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Show KISSED TO DEATH. Power of the Feminine Kiss to Kill ns Well ns Thrill, The power of the fenilnlno Kiss Is admitted ad-mitted the world over there nrc some Illustrations ot Its potcmy that make Interesting reading The piett) girls nt Australia recently kissed a fair Hrltlsh soldier until he fainted. It wns on the ociaslon ot the nrrlvut ot the Australian soldleis nt Melbourne from the scat of war. Thes were welcomed by a gathering whoe enthuslism the police were qullo imw-erless imw-erless to council The female portion wns particularly deiuonstrattte nnd In nviti) Instances the binvc flghteis were llteralls torn fiom the ranks li receive n veritable hurricane of fnvois from fair lips Many of them were overcome and one of the sturdiest and handsomest of the soldlem in tualls' fainted under the storm of labial salutation ennfened by over 300 Victorian damsels Though these victims escaped with out actual hurt, such Immunity has nut ulwa)s been the case In the autumn of 1000 n doctor was called In to see n )oung woman who was said to be Buffering from un nt-tuck nt-tuck of pleurisy. On examining her. howeter. he discovered thnt one of her rlbn wns fractured an Injury which, It subsequently trnnsptied, she had received re-ceived nt the hinds, or rather nt the arms, of her flince, who had ton ar-dentls ar-dentls unbraced hei on the occasion of their Inst parting. llctts. the Infant Itosclus, when nt the zenith of his Juvenile fame, was on one ociaslon walking with some ladles when another bcvsr of female iidmlrcis bore down upon him. and, pulling him awas fiom his companions, commenced to litlsh upon him endeirmcnts und kisses The otheis promptls rUBhcd to their Idols rcsiue, who between the contending con-tending parties caclf determined to possess the buy actor was tin own to the ground and bo much bruised and Injured as to be unable to appear for a couple ot nights. f Inslgnllleant teas t,hls mischance to the fate tint befell M de Langs, a lourtler of the tlmo of Louis XV whose supreme council so Irritated icr-talll icr-talll ladles of the inurt that they resolved re-solved to Intllit upon him n novel punishment. pun-ishment. reigning one day lo be overcome by the beauty of his face und person, thes fell upon htm en niasse, hugging nnd kissing the w retched dandy till he cried for nieics. e Dear to his entreaties the ladles continued con-tinued their merillcst'V'MrcpHes unlll the object of their mock, lute who, In-de"d, In-de"d, was but sorry weakling In en-de.ivoilng en-de.ivoilng tn break Aw'ay from their clutches, broke a blood vessel and died n few duss later, Amurath IV., the Turkish hultan. suspecting ono ot his Ministers of hav-having hav-having designs upon the sanctity of his harem, ordered the eulpilt to bo kissed to death by his femalo shues. This sememe was aitunlly carried out, the inlserablo victim being seiure-ly seiure-ly fastened to the ground and then suffocated by the caresses and kisses of his female executioners, who were rtlmulated to unllagglng oxertlnn by tho unrelenting tods of tho tsrants cunuihs. Musical "lions" seem In especial danger dan-ger of this novel method of ussault, and many of our most famous pianists hnvc run the gauntlet, only to emerge crushed and exhausted from ttic ordeal. Philadelphia Press, |