Show 1 1 1 J Cf iTjI I f 7 I i I I d C c D 0 c D 3 I I Y Z N 1 i N t l I Il II Ie I reigns rel DS every eco but on St e Valentines ho lo reigns Of Ot nil the holidays In tho year the be fourteenth loarl nth of Is 11 i the thc only onh one pet Mt et oil which to 10 make mahe ol to Ibi tb mischievous little son lion of Venus Not ot that thit the troublesome elf elt needs a U day doy for Cor his bis very err own or ho ap up appreciates s the honor bonor especially for tor be ho howell bewell bewell well knows that every Is his 1118 own iI that his bI arrows fly fir Just ns os n true truc and as ns u straight on one ono day ns Oil on the other lie that oil nil men nod nil all women of ot all o C have hare bowed to him and obeyed al But nt on St Valentines Day the he spirit of ot Lovo Is to recognized more openly than thon nt at other times The little winged cd god cod or ordained r domed the God of Loo Lovo by the find an held bel In high hl h esteem among their host bost of ot deities sends his arrows broad broadcast broadcast cast They lurk In dainty missives of ot tinseled loco lace paper valentine that keep Leep tho the postmen busy delivering them They I In 10 tho the petals of ot violets and roses and the sweetest r of ot floral tributes to Milady Fair from rom her ber adorer They go through the land Inor and leave leae In their wako happiness and heartsease or disappoint disappointment ment and rue roe And AmI nd lovers loers await them then expect them welcome them In 1st Our Own Orn Country The celebration of ot tho the day doy In our own country Is LM l eo so well reil known that It scarcely i needs setting forth The custom cu tom of ot send sending lag Ins ones OliOS valentines anonymously how Itow however however ever eer seem seema to bo be largely confined to tho thu speaking spanking people And the room growth of ot tho ho comic nl horrible distortions of ot even clod clodhopper clodhopper hopper hopler humor IK l distinctly American St Valentine If It be bo be the one responsible re le letor for tor tho thu dAY scarcely have bare connie counte countenanced non d such Buch things ns os these Our cele ceic celebration I bration Is more a n personal ono one to the ther r Individual than n a collective ono one In which a o number can con get together and celebrate simultaneously In fact tho sunder sender of or ofa oro a o valentine nowadays does It t like I the tho proverbial thief In tho night In tho ho Churchyard In Derbyshire England when a n love loe lovelorn horn lorn las v who ho Is not afraid of ot the dark and ond wants to hind out what hat her Suture futuro lord and aud master looks like she goco oe Into tho the churchyard at midnight of oC St eve and as s the tho clock strikes s 12 commences running around tho thu church and ond repeating without Intercalation tion I 1 sow soil i I torr to toUs llo Us that lutes 1011 1 me best tt l clon slier ma ms now nos Having flaying made modo the circuit of ot the church 12 times timea repenting nil the bo while thu touching doggerel she tilie will behold she drops drop with exhaustion from Iron her bor orator oratorical cal stunt tho the of ot her lover dim dimand and ghostly s bo tJ following her around tho church churchIn In the county count of ot Norfolk England nn nR Boon toon as os It grows dark packages are arc laid on doorsteps the tho bell Is rung run and the bearer away The Thc packages oro supposed to contain presents pre thus being belul I j t t L t e I ti 4 11 I I N Ne NI 0 0 b J t 9 1 D r w f l ff i t r v l t J l I III 7 I II J 4 I I f y pJ Q JI z h I il ilI it 11 I t I d l l 4 t q J i 0 fit 1 1 I 1 I I A I I I I ft I os 1 1 1 r I I I I JI 1 1 I r f I fi i fJ i iJ q v Jf v r I i f t n a sort of ot combined Christmas and Hal Halloween Halloween loween Though It Is la certain the tho English Idea of ot humor bOil haa not as nB yet yot grasped In Its entirety the tho Americans Joy In Hooding flooding hIs bis friends and enemies with the atro atrocious cious clous comic valentine there are oro still possibilities In 10 tills this old custom What u a chance for tor or the till practical Joker to leave a on a 11 door step ring tho ho bell hell and nn heat bent It and from the friendly shadows of ot a nearby tree treo or wall null watch the tho consternation of ot tho sturdy English taco loco that lint answers the ring and finds In the package In place of ot tho expected present n a little thing that only storks storIes are nrc supposed to have e the privilege of ot depositing on front door doorS I S I In the Or picture the hale hole and hearty l squIre coming homo nearer sunrise than sunset et with the tho loving spirit of ot St Valen Valentines tines other spirits oozing out of ot his very ery eyes