THE ORIGIN OF KISSING.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3344, 2 December 1893, Page 14

THE ORIGIN OF KISSING.

The.',following.pretty,■ st^ry.is told by Q. Laiiron Hooper, an . Ameri'can writer iwhichiie l '- has ; ' 'discovered ; by ■ ; ' l' ;j'j' j j■ ' j 't | ■'l Ij it research in ancient history.lt may -seeiii strange time \yhen' kissing 3 ( was' unknown among"men woraeu, bu.fc such is tiic case.V: For 'pany.'' thousand?, of. years" our- : in, [ profound ~ ignorance,, ot : .the, blissful, kissful art., r yj r ' Sisilienljs \yas a. sb<?p%rd .in ; that: part' of-Greece Jnow,ir as ,BpgpJtia; r He"liyed/ «vith; his, fatherjin ai little; village named Thebes, .which in after years becajme.ia great wallcd cifcy, the most powerful one in all Greece, f , about and; in{which i occurred .sonie T of the events jthat have been handed: down; to : us iti nth©-,-itra-gediesjjofi Sophocles.; .Here, livedo Kisthenes« until ihe.grewvtoibfr a; history-says-rr.when h'omeilife became weari- : some to (lnn>,rand iwith >his:oburden ' on his back and his shepherd's crookiu his s he? face'to the north. • ; After- many•- days lie ; came into Thfissaly, another pr'oviiic'e { ; | of Greece." Here' he entered-into the employ of a man named 'Drya'des, who had many she£p fj to pasture; 1 Each day;' Ivisthsnes I 'l ed this • ! ,sheep : J up the slopes of Mount Telio.n,'and • lot them graze'while htf .'played.|^n"a.

pipe. '-. ■■Now''' Drvades; had,'"a named ' beautiful'm' form' and - face,■ ' gentib': anclj skilled • iii ' 1 all : tlie s afccojh plisli mon fir known to;young'ladies ; at tnaitirae.' Y ery natii rally 'she and' Kistheues became acquainted, and' asjsjie' was. just' ; as l higli as, his'Heart,"find'seamed' to : thiblt yery■ JmuGh■ '.pf' hijfy"anil; as, he thought* i.y 'as mucii of .her, lie hoped 'someV,ti'me : to have, flocks., of his r , own .little .;CottagQ jfor heretoJiyelit with'hirn. Vi Sometimes. -i 9 vei ' ; thej mountain slopes; would meet,; Xvis-, thenes—by chance,.of his flock. occasipnis thejfj, would;talk together with ; such v plea-i sure that the-sun,,would- sink(bell them and, ?J:retch ; old;]Pelion's shaclow to the iEg§an before they knew.: that it tJ was ,time ; to le{id the; sheepj home., At,. other; times. , Eurybia, fi!lfid l loiter-just ,out- ofuf sights among' the :! rocks or, in the : groves near wherej hen? loveii pastured ihisv flocks;; and listen to, the; i melodies that., floated -'.(dreamily! f • ■ "i ; • •j, i'" ; M,.!' And;llie,.knowing iiv some '.mysterious way that pour< forth- suchb diilcet- str'ain^tliat 1 even: >. the i sheep ' would't raise'- their 1 headsito'listenV ;^l!! ■ 1)U r ' ,i *' But tJiistlre li es -at length -'p Grs nad ed ; EutybiaW'be vless u coy'anid 1 lib 4 com e out ; Jon-the : riioiihtiam' !^ePy1 dayV They, soon became so-''-we'll •' ac- J quainted and addressed each'other so often;that they really ''hadn't time to, pronounce '|heir ; lbng'%mes,'sb' Eurybia^'catne'.' to (dall' 'Ki^theries' merely Kiss. : '.' !!!i; r; ;,H ;;,i *^ One dayj"it! wandering 1 'oyeP; old PeHoh '-•Withiii? sound of her' ; lover's, mellow pipe, Eurybia found a very beautiful little ihiKe ii edge t of '■ a motftito 1 strcaiiii'- Slid' : &ig clbwii 1 " on a rock to exaihirie' it; was | scarcbly-as ! ' large ais u a;pea and had j very ragged edges; ! A!s slio rned ,'i it ; r6iind : find fohnj J in j |hh sunlight she "was 1 Mp'rised 1 Wild/, deligh.tecl - to.; seb it flash every 'colour siie knew.' Turning, she saw being;. ;wbon|. all her iife sKe^'iiad/ r Tpra| : ecl' ijip "gpds she mi'dit nevei"' 'meet.' It „waMhe grjst"'g9)d J k J^an.;; t hdhifi, 1 coarse -hairy "fuc^'jgo^.-'.legSf '•'Give the' the. stone," f said[ v -Pam; 11. ini/ill JJw'i holding out lys ; hana. ; " But," - ; :'':quaking Eurybia,-^''.l^want 7; , it jqi).;;|KistheiieS.r:;r h!»

