Show ACC cupin faules cynics who decry power of st valentine are unable to prove their case CYNIC once remarked that the A two tivo most irritating days on oa the calendar were those consecrated sec rated to saints and valentine because said lie the first often brought with it a n stretch ot of rain and the second a wretch of a strain for of all strains in the world he argued the worst was that imposed by having to read a silly lot of footless and useless valentines the cynic probably does not stand alone in ills his opinion of saint valentines day there are arc thousands of men like him who believe that the day has degenerated eliat where once once cupid conquered hearts through loving missives sent on february 14 lie he now merely yawns and falls to heed but joes doea lie have the old valca tines as love messages really lost their power or have new kinds of valentines succeeded the flimsy lace kind of other years and are they at all effective the printed chronicles of the last several years reveal numerous cases that go to disprove the statement of the cynic and ills his followers on saint valentines day 1908 1008 arthur trumbull of oswego N Y sent a young woman named alice cayvan whom lie he had been courting co with indifferent success for several years a large hoart fashioned out of crimson cardboard through the heart he had stuck a binche arrow ill row on it he be had w written tile the single interrogatory word hopeless the next nest day the heart was ivins returned to ailin by ainu but the arrow had been removed and I 1 lie liole hole in tile tho center had been patched up tip with a bit or of white paper pa per on which aliss cayvan had it a clearly legible yes they were married sifter after not less productive of result was the effort of alb albert ert of topeka kan who to an article printed in western newspapers sent the young woman lie he loved clara sedgwick a blank marriage certificate on last valentines day with these verses on the back this Is my idea of a valentine practical indeed but true it if write your num name in it it will be a valentine for two it Is interesting to note that the recipient did as directed an odd valentine was that sent two years ago by francis everlin of chicago chih to sarah sara h colllns collins of toledo 0 everlin bad asked tile the latter to marry him on numerous occasions but the young woman had always asked him to intrain from regarding lier her otherwise than a sister everlin had no ao such intention indention however and biding his time till valentines day sent her a valentine ninde made up to resemble a ballot lo tsuch euch as Is used in municipal eleo elec kt at the top of the ballot was n P pen nad tul ink picture of a house and benrath tipp eared evel eci tins lins name opposite till nil the offices to be voted for alz sz yer bundle carrier canter loving losing husband and so on A slip was appended asking the voter to vote the straight ticket whether it was the humor of it or something else Is unknown but the fact remains that miss colllns collins put the matrimonial X under the house the missing une line paz le craze gave herbert randall ot 0 san francisco his valentine cue in a 1007 to ills his sweetheart sw ce theart vera callson of tile the same city lie he sent this incomplete stanza asking her to fill out the last line the verse ran it might ight 1 haie been ate are saddest words in world of woe anti and love and strife for thee these are uis the gladdest gladdes t w words the stanz awas returned turned le the follo following W day with this title line yes dear I 1 now will be your wife one of the most peculiar valentines ou on record was as the one sent a year sear ago by allen alien straw of pittsburgh to louise conser of erie eric it wes a nothing more 0 or r less thin than a large roll of white still silk hearing bearing tile the words this Is for a adding td ding dress diess please valentine me with a yes the silken valentine talent lne avas as effective on valentines day three years ago age two men sent their sweethearts railroad timetables to niagara F falls alls and another roan man sent his lady love a trunk lied led with white ribbons and strewn strewn inside with rice john thomas ray liny of omalia won a wife through a valentine sent to a young woman living ih st louis rays valentine took the form of a big red tipple to the stein of which he had attached a card reading love loe me and a world of happiness shall be yours ouis love loe mo me not and all that you ou will have will be this apple it Is big and red and pretty but it will not last any more than will the ness you iou believe you are enjoying while single the popular jigsaw puzzles were used as valentines by several wooers mooers last year one man named slina siaw of atlanta sent one to ills swe sweetheart ethear t in the same city and with it the lines ive pua puzzled my bra brain into to guess your answer wont you put me in it shape again with a yes res tile the girl sent the valentine puzzle back with a ciol note 0 thai read 1 I do not want this il give you myself I 1 have been it a puzzle 1 I admit but tm rin got going ug to r olve myself for you another man stanley lemoyne of denver deliver sent one of the puzzles as it a to io athea KnoN knoles yes of the same town with the note this AN will I 1 help passa pass dull hours for you in case ens eyou you refuse to marry in inc the girl married him odd valentines these indeed but bill odder still the valentine sent lit in 1003 by reynolds Hey touhey of nev nelv york to may alay lindstrom of brooklyn Drool clyn a valen title that succeeded in lending leading the alie latter to the altar Toulie cys ys vil valentine lentine nv was as a dr dresden aden doll baby and attached to it was a card reading imagine having nothing more real than this all your ybur life tho sunday Alaga magazine zice 1 I 1 aa caw I |