The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-21
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What about the kiss? That un- important. important little item
 that blows to the moon yet swings the earth on it's axis?
 We hear less of "petting" and
 sinecking'' than formerly. Has something gone wrongf Or rather gone right? Isn't Joe kissing Jen- iiie any more when he brings her home from the high school dance. pushes the bell, and goes on whls- tling intoethe dark, leaving her to waken the family fshe can, while lie treks toward Pete's place for Q Hamburger? have a suspicion that he is. i have a fair deaf that there IS almost as much betting as ever and that Joe and Jennie aren't much different from the Jacks and James of the postwar period before bridge conversation turned from flaming youth to politicai l forums.
 What has happened? A good buster and a goodnight hug does not bring fiower-pot or 8 boot hurting from a second-story win- dow at least, and the kissee is no | longer locked in her rom on bread and water to repent her mis- 1 deeds.
 Tie Honest Attitude
 To tell the truth when mother made Jennie that peachrcolored dress and sent her off to the dance l looking like piece of candy, sweet enough to eat, she very probably knew away down in her heart that Joe, Dick or that other red-headed fellow would not | be able to resist an osculatory
 adieu at the door. In fact, II no one ever kissed her Jennie she might even begin to think Jennle looked better in blue.
 Let's be honest. Almost every fond mother likes to think her l child irresistible. And there Is no use in thinking the world IS gong to end if someone kisses her, but there is no use in thinking her a failure if somebody doesn't either. I'm beginning to think almost the opposite myself. . And now l am going to pet
 really serious.
 There are kisses and kisses, and betting and betting: There are two kinds of both and we all Kno" it.
 resent the custom that per
 mits 8 carful of young peopie, or Just two, to indulge in any type of passionate embrace that cheap ems and marks them.
 I resent the kiss that is any, thing but a wholesome smack, or the hug that is more than a spon-
 taneous squeeze. Harm of Cheap "Spooning" And I will tell you why. It leaves its mark in indelible ink, this form of. cheap "spooning" as
 it used to be called. It creates an attitude toward life without reser-- vations or sanctity of self, and leads to emotional satiation that robs later years of their glory. I believe that the young girl who gets accustomed to the thrill of indiscriminate betting will not be likely to thrill any too long when she is married, to the cares es of one man. She will consider
 marriage, very likely, as just one | more experience to be taken in
 her stride, and will apply the theme of repetition as she did with her betting. Marriage be- comes mere marketing and divorce
 ensues.
 of course this is not the inevit' able result. Many such girls dt
 settle down and make splendit
 wives and mothers. But the infiu'
 ence is pernicious, no matter how
 pure she may be morally and Il causes unhappiness.
 It is time that some of our boys
 learned to treat 8 girl to a party or a. show without a betting party
 in the back of their heads as thanks.
 To throw up ones hands and
 declare that nothing can be done
 s erroneous.i It can. A concerted
 movement on the part of parents 1 would have tremendous effect.