Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1903 — Origin of the Expression. [ARTICLE]

Origin of the Expression.

The actor and his favorite actress stood near the door the latter’s dressing room. They had quarreled grievously a few nights before and each was now penitent. “I was wrong, and am sorry,” said he, simply, “let us make up and kiss.” “No," she said thoughtfully, “if we did that we would have to do all our making up over again, as kissing is so mussy. We had better kiss first and then assume our makeup.” To which he readily assented, thus establishing the order of precedence in the stereotyped phrase, “Kiss and make up."—Baltimore American.