright, 1915. b. Court Gossip Ss.disata,