Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1893 — Oh! What a Break! [ARTICLE]

Oh! What a Break!

The subject of “kissing before engn r ent for marriage” came up at the wiii ■ ,b of half a dozen married couples, .rued out that not one of the won ;;: bad been kissed until her troth had be , ighted. One of the men had a poc • euiory. We used to kiss sometimes, didn't wo. ” he said to his wife. "No, sir,” she said, with deepindignrlion, “you never kissed me till after vv wore engaged; you tried, and you fought f r the privilege, but you never succeeded. ” Is that so. ” the husband remark' d, l ye kissed so many— —” “What? What did you say?” the wife •.> bed. h< re was a pause. Intenso but super eosed excitement was visible on tinroes of the other married men. ley,” said the husband, “I have birred you so many times T can't : her when I bei/an.”