Show Day Devoted to Tender Thoughts An ol old Idea leleo is that observed February February Feb Fob runny M 11 because of nn an ancient belief helie that birds began to mate on that date hence the practice of sending missives of nn an amatory or satirical nature Today's satirists ns assert elt that If It this Is true the time birds t that started the habit must have been heen cuckoos Other Oilier doubts prevail as ns to the origin of the name Saint Valentine It Is n a corruption of the wor word gaIan ga Ian tin meaning a n lover loyer a n gallant or ora ora orn a n dangler reference books state when consulted about the tho venerable old saint whose name sprang Into being about B. B C. C MI Miss Modernity H 1026 O sport model I alleges that dangler Is time the correct word She it seems keeps them dan dangling lIng on a line to quote modern slang Whether or not she lands themIs them themIs Is problematical sheiks and asphalt arabs declare e. Be that as ns It m may y this same reference reference ref ref- book hoole sets forth that the time name Saint Valentine was selected for Cor the sweethearts sweethearts' saint merely because o of the euphonious qualities of ot his name This Is another source of humorous remarks Trace the name from the word ord galantin to Saint Valentine amid you rou have hae almost all an of ot U the e various expressions In 1 use e today to denote ar varying ln degrees find and terms applicable to that s symptom of ot heart Infection called by hy mortals love lo Latin gives CS us miens valens meaning valiant Modern folk Jestingly remark that a Ii man to be married must be valiant Write the time old geometrical term QED QBD meaning Quod Krat grat um which was to be be proved c Welsh h tongues cs give gh- us the word gwan as one of the 1 products by-products pro y-pro of miens volens to which the time modern flippant flippant flip flip- pant flapper prefixes nw aw and the present day term gwan aw seems to have been said several hundred years before this era ern of ot store-bought store rac facos and rolled socks In Welsh meant guard ward or vain Consequently ones one's valentine could be consi considered ere any or orall orall all nil three e of these A wife Is a mm ward Try an and keep her s Is IR the difficulty She Is also a guard If Monsieur Hen flea Peck or any ony of ol hl his colleagues cal col j I leagues ues are to be heard Tills settles 8 the tue orl origin ln of the date ate and the origin of ot the name minnie since it has hns been traced backward through the musty pages of ot some seine of r reference reference refer refer- r r rI ence books I Saint Valentines Valentine's ob observance er is an I easier thing to ascertain l Chaucer wrote In his Complaint to Jo My lily Mortal Foe loe Val nl To you ou 1 I My y ht as I can call Upon your our da day doth ech ch foul toul cho chose his mate Which man means hin n tran translated that he wished to renew rene his woeful II life fe n nhe aslie us as ushe he lie could however hm and nud ad added e for the edification of others that on this day does ell each II fowl choose le Its mate Shakespeare IP I In I t. t I also alo to Saint ehl liy I 1 Hi- Hi Ii must t. t have hn ht been In hi I 1 ib ibe h e l good 10 old Ila la days days' I that we bear henl about FO ro CI oft often u Il Judging from th time the tone of If hl his words word which 1 would In Indicate al M ir 1 11 tt ilia mal I 1 h Is hung about Ilp win window dow V t upon this day The Time exact wor words s used h by hr the Bard IlarI of ot on are 1 I I Tomorrow w IK it Saint day d All An In the And I a maid at nl YOUrT your window t T To bo be your ur Valentino 2 I had d th the tho F. F who happened to soc op UiN the tIme du days s 's I would i I Hk ike to lived i I Ol OJ h UZ up and I i pro go o pet get et her liei Shed She'd h 11 have hv hc NI on an In bund humid I Just after dawn j The ilie custom of or if M r t 11 lie day ins ins' i fr hns I fallen Into disuse II In iii En England while In where It j jonce once led on oti C the he Sunday In T Lent the of valentines al almost has disappeared from oiti mill folk folk- tra traits But Hut In America 1 KM i l I h lug Ing a n lien Ilea heavy fight Today Tuda I Is t th the lie tiny day wh when iii the thc e pInk m and anel art vii whitt white I C e cr creations Iiri bon bought ht with carefully pennies by little Jimmy will III find their WH way ny to Betty Hetty ett And Anti the liar day 11 when 11 thin jio older folk fok folks also will dream of or other uHler days R when then I 1 they too eagerly watched th the vil n In lope c mull n mart man nn waiting for 01 the lie tender ml missives Ih-e Ih that spelled In to capital let leot tens tens- I t I Ie S O. L LOVE V 1 c 4 l I l t w wl l |