The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-12
CARRIE OARRLRsS.
She Compares the Old Valentine Day
With the Present One.
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NEW YORK, Feb. Ill and the times are
not awry. I'm not oomplaining-not q bit
Of it. Who could pick flaws in this throne
Of Americas pride. 'this favored but sin
cursed city of ours" as the ministers de-
scribe IL every Sunday morning, after a
week OF Duse at the theater assorted wick
edness at the exclusive Vaudeville, and oh
glorious memory the "Old Guards" ball Z
Who cares whether the Hill Murphy
Sheehan machine has lost a cog, whether
Panama is coming to US while Tammany Is
here whether the Baroness Blanc skipped
to western pastures down the back stairs
while detectives were going up in the ele-
vRtor, whether whisky has caused big flop
on Wall street, or whether the "exeorable
encouragement OF our street cleaning de-
partmentn excites the indignant citizen" to
breathless paragraphs in the pure and up
right pressi In fact, they're all muddy
mistakes, and as for the last one, Pm in
clined to bless rather than curse the
blamed commissioner, he gives me a
chance to show my new patent feathers
with their wobbly little heels, which the
boys laugh at and love. But Pm abused
right and left for what my aunts say is
painfully worldly ponchalance in one so
young.n Even my best friends think Pm
greedy enough to press juice from the rind
Of the orange Of pleasure.
Jack inquired the other day what ! in
tended 70 do for Valentines day.
Send cooling doves and bleeding hearts
and cupids couohant with illusions like
this:
II you love me
AS / love you
No knife shall cut
Our love in two,
to your best friends and penny valeu-
tines to your pet enemies, / suppose. Eh,
Carrier
And the boys say, Yes, ] will,'n an
swered scornfully, "What If we have grown
beyond paper valentines and love poems in
red inks The only difference between now
and grandma's time is that she sent the
doves and received other things In return,
while we send the other things without the
doves as a blind. Seer
Now, grandma told me all about IT,
She says silk stockings were the thing for
Valentines day. The old boys used to send
'em by the dozen, and the girls went out
for quiet little suppers with their best val
entines not 80 very different from the way
we do 1t now.
Then Jack wanted to know what the
proper thing for the day is at present.
There are a few unique gifts the girls
have prepared. Pretty little trifes which
make the hoary headed pessimists think
we've outlived the healthful excitement of
giving.
For instance, Kit has made risky valen-
tine for the man from Denver. He called
the other morning and found her in q neg
ligee, which brought him to land at once.
He admired 1t lot, and made western
comments on its fit. Kit had completed her
conquest by slashing into that morning
gown and fixing 1t as the sweetest smoking
jacket man ever saw. She justiies herself
by saying she has followed the free and
easy western code of manners And
morals, too, the base little schemer. There
was another girl once who sent man a
negligee garment made Of rose blanket she
had wrapped herself In as a cure for rheu-
matism. The girl lived in the Empire state.
And the man-well-he lived at his club in
New York.
There are any number of fanoitul trinkets
In the shops in the way Of jewels. I've
bought a watch charm for Charlie. It's a
| tiny gold Cupid with an enameled bandage
around his eyes and a diamond-tipped
arrow in his hand. Not at all loud either.
because it is very small.
There are billing doves too, with jewel
eyes, and the men buy these for the girls to
hang on their goldsmith's outfit, which we
fasten to our belts But the most popular
present for us girls is carriers. I have d
! pair which is simply out Of sight. Yet,
| I'll describe them for the sake of some other
| girl, whose lest boy may read this story.
1uey VI JelAOW ELK olhsblC ana ON one
| is embroidered "As unending as my love. ~
The slides are two dainty, fairy lovers
claspinR each other desperately in palpable
effort effort to hold the ribbon together.
Isn't that on to the stocking fad Of long ago
We take our hearts and cupids in gold in
stead of paper. that is all There in another
labor of love Of which a mean man took
| advantage and impressed girl by proxy,
She wore a ring which was too large for
her he suggested that she cut the silver
from dime and leave the milled edge for
a guard.
She borrowed his knife and carved away
for hours. and slashed her fingers and
! spoiled dimes by the dozen, and finally gave
il up in despair.
The next night the man came in with ten
rings cut from 81 so gold pieces. OF course
she was immensely pleased with his labor
/ for her dear sake. She did not know be
had taken those gold pieces to a machine
shop and spent fifteen minutes carving them
| out with a reuter-.
Thus iJ is that men win our life long de-
| yotionl o, there are ways and waysl And
| Valentine is alive to-day, aud boys and girls
are as foolish and loving as ever they were.
! Only-love is put on paying basis. II
must be IN order TO boom in New York.
CARRIE CARELESS.
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