THE ART OF KISSING

THE ART OF KISSING
by
HUGH MORRIS
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CONTENTS
Different Kinds of Kisses
Why People Kiss
Why Kissing Is Pleasant
Approved Methods of Kissing
Kisses Are But Preludes to Love
Preparing for the Kiss
How to Approach a Girl
The Technique of Kissing
How to Kiss Girls with Different Sizes of Mouths
Enjoy the Thrills of Kissing
The French "Soul" Kiss
Put Variety into Your Kisses
The "Vacuum" Kiss
The "Spiritual" Kiss
The Eyelash Kiss
The "Pain" Kiss
The "Nip" Kiss
Variation Kisses Are the Spice of Love
Electric Kissing Parties
The Dancing Kiss
The Surprise Kiss
Kissing Under the Mistletoe
Kissing Games
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"ARRANGE IT SO THAT THE GIRL IS SEATED AGAINST THE ARM OF THE
SOFA"
The dictionary says that a kiss is "a salute made by touching with the lips pressed closely
together and suddenly parting them." From this it is quite obvious that, although a
dictionary-may know something about words, it knows nothing. about kissing.
If we are to get the real meaning of the word kiss, instead of going to the old fogies who
compile dictionaries, we should go to the poets who still have the hot blood of youth
coursing in their veins. For, instance, Coleridge called a kiss, "nectar breathing."
Shakespeare says that a kiss is -a "seal of love. Martial, that old Roman poet who hid
ample opportunity to do research work on the subject, says that a kiss was "the fragrance
of balsam extracted- from aromatic trees; the rise odor yielded by the teeming saffron; the
perfume of fruits mellowing in their winter buds; the flowery meadows in the summer;
amber warmed by the hand of a girl; a bouquet of flowers that attracts the bees."
Yes, a kiss is all of these ... and more.
Others have said that a kiss was: the balm of love; the first and last of joys; love's
language; the seal of bliss; love's tribute; the melting sip; the nectar of Venus; the
language of love.
Yes, a kiss is all of these . . . and more.
For a kiss can never be absolutely defined. Because each kiss is different from the one
before and the one after. just as no two people are alike, so are no two kisses alike. For it
is people who make kisses. Real, live people pulsating with life and love and extreme
happiness.
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DIFFFERENT KINDS OF KISSES
Of course, there are different kinds of kisses. For instance, there is the kiss that the
devout person implants on the ring of the Pope. There is the maternal kiss of a mother on
her child. There is the friendly kiss of two people who are meeting or are separating.
There is the kiss that a king exacts from his conquered subjects. But although all of these
are called kisses, they are not the kisses* that we are going to concern ourselves with in
this book. Our kisses are going to be the only kind of kisses worth considering . the kisses
of love. The kiss perhaps, that Robert-Bums had in mind when he wrote:
Honeyed seal of soft affections,
Tenderest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love's first snowdrop, virgin kiss.
The amazing thing about the kiss is that although mankind has been kissing ever since
Adam first turned over on his side and saw Eve lying next to him, there has been
practically nothing written on the subject. Every year, hundreds of books are published
telling you how to reduce, how to gain, how to get a job, how to cook, how to write and
even how to live. But, on the art of kissing, very little has been written. - One reason for
this lack of proper instruction is accounted for by the Victorian. sense of morals which
has persisted through the ages. To the blue-nosed Puritans of the past anything that
concerned love was dirty, pornographical. John Bunyan's writings show what these,
Puritans thought of' the kiss. He wrote in big infamous "The Pilgrim's Progress," "the
common salutations of women I abhor. It is odious to me in whomsoever I see it. When I
have seen good men salute those women that they have visted, or that have visited them, I
have made my objections against it; and when they have answered that it was but a piece
of civility, I have told them that it was not a comely sight. Some, indeed, have urged the
holy kiss; but then, I have asked them why they make their balks; why they- did salute
the most handsome and let the ill-favored ones go." Perhaps old Bunyan thought that way
because be was one of the "ill-favored" who went unkissed and were let "go."
But, nowadays, people have taken a broader outlook on life. Our plays are becoming
more civilized and less stiff. Our arts are no more censored by laws. Our books are being
written about subjects that no self-respecting author would ever have dared to put into a
book. Birth-control, divorce and the science of marriage are common subjects for books.
Even the strange vices of mankind are brought out into the open and discussed and not
allowed to fester in the dark chambers of censorship. Yes, books like Van de Velde's
"Ideal Marriage" and Stope's "Married Love" Ire openly sold in bookstores. But,
nowhere, do we find a book which instructs people in the art of kissing, an art which is an
absolute essential to a happy -life, as we shall discuss in the oncoming pages of this book.
Is it because we are not absolutely freed from the shackles of prudishness? In certain
parts of this country, men have been arrested for kissing their wives on the street! Is this
civilization?
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So it is, that this book is being written. It is going to be a manual of the kiss. In it we are
going to discuss the most approved methods of kissing, the ad' vantages. of certain kinds
and, with the disadvantages of others, the mental and physical reactions of kissers,
historical episodes of kissing together with examples from the literature of the world in
which kisses were the subject. So, gird up your loins, pucker up your lips and let's to the
kissing arena!
WHY PEOPLE KISS
What happens when a man and a woman kiss?
