THE FASHION IN KISSING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1855, 31 May 1888, Page 3

THE FASHION IN KISSING.

Klaalng Is out of Btyle. Nobody doen it now but sweethearts, young ohildren, aud teaohers. The firat blow was atruok by the medloal profession about the time of the decease of Prlticeaa Alloe Ever einoe, the praotloe has been djnounoed, and m families where proper respect ia paid lo hygiene, ohildren are oautloned against promiscuous kissing. In society a woman Is not klßsed twloe m a seaaon. When an old friend la greeted and Bbc advanoea with her lips, the victim turna her face and tho oareaa falls askance. Poßalbly the very woman who la oppoaed to the praotloe takes the Initiative, but her llpa never meet llpa. She may kiss within a fraofcioa of your mouth— kiss your chin, your oheek, or yonr forehead j klaa your " eyelid into repose," J or kiss your hair — but if she baa had any training, aoolally, she will never kiaa your month. The repugnanoe to klaalng Is due largely to aoademio training. Iv nearly all the famous colleges for women there Is a Bpeol&l teaoher, or dootreaa In physiology ; and In the socalled oral reottatlonß the pernicious effeota of oaoulatlon are considered at great length. By way of tolerating what seema to be a necessary evil, various theories are advanoed and various provlalona advocated. The girl who oomaß from Smith College, Northampton, klßseß on the oblique line that falls from the left hand oornerof your mouth, but when kissed Is ao adroit In the way ahe -jerks her head that the point of salutation may be found on a radius from the right of her demure little month. The Vaasar graduate kisses more than her Smith College friend, but the ohln la her choice, aa you will observe In an attempt to salute her. The aenlora from Weßley press their kiaaeo high np on the face, almoat under the aweep of the eyelaah, and the Lake Forest and Harvard Annex Idea at a point equally distant from the noße and ear.

Nothing Is more dainty than the kisa of a well-bred ohaperone, who, mindful of of the time and trouble Bpent over the powder-box, gently presses her lips on your hair juat north of your ear; The minister's wife is another sweet soul, who knowa where a klaa will do the leaat harm, and her favourite method ia an air klaa, with a gentle pressure of her oheek to your cheek, The woman of faahion, who patronises you, and lets you vbit her while she Is at her siesta, kisses you anywhere about the triangle between the eye, ear, and hair line. She haa learned long ago about the luoompatlblllty of haßte and grace, and as she advanoea you see her turn her lips Id, and simultaneous with the klaa la a thlok vlaououa nolae that sonnds like the tearing of a middle-aged marßhmallow drop. Married women are more addicted to kissing than single ones, as every lidy knowna who goes calling, and they are the very kisses that a young woman least enjiya, for the reason their Ilpa are alwaya wet. Kissing the face of an Irregularly powdered, Boapy smelling dame la about as unaavoury a paatlme as gathering a bouquet of dandelions.—" Family Doctor." '