Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1904 — Bnglish Kissing Customs. [ARTICLE]

Bnglish Kissing Customs.

'At Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, at periodic intervals the mayor and corpora'lon assert their rights over the shores of their native river by proceeding in state to various points, where they proclaim their authority. Perhaps as an inducement for the mayor to undertake this particular duty, on landing on the green be Is permitted by ancient custom to kiss the prettiest girl present, conferring upon her • sovereign as compensation. At Bournemouth, where the kiss mayoral is also conferred, it is an ancleilt and loving custom for the retiring mayor to give bis successor an osculatory salute.