Show CUPID UP TO DATE f N 0 11 delightful variety which has a spice of the devil in it and is known as woman in the latter part of the sixteenth century according to rev albain butler the church in the person of st francis do sales once more stepped in to sanctify the rites of st valentines day st francis severely forbade the custom of valentines or giving boys in writing the name of at girls to be admired and attended on by thorn them and to abolish it he changed it into giving billets with the names of certain saints for them to honor and imitate in a particular manner but in the end and the boys and the girls triumphed over tho the saint nay the girls triumphed also over the boys wresting from them their exclusive privilege lega of choosing mates last year an irato frato old maid who had been the recI recipient plent of a comic valentine which had aftung her bar to the quick repaired to the factory where it was made with a rawhide and a limb of the law she demanded tho the name of the person who had sent her the objectionable missive mis in vain she he was assured that the factory was the me last place in the world to learn carn the name of tho the sender when told that the factory sold comics by tho the hundred gross to jobbers who in turn sold bold to wholesalers alers and then supplied the retailer dealer who vended bended to individual customers she swore roundly many clever young people in society with artistic and literary ability write paint and otherwise decorate cheval the valentines they send to favored ones in somo boma instances a part of the decoration consists of jewels diamonds pearls or other gems and the ln in value of the bauble Is thus enhanced valentine parties aro are still in popular favor and those who have not the ability to write love sonnets or ieslin besign sentimental valentines s frequently go to artist friends and even to professional artists and have private valentines made at these parties each person exchanges valentines french imported valenti valentines neg run no as high as and according to the richness of the lace and other trimmings but these expensive missives are rarely kept in block |