St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
ST. VALENTINE DAY.

st. Valentine day is claimed exclu-
Sively by Cupid, so beware we young
men and maidenS-and We old bald
headed men. too--or he will catch you.
| would like to see how Cupid looks in
Minnesota. l imagine he wears a to-
boggau suit, carries tomahawk instead
of an arrow, leaves his wings home for
fear of moulting in this climate, and
skips around on his little blue toes, cry
ing for coal. A little love out here is
good thing; if we didn't have something
to keep our hearts lively, they would
soon get stiff. l suspect some of st.
Paul's apparently tiinty-hearted inhabit-
ants would be only too glad to be warm
hearted, and these salubrious Arctic
breezeS are to blame for the conduct of
many of them. How can a landlord
thaw out his heart when the mercury is
trying to get out of the thermometer
through the bulb, or grOceryman give
you credit when his sign is freezing?
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Certainly, we are all delighted to re.
ceive valentines. particularly those
aufully funny penny ones. How pain
fully humorous some people are! What
could possibly be more amusing than
to receive valentine representing a
tramp, very mucn patched as
to clothes, and looking lean and hun
CRY, after you have been flattering
yourself all winter that it was not no.
ticeable that you wore a dress coat all
day, and had been fondlv imagining
you looked real dressy i'm your shorter
and more successful brothers. OLD trou-
sers. Now did the person that donated
that valentine know that you took cup
of coffee for breakfast, didn't care for
lunch, and ate bread and beans for sup
per? So much cleyerneSS ought not to
be let to go nnreWarded, so you will go
out to hunt for him, ostensibly to re-
ward him; and so you will when you
catch him; if your boots are good and
strong you can make him realize how
much you enjoyed the joke.
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1t is little raSping to your conceit to
have a Valentine sent you of rejected
lover OH his knees. looking like calf.
All the more rasping because you have
Just begun to feel what a fool you must
have looked, and you are sure no one
but Miss r. could have sent it, so you
will forget to look at her next time you
meet her. But you shouldn't be too
haSty: first take notice OF how that little
red-headed brother of hers looks at you
on the 18th, and if you are a mind
reader you may change your opinion as
to who sent the valentine. You are
probably not the only one he has re-
membered. Don't imagine that he has
forgotten to send his sister picture of
of a ScoId with long red tongue. or his
father specimen Of man who beats
his wife.
AS watch how eagerly the busy little
people crowd around the counter where
the fascinating valentines are displayed.
81 would | were child again" L
couldn't help thinking how innocent
that incorrigible Jimmie looked and
was sure he was going to lay out his
pennies for some pretty verses for his
mamma, but you can never be sure of
small boys. heard him whisper, Lets
send this to teacher" and he held to
view gorgeous female with fiery red
curls done up in papers and hooked
nose, with some Objectionable verses
below about an old maid that wanted to
get married and couldn't. Wasn't that
enough to make me turn away with
sigh e? AS | turned these words were
waited after me from dear little golden
haired. angelic-looking Billy; "Oh yes.
anu Cdu WI itC tiIC JH9b INV
our principal writes" There will be
a rumpus in that school and the same
building will be too small to hold both
teacher and principal.
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What finn it used to be to receive the
dainty bits of decorated paper with the
silly verses, the picture of two impos-
sible little Dicke birds kissing each
other. and the mysterious initials in
scribed in the corner. OF course we
never could imagine who sent it. but
usually had beamng smile for Jack
Brown when he put III a bashful appear.
ance at recess. looking as if he had
committed a crime. Perhaps we went
so far as to offer him bite of our apple,
which had been going the rounds of the
spelling class. For those initials did
look suspiciouSly like -. B." scrawled
in Jacks own inimitable style with
slate pencil dipped in backing. After
he grew I'D. his eXecrable writing
showed so plainly he was destined
for something great. that it secured him
the position OF judge. After the sheriff
turned a few murdererS loose that me in
tended should be hung, and hung two
innocent men, and the lawyers read his
decisions to suit themselves, he not be-
ing able to prove BY his writing that
they didn't read right, he learned to
send a typewriter copy with every
thing he wrote.
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For some time we couldn't solve the
riddle how the uglieSt girl in the school
got the prettiest valentine, with the
name of the best-lookiDg boy scrawled
boldly across it. In spite of his denial
we firmly believed he sent it, and pro-
ceeded to make his life miserable
until we found she had bought it and
posted it to herself. e. II. r.