Show I J a I y 1 t L I J r rI Ar A At r IS L I t M f rR h K J J X XI 1 I 1 I 1 f k h b 4 Nr Y V r f L 1 HE v ii f i ii 1 r r 1 i f t 1 i 2 W f 7 ft I 7 i 1 ir r j 1 11 NJ w tf 1 t i l 1 C i 1 I 3 l U j 3 tk I Ip It 1 Y Il j t f I t HOLIn v AJ 71 S I I 1 4 L Y L v n 1 o t i fi t J i v p t N J C I 1 W ff i A o j I i 1 A t oS 1 2 Io 4 Ii t i i r l J h e 1 4 f J I 1 IA t 4 J 5 If o 1 Y I ft N 10 ir 1 i W J 21 w U l I i iO i d i 7 14 l f n I 11 t I I If I O T tt W 0 1 t Kt i i lk W 1 i r 1 t tJ 01 t r j 71 f l w er cW 1 Fl u t 1 0 1 s t t i t J Pt oj r M 71 i y e 1 J 4 0 ri w f ri m m WA 1 CONSIDERABLE proportion of ot our jI I American holidays are or before betoN eli all else cIsI childrens festivals that It Is children derive derle tho the keenest enjoyment from their 2 observance However tho the one observe observance ance that Is U not only preeminently hut universally a 0 young youn peoples boll holi holiday day Is II 1 St 81 Day The de dc devotees of ot the tho February feast cast of ot sentiment Include all members of ot tho Junior genera generation generation enero tion from little tots lots too young roun to under understand understand stand tb significance of ot the exchange of ot pretty pictures 3 to young oun men and young ung women who take ad of ot the of ot this occasion to make malo more or less le veiled declarations of ot regard or the re ye r verse euc Oddly enough the origin of ot St Valen Valentines tines tinos Day Doy would seem to give little war warrant rant for tor tho the modern custom cUl lom of ot lug JU on February 11 missives mIMI and ant epistles 8 eIther cither comic or sentimental Certainly thero there was WAIl naught nan bt In the life of ot Saint Valentine a 8 bishop or pope popo of Rome Home Romey y to 10 suggest the promiscuous dispatch of ot I tokens token wherein are aro nr conveyed In prose I In verse or In emblematic picture the love loc of ot the tho sender or the tho faults and foibles of ot the tho recipient As n a matter motter of ot fact Saint Valentino led icil n a particularly comber omber existence Clinging steadfastly to his hili faith during the Claud Inn persecution tion ho hI was W S cast Into jail and ond ulti ultimately was beaten with clubs and beheaded A second churchman bearing the name nome of ot Valentine whose possible connection with the ho origin of St Valentines Day tins Las sometimes been blen sn was like likewise wise Ile a 11 bishop Both Doth bearers bear of ot tho the now tangle magic name nomo were accounted to possess miraculous powers for tor the sick Tho The ned bishop b hop In prison cured of ot blindness the tha daughter of ot his and ond to the second prayers arc nm yet rue up In Germany Gennan ODd and UniT Italy for tor the tho Curio cure of ot epilepsy This second Bishop Valentino Valentine site also mot met a 0 violent death being choked by a n fish bone Students of o history r anti delvers Into the lore of oC tradition have made mude various orlou at ot attempts tempts none wholly successful to lo ex cx plain how the tho modern festival of ot mirth sentiment derived Its name One Ono of ot the most plausible theories s Is based on the fact tact that In tho the olden days v y and g were VerO frequently Interchangeable In popular speech There Is 18 evidence that tho thu Norman word word a gallant and nod lover loer of ot tho the fair sex wan frequently Written nud and pronounced or va With such a n foundation It Il Is Isens isens easy ens to credit the corruption of ot the phrase to the Site present day Valentine Duty Day or by lJ a R confusion of ot names Valentino may mil have bno been c Lub us the patron mint of loveri loer unit sweethearts although as tie wo have hao seen Kern KernIn In u a fleeting glimpse of ot his bin biography there woe was no warrant whatever for such designation As far tar hock hack OB an 1721 1 when lIen Valentine Day Do watt was already an nn established custom CUltO In England we find Ond one British writer attempting to explain Its Us origin on the premise that about this time of ot year the middle of o February tho birds choose their mates mate and that probably this sug suggested tho the custom of ot young men anti