lIelI In better shape shapo than thon the man who had to tell toil his cabby to asic his better half hail to come comedown comedown down to LO the carriage and pick him out from rom the test rest of ot tho the good fellows aboard It but bos hos to make mole It advisable for tor lilt his cabby to deposit dep lt him on nn the front door along with the tho rest of or the lie pock pack packages ages laid there ring the tho hell boll and nod scoot Just like thu other oilier St Valentine Day Do cele ceic branta brants AD As In is evident ent there vast ost pot pos possibilities po In thIs tills II ellIe system of ot oh serving the day da It depends upon tho the package In tt be west vest westoe of Eo there was ono one ancient custom lint was extraordinarily singular Early In tho tim morning of ot St SL Valentines Day joung men of ot tho thu character that Hint In 10 tho thu strenuous life lite started out together with witha u a clap nut to catch cn an nn owl and two spar sparrows sparrows rows Ws In sonic some neighboring nel barn If It they were In catching the Uie birds bIrd mid anti brought them to tho Ito village Inn without Injury and before the women folk 01 had holl risen they were rewarded rc with three pots of or purl hun whatever that Is Ill by uy the Inn Innkeeper Innkeeper keeper They also enjoyed the tho privilege of demanding r similar consideration nt at the tho of ot every householder In th bet neigh neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood S Things that bear tho earmarks of ot age even ceo though they ther he lie nothing more sacred titan customs should bo ho reverenced It U is true Dut But a n wee MOO bit lilt of o speculation ns a to how It felt cit to be b there thero can con scarcely be considered Iconoclastic l or Irreverent though thon h It may be he somewhat Irrelevant In the tho first place It way may rua be bo noted this unique anti and laborious method of ot procuring ing lug tho thu aforementioned purl was evidently a o species specie of ot graft that appealed strongly to the tho minds of oC those rustic rustle swains hi h They Thoy Duo Dill It Just why this purl pun should be bo considered con worth crawling out of a n warm bed at nt 3 In III the morning stabbing around In Inthe Inthe inthe the dark with a 0 for Cor an au owl not noton noton noton on to lilt his Job while tile the hay bay from the tho loft of oC the lie barn born 1 down Into ones onon nostrils the chronicler falls fails to relate Perhaps the young roun men of days considered such n a stunt n a regular rc time Or perhaps It IL was vas pimply a n case of ot seizing nn on opportunity of oC getting on the outside of a 0 lot of ot purl In fashion At l nil events according to tho the chronicler they went after the births birds with the tune same patience tho modern gist st expends In chasing butterflies oer over oera overa a field anti ond received their reward with nu an applause and admiration to Lo that lint the lie nr hend of oC ofa n a family fa ID II receives rt If It he can con got get ct out nut of oC bed on to the cold In lii the morning and turn on the steam without a mur murmur murmur mur Though scarcely necessary r to say sa saso so BO It Is itt I Incumbent upon dunn the tho writer to 0 relate that hunt ho lie has ho not been utile able to dis discover dl cover coer a n survival Burl nl of ot this In tiny nuy form lorm In tho ho modern American celebration of ot St SI Valentines Day Doy DoyIn In many of the European countries the St Sf Valentine Day Do Kiss 1 I was wa exchanged between young people an nR n a token of ot good goodwill will IlI The exact nature of such nn an oscil oscillatory performance la is somewhat vague n lIe Though the same conscientious chronicler does doea not mention the tho relationship It sug suggested l that this St Valentine Day kiss In it n Il third cousin nt ot least deceased of ot the famous soul There Is It some sonic on this point hu h eer for or In no noway nowa way wa can au nil of ot the word vord ort Ity lend the tho investigator back to that time On tho ho other hand the tho fueL fact that t this custom Is now In vogue universally not Hot only on St Day hut huton huton huton on other da 9 and Mr Into InLo the night ns IS well wellIs Is significant The Tho only difference Is lit that lint the so called St SL Valentino Valentine Day of the present la is n a token to en of ot good goodwill will willand and other things Cnn Can It Ho no Possible l Apropos of ot the same s mc elucidating Ung sub rt J k Ii j j I I 1 the lie chronicler states further that It If n a man mun meet a l maid wold and aud she Ibo dots does not readily assent to the be oscillatory practice lice tice It is a 11 kind hind of ot service Ion Jon