The Science of Kissing.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3784, 13 April 1891, Page 3

The Science of Kissing.

People will kiss, yet not one in a hundred knows ho* to extract bliss from lovely lips, any more than he knows how to make diamonds from charcoal. And yet it is easy at least for us. First know whom yon are going to kiss. Don't make a mistake, Jfralthough a mistake may be good. Don't jump like a trout for a fly, and knock off a good woman's veil- or smack her on the neck or even the end of her nose. The gentleman should be a little the taller. He should have a clean face, a kind eye, a month fnll of expresion, Don't kiss everybody, ; and don't sit down to it ; stand np. Need not be anxious about getting in a crowd. Two persons are plenty to corner and catch a kiss —more persons would spoil the sport. Take the left hand of the lady in your right. Let jour hat go to any pr place out of the way. Place the left hand gently over the lady, . and let it fall lovingly down the right side, towards the belt. Don't be in a hurry. Draw her gently, yet manfully, to your bosom. Send a little life down your left arm. Her left band is in your right.. Let there be an impression in that,'not like the grip of a vice, but a gentle pressure, full of electricity, thought and respect. Don't be in a hurry. Her head lies carelessly on your shoulder. You are nearly heart to heart. Look down into her-eyes. Stand firm. Be brave, but don't be.in a hurry. Her lips l are half open.' Lean slightly -forward " with your head, not with your whole tody. Take good aim, the lips meet; the eyes cloee, the heart opens ;.,the soul rides the storm of trouble and sorrows of life. (Dont be in a hurry) ; h eaven opens before you;" the world ehoots nnder your feet as a meteor flashes cross the evening sky. (Dont be fraid); the nerves dance, the heart orgets ita bitterness, —the art of kissing is learned. .Np fuss, no noise, o fluttering. Kissing doesn't hurt. It doesn't require a brass band to make it legal-