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ABOLISHING THE KISS.
Defying and setting at naught all
h> genic law the kiss, that historic ve
hicle of tlie affectionate greeting of
humanity, is to go, if not all at once,
1.1. n ultimately.
There have been undercurents of
protest for some years and individual
lapses from the custom, but the state
of West Virginia has brought the issue
to public attention officially through
its health commission. The state will
try to dispose of the practice of oscu
lation by admonition, and if not suc
cessful, intends to protect public
health by law.
i, board of health obligingly sug
gests that intimate greetings hereto
fore accentuated by the kiss be now
Imparted by the "pit-pat." Friends,
relatives, or possible the affianced,
thus approach within reaching dis
tance. pat each other gently on the
cheek, and smile. There is, of course,
danger that husband or wife, after a
bad day at the office or home, may pat
a trille hard or fail to temper the
greeting to one of gentle sympathy
fi ienship.
Alternative suggestions are now in
the hands of the health commission
for their consideration. The officials
are asked to recommend the long
range kiss, which should properly stop
about two inches from the target, the
explosion of the lips proceding as
usual hut in vacancy. Then there are '
insistent inquiries why kissing the
eyebrows, the eye-lashes, or even the'
back ol the neck, should not bo en
tirely permissible from a hygienic
standpoint. Ail these problems the ,
health officials of the state are now
struggling with.
There should be the most serious
deliberation in the West Virginia is
sue. Whatever the final decision may
be, the authorities should realize that
the\ are pioneering for the whole of I
the United States of America. There |
will he large public Interest in the
practical operation of the pit-pat, or
of the blank cartridge kiss, or of the
neck, eye,brow or eyelash salutation.
Whatever West Virginia may conclude I
to do, the remainder of the country
will probably cling to the older usage.
SWEARING IN JAPANESE.
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(Leslie’s.)
The .lap Is always polite, but once
In a while he slips from grace—and
when he does he Is up against it, for
there are no swear words in the Jap
anese language. When a Japanese
meets you lie bows three times and
takes off his hat, but does not shake
hands. When he greets you his first
concern is about your ancestors and
next about your stomach. It would be
almost an open insult for one Japan- i
i to meet another without asking
how how his stomach fared. On the
third bow he asks. "This morning how
is it with our honorable Insides?"
As you come up on your third bow you
answer to the effect that the place
mentioned is doing a well as could
be expected and in turn ask him what
news he has had from the front. Then
he lifts his hat again and says. “Your
delightful head this morning, I hope
it have no commotion.” When you tell
him that you are pleased to report
that it feels well this morning, he asks
about a few generations of honorable
re estors and then you are free to
take up the weather.
liven though they are elaborately
polite, once in a while one Japanese
will get mad at another. Their anger
kindles slowly at first, finally fanning
into a blaze that knows no staying.
But even though there is a torrent
of emotion seething in his soul there
are no words to give it vent; it keeps 1
surging harder and harder until he
throw's aside all restraint and gives up
all decency by putting into one phrase
all his bitterness and snapping square
ly into the other man’s astonished
face the worst thing that can be said
in the whole language. ’“Your stomach
ts not on straight I" This is the JlrnU
insult; nothing more can he added.—
, Homer Croy.
NOT IN VAIN.
(Boston Transcript.)
\\ 1th ull due respects to editors of
great newspapers, 1 have to say to
J them that 1 never take any opinion of
the American people from their edito
rials, so that when some greatdailies,
not verj far from where X am tempo
rarily residing, thundered with rising
scorn at "watchful waiting," Woodrow
| sat back in his chair and chuckled,
I knowing that "he laughs best who
| laughs last.”—From X'resident Wil
lson’s speech at lndiunopilis January
Is, 1916.
W'ith all due respect to the president
of a great nation but without any in
clination to emulate the W’oodrovlan
| example and chuckle over the change
in presidential policy, the Transcript
ventures to believe that tho newspa
pers have not “thundered with rising
scorn at “watchful, waiting’ " In vain.
Else why is that igi omin.ous impolicy
now abandoned unless it be because
its one result in Mexico Is the awful
anarchy that curses every corner of
that country today?
CHINA TO
GARRY AMERICAN
INDUSTRY
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(New York American.;
From San Francisco comes the news
that an association of Chinese business ,
men lias undertaken to establish a >
line oi vessels to engage in trans-Pa- i
elile trade with America.
It' such an enterprise is undertaken it
will be successful. China, lung re
garded as the most unprogressive oi
the nations, is still able to lake from
us ull the maritime trade we still hold
on the Pacific.
Indeed, were she to enter the Atlan
tic field, lie would have no difiiculty in
driving our few remaining merchant
men from the seas.
The reason for this is simple. China
is no more a maritime nation today
tliun she was ten y-ars ago. But, al
though racked with internal dissen
sions, although threatened continually
with Japanese aggression, she is in a
better position to undertake the Paci
fic carrying trade than the United
States.
Because of unwise and lil-considerd
legislation enacted by Congress with
the aid and encouragement of the ad
ministration our ships have been
practically driven from the ocean.
Under the pretense of legislation for
tile sailor, congress has legislated the
sailor out of a Job.
At a time when the Panama canal
promised a development of our mer
chant marine such as had never been
known congress first handicapped our
ships by levying tolls upon them for
tile use of a canal built by American
money, and second passed a merchant
marine bill which made it Impossible
for our ship owners to compete with
those of foreign countries.
Even when the exigencies of the
war eliminated European competition,
such was the pass to which our mer
chantmen were brought that they were
unable to survive competition with
Japan and China.
Ordinarily the proposal of Chinese
merchants to undertake trans-Paciflc
commerce would be laughable. Today
it Is anything but a laughable matter,
i Unless congress at the earliest pos
sible moment undoes what was done
in Washington last year the American
flag will disappear altogether from the
seas, and, until peace Is restored in
Europe, American travellers and Am
erican exporters and importers will be
obliged to entrust their lives and their
property to Mongolian seamen, sailing
in .Mongolian vessels and Hying 'he
ongolian Hag.
CHARLTON
ON b IANTJ
A. P. A. Service.
COMO, Italy, Oct. IS.—Porter Charl
un, the American who is charged with
the murder uf his wife by drowning
I her in Lake Como several years ago
is now being tried on the charge after
| years of effect to escape the tolls of
the law. Charlton was on the wit
mss stand throughout the day yes
:terduy undergoing examination by the
judiciary. He claims the unwritten
!iaw as his defense.
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