THE SCIENCE OF KISSING.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 448, 7 January 1869, Page 3

THE SCIENCE OF KISSING.

An American editor thus discourses on this interesting subject :—People will kiss ; yet not one in a hundred knows how to extract bliss from lovely lips, any more than they know to make diamonds from charcoal. And yet it is easy, at least for us. First, know whom you are to kiss. Don't make a mistake, though a mistake may be good. Don't jump up like a trout for a fly, and smack a woman on the neck, on the ear, on the corner of her forehead, or on the tip of her nose. The gentleman should be a little the taller. He should have a clean face, a kind eye, and a mouth full of expression. Don't kiss everybody. Don't sit down to it; stand up. Need not be anxious about getting in a crowd. Two persons aro plenty to a corner, and catch a kiss ; more persons would spoil the sport. Take the left hand of the lady in your right; let your hat go to any place out of the way ; throw your left hand gently over the shoulder of the lady, and let it fall down the right side towards the belt. Don't be in a hurry; draw her gently, I lovingly towards your heart. Her Ihead will fall lightly on your shoulder

—and a handsome ahoulder-strap it makes. Don't be in a hurry ; send a little life down your left arm. Her left hand is in your right; let there be an impression to that, not like the grip of a vice, bnt a gentle clasp, 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 half-closed eyes. Gently, yet manfully, press her to your bosom. Stand firm. Be brave, but don't be in a hurry. Her lips are almost open. Lean slightly forward with your head, not the body. Take good aim: the lips meet: the eyes close ; the heart opens ; the soul rides the storms, troubles, and sorrows of life (don't be in a hurry); heaven opens before you; the world opens below your feet; a meteor flashes across the evening sky (don't be afraid); the heart forgets its bitterness, and the art of kissing is learnt. No fuss, no noise, no fluttering and squirming like hook-impaled worms. Kissing don't hurt; nor does it require an Act of Congress to make it legal.