him that hid lili attentions arc ure not desirable and oDd Is looked upon ns as a n conge COUle Yen Yell verily A caso case of the original and anul the hue original orl stung slung It would seem cern nut Hut It U is far far better beLLer than the big JI stick sUck of the fly lly cop and a 11 Joy Joyride jo joyride ride rille to the be police station Even to the tho present day It Is Iscu customary In Europe I for or the young men to meet to together gather gether on tho tito village lIIn e green Ireen In trials of ot Tho The young lad loll who has read his sporting extras most zealously and andIs nm Is itt to give Iho most fluently the thc precise and blo reasons why Jim Jeffries J should climb hack lute Into tho the ring and put pot It 11 ull till over oer big hi black Jack Johnson Is the lie lad lael who should come conic off ocr with the gate receipts receipt Being tho lie cindy Kid ho Ito naturally hits his choice of ot the maidens fair who ubo have laid their grouch as 19 suffragettes antI content consent consented ed eel to occupy ringside scats seats at nt tho tue fight The losers loBera however come In for tor n a on ou the lie short unit enl of oC the purse for they hey lire nrc allowed to choose their maid T ens CDS for or the tho ensuing e St Valentino Valentine Day Dar festivities according to lo the tho order of ot merit of ot their bruised In Ireland the great greot feature of St Vat Val Valentines entines Day Is 18 the thc breakdown dance once All 11 the boys hoys and nil nit the tho girls engage In It itlie the tho lie couple dancing the tho longest winning the tho applause Tile The victorious couple IH iii looked upon as ns and ond not Infrequently a n wedding follows during durIn Eastertide They Thc Donee Seriously The dance Itself Is 19 Indeed n a spectacle With much ceremony tho ho door of oC the barn born Id it lifted Iron from rom Its I hinges anti and the he dance commenced as os soon us as tho the fiddler or th tb the player pi 11 yer nf ot the bagpipes orders tho ho couples out The floor of ot the barn In Is of ot mud hence the be door la is laid on the tho ground to form torm a 0 J surface for lor tho the dancers Goldsmith describes the dancers In la his Deserted Village A Wt The dancing pair that simply DimplY sought nought r rt Ift By holding out to tire tiro each ench other down j The Tho absolute of ot the dance Lince and the tho of ot these tests of or endurance must be 00 seen llen to b M be appreciated ed Though the occasion Is bone one of ot the utmost Jollity and good will the contest contestants unto ants are arc In 10 dead earnest In their endeavors ors to win From I Shakespeare says of ot tho the day In hi la his worldwide Valentine I 1 I swear to the by br Cupids strongest bow By his bin lx best t arrow with the tho golden head heed By Br the simplicity of ot Venus doses By Dy that t which and pros prospers prospera pert pers loves I c cIn In England Eu tho the schoolgIrls of a 11 halt bait baita n a century ago plucked at tho the buttons on their gowns owns and uttered rd In a singsong monotone on St Valentines Day tho the verse Tinker tailor Soldier sailor Apothecary thief If Jr after theo words for tor s a stated number of ot times they thoy should first meet other than tho ono on whom of ot oil all au mentioned In their roundelay their hearts were vero set they the scattered Mattered In great fright A otIo Protest Tho The earliest and most popular Et St Val Vol Day Jingle that has boa been banded down donn to tho the present timo la In laThe Tho The rose r In lit red Tho violet blue Sugar Is to sweet SWeat And eo so ore are you The Tho gentle D Dean m Swift In writing to a friend describes hla his first reception of o n to comic valentine iI I was seated f In my mr library when the postmaster arrived and ond I opened o tho bag What was my m surprise to find my first greeting on St ValentInes morning to be ben beo n o representation of ot a 0 fat tnt parson with a 11 body bod like a pig and a 0 bead head like n a dolt Of Ot course cour It grieved me for I always con considered the day one devoted d to everything e t In life lite But I felt far tar more mora composition compassion for tor tho the unfortunate mental condition of oC the sender than thon I did for tor the tha feelings of ot the recipient which were cre I assure you roc quite healed before beloro I finished breakfast rho simplicity of this gentle protest scarcely n a rebuke Is pathetic Much ch more kindly and considerate Is the tho tender missive even e n though It be bo sentimental like liko the following If It ha he h I will be thyne And AntI FO so Good Morrow For ForSt St Valentines Day Doy Is IJ a n jay day tIn of ot Joy jor of o love Joc of ot happiness |