KISSING AND GERMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3990, 29 August 1929, Page 1

KISSING AND GERMS.

“Kissing always goes by favour,

: ii(-c()i‘(liii}>' to Iho comic opera song, i but by the time that the Auckland | Himllii Ollieor lias linislicd talking about it one would be inclined to ! think less of the favour than of the | flavour, for lu 1 views kissing chief;ly in the light of being the most

direct wav of transferring germ

i (.-ays the Dost). The great dan Igor is that one cannot see tlu»s< 1 gi rins; il’people could see them kis

-dug would probably come to an cml —I lie extreme end of the forein ad, perhaps. Hygienic kissing a. cording to the rules of Dr. Hughes may lie physically possible (ii is mil even that if one heeds his ..injunction that the safest distance is “at least four feet away”), but, if the restrictions arc to be observed, kissing may cease to be worth while, except at Hollywood, where a kiss has a precise dollar value. It has to lie remembered, of.course, that Dr. Hughes views kissing with the microscopic eye. It: is his duty to do so, but it. is hardly the inclination of lovers to imitate him. H I hey did they might, cease to be lovers. Everything has to be done in reason, and a. certain amount of unreason may also be occasionally helpful. It- is therefore not likely that the bacteriologist, anil the lover will achieve immediate synchronisation. Bacteriology is a science, but kissing is an art.