Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-07
VALENTINES.
What a Few Of the Leading Styles
Will be This Year.

boston Transcript
The American valentines come early this
year. and are so pretty that unless their Eng
fish and German cousins follow quickly there
Will be no demand for them, They are of inny-
meraDle sizes, as they have been former years
but the prettiest among those of moderate
dimensions have for backgrounds solid mass
of vtoletS, apple blossoms, or panSieS upon
which lie gilt panel with picture Of girl;
and label inscribed with sundry verses; refer
r1ng to the flowers and interpreting the sup
posed feelings OF the sender, unless, Indeed. he
be skilled with the pen and chooses to buy a
card with blank label rather than to say
''Niolets are blue,
Loves eyes are bluer,
i know know
Some mems hearts are true,
Maids hearts are trner,
Ills so, tits so.h
Saucy girls who wish to tease lover, even
while sending him a token OF affection, might
like the gray cards upon which shine golden
hearts almost covered by dainty button-hole
bouquets of carnation and Lady Pollock gerani-
ums tied in n true blue ribbon. The poem
printed in bright brown letters On either side Of
the design, says
"Girls should be modest, they say;
Still, on ST. Valentines day,
1suppose young maid may
Offer tiny bouquet
And not wander far astray
From perfection.
Only leaf and pink
Surely at that one wink
am still safe on the brink,
Since have not said think,
OF perfection
Among the sets of cards the prettiest are six
representing flowers against square panel OF
blue sky. The dandelion is grouped with its
dentated leaves and with one blossom that Is In
the ghoSt-like state called witching out; the
Dutter-cup Is tied up with a grass blossom; the
daisies stand by themselves. and the yellow rose
is relieved by its own dark leaves. The blend
ing of cOlOrS in these cards is very striking, and
apart from their notices they will be priced by
those who receive them. The fifth and sixth
cards in the series represent the jasmine and its
pink-tpped buds, and the amarylliS, and are
beautiful in grouping, although less attractive
than the other four The most expensive
ing eight pages each the cover, which is stiff,
has the inscription appropriate for the day on
Its first page; the valentine itself has q poem
printed In carmine on the pink damaSk ground
of its inner pages, and an affectionate motto
entwined with lilies and y1olets on the last
leaf; the first page differs, being sometimes
clusters of roses lying on disk of gold some
times panSieS on a golden heart; sometimes
chrysanthemum and Sweet-w1llam and in the
very prettiest, big velvety pansies lying on ivy
leaves. The poem on each valentine OF this set
refers to the flowers. Fans in three or four diff
ferent shapes are the neatest among the small
designs, and are especially pretty to send to
ladies who have fancy for decorative art, as
Shown in the manufacture of screens orna-
mented with bright cards and photographs.
These fans make the prettiest finish to corners,
and fill up any vacant space admirably. Last
OF all come the Boston valentines painted by
hand, and with blank spaces for original poems
these may be said to hold halfway rank be-
tween those which are bought quite finished.
and those that are altopether made at home.