Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-10
SOME NEW STYLES
IN COMIC VALENTINES WHICH DO
NOT APPEAL TO THE VERY
VULGAR.
JinsIe-Jacks Made of Pasteboard,
Which Undergo Many Contortions
BY Pulling String.
SOME SENTIMENTAL ONES

Something new is doing this year i'll
the way Of valentines. The cid style of
thing. in tne line Of Cupid's missives
appropriate to the season, has gone
out rather suddenly and has been sue
ceeded by an entirely novel fashion.
Go into the shops this week and you
will realize. by an off-hand inspection
of what is offered, how completely this
statement may be accepted as fact
In the first place. the l1ng- familiar
comic valenties have gone out en-
tirely, though they may yet be bought.
But they are only for the vulgar-and
the very vulgar at that The verses
printed on them are usually abusive
and often nasty, and persons who send
them through the mails are commonly
inspired by motives Of malice.
The new style of humorous valentine
appeals to the taste of decent people.
1t is really funny and not calculated
to injure anybody's feelings. Their on
ly purpose seems tc be to engender
cheerfulness and merriment, and such
turned in a spirit of ridicule. They
make no fun Of the old maid-favcrite
object of the old-fashioned comic
and aim no envenomed shaft at the
physical peculiarity or moral weakness
Of this or that recipient.
Some Of these new comic valenties
are pasteboard jingle jacks, cleverly
designed, which are made to undergo
amusing contorti,ns by the pulling of
a string. There is a German boy jingle
jack, with a sausage in one hand and a
pretzel in the other; an Irishman jim
a slate in her hand and Topsy jingle
jack, carrying a slice of watermelon.
Each Of them bears on it's breast a
heart with the inscription '"To My Val
entine''
4 DELIGHTFULLY."- comic goose. wearing
a nightcap and shawl, with an UNI
brella Of the Camp pattern under its
wing bears the inscriptions "If you say
no, and let me loose, you will be a
great big goose In another valentine
two pussy cats, attired as bowling
sWells in pantalOcms and dress coats
a. III, low tc 70 oh b1
ed young tabby in skirts This is call
ed The Rivals and is particularly
cute.
Loves kilograms are decidedly
novelty in the line Of valenties. They
are got up much after the style Ct real
kilograms, and printed warning at
'3ae top states that if there be any
doubt as to the accuracy Of the mes
sage lit can be repeated verbally by
the sender on receipt of ten kisses a
figure of Cupid, carrying a pen thrust
through pair # hearts, adorns the
telegram, which is. as a matter OF
course, written in verse-for example:
To My Valentine:
y ire date-can' 'tWait--be quick
Love-sick-no joke-heart broke.
Quite as amusing in it's way is the
valentine passport, which is got up in
TIE style of the documents issued by
the department of state in Washington
fer the convenience If American citi-
zens going abroad. The seal on it
bears the words: Department of
Love- what pair OF hearts thrust
through by an arrow. This kind of
passport is granted by the union OF
hearts, and is addressed to "My Sweet
Valentine. 1t is signed by Hymen,
and reads as follows:
Il, the undersigned. secretary CT
state of the Union of Hearts, do here
by request and require, in the name of