The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14

hit HOW DO YOU KNOW l SENT ITf'
is not 80 anxious that she should not
suspect the sender in fact, he is most
careful to write in his usual hand and
possibly 10 put his Initials somewhere
about the package Then when he calls
that evening rs he is very apt to do If
smittcn hard enough. he delicately leads
up to the fact of its being st. Valentines
day, and if that does not answer the
purpose he asks the fair one as to what
reminders of tie day she has received.
Should size still remain coy he will tell
her outright unless he is Il very bashful
lover. After that it Is just rs well to
draw the curtain. 1t may be rs well
to remark, however. that good st. Val
entine WAS great matchmaker both
before his death and since.
But, rs to the other sort OF mon
strosties that masquerade as yalen-
tines, it is not at all surprising that no
one is willing 10 stand for them. The
surprising thing Is that any one should
be willing II send them and run the
risk Of being found out.
one ease Is Oh record of the recipient
of one Of these anonymous Insults get
Ting even It was Il bright girl who
got the thing in the mornings mail
and within an hour posted 1t to another
girl whom she suspected of having sent
It. II turned out that the guess was
right The original sender not sus-
pecting the trap, called, produced the
valentine ana told the bright girl that
she was Il mean thing for sending it.
but how do You know | sent IT."
said the bright girl
Too late the original sender SAW she
was trapped
If YOU do not believe this n good
scheme, gentle reader. try it for your
self on the next person you suspect of
having sent you one of those cheap and
tiendish pieces of bad manners known
as comic valentines.
But however other folks may regard
st. Valentines day. 1t is no Joke TO the
postman. 1t is said that the original
st. Valentine himself was dubbed TO
death and the poor carrier who is COM
PEELED to lug around and deliver hun
dreds of miSsiVeS in his devoted name
would probably like to club n few thou
sands of his disciples TO death also. AS
far rs the recipients of the letters are
concerned, it is only their vanity that
Is sore, but the postman is sore in his
shoulders. legs and general anatomy,
and that Is Il soreness worth mention
Ing
1t viii never do. however, to pass up
st. Valentines day as an unmiXed evil
1t has gladdened the hearts of too
many small boys and led too many
blushing young things 10 the altar for
that II matrimony is boon-and
who dares deny it?-then blessed Is
the day that gives the young man n
chance TO send love tokens TO the girl
of his choice even IL he does do 1t in
bad poetry All the sins that have
been committed in the name of the
good st. Valentine may be forgiven on
another score. The day accustomed n
very sweet little quatrain from Eugene
Field. 1t was found written under his
wife's picture:
You are as fair and sweet and tender,
Dear, brown eyed little sweetheart mine.
As when callow youth and slender
l asked 10 be your valentine.
A custom that can cause sentiment
SO gracefully couohed is we'll worth
preserving But Eugene Field could
make poetry out of worse things than
ST. Valentines day.