- "-.'B&h-ij Who's|sistliwes^r^want it; %'J ( one said'/iithe .;gOdr- : »dvkbciii/];^itili^,a f in eiii&'i'n S stbti '* 'b'(i t j befer'6'iie, coul cl, reaph ;i giijJy w aßfi^anning• screa'nii'iig' ; up o .th# | i; ; ; l l Tf(l 1 } f ja! saicji Kjsj: ; he.nes/i itfiiisu told c li i nil thßin pie/ ;of f , g ; wiiirj^ii; ■ c f' &l("j-saidinie;i^l]en; ! ;8he;' hacl,, n is'Ji p'cl, " w 'is,' til 6; s'tbh e; ill qu,j tp,.j opingot.o; nie.f niibyr Jupiter,rtist .-;ift"tlqrjfri|h|: t li ou Mi A iV :tlt^wi A ? W ji i Kistlienes, However, was misttt;

11 ,' 4 i ■ )'f ''''i\'' ; ' *) M' '■ for Eurybia mouth, and she j now Jlirusfc ij> . .out between her lips' where it and flashed every colour-of,the.isun- -■ 'j v ■; V; (' tfjU -Ur'.;./- ic'Vl liiii; irjovinirjM 'ii'' 1 " Take it, she whispered. .; , Now, Kisthenes had both' his arms arouridEuryW armswereffl so h'ow could eitlier haye a hand.jto from the' maiden's Hps.' i ' Kisthenes' solved the problem. It occurred.,to him to ([J take,^.jthe j f rmiv his ownl^''.|;.! Bi;o(J ( ,j ; : K !' 'Bending over,' his 'facej came near hers.'' L their : and Kis 7 tlienea forgot' all stone, ,t<hp ; sheep, the pipe, .tlie the. ; sea, the sky, the • •in fact, but! the' bliss, ofthat.one I Eprybia, had..,;for-; 'gotten the' 'stone,, the , sheep,,the ;o ,'iU;,i» 1 )>\ Ipipe,,. the, mountairi,, ( sea,.. the ;sky,"the 'earth, PanV himself,, in the bliss of that one moment,. And, again, and again their j lips 4 met in.btij3^fal'!os_e^a^on | .j : 'lt was 'something; ne\y. ,:.seyer' ; before had Anything like this been discovered ( by , mortal,•• man..., Kistlieries' and ~Eury feeling ( ,tnem-• selves ffi originators the, delight,:, andjthinking.on that account.,,they shouid have the . exclusive right-to;, it, 'and' further, as there was-.n0.. patent^ .thpse., ; days ; where inventors 'could be|, assured: that no one \v,ould, trespass on ( their,, right?, these "two" 'selfish''lovers mined to[keep^,their .secret; to theroSeIVQsL yti V {'j ■/,!;,,! ■•;{ ■ ; ;'Bu( alas„! ; ; : alas!! ,the .secret, got. out,: as ' secrets..' fire, said,,.,to; when, ei>trus.ied 1 |o^'.women.' f ; .Fojrgptting, her agreement,. Eu ry.bia, tol,d; a friend, of'hers,. a little . Miss . lived dp\yn f bythe se^ V) ,Little, Miss Leila;, being, spraewhat .coquettish,/ hacj and Nesides,, both'of whom:she,..tauglit., this 'new; : . hj.'\ ' i |': J I.M'j ' !■„[ I; n thing,.which,,, Eurybia, 4n; Jjippour ,of, her rlbv'ericalled ,a, ,N,p,w. Magon had another .sweetheart in,a town ■in'; Epirus, ; ,and ( ;on.'his .first, visit to her lie taught her this new thing called, v a kiss. ..N.esides/bad two otlier sweethearts.. One of these

young ladies - soonjilted ; .Ncsides,,,| arid as he wearied ; of .the. other,' 1 shortly after,this, ; they,, both,; fpund other lovers ,to whom:they;comniunicated.the blissful 'discovery.From that, time, it: spread, ; until .kissing was not only jknown, in Epiriis and ' Thessaly,; iiiit'in all: Greece, and: all, the world. . f ,. v..j Be it "knowDj | .finally)>. that .Eis-', thanes, and Eurybia were .aiterivardS" married,, and all their, long, life Kis never .'kisse'd' . any other ; woman.