Show Valentine Customs and Superstitions of Old There were herc certain superstitions dur during durIng Ing early times which now seem en entirely to have passed passe 1 away For Instance In Instance Instance stance If a young girl on OD the eve e of St Valentine day dAr v went cot alone and waited until midnight on 00 the porch ot of ota ofa ofa a church then started for tor home scat scattering on 00 the thc way It was QS belle she would v see bee s ee her 0 own 00 0 true truelove truelove truelove love In a n winding sheet heet raking the 1 behind her Vh Why he was 09 supposed to be seen In a winding sheet has not been e explained Another superstition was most In interesting If It a young oung girl got file e h e bay lea leases es and ond pinned one on each of ot the four corners of her pillow the remain remaining remainIng Ing one to be placed In the center and ond ondIt It that night her sweetheart appeared In her dreams they the would be married 1 before the end of the year ear earIt It Is written of ot one ODe young oung lady of those times timis that she confessed in 10 or- or order order or order der to make the charm more potent to timing huIng hu Ing boiled an egg perfectly bard removed the yolk oik filled the vacant place with salt snIt and upon going to bed eaten the entire egg salt shell and all without drinking or speaking to any anyone anyone one after she had finished the eating of It But nut the really truly way to find nd out the name of ot your own true lose lo 10 e was as asto to write the name Dame of ot all nil your our admirers ers upon bits of ot Jat paper er roll them up in 10 clay put them In ID a vessel of water Voter and the first one to rise to the sur lur surface face was surely the one The practice of sending comic val Tal Is a much later one Th These e caricatures which poked fun tun at peo people pie pies s personal appearance their clothes and en e es e en the work ork In which they v were ere engaged had their greatest popularity j I j perhaps 40 or GO 50 years ago Fortu Fortunately they now seem to have lost lo t theIr vogue rogue There Is no 00 doubt that ninny many friendships were severed se ered no and enemies made because of ot these fro fre fre- fre frequently frequently e ml hea lS l'S being sent with malice aforethought the pretty valentines valentines- all nil hearts paper lace luce and cupIds cupids- seem to grow liner finer elch year Beautiful ful hand painted cards and painted and beautifully decorated ted bO- bO boxes boas ls for tor con are sold In gr grett t numbers I Ant r ot the least Interesting Ung of the present pres pros lent j i ent day valentines are the various arloua nn and 1 numerous assortments of ot packages I filled with all nn the paraphernalia ready to be assembled Into lovely 10 ely valentines which children 10 love lose e to prepare fort forI for t I their teachers friends and family As Ast lit t has now v become more a 8 day for tor torI forI j I en than for tor grown grOM ups upa u pa Ulc these e i packages afford much pleasure to the sender and to the recipient |