Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-02-26
IN HONOR OF GOOD ST VALENTINE

Burke's Garden, Va, Feb. 16.-The
most enjoyable festivity OF the season
was a fourteenth OF February party,
given at "Wayside," on Saturday even
ing, February the thirteenth.
Wayside Is the pleasant home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry b. Groseclose.
The invitations, written with red ink,
were suspicious looking hearts, deco
rated with numerous hearts and darts.
and sealed with red wax.
About six thirty, "The front OF the
old chateau was blaze OF light above
and below" and "there was the sound
OF wheels and hoofs in the street as the
jolly party OF guests arrived" The
party was made up of fourteen F. F.
VS.. The girls were seven Queens Of
love and beauty one little maiden
being also Queen of Hearts," while
the boys were seven Knights OF
Gallantry and Chivalry." The young
sters were all our own, save one
young man from Thompson Valley,
whose loadstaI Is in Burkes Garden.
just as Adams loadstar was IN the
Garden of Eden.
Everywhere hearts met the eye; In
dressing rooms, sitting room, dining
room and parlor. The decorations In
the parlor were especially attractive.
The red hearts, artistically arranged,
on the white and gilt papered walls.
showed to good advantage-in one
corner of the room there was a very
large heart, composed Of small ones.
while in the center Of the room cluste r
OF mistletoe and two hearts were sus-
pended from the ceiling.
The clever Miss Groseclose. with the
rascal Cupid's assistance, not only
planned but executed
There were love songs on the guitar.
Then came contest to see who could
guess the number OF small pastcboard
hearts in large crystal canister. There
was almost u tie between two OF the
young men, so a prize was given 10
each of them. The first prize, a pretty
heartshaped valentine picture, mounted
on gray cardboard heart, and framed
) in tiny red hearts, was awarded to Mr..
j. Frank Moss. The second prize was a
small silver heart, with FEB. IA. 'O4 -
engraved upon it.
The supper hearts, with numbers ON
backs and appropriate quotations in
side, created much merriment The
little supper was both dainty and
delightful. It consisted OF chicken
salad sandwiches. pastry, cake and
candy hearts, breadstraw darts, pickles
two hearts that beet (?) as one. cold
tea, pink jello and white blanch mano.
hearts with whipped cream, and ST.
Valentines birthday cake, which con.
. tanned a dime, ring. darning needle
and a heart The paper ma 2kins were
adorned with cupids, hearts and darts
, and the sailed peanuts were in IN.
dantiest OF little heart trimmed baskets
On returning TO the parlor. il was
found that Cupid, in league with
Uncle Sam, had furnished a yalen.
tine for each one. This was a pleasan,
surprise.
Then somebody related the ma;n,
little legend; How st. Valentines
Day Originated. And, after some
more talking. laughing, and eating OF
apples and candy. the couples . TooL
on their several ways, " each thinking
and perhaps. some saying,
SO till the ends, when
,, Lifes dim shadows fall,
Love will be found
/ The sweetest song Of all.
This was an occasion when MANY q
boy chad his heart in his mouth 4" and
TWO OF the young people wore "tbeirs
on their sleeve" during the entire
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