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Show Old Home Made Valentines. Often an old hook will reveal n "hi liie-nmde" vnlentine of the early days, (bin paper cut in a design of interwoven het.rts. in a forgotten art. the edges clipped into delicate points, the verses penciled In the margin. A few vears ago. some old l-lnglish valen-: valen-: nes were brought to light, which wen; hack to the days when the valentine of i ho shops was made of lace paper and colored dowers with blank spaces in which Ihe purchaser wrote his own verses. This fashion is mentioned b a litlle English bink of 1 S"0. Ivif it i many years since the custom has been observed. |