Word: handkiss
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Along with the perpetual alarmist, we must "view with apprehension" a recent tendency in our midst. The honorable and gentlemanly custom of removing hats in Widener is becoming obsolete. The handkiss of salute, the lady's curtsy, and the gentleman's obeisance--each in turn has passed into the realm of anticuities; now it would seem that this last vestige of gallantry is to join the forgotten throng...
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