Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by John H. Young
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among near relations and dear friends.
THE KISS OF FRIENDSHIP. The kiss of friendship and relationship is on the cheeks and forehead. In this country this act of affection is generally excluded from public eyes, and in the case of parents and children and near relations, it is perhaps unnecessarily so. KISSING IN PUBLIC. The custom which has become quite prevalent of women kissing each other whenever they meet in public, is regarded as vulgar, and by ladies of delicacy and refinement is entirely avoided. THE KISS OF RESPECT. The kiss of respect--almost obsolete in this country--is made on the hand. The custom is retained in Germany and among gentlemen of the most courtly manners in England. [Illustration] CHAPTER V. |
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