Show Day Devoted t to I I Tender Thoughts j jAn I An old Idea Is that observed Feb Feb- 14 because of ot on nn ancient belief I that hat birds began to mate on that date hence the practice of sending ng missives of ot an on amatory or 01 satirical nature Today's satirists satirists- assert that If this Is s true the birds that started the habit must have been cuckoos Other doubts prevail pre as os to the origin of the name Saint Valen Valentine It Is a n corruption of the word galantin ga lantin meaning menning a n lover loyer a R gallant or ora ora orn a n dangler ler reference books state when consulted about the venerable old saint whose same name sprang Into being being- about 4 j B B. B C. C Miss Modernity 19 1020 O G sport model alleges that dangler Is the correct wor word 1 She It seems keeps them dangling on a n line Unc to quote modern slang Whether or not she lands themla them la 18 8 problematical sheiks and asphalt arabs declare Be that as It mn may this same some reference ref ret reference book hook sets forth that the name nome I Saint Valentine was selected for the sweethearts sweethearts' arts saint merely because of or orthe the euphonious qualities of his name This Is another source of ot humorous rema remarks l Trace the name from the word galantin to Saint Valentine and androu you rou have hu almost nil all of ot the various expressions In use today to denote and ond terms applicable varying degrees degrees' to that symptom of ot heart Infection called by mortals love Jove I Latin gives gIps us valens volens meaning valiant Modern folk Jestingly remark that a man to be married must be valiant Write the old geometrical term QED meaning Quod Brat Erat which which was vas to be proved Welsh tongues tong give us os the theod word o gwan as one of ot the products by-products of ot valens alens to which the modern flippant flippant flip tUp- and the pant flapper prefixes aw present day term aw aw gwan gwan seems to have been said sold several hundred years before this era of ot store bought faces and ond rolled socks Gwan Gwen In Welsh elsh meant guard ward or r vain Consequently ouo's ones valentine could be considered any or orall all three of these ward and keep A wife Is a 1 Try her hor sometimes s Is the difficulty Sh She Is also n a guar guard If Monsieur Hen lien Peck or any of his Gi colleagues col col- leagues are to be heard Tills This settles s the origin or of of the date and the origin orlin of at the name since It has been traced backward buckward through h th thI the musty pages of or some dozens dorena of refer reference refer I once ence books Saint Valentines Valentine's observance Is an easier thing to ascertain Chaucer wrote in fu his Complaint to My tr Mortal I Foe I Valentyno To o you I 1 flo My wot l lyt as Ican 1 can n I Upon your OU day doth ech foul chose his mate I Which menns n wl when hen n translated tJ that I he wished to renew his woeful life as ashe ashe ashe he could complainingly however and added for the edification of ot others that that on on this day dar does oes ea each h fowl fawl choose its mate Shakespeare In Hamlet refers nl also o to Saint Valentines Valentine's day luy His lUs must ha have been In these good old days that we hear about so EO often n. Judging from tb the tone rone of his words which would Indicate that pretty maids ts hung about desirable b bachelors bachelors' windows wins win winslows lows dows upon this tills tIny day Time The exact words used by the tae Bard of t Avon are I Tomorrow la Is Saint Vak V day dRY All In the I And I a maid at your our window window- I To be your Valentino tin 0 I Hod Hor dl w the office sheik who happened to t tee eP this tills th them the da days S I 1 wouldn like HUc to lived crank Ol 01 Liz P up and po go 1 pet get pf her hr Shed She'd cJ have been on hand bund Just after dawn Wn f 1 The custom of or observing th time the day however er hm has fallen Into difu disuse I In England while In to France h where rE It the 1 c first once tue profiled on of valentines the tit sending In I. I Lent nt almost has has' disappeared front from folk folk- traits But nut In tn A America I Kid ld id J H Is manic 11 lag Int nga u II heavy hen tt light ht Today I I- I Ithe th time the day duy creations when the tH pink and white bought ht wi whir 11 Carefully hoarded pennies n way fI hj hy by Jimmy will ill Und nd their Ia way to Betty Detty And time tile d flay flay- y when ru-n ru the fhe older Idl r folk 1 when other days of will tIl dream a eagerly watched Jud tin vii til too InS they the waiting for the tt lace Ine mull man let lei that spelled Celled p In capital missives tears tears- L OS J f M Ml i l 1 I 0 j |