That is to say, what happens, to the various parts of the body when two people in love
join their lips in bliss? Years ago, before our biologists knew of the existence of the
glands in our bodies, one writer quoted a scientist as saying that "kissing is pleasant
because the teeth, jawbones and lips are full of nerves, and when the lips meet an electric
current is generated."
What nonsense! what utter nonsense!
In the first place, two people kiss because they are satisfying, a hunger within them, a
hunger that is as natural as the hunger for-food, water and knowledge. It is the hunger of
sex that drives them to each other. After that, hunger has been satiated, then comes the
hunger for a home, for children and for marital happiness. This hunger is instinctive, that
is, we are born with it, all of us, and we cannot learn it or acquire it in any way.
WHY KISSING IS PLIEASANT
Once this hunger for the opposite sex evidences itself, there occurs in the human body
what is known as tumescence which, in simple language, is the rhythmical contraction of
the various muscles of the body together with the functioning of certain glands, just
which glands science has been unable to say definitely. Gland specialists know, by
performing certain operations, that the adrenal, the pituitary, the gonad and certain other
glands, control the sexual behavior of human beings. It is these glands that re-act, that
secrete what are known as hormones into the blood which, in turn, carries them into the
various organs effected by a sexual reaction.
Therefore, it can be seen that it is the partial satisfying of the sex-hunger that makes
kissing pleasurable.' Electricity is used for turning motors and lighting lamps and heating
curling irons. But electricity 4oes not give complete satisfaction to the kiss.
But enough of dry science!
We have ahead of us pleasurable reading of the bliss of the kiss. Now that we have
learned why it is that men and women kiss, let us go into the methods used in. kissing so
as to derive the most satisfaction from this most soul-appeasing of pleasures.
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APPROVIED METHODS OF KISSING
The only kiss that counts is the one exchanged by two people who are in love with each
other. That is the first essential of the satisfying kiss. For a kiss is really the union of two
soul-mates who have come together because they were made for each other. The. reason
for this is that the kiss is really the introduction to love, true love. The kiss prepares the
participants for the love life of the future. It is the foundation, the starting point of sexual
love. And it is for that reason that the manner in which the kiss is performed is so vitally
important.
There are still young women extant who believe that babies are the result of kisses
Actually! this is a fact! And this condition exists because our parents, in the main, are
either ignorant of the methods of explaining sex to their children or are too embarrassed
to enlighten them. The result is that their children obtain their sexual information from
the streets and alleys or else remain ignorant of it and believe such things as was
mentioned above.
KISSES ARE BUT PRELUDES TO LOVE
Man and woman are born to love, marry and beget children. Woman is so physically
constituted that she is the one who bears the child. Man, on the other hand, is given the
duty of being the protector of his wife and, after they are born, of his children. Therefore,
he must always be the one who takes the initiative. He must be strong, he must be
willing, he must be physically able to take care of his charges, He must be the aggressor.
It is, therefore, necessary that the man be taller than the woman. The psychological
reason for this is that he must always give the impression of being his woman's superior,
both mentally and especially physically. The physical reason, with which we are more
concerned, is that if he is taller that his woman, he is better able to kiss her. He must be
able to sweep her into his strong arms, and tower 6ver her, and look down into her eyes,
and cup her chin in his fingers and 1 hen, bend over her face and plant his eager, virile
lips on her moist, slightly parted, inviting ones. All of this he must do with the vigor of an
assertive male. And, all of these are impossible where. the woman is the taller of the-two.
For when the situation is reversed, the kiss becomes only a ludicrous banality. The
physical mastery is gone, the male prerogative is gone, everything is gone but the fact
that two lips are touching two other lips. Nothing can be more disappointing.
PREPARING FOR THE KISS
A paragraph back, we mentioned that the woman's lips were slightly parted when she
awaited the lips of her lover. There was a reason for using this description. Always, in
any sort of kiss, just before the male's lips settle onto the lips of his partner, the female's
lips should be slightly parted. One reason for this is that cherry-red lips serve as a
charming frame for a row of gleaming, white, even teeth. The picture that confronts the
kisser is one that draws him onward. And even, months later, when he thinks back to the
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kiss in the retrospect, he will remember that pretty little picture of the pearls of teeth
nestling in their frame of-cherries.
The deliciousness of a long-remembered kiss was beautifully expressed in a poem 'called,
"Three Kisses," in which occurred the verse:
I gently raised her sweet, pure face,
Her eyes with radiant, love sight filled.
That trembling kiss I'll ne'er forget
Which both our hearts with rapture filled.
Another reason for-parting the lips is that there is a definite gratification the male obtains
from the delicious odor that emanates from his loved one's mouth. John Secundus, in
describing a kiss,. said - that !& lover's kiss was like:
"... every aromatic breeze That wafts from Africa's spicy trees;"
The odor of a woman's hair can send shivers of joy coursing up and down a man's spine.
The odor of her body can convulse him with throes of passion. Odors are as necessary to
love as is love, itself. That is why it is so essential that the lips be parted just before the
kiss. And that is why the breath should be kept always sweet and pure so that, when the
lips art opened, the breath will be like an "aromatic breeze." Sometimes it is advisable to
touch the corners of the mouth with perfume. But be certain that there is only the faintest
suggestion of an odor and no more. Another thing, lipstick is definitely out in the kiss,
because it comes off so readily. A very light coat of lipstick should be worn so that, when
it does come off, it will not serve to betray you. Similarly, the teeth should be kept
cleaned and polished. Nothing can dampen a young man's ardor, or a young woman's for
that matter, than a row of brown-stained, unkempt teeth.
