Show I DEDICATED TO ALL THE WORLD I 1 G 1 y tt tc t I Itt y n 1 tt t j 1 j wr ALENTINE'S y ALENTINE'S ES E'S DAY will be bea VAI a fateful l one one- for me men deV de tie V dared Peggy Condor Candor to three of ot her Intimates as ns they sat together over some sewing designed for orphans and some hot chocolate designed for themselves Why Vh demanded Louise Is nn any anybody anybody body going to offer himself to you ou as asa asa asa a valentine Well yes Tes It amounts to that that confessed con con- Peggy You see I have decided ed to choose between nn Ray and Langdon Lang Lang- don and Cor Cory Im I'm tired of being wooed In threes and so I dropped a hint to each one that I would give my ray answer on Valentines Valentine's day and I added to myself that I would accept the one who would send me a bunch hunch of ot my favorite flowers at that time It sounds like one of ot those Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Shake Shake- speare's plays said little Ph Phyllis Drown Brown But nut how do you know that they will all aU three send flowers demanded Rita Selden one o of them ma may send you a box of candy or an old fash lace valentine Oh Oh I let lct them know that I considered consid ered flowers the only suitable kind of ofa a n valentine for up grown-up girls and andRay andna na Ray flay tried to get me to tell teU him which was my favorite flower And otAn which Is demanded Louise Pansies replied Peggy quickly but dont don't you girls drop a hint to any one of those three boys It seems to me that the one who finds out for himself the kind of ot flower lower that Is the most expressive of your nature Is the I one who can cnn safely be trusted to make you ou happy A lovely ely flower though declared declared declared de de- Ph Phyllis lIIs as ns she snipped away at some basting threads but what will you ou do If It you get no pansIes but receive re re- cehe Instead some roses carnations or tulips Ill wait walt for the pansy man nian declared declared de do- Glared Peggy nn anybody hod who sends me I carnations or tulips doesn't know m my nature and although I love roses they are ore not as ns dear to me as pan pan- 51 es' es Lets have another meeting a n couple of days s 's after atter Valentines Valentine's day said Phyllis and Peggy Pegg may come wearing the flowers that have decided her fate Very Cl well a agreed eed Peggy and In Incase incase case there are arc no pansies Ill I'll bring the loners flowers that I did receive and p pr present sent them to you girls After P Peggy gg had gone Jone home tho the three others talked her over and agreed ed that she was awfully sentimental sentimental senti senti- mental and a little conceited and that It would serve her right If It her valentines were comics But nut all three looked forward to the next meeting and ond when the day arrived the three friends were sitting silting In is the front window win win- window dow of ot Louises Louise's house eagerly await await- awaiting ing log the arrival of ot tho the sentimental P Peggy She came at Bt last enveloped In a fur coat cont and ond nothing was said about val vol- en entines tines until this garment was removed re re- moved And then Peggy Pegg stood before her three friends arru arrayed ed in a becomIng becoming becoming becom becom- ing gown and with a n tiny bouquet of ot artificial clover blossoms pinned to her breast No pansies wailed waited Phyllis Ph llIs that means menns no engagement No It doesn't declared Peggy blushing the theoe loth clovers mean menn that Im I'm engaged to Langdon You see he lie sent me something better Jetter than pansies he sent U un uit a d poem all aU about clovers elevens I The clover er blossoms kiss her feet teet She is so sweet And I I. I who may not kiss her hand Bless all the wild Hewers flowers In the land Now I think that Is better than pansies and of course as he could not get real flowers In the winter he sent artificial ones So I think hes he's u 11 uman uman man of ot sentiment and its it's sentiment I wa And the three others agreed that she certainly had got what wha she wanted want want- ed and each ench one for a n poem and tin an artificial clover |