Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
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SINGER Defines "BUSS'
frivolous salute l. Like Peach rick
ed Green SAYS Rcd Headed
Opera Sinr.

Neither does she lose $4,000 neck
laccs in Denver hotels. OF course. u
Mary wanted to be careless with neck
lacrs. she would be. And OF course,
II she really wanted 10 kiss porter
she'd do that too. But while the IT.
tan hatred, a2ure-eyod despair of the
lmpressionable young men of two con
tlnents and one tight little isle owns
enough jewels not to miss a bushcl or
two and is at liberty to buss whom she
fan"ies. she doesn't wear ropes OF
pearls with street dresses and she
doesn't kiss at first sight Decidedly
no!
Not that Mistress Mary is either
contrary or perycrse. She rs neither
Rather more than amiablc, one would
say and just little bit more than
beautiful But there isn't necessarily
close relationship between beauty,
amiability, pecks Of pearls ana kisses
for pOrtcrs, II there is. Miss Garden
can't see It, and her cycsight appar-
entity Is good
An utterly silly story said she.
The public seems to imagine that be-
cause one sings, one really Isn't ac.
countahlc for what one does. ! have
not found singers, as a class mental
ly irresponsible. 1t appears however.
that | have been represented AS one
OF the mentally incapacitatcd
pOrtcrS Handsome Men
81 suppose there is no good reason
! why portcrs shouldn't bee kissed ]
have seen some very handsome ones.
| here and there In about five hotels
in ten the handsomest man in the
| house Is the one who handles the
! trunks And IT is logical to suppose
| that porters might enjoy kisses just
as much as other men. But am told
| that no man, whether in portcrs uni
form, or evening dress. enjoys sur
prise kiss So why should | take adj
vantage of poor hclplos porter
But Miss Garden had something to
say about psy chology of the kiss
"a kiss ls not to bc lightly given
nor lightly taken" said she, looking
very serious for the moment IA
! frivolous kiss is like peach picked
green 1t has neither the flavor nor
the soul. It Is flat, tastelcss, and un-
palatable. Like the perfect peach.
the perfect kiss must ripen. am
something of an epicure though !
may know little about kissing
Let your peach hang in the sun
an hour less than it should. and your
true cpicure viii have none of il.
Kiss moment too soon. ana you have
robbed the salute Of its ripc perfcc-
tion. Kiss hastily and YOU have lost
the flavor. even as vou lose the flavor
of your peach by gobbling H. The
real joy of kissing depends upon an
ticipation.
Kiss When You Must.
The mind. the hear,. the lips. must
be I'm state of expectancy. When
the peach IS lust ripc-no more. no
less-pluck II and eat il iovouslv.
When YOU can no longer refrain kiss,
so. why should one oven suppos-
ing one should be tempted to oXprcsg
ones gratitude by kiss hostow the
salute upon one whose mental state
is not such as To insure apprcclatiou.
That would be shocIiinglv nartistic.
to saw nothing Of its being immoral
"Speaking seriously. however | am
grIeved at the story Kisses are too
sacred TO he bcstowod upop chonro
princes men Of worl, or miIlonoires "