HOW TO APPROACH A GIRL
In kissing a girl whose experience with osculation is limited, it is a good thing to work up
to the kissing of the lips. Only an arrant fool seizes hold of such a girl, when they are
comfortably seated on the sofa, and suddenly shoves his face into her's and smacks her
lips' Naturally, the first thing he should do is to arrange it so that the girl is seated against
the arm of the sofa while he is seated at her side. In this way, she cannot edge away from
-him when he becomes serious in his attentions. This done, on some pretext or another,
such as a gallant attempt to adjust the cushions behind her, he manages to insinuate his
arm, first around the back of the sofa and then, gradually, around her shoulders. If she
flinches, don't worry. If she flinches and makes an outcry, don't worry. If she flinches,
makes an outcry and tries to get up from the sofa, don't worry. Hold her gently but firmly,
and allay her fears with kind, reassuring words. Remember what Shakespeare said about
"a woman's no! However., if she flinches and makes an outcry, a loud, stentorian outcry,
mind you, and starts to scratch your face, then start to worry or start to get yourself out of
a bad situation. Such girls are not to be trifled with ... or kissed. It is such as they, in most
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cases, who still believe the story 6f the stork which brings babies because of the
consequences of a kiss.
But if your arm is comfortably reposed across the girl's shoulders and "all's right with the
world)" then your next step is to flatter her in some way. All women like to be flattered.
They like to be told they are beautiful even when the mirror throws the lie back into their
ugly faces.
Flatter her!
Catullus once wrote:
Kiss me softly and speak to me low;
Trust me darling, the time is near,
When we may live with never a fear
Kiss me dear!
Kiss me softly, and speak to me law
"Take a Deep Sniff of the Per- fume In Her Hair and comment On It"
Tell her she is beautiful!
Then, take a deep sniff of the perfume in her hair and comment on it. Tell her that the
odor is like "heady wine." Tell her that her hair smells like a garden of roses. Tell her
anything, but be sure to tell her something complimentary. This done, it is only a natural
thing for you to do to, desire to sink your nose deeper into her hair so that you can get the
full benefit of its bouquet.
THE TECHNIQUS OF KISSING
Now is your chance I The moment you feel the tip of your nose touch her scalp, purse
your lips and kiss her, the while you inhale a deep breath of air that is redolent with the
exquisite odor of her hair. it is then but a few inches to her ear. Touch the rim of her ear
with your lips in a sort of brushing motion. Breathe gently into the delicate shell. Some
women react passionately to this subtle act. Brush past her here in this way again and
note her reaction. If she draws her head away, return to her hair and sniff luxuriously of
it. Then: settle back to her ear, the while you murmur "sweet, airy nothings" into it. From
the ear to her neck is but another few inches.. Let your lips traverse this distance quickly
and then dart into the nape and, with your lips well pursed, nip the skin there, using the
same gentleness as would a cat lifting her precious kittens.
Then, with a series of little nips, bring your lips around from the nape of her neck to the
curving, swerve of her jaw, close to the ear. Gently kiss the lobe of her ear. But be sure,
to return to the tender softness of her jaw. From then on, the way should be clear to you.
Nuzzle your lips along the soft, downy expanse until you reach the comer of her lips. You
will know when this happens because, suddenly, you will feel a strange stiffening of 'her
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shoulders under your arm. The reason for this is that the lips constitute one of the main
erogenous zones of the body. The nerve ends in it are so sensitive that the slightest
contact with them sends a pleasurable thrill immediately through the nervous system,
through the medulla portion of the brain, back through the nervous system again, through
branches which connect up with motor nerves, in this case the nerves that control the
sphyncter muscles of the mouth and lips, and the sexual glands which were mentioned
before.
In plain English, the kissee knows she is to be kissed.
Alright. You have subtly kissed the corner of her mouth. Don't hesitate. Push on further
to more pleasurable spots. Ahead of you lies that which had been promised in your
dreams, the tender, luscious lips of the girl you love. But don't sit idly by and watch them
quivering.
Act!
Lift your lips away slightly, center them so that when you make contact there will be a
perfect union. Notice, only momentarily, the picture of her teeth in her lips. And, then,
like a sea-gull ' swooping gracefully down through the air, bring your lips down firmly
onto the lips of the girl who is quivering in; your arms.
Kiss her!
Kiss her as though, at that moment, nothing else exists in the world. Kiss her as though
your entire life is wrapped up into the period of the kiss. Kiss her as though there is
nothing else that you would rather be doing. Kiss her!
At this point, it is necessary for us to discuss a few subjects which are germane to the art
of kissing, particularly in so fir as they apply to what has just been described. For
instance, there has been raised quite a full in regard to whether one should close one's
eyes while kissing or while being kissed. Personally, I disagree with those who advise
closed eyes. To me, there is an additional thrill in seeing, before my eyes, the drama of
bliss and pleasure as it is played on the face of my beloved. I can see tiny wrinkles form
at the comers of her eyes, wrinkles of joy. I can see fleeting spasms of happiness flit
across her eyes. I can see these things and, in seeing them, my pleasurable reactions to
the kiss are considerably heightened. In keeping my eyes open, I am giving pleasure not
to one sense alone, the sense of touch, but to two senses, the senses of touch and of sight.
