| Show f GUl TO io BE TODAY f f Custom of Sending Valentines i J Traced Back to Ancient Pagans DOESN'T DAMPEN ARDOR I I i No That Pr Pretty Cu lom Is Ts t 14 Less c Popular Olm l' l In Iii JJ i Salt Snit Salt Lake Lale y 1 Salt Lake Lake swains swains who valentines valen- valen Jines tines toJa today in the tho belief that the they J J write something original should not r r lose ose sight of or tho the fact that whatever ma may have been the origin of or St St. Valt Val Val- t s 's I da day the custom of or ob observing it is known to have existed for fOl more than 1600 years Tho rho practice of sending ending loving Jo messages to sw sweethearts sweethearts sweet sweet- et- et hearts an and friends s on that day ay does docs not seem however howe to be on the thc wane In the latter part of ot the third century century century cen cen- tury there lived II l in Home Rome a no teacher who became a martyr to the cause of or Christianity Saint During DurInS' DurInS During Dur Dur- ing InS tho the Claud Claudian Ian persecutions Valen- Valen tinus was beheaded and the anniversary annl- annl of or his death February 11 H has been observed ever el since as St. St Valentines Valentine's Valen lon Valentino's tines tino's da day The fhe day was set al apart v no 80 tradition says MYS In hr honor of or the loving lov lov- hug ing ng and charitable disposition o of the tho martyred mat saint 1 Hail tho rho habit Some such Buch custom as the sending o of valentines is believed to have havo existed existed ex ex- isted among the northern pagans of ancient J- J Europe traces of or it having ng been discovered The Tho tradition that tho the birds mate on St. St Valentino's days day duy Is s a n familiar familial one Tho rino real sentiment surrounding tho the setting netting apart of or the tho taints saints slay day la however OI has haa been heen Ios lost t In Inthe inthe the thu maze maz of or the tho centuries that have havo gone g But Dut the tho historical part parlor of the cus eus- I. I tom lom do does not worry the young young- people people people peo peo- and after all ail are aro they not the thet t ones most concerned Did ever one onee seo e a shop crowded crowde with haired gray men and women In search of or Valens Valentines Valen Valen- tines No the of or the s patrons good saint Mint the are aro surely among boys hos and girls the tho youths nn and maidens maid maid- v ens of or any community And Ami what o of the valentines of 1 1006 1906 Are Aro they thc as attractive and nUll numerous a of or variety as in former years cars Every hit bit and that is saying a good deal There Thero i is ia a n. noticeable absence of or the old old-a old fashioned honed comic valentines too and little complaint has been boon heard because C tUM of or it True Tru there re are arc grotesque gro JO grotesque tesque quo creations which servo O tho purpose purpose pur pur- ur- ur pose of ot tho old comic valentines but tho they are not so 80 hideous and the recipients recipients re re- of or them can laugh laug-h as all wolf well as ae th the tho snider I which wasn't always al the casu In the old days dna Old tuners In Evidence E Of Ot the tho pretty valentines the th miss missives mis mis- s sixes Alves stem seem alwa always to have huv been divid divided 1 c ed 1 Into two classes the tho pretty and amI the comic comic there is this year yen 1 as WI It b Y I heretofore an almost endless variety Post cards and other cards of or fanciful design calendars mottoes look gay ing Ine- things of celluloid 1 which aro be bc ornamental the old fash kind of oC looking lacy-looking paper paper all all allare are arc here and have been lIeen finding as great f favor vor during tho the past few dasas days das as In any an year ear since bookstores were roun founded ed In Salt Lake But nut valentines such as are aro described dd ed above c are arc not the only modern methods o of conveying con tho the sentiments that the thc da day is supposed to arouse Flowers are aro vcr very popular and many manya a box hox of them ranging from violets to American Beauties take tako tho the place of ot the paper valentine Books hooks of ot poems are also alao used while not nol nota nola a a few admirers send their tokens o of affection lion tion In the tho form of oC shaped heart boxes boxI boxes box box- es eM of sweets All answer the same I purpose and serve servo to 1 keep alive a cu custom tom which promises never nevor to grow old |
