The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-10
eV Or. FRANK Crane
tCopNrshi l3lat,b, FRANK Cranel


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a young woman writes me asking that
give her some advice ON the subject of
kissing she says she is keeping com
pany with "a gentleman and times is in
doubt how 10 act kissing especially.
SAID man has proposed marriage and
been accepted. Both parties are of good
moral character decent but not prudish.
and have reached the age of discretion.
Now she inquiries. is the woman re-
strictng the map too much by insisting
that he moderate his ardor a bit i'm the
.osculatory phases of their communion?
IS she justified in being offended when
ne will not listen TO her when she tries
TO repress this manifestation of his af-
lection, and is he justified in saying that
she does not love him when she takes
this attitude2
First OF all. Geraldine, | wish to thank
you. That YOU have turned TO me upon
this momentous issue warns the cookies
of my heart and gives the lie to those
enemies who cast asparagus at my per-
sonai charms.
hasten 10 give the widest publicity to
the fact that one person at least regards
me as a kissing expert. That you did
not come 70 me in person is still further
complimentary. rs il implies that in ac-
tuaiiy receiving from me demonstra-
ton of the various modes of OSCILLATION
you feared the fatal perfection Of my
technique You did we'll Geraldine.
Now to the point The question seems
to 'be how long should friend dance hang
ON when once engaged in the sou-swap-
ping process. What is the time limit?
Is it nice for twenty seconds and
naughty when it lasts twenty-one? At
what hour of the clock does Satan come
also?'
Authorities differ. Lothario's well
known Dictionary Of Kissing" under
the heading Of Time. says that the lady
should be allowed to come up to breathe
occasionally while Don Juans Handy
Wade Mecum Of Oscillation" tp. ti6.-
Leipzig edition. remarks, quoting Soc
rates. "nunc minis. or, never too much.
The Icclandcrs have a proverb, "Slobber-
igash igloo ronskom. . but as nobody
knows what 1t means it doesn't matter.
Boston ladies have a clock manufac-
tured by an ingenious Yankee. which
they set at the lncpiency of the opera.
I ion. and which rings bell wten the
lime Is up. The only trouble with this in
that the happy occasion often comes by
isurprise. ana by the time one has hunted
around and found the clock the gentle
man may have changed his notion.
+ There are some who look upon kissing
as sin; and surely il has all the qualif-.
cations. IN the first place it is pleasant
and it's poor sin that is not agreeable.
Secondly IL is dangerous. And thirdly,
+ il rapidly develops into a habit.
II seems 70 me, however. that it de-
pend- on circumstances. Some hundred
+ or 50 years ago, when was youth, the
girls fought Shy Of ne kissing in those
days was come 1T only by much strategy
and expert prevaricafion. Now alas
1.-The young ladies Kiss me and never bait
an eye, the same as if ! were a little
baby They give me but little pecks.I
however and notice no inclination TOT
Finger
Bat, finally. cheer up, Geraldine; after
you've been married fwhile YOU will be-
no longer troubled with Archibald's exut
berance. So worry along till then, and
i the problem viii settle itself.