Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1911 — Man Would Not Kiss Widow [ARTICLE]

Man Would Not Kiss Widow

Pennsylvania Magistrate Chides Daniel Reardon Because He Threw Away Chance to Embrace Woman

Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Aiderman John F. Donohue, who has been called the Solomonllke magistrate, held Daniel Reardon of North Wilkesbarre under bail to keep the peace because he bad failed to kiss Mrs Mary Burke, a good-looking widow. Reardon, it la charged, had talked of kissing her until she taunted him, wnereupon he had words with her about -t and Mrs. Burke had him arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct _ Aiderman Donohue auked Reardon if he had kissed Mrs. Burke and when he said that he had been unsuccessful the aiderman gave one of his timely lectures on the fads and fancies of the present day, as on a previous occasion he discoursed at length on the beauty of women’s faces being enhanced by paint. “Reardon," he said, "all members of the female sex from their infancy up like to be kissed. Osculation is one of the necessities of Ufa It is the beginning of love. It is the stamp of devotion. I do not consider you a

gallant in having asked this woman for a kiss and then not taking it “I have found through experience that old women as well as young take an interest in Ufa When you asked this woman for a kiss why did you not pucker up your lips to show your sincerity at least. Fbr your lack of gallantry in not kissing I will hold you under ball to keep the peace and order you to pay the costs of the prosecution or serve ten days tn jail."