anil maidens adopting tho hue same some sebson ns os a n time for tor choosing valentines or special loving friends An even cen more moro plausible explanation Is that our latter feast of oC St Bt Valentino U it merely the Christianized form orm of ot lie tho classic cla a feast held annually In Hom during durIn the ho month of ot February In honor boner of ot Ton Pon and Juno and tha the chief feature of o thin tho ceremonies of ot which was the practice of ot placing the names of ot young roun women In a box 1 ox or other receptacle from which they the were ero drawn as lIS chance directed by young men menAs menAs As tho the story goes gO tho the Christian clergy despite d repeated efforts were never able to abolish this pagan nn practice During the sixteenth century the church In LIJo I r V m ax w J fob 4 i hiv M rz c t A A Ak k ir 7 22 7 I person of St Sl Francis I do 13 ti Sales severely the custom of ot valentines nIcotine or giving boys In 10 writing the names of ot girls to bo be admired and attended on by them AB As a substitute there was vas Inaugurated the ice of ot giving billets containing the hue names of cut certain saints but In the th end St 81 Fran Francis FrnncIs cis was WIlB no DO more moro successful In this era sede than hU his predecessors hail had been teen The sentimental young folka tol returned to lo their old nid practices anti restored the Ibo heart mart with oil nil Its old significance they did 1111 more mere They The heel about this time the practice of ot leaving solely ICI to the tb young men meo the choice of ot mates mat Franco Franca took tho lend lead In usher ing in ii this era of or equal rights In the tho val valentine valentine 11 entine en tine lottery lotter and ond henceforth lie tho names of or young people of ot both cit eIo s R were writ written written ten on bits of cf It paper anti and anc placed lu in the tho proper prop r receptacles so 80 that at nL the drawing each participant woo was sure suro to secure pocuro a partner from the other sex ex The Tho Mice selection tion tien thus made was wall supposed to seal pual u a ut sentImental t bond that should endure for lor forat forat at ot least a 0 year If It not Dot terminated by b mar marriage c Throughout the twelvemonth a n couple designated partners by fates ates de do erce stood In the relation of ot cavalier ud lady hotly of beauty the knight being bound of ot course courtie to honor bonor and defend his charge charle v who ho repaid his hla championship by b 8 and ond sentimental tokens The Tho custom soon noon spread from France to England and ond was In high favor there an as 0 early ns as a 1000 Till Tho practice of ot having both tho the young men and the tho young wo women women men draw lots lois or valentines had ono coo In that It was W S seldom Beldom that partners wore were placed In a n bond benl by b each drawing the of ot the tue other As ls 8 n a rule n a young mart man who drew the name of ot a girl would Scud that his In turn had hod been drawn dran by h some fomo oUr other girl However disputes as to lo the poe poa PO session wore were In n a great measure forestalled by the lie accepted custom of ot young men In general to t show greater allegiance to the tho that fell to their Ibell lots than to 10 tho maidens who drafted them a as It were In Scotland It wn W was II the tho custom sev 6 ern 1 centuries ago for tor young men anti and young youn wom women n to tn regard rl as ai n n a valentine the first L ho of ot the opposite S S 4 it f I 1 4 i M q c cb b vt s vz Zizz cz d Z a oe sex cx who was met with on en the street tr et on 00 tho the morning of ot tho the of February In itt lay day Jo tho the approved ob oh observance servance of ot St festival seems to 0 have taken the tho form torm of oC challenging valentines with tho ho understanding that bat that he or sho who said It first on meeting u person of the opposite lIc sex H X should receive rc lc n o present In short hort It was n a custom CUll tom cry very similar In effect to the tho Christmas gift greeting which long prevailed Ile I anti and yet ret obtains In many parts of the tho United States As time went on tho thu practice was