Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 121

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C(.—GRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 31, 1932 The Lady Taxi Kissers By W. E. Hill (Copyrizht, 1932, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) "Way back in the age of innocence, when the taxi was in its infancy, a girl who got kissed jn a taxicab was wont to take on something terrible, as the sayiog goes. Very often she would defend herself with a hatpin, and if she had car fare in her Dorothy bag would yell, “Let me out!” and would trolley home all by her lonesome rather than stay in the company of a wretch who had none of the finer instincts. Oh, well, times have changed! Dorothy was just a little country lass on a visit to the city, and everything was so wonder- ful, and when Cousin Charlie took her to the pictures and home in a taxi after, Dorothy got to thinking, “Poor Charlie, no one to look after him in this big city and sew on buttons, and here I am alone with him in a taxi,” and in no time at all Charlie was the recipient of a big hug and a kiss. Country girls are very motherly in their feelings and just have to express them- selves in action of some sort. “You bad old boy. Regular old-fashioned kissing bee. A married lady, de- you—you old rascal!” sirous of either making or receiving osculatory advances Girls who pride them- Genteel poking with from a male other than her lawful mate, will very often selves on being “just the index finger in the resort to pathetic stuff. “It’s so hard for me at home she good pals” are usually gentleman’s face is a will sigh. “Arthur doesn't understand things, and his mother indiscriminate taxi kiss- good preliminary to the is perfectly loathsome to me. I wonder how I stand them.” ers and will spread coy but scheming lady There will be a break in her voice, followed by maybe a tear happiness over all the kisser who has been or two. After which the escort, if he is a real he-man, should men in the cab, just wishing out loud for a offer a little sympathetic kiss. (This is a very risky action, being friendly. A pane diamond and platinum however, because ten to one she will land in his arms, crying: of glass protects the bracelet, or a set of “Oh, Bobbie, I didn't know you cared! Oh, how wonderful! taxi driver. There is sables, or some such Kiss me again!”) something about the trifles. If the party of inside of a taxi that the second part is 60 or seems to start some over, the lady should girls being “just good follow this w.l.lh the pals” toward the boys announcement, “I know in the party. some one not so far off who's going to get kissed pretty soon.” Even a hard- ened taxi driver has been known :?a“tu;\:lhc" ,C;fi's . ; ae] _Afte_r letting Big qu spend $3.80 on theater tickets, cab resounds Marion is being provocative. Every time the taxi rounds a with the good- . corner she does a lot of bumping and sliding in the direction night kiss of an of her escort, who certainly should know better than to allow elderly playgirl e SR e A ke a lady to start the advances. But, then, one has to make and her boy This little girl is giving her big tinplate king a nice little allowances this Winter. Probably the young man is not really fisend duty kiss. Her heart isn't in it, as you can see by the fact a_cold proposition; he may be worrying about the depres- that she’s keeping track of the corner street signs from the sion. corner of her eye. But she’s a nice girl and knows what is expected of her.