KISSING.

Lake County Press, Issue 2116, 3 May 1906, Page 7

KISSING.

Ity All red ['owler. Trie ln\ its i lie world over vx i (mil with chirps and smacks of d< !i,lii tlic new discoxerx of Alf ri 1 Fowler, It.A. Hi' announces in hook now h(>( from the press (ha there arc • eight classes of kisses, Draw Hour, loving hearts, uiv your attention, and ye shall he ed lied. Here an- Mr. 't'owk-r's cigli dixision.s of kisses : Tin- Kiss of passion. Tin' pnrentinl and filial Kiss. The kiss of affection (always. la t IVri'M XX'Ollli'll ) The devotional kiss. I'h" fraternal kiss. The kiss of enriosily. The kiss of i rcacherv. The flesh hj . evil kiss. AII of w hieh In l is iii'i' iii inn intain Mr. Fowler, who has studied s< much alum! love and kisses that ii is xvorthy of mure than a mere l>..\ ili-ivi'. lie is ii x ciii alilc Mngisle Allium tie Amure Oscuiis<pic. Ii an; reader of these lines has heen 101 hasty in his doings, too a ixiotis ti pel rich -qii ick . too pl'e-oretlpicd \x i 1 I xvork or plu.x to pa\ proper heed ti the pentlc ai'l of kissing, lei hin hasten to Mr. I'oxx ler mid -t udx lln SUh.icrl in ;ill ii s I.ranches. The bool is called "Curiosities of Kissing." The aulltor is tnodest.x \vi sonified I n his forexvoril he declares : "The soup of kissing is the son.l of love, love iijjniortal and young it the endless -succession of lexers. It.' music is the melody of the heart am the |ki.-t i \ of the soul. Its rapturi is Ihe charm of ytini hj, t ie iox o manhood and Lite beautilude of id'. age. "ft is especially for all such xx'lni lave heartfelt, longings for 'some inlix idllal S(dnce dear.' I hut this litle hook is sent forth on its mission if helpfulness and suggestion in the li\ ine ar( di kissing, to t lie attainng of the much-soughl goal—iiiulriuon.v. luit', truly, in marry ariphi S In solve the riddle of lite." 'amois ih;i'im rio.xs of tiik KISS. Mr. |-'oxx ler does mil rely iltopet her ipou his own iiidjiemeiit o>' kisses le tplotes l lie delinil inns of a score if mil hots. Til" !,,. s i of i hrse are : "Kisses ate the messengers t>f lo\e. -Onily. "Kisses ! They are i in- blossoms if love.—Ni lie I,' Kudos. "Kisses are love's great puller; . '< rash a xx\ "A kiss is not (he n-asl . it is an uvil at ion to the feasl . I landolph "A kiss is the dien- thai opens the ■il.adrl of the hearl .-De l.e\ is. ■■\\ hat is a kiss '.' A re< eipl pi Veil iv a lady on your paying your ad-Ircsses.--U it ami I lunioiir. "A kiss is at mice (.he token of iiddness, confidence and affection.— Vephns. '■ A I. us is a n alius XX Ii i< hj enriches Mill \'. 11l i I ei' I\ es XX IIIn HI I illlpoX CI j s|| ng her who pi xes.—Ninon de I.'Kn Ins. " U hen t xvo heal l s an charged villi love's elect rid l.x . a vis:-: is Ihe iiirninp cum acl , I lie x\ ild. leaping lame of loxe s cut husiasm.—(!. I>. 'rent ice. [•'Colli the folk-lore of all Ihe world Jr. I'mi ler has eat hered I lu'Se penis : "Jf a dnrk-coliiphwioncd man, uho s in loxe xx 11 hj you, kisses you, e.s n.it a I'l'opnsal, "'l'here air no less I hau eight Sl'pllH if kissiup ; Salut til ion. x a ledict ion , rcnucilial ion. subject ion. approlmioti, adoral inn, t reachcr.x and loxe, "A kiss on Ihe forehead si«nifios especl ami admiration for intellect. "A kiss on the cheek signifies adoral ion for Ijeaut.V . "A kiss on the nose shoxxs axvkacdness. "A kiss on Ihe chin shoxxs an aprerin i ion of somel hj ing. "A kiss on tin- hand shows timid v and homage. "A kins on the lips signifies love. " A short kiss, carelessni ss •■ A long kiss, passionate il.-vol ion." In the i-luiplcr devoted In lie- el llolm;;. ni" I.iss.iiu. Mr. KouLt's re•arch discloses I hut Ihe kiss xx as tin ■ noxvn among the aboriginal tribes i America ami Africa 11. sa.v s : ■■•|'h<- Mongolian kiss, however, is ol I In- same as I hat uhj Hi pl'ev ails it.li ns. In il lhe lips do mil l ouch he surface of the person kissed. The use is brouphl into light contact it.li ill-' cheek, forehead or hand, lie breath is drawn slowly through he nostrils, and the act ends with a light smack ni Ihe lips. 'The Chines" consider our mode of issing full of ennrse sugpestiveness, ml our writers regard their method II hj "ipia I disda in. "Oarxvin and oilier naturalists have tleillplcd In trace back the kiss In lie acini Ihe lower a limals who i<v.e i heir ni ,■;, v . |i l, i limr i eet b,'' The Terrible Turks have a proverb ,-hieh mil author .pint.-; with seeniip approval. I\is; ardent I, the ami xmi cannol nil off." \\ hosoex. I ha- a lone, enough II Mill r.x \x ill recopni/c i |n< s.x mpl oms at ■•ndaiii upon Ihe firm -.iss. as sei ill hj by ihe learned Prof. I'm: ler. al is heart-to-heart clinic. lb- indites: ■<ih. ye pods, how do I feel '.' I ler ps are .softer I han I In- leaves of I he i.se ; her mouth is as sxvrel as hoiiev nd her kiss pains me more than a. re Stillg. I have often kissed m.\ kids lien f have kissed m.v little lambs, ni never then felt anything like lids y pulse strikes hard, my heart, oats heavy 1 feel like loosing my

