Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-04
FOR VALENTINE DAY
GIFTS DESIGNED TO EXPRESS A
PRETTY SENTIMENT.
When Florists Put Forth Their Best
Endeavors-Attractiv Ways
of Sending Candy.

The spirit of gift-making permeates the
entire feminine world, and not a day bear
ing any significance, however small, fails
to find the thoughtful woman bringing her
self into touch with her friends by some
appropriate remembrance. The 18th of Feb
ruary is the day above all others when
loving impulses find their expression, the
very word Valentine having come to stand
for a sentimental gift. Florists, candy
makers and picture dealers are offering
most alluring novelties, and their ingenious
devices furnish unlimited suggestions to
the girl with many friends to be remem
bered, as well as the amorous swain. An
especially gracious remembrance is that
sent by young girl to maiden aunt or
friend.
Most fetching are the methods employed
by florists for sending out presents of flow
ers. punches of violets are laid in tiny
sedan chairs. These are perfect reproduce
tons of the large coHveyances, and are
covered with white pale blue satin and
lined with tufted brocaded satin. Two or
three fragile lavender orchids may be en-
cased in a miniature grand piano and make
a charming gift. These little pianos are
about the size of a five-pound candy box.
They are covered with a lavender or Nile
green satin and have an imitation key
board, music rack and sheet of music.
Straw kegs encircled by narrow pink or
blue hoops are a favorite receptacle for
sending roses and carna tons; and camelas,
the fashionable flower of the passing social
season, Will be presented in dainty satin
slippers. Gifts of jewelry are often hidden
among the fragrant blossoms.
Filled With Candy.
An attractive valentine is a huge red
| heart filed with delicious bon-bons and tied
with big festoon of supple taffeta rib
bon in the same color. In fact there is no
end of fascinating devices for shipping
| candy. \ toy hanson has a glass box
in the shafts which is filled with candy
Straw baskets built from wide straw shay
ings have their covers decorated with quaint
figures of women and children in gay
dresses. Artificial flowers also used in
profusOn to beautify candy baskets and
are tied with big bows of ribbons. The
newest blossoms are made from japanese
palm leaves Their fiber is so like a fra
gile rose leaf that the petals of the flowers
seem to shrink from each other and al
most to fade. The violets are so realistic
that they cannot be distinguished from the
growing blossom except at the very closest
range, and punches of them carry the true
perfume of the tiny fragrant bloom
in sending card valentines the girl who
is successful in taking photographs will re-
member her friends with postal cards
Films or plates of pictures which are asso-
ciated with certain acquaintance can have
their scenes printed on postal ards These
cards can be bought already for printing
purposes, and they furnish a splendid meth
Cd for sending picture valentines Bos-
ton girl will use this idea for her valentine
cards During the past summer she had
taken some beautiful pictures of ocean
scenes just outside the Hub These she has
printed on postals, and with an appropri-
ate wish will mail them to her friends in
various parts of the country.
Another way of making attractive yalen-
tines IS to cut small heads of pretty girls
or figures of cupids from artistic advertise
ments or clever drawings In comic paners
and paste them on hearts, large or small
SNAPPED from brilliant red cardboard With
the aid of child's water paints these sim
pie cards can be made quite as pretty as
the cards in the stores, and they will be
much more novel.