| Show nothing sedate about valentines of today sedate stati stanzas zas whispering g guarded lied ly of 1 irive e the Z e ly american valentines 1 tines as shown aj a collect io lop made by the achl chicago go I 1 I 1 s society iCh changing ringing times NJ deuced more dired direct expression uni un in 1930 the collection reveals the v vi en tine verse makers leave no doubt of the senders ain amorous orous the earl earliest lest vule valentine allne shown is ant ed 1800 but all before were nvere annd made affairs generally gene nilly a red heart with a pretty but proper inscription miss esther lowland howland begun began inalene valentines commercially in isril 1851 the society points out and it Is from that thai time on that the lacy heart henrt creations date ninny many of miss aliss how lands valentines were simply inscribed bed to one I 1 love comic valentines appear to have en joyed a perpetual vogue throughout the years the society showing show ins many which it describes na as ridiculous witty ant ami severe one of the valentine s ot of the world war period tun hilt a picture e by jolin john T 1 mcculcheon cartoonist with verse by george ade the picture shows a mother who hus apparently censored censo rei her daughters mail to a soldier abroad beneath Is printed mr soldier alan I 1 can cannot not send what my daughter wrote it might inight set tire to the darned old boat |
