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Show A VALENTINE PARTY m " HOW TO GET UP AN ENJOYABLE IHi ENTERTAINMENT. , R 4 ' Pink the Prevailing Color for Decora ! Mte ' tlons "Hearts" a Good Game of ' Jr, Cards for the Day Matching Part. i !B'( ners for the Summer Table The , KJ Dining Room. '' Each year finds old St. Vnlcntlno bo- !, coming more popular, and hostossca I if welcome tho 14th of February, as It i gives an opportunity for novol enter- ' . tnlnments. If ono cares to peer Into Uio annnls of history It will bo found $ that nearly every country has Its own m ? Valentino day legends and customs. I To carry out a Valentino party "a la r Denmark" would mnko a most Inter- ! ostlng and pretty affair. In that conn. . I try of snow and Ico tho llttlo snow- f drop has from tlmo Immemorial been ,' Bacred to St. Vak'ntlne, and tho sen- I tlmcntal Dnno sends his lady lovo a I B bouquet of tho Immaculato blossoms, Ik, Wltl n card bearing an appropriate fll? verso. On tho enrd aro ns many pin prlclts as Ihero nro letters In his name. If tho lady fair la unnblo to rightly guess tho nnmo sho is hi duty bound to give tho sender somo colored eggs at Kastcr, which Is considered to bo in tho naturo of a forfeit. Uut to return to our party. Plnlc Is tho color for decorations, with hearts, bowknots, horseshoes nnd wishbones used wher-over wher-over opportunity offers. Portieres ol pink hearts cut from a light quality of cardboard and stiung on ribbons nro very effective, with bunches ol them suspended from gas Jots, picture pic-ture and draped over laco curtains Tho rooms should havo tho roso color predominating, for on this ono night In tho year every ono must look through roso colored glasses. If cards are played tho gamo must bo "hearts," with scoro cards heart-shaped heart-shaped and tho markers bo candy hearts with a holo In them to tlo on ' to tho scoro card with pink ribbon. . Tho mottoes Inscribed on tho old- f fashioned candles affords much merrl- w J inont. I L After tho enrds present each lady I ;If with an arrow tied with n ribbon, tho fi Kcntlcmnn with a bow decornted In In tho samo ninnncr. Tho colors nro fit matched nnd partners thus selected f for tho supper tnble. With very lit- HI' tlo trouhlo a heart-shaped target of H, whlto muslin can bo prepared with n ffif heart painted of green on tho outside, K, ono of black, a third of yellow, fourth Efflfc lluc, fifth red. This will look llko H) a series of hcnrtB. Fnstcn target Hi', ngnlnst tho wall nnd glvo onch guost Blgr "fate" card. When tho nrrows nro Mnft Bhot tho color upon which they hit WUtt determines tho fato of tho shooter. iR I'or instnnco, tho arrow striking tho iJH"" green indicates that: BHi' "Lovo nna riches wnlt, I ween, Hfjr' ' H'm or her who IiIIb tho green." Rt'' "Should your nrrnw plcrco tho blue, HkhL' Lovo Is on tho wing for you." BijJf "Sho who pnsscs colors all HTw Has lovers many nt her call." llSW'' "Loveless, urrplng llttlo maid, IjUK If her nr'ow pierces red." In . "Into tin- IiImcU, K Nary a smack." 1(1 "Ho who pusses 0110 nnd nil III i His chanco lo wed Is very small." Ill , A Valentino dining-room Is a dream IH of beauty with tho walls hung with I green vines and pink hearts. In tho I I if center of tho tnblo havo a heart of I -W whlto snowdrops with pink ribbons I ML running to each pinto, which Is ulso I Hb; , marked by n pink heart nnmo card I BE ' ornnmented with n bunch of snow- J K drops for tho ladles nnd n pink carna- I W; tlon for tho gentlomun. 1 HB. Servo oysters or chicken In heart- f Hjp shaped pastry shells, tomato or "lovo l jam, npplo" salad, Ices or cream In heart- 1 V shaped forms and cakes In tho samo I EC shapo iced in pink. |