These two, coupled with the sense of smell which is actuated by the perfume of her
breath, all combine to make the kiss an exquisite, ineffable epitome of unalloyed bliss.
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HOW TO KISS GIRLS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES OF
MOUTHS
Another question which must be settled at this time concerns the size of the kissee's
mouth. A consideration of this factor is important. Where the girl's mouth is of the tiny,
rosebud type, then one need not worry about what to do. Merely follow the directions as
they were outlined above. However, there are many girls whose lips are broad and
generous', whose lips are on the order of Joan Crawford's, for instance.. The technique in
kissing such lips is different.
Different Sizes of Mouths Require a Different Technique in Kissing
For, were one to allow his lips to remain centered, there would be wide expanses of lips,
untouched and, therefore, wasted. In such cases,. instead of remaining adhered to the
center of the lips, the young man should lift up his lips a trifle and begin to travel around
the girl's lips, stopping a number of times to drop a firm kiss in passing. When you have
made a complete round of the lips, return immediately to the center bud and feast there.
Feast there as did that lover of Fatimas, in Tennysen's poem, in which it was written that:
"Once he drew, with one long kiss, my whole soul through my lips-as sunlight drinketh
dew."
Then, sip of the honey.
Like the bee that settles on the fragrant pistils of a flower, and sips in the nectar for
honey, so should you sip in the nectar from between the lips of your love. And it is
nectar. For there is in this mingling a symbol of the holy communion o f the spirits of two
soul-mates, joined together in the bonds of an indissoluble love. It was a kiss such as this
which caused the writer of an old German novel to write:
"Sophia returned my kiss and the earth went from under my feet; my soul
was no longer in my body; I touched the stars; I knew the happiness of
angels!"
ENJOY THE THRILLS OF KISSING
But don't be in a hurry I As in all matters pertaining to love, don't hurry the process of
kissing. A kiss is too rapturous a thing to be enjoyed for the moment and the moment
only. Linger longer on her lips than you have ever lingered before. Forget time. Forget
everything but the kiss in which you are in the midst of. Don't be like that bashful young
lover who, after a sweet, long kiss, drew his lips away from the lips of his charmer.
Immediately, She burst out into tears.
"What's the matter?" he asked solicitously.
"You don't love me I" she said between sobs.
"But I do!"
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"Then why did you draw your lips away?"
"I couldn't breathe," he said naively.
Breathe? Who wants to breathe, who even wants to think of breathing in the middle of an
impassioned kiss? Breathe through your nose if you have to breathe. But kiss, keep on
kissing, as long as there! Is one minim of breath in you. Kiss, as Byron said we should
kiss, with the "long, long kiss of youth and love."
Recently, in Chicago, there was held a marathon kissing contest to determine Which
couple could hold their kiss the longest without being forced to separate. One pair was
able to hold their kiss for fifteen hours. Think of that! Fifteen hours. And yet the naive
lad stopped kissing because be couldn't breathe.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning must have spent many an ecstatic night of kissing with the
poet, Robert Browning, if we are to judge from an excerpt from her "Aurora Leigh," in
which she described a kiss as being "As long and silent as the ecstatic night."
Another poet, unknown, but certainly one who knew whereof he speaks, wrote the
following poem which deserves to be quoted in its entirety.
Oh, that a joy so soon should waste,
Or so sweet a bliss as a kiss
Might not forever last!
So sugared, so melting, -so delicious.
The dew that lies on roses,
When the morn herself discloses,
Is not so precious.
Oh, rather than I would it smother
Were I to taste such another.
It. should be my wishing
That I might die kissing.
At this point, it should be explained that the lips are not the only part of the mouth which
should be joined in kissing. Every lover is a glutton. He wants everything that is part of
his sweetheart, everything. He doesn't want to miss a single iota of her "million-pleasured
joys" as Keats once wrote of them. That is why, when kissing, there should be as many
contacts, bodily contacts, as is possible.
Snuggle up closely together. Feel the warm touch of each other's bodies. Be so close that
the rise and fall of each other's bosoms is felt by one another.
Get next to each other.
"Snuggle Up Closely Together"
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And, this same thing applies to the mouth in kissing. Don't be afraid to kiss with more
than your lips. After your lips have been glued together for some time, open them
slightly. Then put the tip of your tongue out so that you can feel the smooth surface of
your kissee's teeth. This will be a signal for her to respond in kind. If she is wholly in
accord with you, if she is, truly, your real love-mate, then you will notice that she, too,
has opened her lips slightly and that., soon, her teeth will be parted. Then, if she is all that
she should be, she should project the tip of her tongue so that it meets with the tip of
yours.
Heaven will be in that union!
Lava will run through your veins instead of blood. Your breath will come in short gasps.
There will rise up in you an Overpowering, overwhelming surge of emotion such as you
have never before experienced. If you are a man, you will clutch the shoulders of your
loved one and sense a shudder course through you that makes you pant. If you are a
woman, and being kissed, you will feel a strange languor passing through your limbs,
you-r entire body. A shudder will go through you. You will moan in the delicious
transports of love. And, in all probabilities, you will go faint because the blood in your
veins will be rushing furiously into your entire system and away from your head. Thus,
you will be unable to think any longer. You will only be able to feel, td feel the most
exquisite of pleasures that it has been your lot to feel.
