| Show IMPORTED hISS ISS THAT'S STUNNER COSTS CASTS LASTS 25 5 SECONDS NEW YORK Jan tan lA A l 15 A A new kiss has come to town Not Kot a soft wafted brush of the tho lips or a detonating labial salvo 0 that starts tho the horses hones it in is not nor oven men like tho the 1 Emma EmIna I Al Abbott bott or any ny oV- oV ocr cr of the much much-ex ons whereof I u used cc to blither It is the Louiso kiss hiss imported from front France for Oscar by Mary Mury U ry Garden and Charles Dalmores It is the uncommon or 01 Mary Garden variety of ot kiss kills Tho The kiss occurs for tho the first time in itt the thov opening of act 3 of II Louise Dalmores is seated down I d n stage e JJ read read- in log ing Ent Enter r Mies SK Garden Sho She steals upon tho the unsuspecting 1 tenor r and before he Ito knows it tho the lue lucky man mall is 8 incased d in a dreamy half Ne son Down goes the tile book what bat chance has literature and the Nelson is coun I by an ardent stran strangle lo hold bold Then tho the kiss be begins There T hero is nothing noth in lug ing platonic nothing fraternal nothing perfunctory about about Sit it There Tharo ig is no hint of slurring or shirking full ditty Never t before did two performers J earn arn their salaries with such an In evident w willing willing- ness Doesn't Stop I Tho The kiss hies has be begun n but it il doesn't stop atop The man in blue he ht prompt box lays Jars aside his nis scores wipes his forehead and li lights hh a n ci cigarette rette arette Mr stops counting the tho hou house e and worriedly pulls out his wat watch h. h For the these c two young youn people people people peo peo- on then thes tl tago o oare arc are kisin kissing on his time and he has to keep on paying them hi high h C O prices just just as if the they were emitting tho the olden golden arias But still tho the kl goes on 1 The he or orr orchestra hestra reels off two five bats bais and anda a fi half of slow alow dreamy melody Mut Nut still tho kiss kisa goes ot's on But still the kiss goes on Tho audience bc begins ins to grow row inter ested Watches aro are furtive furtively consulted Pulses trained to sedate tit operatic tempo get clear out put of ot time timo and scamper off off otT at nt a n furious paco and fluffy young girls glance speculatively at tb their ir staring es cos corts COtts The Tho matrons eve eye their interested husbands with an unspoken rebuke If Homo Home was wa never like this J murmurs one rail bird sadly o But still tm tho the kiss goes on Outside on on unsuspecting Thirty- Thirty fourth street th the autos auto whiz as a's s they pass pass' Eighth avenue avenue The They y will reach Broadway before that kits ceases A Aman Aman Aman man on a n corner strikes a match Light Liht travels a second That Ji light ht will travel 4 miles before that kiss kin ceases contes But ut still the kiss goes on Miss Garden gets acts 1500 and Dalmores a performance Granting tho the o op opera ra rn lasts two and one half hours the couple are aro using up in those twenty five eec eec- of their impresarios impresario's e time two the sum HIm of 23 2 t to which tho the ninety or or orchestra chestra members raise tho the cost by an nn- other modest 20 0 13 3 cents in all Count it And yet vet ct a Now Jersey justice jus tice tics lately appraised s d the tho best kisses on the local market at only 1 api apiece apicco co But Dut still the kiss kis goes goes no oes-no oes no its it's over oyer Yes actually over Just tw seconds W What aU 15 5 1 0 well What's a fifth of a a. second anyhow Nobody No body grudges rud cs it it I |
