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Show - r - Why Falling in Love Makes Y ou Lose Your Appetite THE very important question why appetite fails, especially in young and very ardent lovers, has been taken up by a solemn German professor, Dr. Abt, of Bonn, who aeserts that it 1b easy to explain after all. The solution of tho question bearfl directly upon tho psychology of kisslug, which has long been a moot quest on among scientists. The indulgence in this practise, whether it Is due to tho aeiifle of feeling or of taste, has a direct effect upon the gustatory centres and nerves. There is undoubtedly an ovor-Btlrauia-tion of the gustatory norves, which can not 'fall to make these nerves less sensitive sensi-tive to the appeal of food and ita flavors. It Ib well known that flavor has much to do with nppotlte, causing the salivary glands to work freoly Ctho mouth to "water"), and helping greatly in the process of dlgeatlon. If, then tjioloverG have been so intent upon kissing us to exhaust the power of the .tasting nerves it is not surprising that thojr lose their appetites and, as the common saying has it, "Live upon lovo." It is only in the arduous stages that this iB true, for tho nerves soon return to their natural sensitiveness to food, unless un-less the earlier atago is too long extended, ex-tended, when, especially, the more sensitive sensi-tive woman is apt to fall into a docllno, simply because food palls upon her and she really cannot eat Leading scientific authorities differ radically on tho question of the real purpose pur-pose of the kiss. No less an investigator than Herbert Spenctfr held that the kiss was gustatory, or a matter of tasting; while Darwin Dar-win held that it was only touch or contact that was desired. From a practical standpoint, Darwin seems to have the better of tho argument, argu-ment, for ho was married and presumably kissed his JVe. Spencer never married and there Is no evidence to show that he ever kissed a girl. He may have kissed his mother but that is quite a different dif-ferent matter, as most of us know. Whep you see birds billing and cqoing, rubbing their bills together, only the sense of touch can be affected, for they can hardly taste through the bills, though they do feel very keenly through them. . The fact that wo IcIsb with the lips, where there 1b no thick skin between be-tween the nerve-ends of tho two pairs of Hps, so that feeling Is keeneat at this place, and Darwin la substantiated as against Spencer. This does not seem to bo of primary importance, but it is from a psychological psychologi-cal standpoint, for if. kiEslng is a matter of touch It affects a very dlfforont centre in the brain than If it were a matter of taste In fact from a psychological standpoint, taste and smell are very closely associated, aB you may know from tho common experience of losing your sense of taste whon you have a heavy cold in the head, which prevents you from smelling, and tho centre of smell is far away from that of touch. The psychology of a kiss is a simple process, for those who study tho action of the brain. You see the bolovod one, and the message is carried to tho brain, acting directly upon the touch-centro at the ton of. tb cexobrum. which sends out a message to the muscles of the Hpa to pucker up ready for tho contact con-tact At the moment of contact the feeling of pleasure restimulates tho motor centre and there is a repetition of the movement move-ment possibly several times. There Is, however, another very important im-portant element in the kiss, which must, not be overlooked when dealing with its psychology. The imagination of both persons mu3t be stirred for tho kiss of affection. The same Individual will perform per-form this fuuctiou very differently with different subjects. The perfunctory kiss, or Idas of Boclety, is ihardly to bo mistaken mis-taken for the kiss of affection, and the difference lies, not in the operation Itself, but In the imaginative enthusiasm with which both persons indulge. The ancient idea that a stolen kiss Is sweetest meant not when It was taken from an unwilling un-willing subject but when taken secretly, or Illegitimately. Mutuality is held to bo an important element in the kiss, and experts alone can decide. |