THE FRENCH "SOUL" KISS
But don't stop at this.
Surely, there is more to your tongue than merely its tip. Probe further. Go deeper. Gently
caress ,each other's tongues. For, in doing this, you are merging your souls. That is why
this kiss was called the "soul" kiss by the French who were said to be the first people to
have perfected it.. The French have always been a liberal minded people. And, it is
because of the fact that they dropped Puritanism many years ago, that they were able to.
perfect themselves in the art of love and, particularly, in the art of kissing.
Learn from the French.
Learn also from the Old Romans , especially Catullus, whose love poems to Lesbia have
lived through the ages because of the sincerity of his passion and the genius of his ability
to express his emotions in the form of beautiful poetry. For it was Catullus who wrote:
"Then to those kisses add a hundred more,
A thousand to that hundred so, kiss on!
To make that thousand up to a million;
Treble this million, and when that is done,
Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun."
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Kisses cost nothing. So kiss on. There is one thing that you cannot. take away from
people and that is the ability to make love to each other. Despite the fact that the world
suffered from a long depression, people continued to get married and they continued to
have children. In fact, according to recently released figures, there were, more children
born during the depression than there had been in good times. This means that, although
married people did not have money, they still had themselves. They still had love. They
still had the ability to kiss as they pleased and when they pleased and as often as they
pleased.
Another poet asks:
What is a kiss? alack, at worst,
A-single drop to quench a thirst,
Tho oft it proves in happier hour,
The first sweet drop of one long shower.
Because kisses cost nothing.
So kiss on. Keep on kissing. Rare old Ben Jonson realized this when he wrote that, if he
had one wish, it would be that he could die kissing. But it is not only the robust and lusty
poets, like Ben Jonson, who are gluttons for kisses. There has been attributed to John
Ruskin, an old fogy of a philosopher if ever there was one, a request from him to a young
lady friend of his that she "kiss him not sometimes but continually." Still another poet
wrote:
Kisses told by hundreds o'er;
Thousands told by thousands more.
Millions, countless millions then
Told by millions o'er again;
Countless as the drops that glide
In the ocean's billowy tide,
Countless as yon orbs of light
Spangled o'er the vault of night
I'll with ceaseless love bestow
On those cheeks of crimson glow,
On those lips so gently swelling,
On those eyes such fond tales telling.
PUT VARIETY INTO YOUR KISSES
It is with the last few lines of this poem that our next subject for discussion concerns
itself. As was mentioned before, the true lover is not satisfied with only one or two
contacts. He wants n6thing to be held from him. It is for that reason that, when kissing a
girl, after. you have given sufficient time to the kissing of her lips, you should vary your
kissing by diverting your zeal to other portions of her face. Robert Herrick, who wrote,
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many beautiful love lyrics in his day, has a poem which ideally synthesizes this idea of
varied kisses. In it he says:
It isn't creature born and bred
Between the lips all cherry-red;
It is an active flame that flies
First to the babies of the eyes;
Then to the cheek, the chin and ear;
It frisks and flies-now here, now there-
'Tis now far off, and then 'tis near;
Here and there and everywhere.
Let us say that you have revelled in a sweet, long kiss. Suddenly, you see your loved
one's eyes close as though in a moment of weariness. Gently detach your lips from her's
and raise them up to her closed eyelids. Drop a kisslet first on one eyelid and then on the
other. Feel the rolling orb quiver under your lips. Then , when you have done this, run
your lips down along the line of her nose, stopping at odd times to purse them into a tiny
kiss. When you reach the wrinkle of her nostrils, bury your lips deeply into the curve and
kiss little niblets into first one and then the other. If her eyes still are closed, repeat the
process.
But return to the lips.
Never forget this important injunction, "Return to the lips," for they can never become
satiated with love's ardent kisses. The little kisses that you have deposited on her eyes
and her nose serve only to vary the Menu of love. They are but spice to the course of
love's banquet which should always be the "lip kiss."
THE VACUUM KISS
The Vacuum Kiss
This time, when your eager lips have been deposited on the eager lips of the girl, try to
vary the kiss. For instance' instead of using the soul kiss, try what is known as the "vac
uum kiss." Here you start off by first opening your mouth a. trifle just after you have been
resting peacefully with closed lips. Indicate to your partner, by brushing her teeth with
the tip of your tongue, that you wish for her to do likewise. The moment she responds,
instead of caressing her mouth, suck inward as though you were trying to draw out the
innards of an orange. If she knows of this kiss variations your maid will act in the same
way and withdraw the air from your mouth. In this fashion, in a very short while, the, air
will have been entirely drawn out of your mouths. Your lips will adhere so tightly that
there will almost be pain, instead of pleasure. But it will be the sort of pain that is highly
pleasurable. That may sound odd but, nevertheless, it is a fact. Pain becomes so
excruciating as to become pleasure. This subject will be gone into very shortly in regard
to what is known as the "bite kiss." But, at present let I us continue with the "vacuum
kiss."
