Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1915 — DON’T KISS, JUST “PAT PAT" [ARTICLE]

DON’T KISS, JUST “PAT PAT"

Tap Her Lightly on the. Cheek, You Might Spread Disease, Bays Health Chief. - Huntington, W. Va. —Dr. E. W. Grover, president of the board of health here, has announced that the ancient custom of kissing must stop, because, he says, it spreads tuberculosis and other diseases. Dpctor Grover advocates the “pat pat'' as a substitute. This method of greeting was originated in the Republic of Dominica, where a campaign against the kiss was waged with disastrous results to Cupid. To apply the “pat pat,” the doctor explains, a couple osculatorily inclined should approach each other within hand-shaking distance, pat each other lightly on the cheek and smile. Doctor Grover says there is too much kissing.