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HISTORICAL KISSES
[Welland Tribune, 23 April 1897]
The first recorded kiss was the treacherous one given by Jacob to his father Isaac, when the former was masquerading as Esau. It is the first in a series of deceitful kisses recorded in history. There is a famous kiss in the “Beggar’s Opera.” It was given by Macheath to Jenny Diver, and the unpleasant effect which it produced on him maybe judged from the sarcastic remark: “One may know by your kiss that your gin is excellent.” Petruchio gave his bride a kiss of enormous calibre. We are told that he “kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church echoed.” The kiss given by the Duchess of Devonshire to a butcher for his vote has almost a world-wide reputation. The butcher was bold and ingenious enough to demand a kiss as the price of his vote. It was gracefully given, and the recipient became known as the butcher Steele who kissed the Duchess. He thus increased his trade and gained historic fame. One would like to know the opinion of a duchess as to the difference in the flavor of a duke’s kiss and a butchers.
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