The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

| jewelers. box are among the things that
are sometimes hidden by the flowers.
Young men are not the only ones who
send valentines, and many woman-has
left orders for flowers to be sent to friends
to whom she is indebted for some social
courtesy. Flowers pay many debt in
the social world and the holidays are the
chosen season in which payment is made
Vlolets are not used for this purpose, but
roses, carnations and especially the early
spring blossoms, daffodils, jonquils, mar
cissus and dainty lilies OF the valley are
selected to express appreciation. Pots OF
blossoming lilies and violets are arranged
by the florist, although they last but lit
tie longer than the cut flowers. -
Valentines day comes so soon after
Ash Wednesday this year that there will
be little entertaining and the Valentine
parties will be of the most Informal ma
ture. One Of the girls has planned to
have the men at her party outline hearts
on pieces of white cloth in red silk while
the girls will endeavor to white hearts
out of soft pieces Of wood. Another pros
pective hostess has been collecting pic
lures from the comic papers until she has
great pile of figures, men and women,
representing all sorts and conditions of
life, from which the guests will make
their valentines after they arrive and
prizes will reward the makers Of the
cleverest, the most appropriate, the most
sentimental and the funniest.
heart hunt is being planned to amuse
a group of children and heart shaped can
dies will be hidden all over the house to
be found and dropped into heart-shaped
boxes.
Parlor archery with a heart for tar
get is an orthodox Valentine amusement
and so is quoits when hearts are tossed
over an arrow. Bean bags, a game that
was in favor dozen years ago, has been
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heart-shaped and thrown through heart
shaped hole.
1t is very easy to adapt many Of the
old games to entertain the Valentine
guests. For that one day euchre and
cinch will be pushed aside and ''hearts"
will reign at the card able. Although
it Is such an old game, surprisingly few
people know more than one way to play
it. The familiar way is where the cards
are all dealt and the players make an
effort to get rid of the hearts in their
hands. Another and jollier method is to
deal each player but six cards. The re-
mainder are placed in the middle of the
table as a reserve. Suit is strictly fol-
lowed and, if a player find that he has no
spades, when spades are called, he takes
from the reserve pack until he finds a
spade to play, putting the other cards
in his hand. It is ometinles necessary
to trail club or a diamond half through
the pack before it is found. After the
pack is exhausted, player discards if
he cannot follow suit and tries to avoid
taking any hearts.
1t is not many years since the stores
at this season of the year were filled with
lace paper creations with beribboned
cupids, doves and sent mental verses. Now
most young people make their own valen-
tines. They begin in the kindergarten
where the mites concoct them from folded
paper and gay pictures and the small
manufacturers are enormously proud of
their work, as they have a right to be-
The children in the primary schools also
make their own valentines and, if one
believes in the popular saying as to the
bending of twigs and the growth of trees,
one may quickly see why most of the
valentines for the past few years have
been home made
Frances r. Sterrett.