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Vu j jj 5 j ML t i i S M KEpe cAPt C Q ar W vU v 47 T 2 R P PER O ID F the Valen Valentine inc of 1909 1009 sets him TI I forth fairly the lover of today is is not as gallant galIant and respectful as his precursor of ye yc olden time The valentine of half a century ago was a very elaborate affair rich in lace gold braid and showy pictures res It still lacks nothing in point of workmanship or of rich design nor yet of cost but its pictures indicate a changed attitude on the part of the lover lo The valentines of days of yore show the man always in the role ofa of ofa a suppliant He lie was at all times either figuratively or literally on his knees His lady love was a queen a aI goddess I a being so far above him that the most he could hope was that she might be touched by his devotion take pity pit on the tumult of his affections affections affections and deign to cast him a a look of encouragement The valentine of then ha had him on his knees tendering her a bouquet or gift of some kind Frequently he Instead Instead Instead In In- even that far did not riot presume cupid or an angel was stead a dove a pictured as the bearer of his his gift or that liberty plea pica The very verr greatest ine of olden times shows the valentine alentine alert the swain to have permitted himself to bow deeply over the hand of was nu my lady lidy fair and let his lips just touch her extended fingers of grand grand- This was wat the valentine mothers mother's day but things arc are different different different differ differ- ent now The 1909 article shows no such timid long distance worshipping lover The keynote of the up-to-date up valentine as shown in a careful search through all kinds from the costly fabrications of lace and ribbons that cost as much as five dollars all the way down to the penny kind printed on the convenient am and omnipresent post card may be summed up in the two words Kiss Embrace The embrace is the proper thing in inthe inthe inthe the valentine of the vogue Never mind the timid respectful methods methods of the olden days Maybe laybe this is in part the fault of my lady herself The timid shrinking shrinking shrinking shrink shrink- ing queen queen like like almost ideal of womanhood that was the only one when grandma was a girl in lS 1800 O has been banished by the athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic girl of today who plays tennis and golf as well as her brother is is clever with the cue can row likes basket ball fences and in some in instances instances instances in- in stances is even a bit of a boxer Itis It Itis Itis is not so easy to think of putting this human flesh and blood girl on a pedestal Mote More likely likel- than not she herself would laugh at the idea So the lover of today presents on his valentine the the thc embrace the love that brooks nb no waiting but wants the quick answer to a suit in a rejection or the kiss of acceptance In the valentine of every c country the i idea ea is the same From Germ German n conies comes the valentine which h shows a graceful Gretchen taken by surprise by a mustached lover who wiio has crept up tip behind her she is seated b ba by bya a table knitting and he with one arm dropped roun round her waist insists on a kiss I I France which was nas one of the first countries to know V the valentine its home in that cOl country being Main Iain and Lorraine yearly sees the output of many artistic valentines and in these this year the idea of the embrace is is again prominent A couple sit on a rustic bench and the swain with ith arms aims around her waist seeks to tell the old old story while in pretended pretend pretend- ed coyness sl she e throws both hands over her ears as if to shut out the recital Another pair arc are in a field spangled with brilliant flowers and having in the distance two o picturesque esque houses He kneels and kisses her hand This comes perhaps nearest nearest nearest near near- est to the ol time old time ideal of any of the valentines But another valentine from the same country swings the pendulum the entire distance in in the opposite direction for it presents a couple in m the sort of a kiss that Neth- Neth made famous in in Carmen The English idea shows a lover so impatient to declare his affection that he does not wait to enter the bower of his lady love but kisses her as they stand on the steps that lead to her house A parrot hanging out of the window looks cynically on perhaps perhaps per per- haps wondering what can be the entertainment en en- of the performance e. e Johnny Bull has another valentine that ranks among the prettiest a li scene in the open woods with a couple couple cou con pie in in hunting costume he with gun strapped to his side The sport of Diana has been temporarily aban aban- dOlled Boned for the worship of Venus In this case the object of th the valentine i f ii h I 1 v. v If J v l 1 11 4 y i A. A f s ai h f Lov Tr ozz t t Z 1 h j w t I I ZO DU t S Gp As ILL 1 r TED D BY Y ZE WR oR 7 es 7 t i is b not depicted in in a display of any unwonted shyness very frankly she has placed her arms around his neck much as smitten maidens do in in real life That the valentines valentine's recipient need not necessarily be a youngster is the lesson of at another other English picture of the year where a lady who could certainly certainly certainly hardly hope to hit the thirty mark ab again in i L i- i receiving the attentions attentions attentions atten atten- of a suitor who is is not in the spring chicken class himself The up date American tendencies tendencies tendencies cies are arc not to be satisfied with any old-fashioned old valentine ideas so this year the lad lady y of the senders sender's adoration adoration adoration adora- adora adora adora- tion is is shifted to an automobile As the pair sit back in the comfortable upholstery of the handsome to do their lovemaking in in the most modern way a little Cupid hovers a trifle behind them with bow drawn to send the love-dealing love arrow arrow on on its way vay But somehow it is hard to get rid of the impression that Cupid is is somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what belated The grand passion seems already to have possessed the pair This style of valentine has one on disadvantage e in spite of its modernity It might su suggest est to one cynically in in- in dined that the love of the young lady is to some extent to be encouraged encouraged en en- b by y the prospect of control- control ing the wealth indicated by the suitors suitor's suitors suitor's suitors suitor's suit suit- ors or's possession of a motor car St St. Valentines Valentine's Day is losing none of its popularity and February still imposes on the postman a burden burden burden bur bur- den second only to that of Christmas Day The letter-carrier letter did not always have the task of delivering the love greetings The first valentines were simple indeed They contained nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing more in fact than the name name of the object of affection England Scotland France and nd some parts of the COI Continent saw the start of the custom where parties of and inscribed young young folks assembled on little billets the names of all the bachelors and maidens of their acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- threw the whole into a receptacle and drew them out lotter lottery- lottery wise care being taken of course that each person drew the thc name of a member member mem mem- ber of the other sex The person thus drawn became 0 ones one's valentine and the lac le allotment decreed decreed decreed de de- de- de creed b by y fate was supposed to impose impose im im- impose pose on the the couple a sort of loyalty for the coming year The rue result can rca readily be imagined The loyalty brou brought ht about by the valen valentine valentine val val- en entine tine led to a close association on and ana more often than not resulted in mar mar- Hence it was considered a matter matter mat mat- ter of prime import importance nce to get the name of man or woman toward whom natural inclinations tended I 1 This is the origin of the holiday s How it came to take the name of St. St 1 Valentine is a riddle for nothing in inthe inthe the acts of that saint recorded in most most painstaking and accurate history shows any observance similar to those L Lwe we know on the of February The post card is is coming into increasing increasing in in- creasing use for St. St Valentines Valentine's Day observance Once the lover would have scorned to to trust his words of tenderness to the open eyes of the world an unsealed card whose message message mes- mes sage an any one could read but all this has changed now and the convenience conven of getting a postal card and valentine valentine valentine val val- entine all in in one is a piece of good fortune hot not to be sneered at in in th these se days when time has such a constantly increasing value Thus the valentine is no longer a secret or the deferential al plea it once was Like everything else even the theold theold old old story has to get itself up in modern guise to be assured of a wel come Perhaps the day will come when Cupid must don evening ening dress for din dm- in t ncr ner r make his rounds in in n n automobile automobile automo- automo bile bite and antI u use e a smokeless rifle to fire t I his love arrows |