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This kiss must, of necessity, last a comparatively short time. There is tog rill4ch strain on
the delicate mouth tissues and the muscles tire very easily. It is .for that reason that this
kiss should be shortened. However, there is a special technique to be used to terminating
it. When you decide that you have had enough of it, don't suddenly tear your mouth
away. At least, don't do it if there are other people present in the house. For, they will
become startled by the sound of a loud report which will result if you act suddenly. Any
vacuum when suddenly opened to air gives off a loud popping noise. The procedure is
simply to open first a comer of your mouth. You will hear a faint hissing sound when this
is done. Immediately, you will find the pressure in your mouth lessen. The muscles will
relax. And a delicious sense of torpor will creep over your entire body, giving it a
lassitude that is almost beatific.
But that is not all.
To every large dinner, there is always added a dessert or a lagniappe which is a toppingoff
tid-bit of the evening. The same should apply to the "vacuum kiss." The minute you
release Your lips, lift them' away from the tired lips of your lover. Then, without wasting
a minute's time, gently, delicately, softly, sensitively, oh so lightly, lower your pursed lips
and place a tiny little kiss into the almost bruised lips of the girl. It is this little act of
sympathy and condolence that makes the tie between you all the more firm. It tells the
girl that you know how she feels and that you sympathize with her.
While resting from the joy-laden ardors of such a kiss, a few more variations are
permissible and advisable. There should never be a let-down in a kissing session. Every
moment must be filled with kisses. But they do not have to be kisses of the mouth. There
are other kisses which, although they are not as satisfying as the lip kisses, still serve to
keep the blood burning.
THE "SPIRITUAL" KISS
For instance, there can be kisses exchanged merely in intense glances. A sort of "spiritual
kiss." can pass between the adoring eyes of a pair of lovers. The hot blooded Latin races
know the power of such kisses. Their fiery temperaments are ever questing for new
delights, for variations, for delightful and artful ways of adding to the pleasure of love.
There is a poem extant written by a young Spanish poet to his sloe-eyed, raven-tressed
senorita. No doubt it was sung by him under her balcony while the romantic moon
streamed down liquid beams. But the poem quite amply describes this point of kissing
with things other than your lips.
Then she kisses with her eyelids,
Kisses with her arching eye-brows,
With her soft cheek softly rubbing,
With her chin and hands and fingers,
All the frame of Manuela,
All her blood and all her spirit,
All melt down to burning kisses.
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There, Perhaps fifteen feet away from him, was the light of her love. Yet, by means of
her eyes, she was able to kiss him so that their love continued to flower.
THE EYELASH KISS
A variation of this eye kiss can be practiced as a tender diversion. After an intense period
of "soul or "vacuum kissing" has been indulged in and both lovers lie back tiredly,
looking into each other's eyes , the-young man should lean over the face of the girl. But,
instead of implanting his lips on hers, he should bring his cheek into direct contact with
her cheek again. Then, when this is done, he should lower his eyelash so that they
enmesh with the eyelash of his partner. This, of course, is done one eye at a time. And
when the enmeshing process is complete, each should gently raise and lower his or her
eyelids. The contact of the hair of the eyelash is one that is almost indescribable. Suffice
it to say, it is a charming bypath in the meadows of love that is pleasant, provocative and
yet not exhausting.
THE "PAIN" KISS
A while back, mention was made of the "Pain kiss." It is with this seemingly paradoxical
pleasure that we shall deal with now. First of all, it is necessary to explain that, although
an act can be painful, it can still be pleasurable. The explanation is merely another
indication of the variability of human nature. To begin, there are some people who derive
an extreme pleasure out of being whipped or burned or beaten. There is no rational
explanation for this strange, delight. The fact remains that they react pleasurably to pain.
These people are called masochists. Similarly, there are other people who derive the same
pleasure out of being the ones who inflict pain or perform the beating. Their abnormality,
too, is inexplicable. They are called sadists.
The point is this: these people have these strange desires in extremes. But normal people
have similar desires but they are not so strong. They are present only in minute degrees.
That is why some of us deliberately uncover ourselves in cold weather or continue to pick
at a sore tooth although the act pains us. It is for this reason that most of us are able to
derive pleasure from the "pain kiss."
The "pain kiss" is simply a tiny bite, a love nip.
Catullus, who knew his kissing, if we are to judge from the many poems he left on the
subject, once rote:
Whom wilt thou for thy lover choose?
Whose shall they call thee, false one, whose?
Who shall thy darted kisses sip,
While thy keen love-bites scar his lip?
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THE "NIP" KISS
Horace, another Roman, whose kissing proclivities have come down through the ages
because of his love poems, also wrote something about the "nip-kiss" when he said:
Or on thy lips, the fierce, fond boy
Marks with his teeth the furious joy.
So you see, it is perfectly normal people, if you can call poets normal people, who
indulge in the "pain kiss" and derive intense pleasure from it. Punishment, after all, can
be more than painful. For instance, in another poem, a poet says:
And if she dared her lips to pout,
Like many pert young misses,
I'd wind my arms her waist about
And punish her with kisses.
Naturally, in the "nip-kiss" the kisser is not supposed to open his mouth like the maw of a
lion. and then sink his fangs into the delicate-flesh of the kissee. Ridiculous! The
procedure is the same as the ordinary kiss except that, instead of closing your lips with
the kiss, you leave them slightly. open and, as though you were going to nibble on a
delicious tid-bit, take a playful nip into either the nape of the neck, the cheek or the lips.
just a nip is enough. And the resultant pleasure, I assure you, will more than compensate
for the slight inconvenience of pain.
