Hugging and Embracing.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1977, 4 March 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

Hugging and Embracing.

Hugging ia a comparatively modern institution.

Oue ancestors never hugged. They eaimly and demurely embraced. There's a big difference between a hug and an embrace.

The hug is an earnest, quick, impetuons contraction of tho muscles of the arms, and chest when the obj^ot to be buggsd lies ■within the circle bounded by the arms, while tbe chest ia the gaol or final point of the hug. The warmth of the hug is determined by 6he extent of the muscular contraction. But the hug ia not, po anatomists assert, terminated when the object ia brought in contact wiih the cheat. On the contrary, tha sweeping in ia but the shell o! the opsration. The kernel ia reaohed when the space between the hugger and the huggeo ia "annihilated, and the blade of a fcnifo could acarcely be inserted between both surfaces. This is, perhaps, the most dangerous atsga of the operation. A pound, nay, a few onneea of extra pressure, may result, if not in tb.B 5i3placement of a rib, at least in the bursting of a corset-string, with the almost inevitable destruction of bangs, montaguoa, waves,«u£'s, and such like head gear. The release, if not ekilfully managed, ia attended with deng-;r, and should be aB gradual as the elementary pressute. Expresdiona ol anguish on tha part of iha haggle may, as a rule, bo rcffArdcJ aa hypocritical, and should have no efi:cl in inducisg the hugger to diminish tha pressure. In like inapnor all danger aiguala in regard to the arrival of a third party on tha nceae should be investigated by the patty oi tho first pari before receiving the attention the genuine anival of a parent or guardian might command.

This may bo dona by a qalok glance over tho shoulder, and thia rapid chaugs ol the direction of the bead may bo accomplished by a little practiaa without im&ing any relaxation of pressure neeeasary. If the warning should prGvo to ba mibout foundation tho deoiet may bs< ptrafshed fov from two to throe pounds of aaditlsaal pre 3*« sure, but bo gradual that ncno of fba woa« ments of iha person hugged rosy euf&ar, Tb*«j accidents rurae the temper bvi'3 embitter Van memory of tha operation. Tho small sfLtira of the toilet are not scwmpliehsd easily, aei the female mind i« rofibd by the destruction of the labodoua embellishments of ih.9 morning hours.

The ombraoe ia merely ihe throwing onfe and partial oontractioa cf tho arm?, without any special attention to the objective point.

Near relative should be embraced sndnofe hugged. An especially yonng : aodpreUyaaafc may be exeepted, and casea arcs Jroowa an extremely jnvonile aod pawl -looking eteomother has been the occasion of the mwgiiig of tho embrace into the hug. But thia ig rarely done, particularly U the embraosp la dependent on tbg purse of the old man for the uecGHitiea R3 weU a a the luxuries of life. To embraoq a mother-in-law ig a hollow mockery, and chou-ld. feo atleicptofl only whea aoma important otyfii hst) to be attain9d,"*ha even then Hs3 hardly esogpabla. ■ '