Show p orld owes much t to 0 st valentine I 1 for nothing else than the establishment of I 1 pretty custom Is a 0 far cry from the year b its pagan celebration and t titles su buffering frering martyrdom down lie he present one and yet lie he still Ss majesty in tile the heart of today no through sey seventeen enteen centuries ties has listed isted a pretty custom which es ea that human nature does not all change so very much tie e origin of observances of st tines nines day Is somewhat clouded turley but it Is fairly well es ed cd tha eliat the saint who met his iby y being first beaten ith clubs then be headed had very little to ith the celebration except that lay ay happened to be at hand ham when came desirable to substitute a tion festival for a long ini 3 pagan observance ancient rome it was tho the cust custom oln eg g the greater part of the mouth A brundy to celebrate the luper or feasts in lionor honor of pan ilan and tile the latter deity was then named iata ata ond and ferrulla Fe brulla hese lose occasions part of the ceres eero es consisted of placing in a box lames ames of young women nud and then hance once directed they were drawn y the men I 1 old customs modified tb he leaders of the early christian li diplomatically endeavored to i all such pagan celebrations and tit ions this was waa chiefly ac cd through changing the i somewhat or substituting other lits its or ideas for it had been n that it was impossible altor to extirpate a ceremony to the masses had find become at d through generations of ob nee ce accordingly the outline of nt t ceremonies was followed but led ed in ways more in keeping the christian era cm st valentine Q recently martyred marty red priest and e festival of the Luper calla had encee about the middle of feb it was natural to choose ills his lay ay as the day of celebrating the buted feast various countries the celebia ins a taken on different aspects at cli ch in E england for instance st cit ines inea e ee e Is kept as a time for il I 1 giving and receiving gifts in lars ers rambles in an old city Is WO a description of the scene as s the streets swarm swarm with car ano baskets laden with treas bang bang bang go the knock id d away rushes the hunger banger deig 9 farst upon the doorstep some es from the basket of stores and again at intervals nt every 0 which a missive la Is addressed same repeated till the baskets we ts aty pty anonymously st valen resents ills his gifts labeled only boniv th st L valentines love and C good v 1 velentine 1 11 is ake valentines common lit Y of the gifts were hoaxes like april fools day for con he says the mock parcels nish from the doorstep by in strings when the door opens r parcels that dwin dwindle d le to papers denuded of their roul mul envelopes with fitting motto ding to to the final consummation d counsel happy tippy Is he who s nothing nut and he be will not be tinted anted 1 it la is a glorious night not that we would perpetuate athi ius us a festivity series of essays published in rt 1 in 1754 0 other customs cus tollis of I 1 are given ono migg it Is rei pinned a bay hafif to each vor cot fer ef pillow and placed a fifth in ter if she abe dreamed of her sweetheart tile the marriage was sure to tal take 0 o place during the year As aa the celebration of st valentine cornea comes down to the present generation it Is one of purely sentimental remembrance emphasizing the modern tendency to sweep away the cobwebs of antiquity and retain the sociable customs of merit |