The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-09
MANY NEW
DESIGNS IN
VALEN TINES
YOU CAN SEND YOUR
LOVE ON FEBRUARY ID IN
AN AEROPLANE

The celIuoid lmmensities which are
TO be so popular f1r Valentine day
this year hardly suggest the dainty
missiyes mentioned in Nebster's "A
Valentine Is a letter containing pro
fessons OF affection sent on ST. Val
entine's Day Nor may number Of
the yo.called valentines hitherto In
vogue, be entirely Characterised as
professions of love The silly Old
Maid" Crank Old Crone and 9TH
ers Of such decidedly pointed humor
are in somewhat different class.
And YET they all sell and are to be
dispa.ched February IA, under the
heading valentires Apparently re-
cent generations have slightly out
grown in that detail the mastery in
terpretation of Mr.. Websters
Horrible One Remains.
However, the horrible, grirning pre-
prosterous apparition, designated as
the comic valentine is SLOWLY but
none the less surely disappearing
from Guthrie valentine counters.
Praise be! The dear schoOl madams
always heretofore the recipients and
victims of such delicately poked fun
will in the future cease to gr,eye The
old style cCmic is fading and in its
place card reads in all the hearth
ness of modern slang and in slight
ly poor poetry.
Our eyes have met
Our lips net YET
But oh YOU Kid, III get YOU yet
Areoplanes are the proper thing this
year Immense winged objects in
all colors in the act OF reaching a
1900 foot altitude catch your eve and
also your pocketbook A number Ct
the beauties (?) will sell from IS to
$40. Hoxeys. Wrights and Wellmans
in the form aad full dress of cupid
control the steering gears. Wings
sprout from their shoulders and quiy-
ers we'll stocked with arrows cover
the baroness of their backs. Hearts
serve as aeroplane ballast bags The
sweet tender meaning of the pictures
is grasped at once
! N,isicless instruments.
Musical instruments chiefly OF tin
sci strings breathe out sentiments of
love. Breathe out deed for the
bodies although deepchested and high
! IN colored are absolutely s0undless,
They tickle not the wonderful sense
of hearing but certain complacent
vanity sense in the feminine breast
produced there br the knowledge OF
I JohnnY's 6eep sacrificing love in seek
4 ing that hard earned dollar in the
/ fathom of silk cord, trimmings and
/ mmpy lace,
An unusual connection OF sport lace
1 love is discovered In huge portraYals
of the baseball diamond. The exact
I love sentiment ir the sporting line
I however is set forth only i'm a foot
I ball scene where winged players in far
less drapery than any gridtron tack
/ ler ever dared to wear. kick around
in an aimless fashion bleeding read
hearts
Gasphg lovers pour their senti-
ments into the ears Of a cool uncon
I cerned Cupid who. with the eXasperat-
ing indifferent air OF the true pro
I fessional clicks off the love weighted
message to the say feminine recipt
ent Evidently our friend Cupid, IN
der the artists hand has discarded the
old barbarous puncturing business
and although still retaining ais bow
and arrows for emergency and short
range has resigned himself to the east
er methods OF the modern age.
Lots Of Post Cards.
Amazingly tinseled architecture in
the way Of post cards will probably
to certain extent. put the more ex
pensive valentines in the shade this
year Doubtless also as the transpar
ent envelopes must cover them, many
\ of the seuders Will stamp the cards
/ rather thar the envelopes. thus con
signing the precious misslyes to the
dead letter office and themselves tC
a temporary singing" by the dlsap
pointed nonreceNer. Speaking OF
post cards The Leader suggests thai
It's readers procure good. long handl
I ed tongs TO insure their protection
In receiving cards above certain
temperature in love expression,
The February issues of many mag
aziues are coming out with valentin
iStie covers. News stands glare with
hearts Cupids ad love sick pairs W
all positions and colors. The hearts
as a rule seem TO be spilling q red
dish stream supposedly intended fol
blood on he clothing of their owners
or over the cover pages Flaming
hearts and flying Cupids adorn the in
ner pages.
The valentine odor. feeling OF what
ever il may be SO strongly pervades
the atmosphere that one is hardly
able to pass a representative of the
fair sex without shivering and doGg
ing in fear of flying arrows