THE PHILOSOPHY OF KISSING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 15, 17 January 1880, Page 5

THE PHILOSOPHY OF KISSING.

For words, always unsafe in womeri*s mouths, kissing was substitute! for the concealment of thair thoughts. In its prime, the music of kissing can only be compared to many things more or less enchanting uni roooaaiio. Th^ chief thing in kissing appears to be to hang on as long as possibly and drop each other with a cra3U. A Bigh like ft whirlwind, thrown in at the cud, is a proof of appreciation, and the signal for an encore. The fondness for kissing is attributable to the ladiea taste for fooling nroun 1 the ends of young men's, moustaches, and to the youn^ men's ambition to have the growth of their moustaches so encouraged ; the application of a red-haired girl to the beardless lips of a backward youth has a stimulating effest equal to that of a hoU house ; danger only lurking in their too frequent repetition. Kiesiog eomea as natural to a girl as a cunning fly to ■a bald head, A ma a slides as awkwardly into his first kiss aa ioto his elder brother's tail-coat, and his vanity is equally great qn both occasions. H$ cousiders them as etepß up the ladder of life, aod would have bis promotions proclaimed from tho housetops, and shouted from the church steeples, bat such is his moJesty in his faaniiy circle •lut when a younger brother quietly mentions them he looks red and feels unFraterna!. The famale sex obtain, their remarkable proficiency iv ki&nng by perpetual study and constant practice, They are early distinguished for their aptitude in the. art, for what girl is not ready ta kiaa a baby at all hours and all seasons ? Tuis. sort of kiaa gradually develops, into the embryo kias affected by school-girls and female compa.oioas, aad finally into tho kiss of regular lovers-^iatensa. pesaionata, and very nice to contemplate on a starlit night. "Oft in tho stilly uiuhi, " tho sound be heard, and, tylieo Bounding out froaa tha oud of ibjj passage, it may safely be couclud.a.l that the "door will prascn ly baag. ami fooißtepa be hoird retreAtiag ; anJ then J-nny will nppaa? with her ooliat* roffijd, uad cig.ir aah on her shoulder. Ona thing be careful of, as you value your repu. Uiioa far respectability : dou't khs a girl ia the dark unless you can depdad upon the spot where the ping protrude* ft sudden, jib with om of ilxsaa will, sp>il the ■ b-ist iateut.oaer kisa ever- ' bestowed on n pretty j^irl. — San Fr m* cisjo 2\ r eio3 Letter \