Now there might be some of you who may wonder why such kissing subterfuges and
substitutes are necessary. It is only that man is a questing animal. He is never satisfied
with the ordinary and commonplace because the commonplace, after a time, becomes
very boring. Not that I mean to infer that the usual "lip-kiss" is commonplace..
Absolutely not. The "lip-kiss," as I have mentioned before, is the piece de resistance, the
main course in the "banquet of love" as the poet, Qvid, called it. But imagine a meal in
which there were seven courses of filet mignon or seven courses of lobster. You'd get sick
and tired of a tender filet after the third course, wouldn't you? And after the second
lobster, you wouldn't be able to look a lobster in the eye, that is, providing a lobster has
eyes. So you see why it is that if the lip-kiss were indulged in exclusively, you would
reach a point where it would lose all of its rapturous savor.
VARIATION, KISSES ARE THE SPICE OF LOVE
A variation 6f the "lip-kiss" can be performed very nicely. Instead of pressing the lips
together at one spot, start at one corner of the mouth and brush your closed lips across the
entire mouth. A variation of this, in turn, is to part your lips slightly and, with the tip of
your tongue in the groove that separates the two lips, brush your lips from side to side.
Naturally, .additional variations to this last variation suggest themselves immediately to
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the aware practitioner of the kiss. In fact, to such a person there should come up hundreds
of other variations to titillate and titivate the senses.
One such variation suggests itself. Technically, it is not exactly a variation but simply a
variation in the technique of the ordinary "lip-kiss." It employs the use of the ".delayed
action" in its execution. The old story of the fox and the grapes which were tantalizingly
dangled over his head is the foundation for the method. Simply, the procedure is this: just
before lowering your lips for the kiss, instead of planting the kiss, draw your head back
again. Then, hold your lips in readiness but do not-kiss. Hold this position for as long as
possible the while you smile tantalizingly into the eyes of the girl. Finally, when both you
and she can stand the suspense no longer, then lower your lips, Slowly, as slowly as you
possibly can, and imprint the seal of-love onto the avid mouth of your loved one. After
that, the technique calls for no specific action. Kissing, like loving, is instinctive.
ELECTRIC KISSING PARTIES
Some few years ago, a very peculiar kissing custom arose which deserves mention here
because, from it, we can learn how to adapt the method to our modem devices. At that
time, when young people got together, they held, what was then known as, "electric
kissing parties." Young people are ever on ' the outlook for novel ways of entertaining
themselves. In fact, when ether was first developed as an anesthetic, the young bloods of
the town used to form "ether-sniffing" parties in which they got a perfectly squiffy ether
"jag." But to return to the "electric kisses." An excerpt from a contemporary writer will,
perhaps, give us some idea of what happened.
"The ladies and gentlemen range themselves about the room. In leap year the ladies
select a partner, and together they shuffle about on the carpet until they are charged with
electricity , the lights in the room having been first turned low. Then they kiss in the dark;
and make the sparks fly for the amusement of the onlookers."
The same sort of experiment could be performed nowadays, on cold, dry nights when the
air is overloaded with electricity. But be certain that neither you nor your partner touches
each other after shuffling furiously on the carpet with your feet. Merely lean over slowly
and, when your lips are about half an inch apart, slow the process down even more until
the spark jumps. However, considerable practice should be had before this kiss variation
can be done successfully. The natural reaction to this sort of shock is to pull away from
each other. But, try to resist this natural impulse because, if you do not kiss the moment
after the shock has been perpetrated, the pleasure will be all gone.
Once you have practiced this for Some time, you will become so innured to the slight
shock that you will seek more potent electric shocks. These can be obtained with the use
of an electric vibrator or in fact, any device that is worked from a battery and a coil which
steps up the weak 3 volts of the battery. Shooting galleries have electricity testing devices
of this nature which have two handles. No matter what you use, the method is as
following: first you take hold of one pole of the live wire, of the handle of the machine, if
that is what you are using. Then, your partner should take hold of the other pole, or
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handle. This done, bring your lips together until there is about an eighth of an inch
separating your lips. At this moment, turn the rheostat that increases the current. As soon
as the charge is strong enough, a sudden, intense spark will jump the gap of your lips.
Again, learn not to flinch but to seize hold of the opportunity of bringing your lips
together in a grand, climactic kiss. The advantage of this, method is that you can regulate
the electrical charges go that, when you become innured to one strength, you can increase
the current almost indefinitely.
A word of warning, however, is apropos here. Be satisfied with the current generated by
this battery set. Don't be like a young friend of mine who discovered that the battery set,
even at its highest output, was too weak for him and his partner. Being of an experimental
nature, he decided to see what would happen were he to use the ordinary house current as
the electrical stimulus. And so, together with his partner, he placed himself in front of an
electric wall outlet into which he had screwed a plug and a wire whose end had been,
frayed so that the two wires were separated. Taking hold of one wire, he advised the girl
to take hold of the other., Then, using the usual "electric-kiss" technique, he bent over
and started to bring his lips slowly towards the girl's lips. He got as far as about half an
inch from her lips, and that's all. Because, a moment later, he saw a blinding flame sear
across his eyes and he felt an enormous blow jolt him off his feet. When he came to
enough to realize where he was, he found himself asprawl on the floor, his girl friend in a
similar position a few feet away. The result was a pair of burned lips and a combined
determination to stick to the old fashioned way of kissing. The burned lip will always
spurn the flame.
