Forbidden Kisses.

Southland Times, Issue 9543, 13 June 1887, Page 4

Forbidden Kisses.

' Bern ember,' »aid a physician to his wife, Ai he was leaving home for a few days, • and do not let the children kiss any one. 1 'Is it possible, 1 aikcd a lurprised third party, who was present, 4 that you consider it necessary to give such iaatrnctiono as tb-»t ? Where is the danger ?' * The clanger ia so complicated ana yet so certain that it would take too much time to de»cribe it here,' said the doctor, looking at his watch. 'In my case, all kinds of people come to my kouee and consult me, and they often wait hours. If one of my children happens to come in they are almost certain to talk to it, and you know almost the first impulse with people who notice children iv to «88 them, Bah ! it makes me shudder— tainted and disewd biea^hs, lip* bias with cancer, foul and decayed teeth, You would kill a stranger who would waylay our ycung lady daughter and kiss her by force, but the kelpless oix-year-old child, susceptible as ft flower lo every breath that bl vW3, can 1 c saluted by every one who cbsncee to tLi-jk ot it. I tell you it wasn t Judas alone who bvtrayed by a ki«Fi Hundreds of lovely blooming cbiluren are kiußed into their grave every year,' •But, doctor, how can a mother be so ingracious aa to allow people to notice her s»rect fictle children ?' ' There need be no ungraciousness about it. OT, if there were, which is the more icopor lant, the safety, and well-being of tbe chi d or the permitting of a habit or il!-bseeding nn ■ doubtful morality nt be»t 1 Let, tbe mt-tht:r teach the child tha* it is not a kitten cr .1 lap dog, to be picked up and fondled by c cry Btratger, and instruct it to resist ever*- attempt to kies it. Why there are ngenta. pedlars of household ware?, who make ir a custom to catch up a prat' ling child, ki?s ant petit, and so interrst the mother ihat th<will bay eomething she does not watt. Ite 1 you tbere is death in the kisa 1 The beloved and lamented Princess Alice took dipthem from the kiss of her child and followed it to the grave. Diptheria, malaria, scarlet fever, blood poison »nd death lurk in these ki«sen There ! 1 shouldn't wonder if v I lo«t tr.in train. Bemember, no kisses 1' and waviog his hand, the doctor drove away.