Show one on of Chi cagos hauanio treasures chicago neica it is that socrates was wont to observe st valentines day more rigidly than any other feast east day excepting only thanks irina giving upon abi which h occasion the gift ift of a fine fat corn fed hen turkey from his big pupils made that particular day a time for joyousness When the feast of st valentine came around it was the custom of the athenian phi loso pher to embalm in violet writing fluid upon papyrus those tender sentiments which be he harbored toward that superior woman xan tippe his wife to this delicate task viz that of inviting indi ting thia this persuasive missive waa socrates wont to invite the co operation cooperation and collaboration of his friend plato who ho being a poet was qualified to give give soc sc points as to the most direct path to the fe heart for poesy is of all ways the one roya royal I 1 avenue venue a to aitho the affections affect ioni of womankind one of theae valentines the joint product ot soc and plate as they call one another ia is now owned by our townsman mr air gunther an and is exhibited if we err not among the ante bellum prehistoric and antediluvian curios of the tile libb libby prison show it is pretty well faded failed out now but detill there i enough of it left to show that hundreds aye thousands of years ago obtained the sweet custom which we would fain eee ace restored in the auld midst at of us next month in all its athenian simplicity purity and fervor |