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
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.