Show i Valentine Customs and Superstitions of Old There were certain superstitious superstitions dur dur- durIng during ing early times does which wh now seem en- en entirely en entirely to have passed away For In- In Instance instance In Instance stance If It a young girl on the eve of St St Valentine duty duy went alone and waited until midnight on the porch of ofa ofa a 11 church then started for Cor home scat scat- scatterIng scattering scattering hempseed on the way It was believed she would see her own true truelove truelove love In a winding sheet raking ng the behind her Why he was supposed to be seen In a fl winding sheet has not been explained Another ADother superstition was most In- In Interesting Interesting In Interesting If It a young girl got five bay leaves lea and pinned one on each of the four corners of ot her pillow the remain remain- remaining ing lag one to be bc placed In the center and It If that night her sweetheart s appeared In her tier dreams they would be married marrIet before the end of the year ear It Is written of ot one young lady ot of those times that she slie confessed In or- or order order or order der to make the charm chann more potent to having boiled bolted an nn egg egl pt perfectly hard removed the yolk filled the vacant place with snit salt and upon going to bed eaten the entire egg salt snit shell and nil all without drinking or speaking to any anyone anyone anyone one after she had bad finished the eating ot of It iL It But the th really truly way to find Ond out the name of ot your your- our own true love was to write the name Dome of oC all your oUr admirers ers ens upon bits of oC paper roll them up In clay put them In ID a vessel of oC water I and the first one to rise to the sur sur- surI surf surface surface face tace was surely the one I f The practice of ot sending comic vol- vol volI val valentines entines Is a much later one These I caricatures car which poked fun tun at peo peo- people's pIes pIe's personal appearance their clothes I and even the work In whIch they were en engaged aged had their greatest popularIty perhaps 40 or 50 iQ years ago Fortu Fortu- Fortunately I they now set seem m to have lost I their vogue There Is no doubt that ninny many friendships were severed and enemies mode made because of these fre fre- frequently frequently frequently I offensive mIss missives missiles es being sent with malice aforethought I Meanwhile the pretty valentines valentines- all nil hearts paper lace and I seem to grow finer Oner each year Beautiful I ful tul painted hand cards and painted and beautifully decorated boxes for cono con con con- o are sold In great grent numbers pres I INot fINot fI j Not the least Interesting of the pres- pres I andI day ent valentines are arc the various and numerous assortments of oC packages i filled with all the paraphernalia ready to be assembled Into 10 lovely ly valentines I which children love to tl prepare torI fori for tor I their teachers friends and family As Asit AsI lit f It has now v become more a day for tor fori i children than thon for tor grown grownups packages afford much pleasure to the I sender and to the recipient |