Show character of day changing good st valentine is being transformed from the patron saint ot of loring hearts into the head of a gift enterprise if he 1 leeps beeps up the pace established for him this year he will eon r val S ni iolas it seems only yester year since the amorous swain gave expression to his feelings in burn ng words hidden in the depths of paper lace and imps sible c ii il ids now the approach of the affectionate old saint a day finds the young your g mans man s thoughts it if not his fancy turning tor toward ard illets i at ad i lanced bonbons in extravagant receptacle j and gifis quite out ot of the old simple spirit of the day A fashionable shopkeeper insists that the vogue of valentine gifts Is largely a mitter matter of evolution and that for several years they have been grow ing more general more personal and more expensive A oung man who usually is satisfied with sending the object of his admiration flowers bon bons or books now selects a g ft that will show relations of a more intimate nature fiances especially let their imagination and their purse strings run riot |