Show CUPIDS OWN DAY fourteenth of 0 february belong to him alone anniversary brightens brighten the drab manta with memories memorie of the past and joy of the present brightening the dull drab month of 0 february and doing their nery ery best to cheer up and bring love into out oui hearts the valentines Aillen tines the vale valentines ntine smile at us with their luce lace and forget forge me not dot daintiness from the shop windows ln there here are re elaborate millionaire valent valentines inet of celluloid and blue ribbons that come in big lace boxes lik ilk french dolls there are valentines that ethen pulled out like an accordion b become ea cinderella coaches of cardboard laden with loves and anti ami cupids cupida others resolve themselves in to airy pink arnd blue palaces you never know peopled with goddesses and doves but the best and most sincere perhaps are the old fashioned valenti valentines listas of foamy paper lace through which you look upon hearts redder than lovers lips in a prospect of alo lets and forget me nots bots and hidden away like a billet doux doos in a bouquet bouque a little verse this heart sweet love I 1 tend send to you together Toe ether with these violets blue and it if you uke like this heart of at mine I 1 pray you be my valentine could be more simple or direct to the point As unerringly as cupids cupida darts or a beaus rapier the verse carries its message home it may be that the elizabethan lyrics lyrics the love songs of herrick and lovelace and suckling survive today only in the valentine and ah ab what memories these harbingers of love bring T B ith them I 1 they lead us back along the columbine bordered road to yesterday over thi asphodel meadows of 0 youth and first love and childhood fancies and we meet and kiss our first sweethearts again alas they have gone out ot of our lives these many years and so dear little valentine accept these violets and forget me nots bots and hug hog this message close to your heart for surely a sweetheart Is the sweeter for a valentine and as aa all wise men know love that makes the world go round |