Show KISSES FOR EVERY ONE BctnM al I rnrli Line I Irr on Hi Is Canoe ol a Hlntiurr Certain physicians of more or less 1 re polo have publicly condemned the practice of kissing as distinctly Inimical Inimi-cal to the persons wbo pursue It says tho New York Tribune Although tho fulminations of thaie wouldbe reform era have attracted a good deal of attention at-tention from the comic paper and from tho small army of people whoso ermtttt delight In life It Is to seize and follow fads In rapid succession yet the thing has never been held of suffl dent weight to demand the official notice no-tice ot the health authorities Hut the abolition of slavir y acne long In coming com-ing and for hundreds ot years the earth was held to be flat All reforms rise from small beginnings and It Is possible that In lime we shall se signs similar to those that now denounce expectoration ex-pectoration In our public conveyances declaring that osculation Is most dangerous dan-gerous to the public wcllbelng and Is thereby forbidden by the board ot health If that day ever mines the first public plive to recd the attention atten-tion ot tho health auhor lee will to the pier of the French line of transatlantic transat-lantic steamers at Morton street If anybody happens to bo abroad al the unseemly hour of 3 oclock of n Saturday Satur-day morning and Is looking for an entertaining en-tertaining spectacle 1 bo can do no better bet-ter than lo hue himself down lo mite river front to sec flue French liner go a out Ho will get a now Idea of the tremendous possibilities of osculation J Ho will find the big pier a strange contrast to the silent and deserted streets through which he his como It will bo ablaze with electric lights It will lie thronged with a crowd of passengers pas-sengers about to embark for Havre and with them will bo nearly every ono of their friends who could by any possl blllty get there No passenger go aboard tho ttentncr until the last minute min-ute and In tho tlmo thai elapses bo i wren their arrival at Ibo pier and the moment when Is heard the cry of All ashore bats going ashore thero Is I not an Instant when somebody Is not getting kissed Tho French are noted for their effusiveness but thcro Is I probably prob-ably no occasion when this trait appear ap-pear to such an extent u when they aro about to commit their friends to the mercy of the sea They ore kisses that ore felt too None of your half andhalf milkandwater namby pamby kisses for your Frenchman but klssea that ore to bo remembered for days and weeks and mouths and not forgotten until the friends meet again They are audible thoso kisses all otcr the pier and they make the casual stronger feel utterly lonesome and dismal dis-mal Tho women aro kissed by the men and the men aro kissed by the women and strongest of alt the men ore klsesd by the men It Is not ono 1 kiss or two or three but scores and scores of Hum It Is a perfect fusillade a bombardment of kisses On the s mouth they fall nnd on the cheeks and on the hair nnd on the eyes There Is y no part or portion of their faces that escapes nig bearded and bronzed men clasp each other In their arms and their lips meet time and time again And between kisses the air II full of arms Hung about In excited gcstlcula non and ono gets n bewildering Impros Ian of shoulders that nro shrugged and eyes that are rolled and eyebrows that aro raised and lowered with the opted of memory And all lime while the air Is I full of perfect chaos of exclamation ex-clamation points nail diminution and nil tho terms of endearment of which thn French language Is I so full To tin coldorblonded natlo of this latitude I It Is all quite Incomprehensible and bewildering |