so 10 o amended that all tho the challenging was done by hy the tho th young youn ladles nod all 1111 au the giving of ot presents by br tho ho young ou men who were successfully sue challenged This cut cus custom tom Booms to have licen heln the direct fore tore forerunner runner of ot the modern practice of exchanging ing lug printed 1 or written valentines valentine In a n diar tinted doted In London on February H 14 1 wo read renti of mi till Innovation In the tho form torm of a 0 token consisting cou of at tho the recipients nome name written In gold goM let tern tens upon blue paper r Thou Then ben brief brioC mot mottoes toes loc such as Most Io t courteous and most aIr fair began to make their lr appearance upon the primitive valentines and grail grad gradually rod step by step there thero was evolved tho ho silk and ond satin oUn lace ince paper poper confections of ot tho ho present ra urn ernI For I or many years tho the belleR and end beaux hud had to depend for tor tho thu fashioning of ot valen valentines tines wholly upon open their own Ingenuity and skill lu in penmanship At the outset nil all such tokens had needs to be delivered by b the tb author In person penton antI oven after tho thu establishment of ot post systems this practice was wn largely adhered to for tor tho the dispatch of ot love loc tokens by malt mail was nn an expensive luxury Then with WWI the thc reduction reduction tion ion In rotes rates and ond appearance of ot printed 1 valentines there thero dawned tho the pres present present ent cut regime of manufactured sentiment run riot not ot Cheap Postage and the tho upper opportunities the mails afford for tor concealing the Identity of ot Valentino senders have havo credit for tor fostering the comic valentine Valentines couched In terms terras of ot sarcasm sm and ond contempt their ap tip appearance almost ns nil early us as I the tho original penned of o sentiment but of ot course those thoRo fearful and wonderful multi multicolored multicolored colored masterpieces of ot modern litho lithography raphy waited upon ulOn n a comparatively recent recant dale for tor their revolution evolutIon The observance of ot Valentine Day which a n decade or two ago stained about to wane markedly has hns during the tho poet past few tew yen years been restored to all Its old popularity larity The appearance of ot tho ho souvenir post card carll fad tad which was 1105 adapted to Day Doy purposes purpose won wan doubtless In part responsible for Cor this So Bo likewise was WOK the appearance of ot valentine tokens token more pretentious than any ROy of ot the tho lace loee paper treasures of ot a generation ago Tho The young man mon who this February seeks a sentimental remembrance for tor a tt twentieth century gIrl Irl can clin expend expand almost any ony amount his bis pocketbook will allow on such trifles nn nit h candy hazes Val Vol gift books Jewelry designed for tor this significant occasion occa lon or flowers In a 11 setting getting appropriate for tor tho the Valentino Valentine eta eca o os son s 0 sonA A growing observance of ot St 61 Valentines Day Duy throughout tho the United States toke takes the tho form Corm of ot valentine parties Tho opportunities opportunities for appropriate decorations and ond significant souvenirs have hove no equal unless It bo be on 00 Halloween n and tho the very cry charac character ter of ot tho ho day duy suggests Innumerable games A now new fad for tor St Valentines Day that Is III rapidly gaining popularity Is i ithe the tho custom of ot seeking a R fortune teller on j this auspicious occasion Of Ot late lato years yearn I gypsy fortune fortuno have found St Val Day Do a n harvest limo without par parallel ahiel throughout the year and many man a Il hostess seeking a I novelty for a n Valentino Valentine Day entertainment now noPo Introduces IntroduceR n a for tor fortune fortune tune tuno teller for t r consultation by her guc gue guests ta taa bo be b j a bono bonn file gypsy w seer er If It ono onn can enn I found but hut If tr not nn sun amateur who at nt attempts the futuro by means mean tempts to peer r Into I of ot cards or n a teacup t I |