Show K Kissing Termed Crime in Puritan New England t t. t Kissing is 18 considered an unhealthful 1 practice by y some people A few years taco ago the physicians of Milwaukee prepared prepared pre- pre pared pared a bill bUl for the absolute Islon of kissing on the ground that the practice was h hygienically dangerous The bill did not become a law or it would have ha made Milwaukee more famous fa- fa but somewhat similar laws ex- ex In Puritan New v England In 1656 Capt Kemble of Boston was was set for two hours in the public stocks for for tor his lewd lewd and uns unseemly emly behaviour which consisted In kissing his wife on the Sabbath day upon the doorstep of his house when he had Just returned from an absence of three years r ars Twelve e years later Jonathan i t and Susannah Smith were each fined 5 h shillings and costs for smiling on the Lords Lord's day The smile it ft would appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear was only less heinous than the theUs Us kiss Itself Detroit Detroit News t |