breath, and still 1 only hum lo get another kiss. Monstrous, mystical pain' lias Cloe perchance been drink- ■ illfi poison before she kissed me .» (Jut 1 t hen, why is she 111>! dead '?'' ■ . J As iii si (den kisses Mr. Fowler is a lilt le bit cynical. "If ,\ oil kiss a | \ Dllllg lud.V she calls iI. faith. It' l.xoii kiss a married woman she calls ii hope. If you kiss an old maid she calls it charity." iV Slorn John liuuyau, though he dreamed dreams and saw visions, was not lo be fooled by sophisticatike ed kissers. lie scored llieui, as Mr. Fowler shows : "And when ihey ansl(.|, wered that i! was but a piece of civility, I have i old t hem I lull it was not a eoinel.v sight. Some, indeed, ... have urged ihe holy kiss ; bill then I 1 ha v e asked | hem why t he.V made balks '.'—wll,\ tlle,\, did salute the most handsome ?" I u \ ivid colli cast wit li lltmv an 's gray and sombre mind is Charles Dickens's praise of Norse osculation, wli ich Mr. I'nw ler rpiol es : , "Hut of all tin pleasant, lender, id- ii(plaint, perplexing kisses, give Illr jtltai Strange salute which the N'or- . ' wcginii maidens bestow' upon j oil '' after t he\ have put ,\ oil to bed. and ! tucked you up well beiweeii the sweelI smelling sheets . for then, bending their fresh, fair faces, do Ihey nol kiss you honestly upon your beard, wilh no thought of shame or iloubl'.' 1 ' ! Also the llev. Sidne.v Smith says : ' 'There is much virl tie in a kiss ( . . w hen well delivered. He have the ' memory of one we recei \ed in our youth, which lasted us l"ort,\ \enis, I and we believe it will be one of Ihe I last things uc shall think of when i we die."—".N. V. World." i