New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
men, and they can't resist. even II their pock'
almost empty"
VALENTINES FOR ADVERTISING.

A great many Of the cheap valentines are bought
In quantity to be used advertising cards or
given away to the customers Five hundred dol
lars or 5000 purchases are common and sev-
eral of the large department stores have already
sent In 5000 orders with the expectation Of need
ing more. The comic" valentines whose name
is legion and whose flaming atrocities are always
the avant couriers of the approaching saint. are
the output OF one firm. one man for years has
been responsible for the designs and another for
all the accompanying doggerel The topics are
designed say the manufacturers. to nit the latest
fads and follies of the day and in pursuance of
this object are divided into classes-"ordinary COM
les" ordinary trade comics" portrait comics.
item harls" and "fault-hnders." This year
the new woman" and the coming woman domi-
nate the series and receive the "hi,-'cm hards, to
quote the trade shibboleth.
Resides the comic valentines the same firm turns
ont specially fine assortment OF sachet yaentineS
and novelties. wondrous combinations o. celiuV Q.
and crepe mountinss and ornamentatons; win
dazzling ana landscape and 0r sx n thc
factory working at these gay offerings to the good
old saint whose name they bear.
The od-fashioned lace valentines appear again
this year Ranging in price from two or three cents
lace o Affairs ah no with DAINTY efrdcts that viii Sell by
the thousands on the East Slde 10 eiaPoTdte
exquisite handpainting lace. ribbon and leaf deco
ration that will appeal TO the more critical taste
Many OF these really exquisite works OF art.
covered with dainty Dresden figures. and roses
whose purple bloom is the very presentment OF
other valentines much in vogue. are the mechani-
cal ones. made after the simlitude of many OF the
movable calendars by the pulling Of cord gay
maidens at a tea in a garden or a little Jack and
IN casing or nimbi9 pussy ,s cat 'Hm r ,hs
children without a suspicion Of sentimenality In
their composition.
APPROACH TO OLD TIME FERVOR.
The nearest approach to the old-time fervor s
a giddy lady who holds her fan to her face until
a,,ttA
aid reveals this announcement which no one can
dispute
Happy secrets hidden be
or in maiden .ola, . LAUGHING Ing . ,!,,:
Hides behind her fan for you.
Needless to the bicycle girl Is one OF The most
a tandem. she points TO the vacant seat. and thus
makes utierance:
ldmn ne Wheel ir r" W %oe .ot thy oue n be
Il &sa ana Giks ;is$ You 5s saq 91 sse
whether St. Valentine, was specially devoted to
his life but glance at a counter Of valentines sug-
gess that he Pussies galore, in baskets and
lance with flutes in their ordinary attire of fur or
trcked out in a dress suit, are al out In force
Lovely and artistic are the chrome cards. though
by wise provision for the left-overs me majority
equally appropriate for Easter Christmas or
Among the inexpensive specialties for this par
ticular day. are little cards that may serve serve as
suggestion for dett myers among llle SHut-iIlS.
tiny feather glued to a plain square card IS
made to complete a sentence without the use of the
written words, thus:
To Valentine
NJ heart is light
When | think Of you
An ivy leaf also a card gives occasion for this
pretty enigmatica sentence:
To Ny Dearest
Re dearest valentine
I've dvy) heart that's ever thine
spot Of lead on Still another plain card bears
this tragic refrain
Dearest my heart Will be like
II you refuse.
Vast imaginative powers. indeed. needed TO
trace any resemblance between the old Lupercalian
rites in honor of Pan and Juno, the early martyrdom