KISSING.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1303, 28 September 1883, Page 2

KISSING.

For words, always unsafe in woman's mouth kissing was substituted for the concealment of their thoughts. In its prime, the music of kissing can only bo compared to many things more or less enchanting and romantic. The chief thing iv kissing appears to be to hang on as long as possible, and drop each other with a crash. A sigh like a whirlwind, thrown in at the end, is a proof of appreciation, and the signal for an encore. The fondness for kissing is atti'ibuta! le, to the ladies' taste for fooling around the end of the young men's* moustaches, and to the young men's ambition to have the growth of their moustaches so encouraged. The application of a redhaired girl to the beardless lips of a backward youth has a stimulating effect equal to that of a hothouse ; danger lurking in their too frequent repitition. Kissing comes as natural to a girl as a cunning fly to a bald head. A man slides as awkwardly into his first kiss as into his elder brother's tail coat, and his vanity is equally great on both occasions. He considers them as steps up the ladder of life, and would have his promotions proclaimed from the housetops, and shouted from the church steeples, but such is his modesty in his family ci:cle, that when a young brother quietly mentions them, he 1 oks red and feels uafraternal. The femalesex obtain their remarkable proficiency in kissing by perpetual study and constant practice. They are early distinguished for their aptitude in the art, for what girl is not ivady to kiss a baby at all hours and | ill seasons ? This sort of kiss giadu- I illy develops into the embryo kiss iffected by schoolgirls, and finally into iie kiss of regular lovers — intense, sassionate, and very nice to contem)latG upon a starlight night. " Oft in ihe stilly night " may the sound be ieard, aud when sounding out from the ;nd of the passage it may safely be :oucluded that the door will presently jaug, and footsteps be heard retreating,

and that 3enny will appear with her ; collar ruffled and cigar ash upon her ! shoulder. One thing be careful of, as ! you value your reputation for res- j •ppctibility— don't kiss a girl in the I dark unless y^u can depend upon the spot where the pins protrude. A sudden jot with one of these will spoil the best intentions! kiss ever bestowed on a pretty jurl.