Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-14
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be properly applied to amat0ry nv,
drosses passing between lovers anu
sveethearts. or late years, however,
these "comIo valentines" As tney are
called, seem even more popular tnhn
those OF n sentimental character, anu
we all know how the statlonuts, WIZ
tiows arc crowded with them NJ .nIs
ssason of the year. There IL a very
oil superstItlon that even the birds
nhooae their mates on ~. Nalenune's
day. This tradition has been handed
Down from the very earliest institution
| Of the Roman Luperonlln when ST.
Valentines day replaced. shake-
| epsaro nlludes 10 this belief When NJ
| notes Tbeseis say in "A Midsummer
! Night's Drcam"-aot ~, sceno u
g. valentine il past;
Begin those wood birds butio .ouplc now
Herrlck ha. wiitteu, In bis Ilesper'
idea,
or have heard both youth and virgins say,
lIfda choose their mates and couple too TINS
nut by their night never can divine
When shall couple Win NY valentine
Charles, the duke OF Orleans already
ALLUDED 20 M n famous writer OF vaIen'
tines, also rotor TO this bird.mating IN
the following dainty moroccan;
Look how. my dear. the feaihercd kind
ny mutual carosses iiucd
ISL ami seen 10 teach NJ two
wat We 10 love AMI custom owe.
shah only Won and l foroeM
To meet md mAto % happy pairf
81 u We alone delay 70 liyof
Tnia day an age of bliss may give.
An old writor defines valentine
to DO eye firslo OF mankyude mat
n mayde shallo sec on We Sayntu
| Nalentyno's Daye, or yo nfste
maybe that man shnllc SEQ
on Saynte Valentyne's morne." A
custom many centuries old and ono
still observed ia many parts OF Eng
land and Scotland gives the persOu thus
seeing his or her valentine tho right TO
claim him or her with a kiss, which the
said valentine has no right to reslst or
| reject, but ia in honor b1unt TO freely
accord. Admirers Of Sir Walter Scott
| will remember his beautiful description
OF how Catherine Glover, "the Far
| Msde OF PERTH" thus claimed, on st.
Valentines morning, the valiant
RrmOrer, Henry smith, who had saved
her from dlshonOr by his great
strength and courage OF 81 Nalen.
tines eve. shakespeare roiers 10 this
Old custom when he makes poor ophe-
lia sling In Hamlet
Tomorrow ia st. Valentines day.
An In the morning botulc.
| Aud a maid at your window
| 10 be your valentine,
In come Of the rural Districts OF
| England there arc observed on Valen.
tines Jay many quaint folk customs
which suggest those OF the Christmas
season. Among these Ia that OF chill.
dren going about In merry groups from
house 10 house singing ut every door
the following rhyme:
st. Valentine, 81. Valentine,
curl your locks a. I do mine.
one before aud two bchin',
Good morning TO you, Valentine.
The good housewives at whose doors
they sing reward them with bread,
cheese, beer aud half ponce.
In our own time and country tho
only usage OF 81. Vaientlne's day that IL
retained Ii the sending OF this printed
and Observation-Disclosures" OF the station.
efs' shopp, and even this custom, PER-
hans, after all more hOnorei In the
breach than the observance, seems 10
be fast dying out. Postmnsters NIL
over this country testify that the mum.
Der OF these missives passing through
tho mails has steadily diminished for
several years past. This falling oil be-
gan with the introduction OF Chfistmas,
| New Year and Eas,or cards, tho mum.
her OF which transmitted by post
has increased just in proper
ton TO the diminullon In valen-
tines. The reason II obvious.
A sentimental valentine, the only
one for which the word IL not mis-
homer, can only have lis proper sig
nincsnce when 1t passes between per-
sons OF opposite sex. A Christmas,
New Year or Easter card, ON the con.
trary, Il universal In It's applicability.
IL 10 equally appropriate and accept
able from mother to daughter, from
sister to sister, from lover to sweet
heart, from friend 10 friend. Good
wishes on any OF the fcstnl occasion
named, Chrlstmas, Now YEARS. OF
Easter, may very gracefully and ap
propriately be sent by anybody 10 any
body, and the popularity OF these three
Glasses OF cards bids fair to finally ex
tiuguish even the last remaininl
American observance OF the day de
voted TO the honor Of good 81. Valen
tins.
One Of tho Oldest usagos in counec
ton with that occasion Ia the giving o
gifts. In the lottery Of st. Vhlentine'i
day tho persons drawn ~ valentines
are under direct obligation to make .
"vaientine present" TO those who have
drawn them. In the days when ever
royalty and nobility used To participant,
In this drawing OF valentines some o
these presents were Of tho most TX
ponsive and magnificent character
. THIS tlrst valentine present received by
Nell Gwynu from Charles II 10 said 1
4 have been u necklace Of diam ,nis mt
pearls valued ut $4,000, while 81
Walter Raleigh ON one occasion Rp
! pearel at court wearing G30,O worll
OF diamonds and other levels consist
Ing largely OF valentine gifts fr n
{ Queen Elizabeth and other lady ad
5 mirers.
GElFFREY WrLLIsroN CHRISTINE