Show Her Valentine By THOMAS A. A CLARK Dean of or Men University of ot Illinois The Tho envelope all beautifully embossed em em- bossed In flon flowers rs and butterflies and chubby round cupids was lying on my desk lIesl when at the ringing ln of the thelast thelast thelast last bell I slipped Into m ray my scat seat In the grade fourth room She had already come conic in and her little curly brown bro head was Just showing above the top of her geography but In spite of ot the fact that she seemed so Interested in study I felt that she was watching me The package was not scaled sealed so ao Under under under un un- der cover coer of the desk I drew out the valentine It was crinkly and find lacy and very beautiful In my eyes and I felt Celt a thrill of happiness as ns I held It in my hand Within there were verses and they breathed of tenderness tenderness tenderness tender tender- ness and love On one corner lest I should be In doubt as to the Identity of the sender were printed the Initials Initials Ini Ini- M JI B. B All moi I 1 was happy as ns I stole sh shy glances Into the envelope and read the printed words In the evening ening I Iwas Iwas Iwas was happier still as I walked hom I with her and I am happy today atthe at nt the ilie memory of It all We Ve are strangely restrained i and Unappreciative un un- I appreciative and unsentimental most of us If we love bye anyone It takes tales a tragedy or a cataclysm sm to get a n statement statement statement state state- ment out of ot us We Ve expect our friends or the members of our family to guess uess I I now we reel WitHout our saying so BU Dont you like my dinner a housewife housewife housewife house house- I wife asked her husband Well Veil did didI I kick was his tender appreciative e I response One learns to know that things s are satisfactory If it no ono one makes males objection I saw a man married mar mar- ried rieti for ten years taking a bunch of ot violets home borne to his wife on Valentine day clay and It gave e a me a sensation it was so unusual Does nn anyone one ever eyer tell the minister when he preaches a good o d sermon When someone helps you or gives you courage or stimulates you to effort do you let him know or do you take tale for granted that he lie will vill understand Have you ever told mother what avoid avoid a n void there would be In the world If It she were gone If It anyone these those days loves lo his teacher as we were Instructed instructed In In- to do does he ever er say so I Imagine not all of these things would seem too sentimental It is so much easier to send flowers to the funeral or to subscribe to the memorial fund than to write the note of appreciation or to utter the word of love lo or to give iye expression to thanks I when those who have served us and sacrificed for us and made our lives Joyful are themselves still sUll alive We Ve dont don't often send the valentine I found th the little paper lace affair with Its verses erses In my desk the other day treasured through all the vIcissitudes vicissitudes vicissitudes tudes that have come to me since I Iwas Iwas Iwas was ten If It you love me meAs As I love you No knife can cnn cut Our love In two It gave e a me pleasure all day to think of ot It 19 Western Newspaper Union |