THE DANGERS OF KISSING.
Pkruaps the latest commandment that soionco is thundering out, "Thou shalt not kiss," will stagger even the omniscient young. Is there, can there be harm in a kiss— u. single kiss ? Will science tear from us the most precious form of greeting possessed by civilised races—the meeting of the lips ? Aud, if so, what has it to suggest in lieu? Nob the all sufficient hand-grasp ? Yes is the inexorable answer; even the eccentricities of salutations in vogue among the most i outlandish of eavagea are preferable, for !in them lurks less danger. "Out of the Name mouth" of man "proceeded" ail manner of diseases, ag well as all manner of "blessing and cursing." That being eo it were more than madness to kuow ingly inhale such exhalations by the pressure of lips. Therefore, abolish kissing, once and for ever, from our midst. No more must the mother's soft lips drink divine sweetness from those of her child. No more must shy first love apeak ont its pure passion of a kiss. No more must the passionate farewell between those ti be parted for, perhaps, long years be the clinging kiss.—The Hospital.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2793, 7 June 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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195THE DANGERS OF KISSING. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2793, 7 June 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)
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