Show r rc rou L c fefie Sze t i A As s For a 0 lung Ions IlIn lot time February 1 1 has hns been the lie day for sentiment send A Away WilY hack In 1710 some chewed the lie end of ot his quill pen whip while writing his made home valentine very same valentine the oldest oilIest extant Is one of many rare and charming val cal which form a part of ot the lar larg largest largest est and olde oldest t collection of ot valentines In the world owned by hy Frank II U Baer ot of Cleveland Ohio There ore are more than 2000 eaten valen valentines valentines tines In the collection They range from the old German hand done one ot of 1710 to those of ot the tie time of ot our Civil war when American valentine were heavy y with paper lace Ince and paint ed plush and first gave gHe Indications or o becomIng over ornate and factory made Valentines s like lIte mothers mother's pies should be he made home to 10 have the real flavor or And In the lire beginning they thc were always hual and naive be- be been because because en cause use the sender r usually lIy struggled led over his paint box boa to 10 execute a thing thin of beauty for Cor his Ills hearts heart's desire Germans M Made First Valentines The oldest eldest valentine Is written writ ten In InGerman German Cerman on m a small parchment card carf The quatrain begins ht then the lie words are obscured by the dust of time These two words ar arall are all the writing that dial can be lx discerned but theres there's a sign language around the border bonder hearts and turtledoves drawn with n a crow cro quill pen dipped In India Ink the eternal symbol An Inner cord card very cry daintily done shows tulips surrounding a heart which Is set on ona ona ona a high hill Turtledoves hearts and tulips ha hate ha e been heen the Hie hall mark of a passionate valentine for Cor more than two centuries and they may still be seen on many of the 1929 1029 HI J valentines Valentines seemed to have been first made In German Germany but It was the En Eng English lish people who took to the Idea wIth determination The sturdy Sax Anglo OilS ons stolid on tl the e surface have senti sentiment rilent ment ment under the skin and the four four- fourteenth four of ot February was a n moment to release their uncorked emotions These valentines were really love lose let letters tel tees raised to the nth degree ree of home home- homemade homemade made home made art hand painted band painted pricked hand pasted hand pasted hand There was n-as a certain type of ot Galen volen Galentine volentine tine the aspiring youth of the early Nineteenth century could buy These had pictures en engraved rl ed but the buyer was to color them and there was a 0 place for the love mes message to 10 be writ writ- written written ten teu Perhaps the he youths did not nut want anyone not even the shopkeepers to 10 know the depths of their private feel reel feelings ings logs So they made up their own love letters usually In stumbling verse vere and also used paint and bru brush b to color picture picture picture the What a vivid ld blue the sailors sailor's pants acquired In the valentine volentine sent by nu au experienced lover 10 er ma be ma bc albeit n a novice painter The ribbon on the where a bold love lore doe doe- ec another page would be shyly hidden bidden bl den Under one nosegay of ot old l flowers the following verse Terse was gleaned Lurking under tall fairy Rowers flowers hours Gaily Lally love lov shall ehalt pass the On the land or on the tho stream Thou art still till my own day dream Slay May the dearest gift of life tho tendrils ot of the vine Like Guard thee the tb worlds world's world rude strife Thou my choen chosen valentine Made Fun of the Love Nest Nett The early comic mien valentines tines sneered nt at Jo e love In man many ways trays One amusing the entrance to 10 n a rose missive e shows covered cred cottage n a sugary verse erse below asking the lie ed to lo open the door and see the lie future love toe nest And ud when the paper door Is opened theres there's the on children tumbling kitchen scene the floor with cats pulling tails and screaming the haggard mistress of the love nest looking like a n witch Itch wrinkled and und worn and weary So the theold theold theold old comics poked their wit u ut ul love lu In Ina ina ina a cottage Its It's usual to think of ot young foung ladles receIving valentines sitting silting demurely by the window waiting for fur the post post- postman postman man but its it's amazing to f see seethe seethe le the bold ones they y sent years cars oio ago Heal Beal proposals black on white while with hearts and turtles and tulips to soften the Idea heres here's a n picture of ot a cozy chapel leaning against a little hill hili be be- below below low how the stark lines to a u startled John FIrst comes his name then the minis minis- minister's minister's ter's lers and last hers her's 1 below v Is written shamelessly I J believe bellE 1 I love thee the very dear Johnny will he true and faithful faith Cui till death us do part Sl Signed ned Flora 1 r I is t B t I sailors sailor's cap cip Is blood blond rod red thin the seu and sky In the have background-have their share of tile the blue bite bl paint pot A wave f ot of paint has lias rime come on the green shore short and und and the brown roof root of if the nearly cot tuge has hns slid Into Inlo the sky All goes Ies to show the work of nn an ardent IlIn lover r hll iOse e q han hasp been hn upset Pt 11 by strivIng striving ing lug to 10 express his desires Sailors Symbolize Parting I Many of or the these e e valentines show shuw sail or ors going m tu their ships shillS for un In Ea lishman's II life Ic Is surrounded liy by water waler Their women have had generations of parting behind them lint unc conquering far Car horizons were nut not forthe for forthe orthe the trailer frailer routes males of ot tho thoe thine e days Sailors must go gu while their R sweethearts rt re- re remain re remain main swain and the Ihl i valentines loll lell of theIr brave e partings The l English In I their heir eagerness to trove ha with a lu front frum l u The mist dell ht fun ful French valentines sold IP Ir England ero and Intricately ly cut cul 1 by uch Fre-uch nuns A horrid houd painted b of if posies would be In tn tin the cuter of the tite valentine There would I be a small silk thread and wonder ol ot f wonders the had hn d been most II cut cUI hy by pulling tie the string they telescoped out Then tile Ike tie startled riled could coult get et a glimpse through 1 |