THE DANCING KISS
The Dancing Kiss
A very pleasant way to kiss is found in the "dancing kiss." Here, again, it is the closeness
of the bodies of the participants that adds to the enjoyment. What more could a pair of
lovers ask for than a dimly lighted dance floor, the tender, rhythmical strains of a waltz
being played by Wayne King, their arms around each other, their eager young bodies
kissing each other in a myriad of excitable places, the while, their cheeks meet in
glowing, velvety strokes? Naturally, in such situations, the rules of social etiquette w ill
not allow the pair to enjoy an extremely appropriate "lip kiss." Although this can very
easily be accomplished in the privacy of one's parlor while the radio is broadcasting the
music. In fact, the "electric kiss" can be ideally performed under these circumstances.
But, when dancing in a public place, the only kisses allowed would be those surreptitious
ones stolen under the straying eye of the chaperone. Under the pretense of whispering
pretty nothings into your partner's shell of an ear, allow your lips to touch her earlobe, her
cheek and her chin. A few covert eye-kisses, perhaps, can be stolen in this manner, too.
But, these stolen sweets should suffice the happy couple until they return home,. Then,
stimulated by the forepleasure of these previous non-lip kisses, the pair can indulge in all
the variations listed in this booklet, to their hearts' and their lips' content. The while they
recall, perhaps, those lines from Sir John Suckling's "Ballad of a Wedding," which went:
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Oh, they sudden up -and rise and dance;
Then sit again, and sigh, and glance;
Then dance again, and kiss.
THE SURPRISE KISS
A most charming manner of kissing is called the "surprise kiss." This is performed when
one of the parties has fallen asleep, on the sofa, let us say. On entering the room, when
the other sees his lover asleep, he should tip-toe softly over to her. Then, lowering his
head slowly, he should implant a soft, downy, feathery kiss squarely on her lips. This first
kiss should be a very light one. -But, thereafter, the intensity of the kisses should increase
until the sleeping one has awakened. and, of course, even beyond that. The effect of such
an awakening to a sleeper is almost heavenly. For, while in the midst of a dream, a
pleasant one, most likely, for it will concern the other half of the couple, she feels
vaguely, faintly, as though it were the touch of a butterfly's wing, a subtle kiss on her lips.
Naturally, in the depths of her sleep, she imagines that it is part of her dream and the
result. is a pleasant sensation, indeed. Then, gradually, athough still asleep, she feels the
kisses continue. And the pleasantness continues. Then, as she starts to come out of her
sleep, she realizes that the kisses are to real for a dream. But she is sure that she is
dreaming. And so, immediately, a relapse from the happiness sets in and a twinge of
sadness comes over her because she knows that', instead of being with her lover, she is
only dreaming of him. Imagine, then, her extreme gratification, when, while thinking
these drab thoughts, she feels the actuality of an intense, ardent kiss on her lips. Her heart
flutters wildly. Her pulse runs riot. Perhaps she is not asleep, she argues to herself. Then
she opens her eyes. And she sees the darling face f her beloved bending over her. And
she feels the sensuous touch of his lips on hers. Truly, no awakening can be more
pleasurable!
KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE
Perhaps, in conclusion, it would be appropriate to make mention of a few kissing customs
which have intrigued mankind. For instance, there is the rite of kissing under the
mistletoe, at Christmas time. The origin of this custom is uncertain. Suffice it to say, it
must have been started by some woman because, in, it, She rule is that if a woman is
caught standing under a sprig of mistletoe, any man has the right to kiss her,
peremptorily, without asking her permision or begging her pardon. Here is one time when
social convention doses its eyes to lover's delights. For, then, you can seize hold of the
girl with impunity and smack her to your heart's content without being socially ostracized
for it.
KISSING GAMES
One wonders at the prevalence of kissing games in this civilization. Games on the order
of "Postoffice," "Kiss the Pillow" and innumerable others which have been devised for
the jovial disports of lovers. In these games, because they are games, it is perfectly
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legitimate for two people to lass. In fact, in the game Postoffice" this kissing is
encouraged behind closed doors where- the happy couple are alone in a room. The game
is so widespread that comment in regard to the manner in which it is played would be
extraneous here. But, what would make an excellent topping off for this booklet, would
be a conjecture as to the reason for the prevalence of such games, even during the.
dreaded Victorian -times , when etiquette was so strict that the dictum was made
forbidding the placing of a book by a female author next to a book written by a man!
These kissing games existed and shall continue to exist because man and woman must
kiss. In fact, man is the only animal who uses the kiss to express his love and affection.
Dogs, cats and bears lick their offspring. Horses and cows rub noses and necks. Birds
nestle together.
But, only mankind kisses.
Only mankind has the reason, the logic, the happy faculty of being able to appreciate the
charm, the beauty, the extreme pleasure, the joy, the passionate fulfillment of the kiss!
Nature kisses, in her way, but nature hasn't the brains to profit from the kiss. Only man
can do this.
Perhaps it would be appropriate to conclude this summary of the art of kissing with an
excerpt from Shelley's immortal poem in which occur the following lines:
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves-clasp one another.
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother.
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;
What are are these kissings worth
If thou kiss not me?