Six Kisses Are His Limit

1908

Too Much "Lovey Dovey" Business Drove Away a Husband

Chicago, March 10. — Six kisses a day are the limit for Ora M. Leedon. He promised detectives who arrested him for deserting his affectionate wife that he would live with her on that basis. They found him in Springfield, Ill., where he went seven weeks ago.

"It's a case of too much 'lovey dovey' business," said Leedon on the way back from Springfield. "My wife — she was married once or twice before — is a good woman and a fine housekeeper, but she's too strong on the love business to suit me.

"Now, I'm not a chilly guy or anything like that, but I don't want a woman kissing me all the time. When I come home from work in the evening I like to sit down and read the paper. My wife would want me to hold hands with her and say foolish things.

"The only fault I had to find with Annie was her loving nature. I'll agree to go back and live with her if she'll only cut the kissing business out. I don't mind a little kiss now and then, but I draw the line at more than six a day."