The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-14

| wise, drew them. care being observed
of course, that each person drew the
name of a member of the opposite
| sex.
The first of these events took place
on the eve of st. Valentines day, and
hence the maid or bachelor thus
drawn in loves lottery became the
valentine Of the recipient.
The connection of st. Valentine
with the custom had been, of course,
purely accidental, for there is nothing
in the legends of the different saints
of that name recorded in the Acta
| Sanctorum to show any of the prac-
tees now connected with February
Ia.
But the date stood in history, has
continued to stand. and is not likely
to pass away while men and women
still love, and while children and
those in the intermediate stages be-
tween those two great divisions Of
life still find their thoughts romanti-
cally turning to speculation on their
future love stories.
But Cupid is an up-to-date divinity.
He does not stand still. As a matter
I'oi fact he moves all along with the
times, and is now pictured in more
enterprising guise than he was wont
to be in days Of old.
Then Cupid was never shown as
anything but the archer, shooting at
his prey.
| Whether his shot hit the mark was
something one could never tell from
the picture. Much was left in doubt
The artists of today have remedied
this uncertainty, and now the jolly
little god is shown as a veritable har
vester of hearts in the valentines that
this year will be sent to gladden. the
hearts of sentimental swains.
x**k*
Cemetery association.
Something over two years ago a
cemetery association was organized
with quite a good-sized membership,
and a desire to do something in the
way of identifying the cemetery.
Existing conditions at the time
made it very hard to accomplish the
work they had planned and the meet
ings were temporarily abandoned.
The time has now come when it is
not only possible, but urgent to get
to work and this association and all
other ladies in Ardmore who are in
terested in beautifying the cemetery,
will please meet with Mrs. w. A.
Colley tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock to reorganize this association
and discuss plans for future work
The street workers are now at the
cemetery and the association wishes
to plan their work while the street
force are busy there.
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Lincoln's Birthday Celebration.
st. Agnes Academy entertained it's
pupils yesterday with a Lincoln birth
day party which proved to be a very
merry and interesting hospitality.
The children were dressed in CO.
lonial costume and house decoration
tiN.n nf
son.
All sorts of games We're played for
amusement.
A Gypsy fortune teller unrolled the
future in lieu of the valentine sea
son.
In the dining room dainty refresh
ments were served. A log cabin sur
rounded by rail fence of stick candy
formed the centerpiece of decoration
x***A
Mrs. Katherine Peoples has return
ed from Gainesville, Texas, where
she gave program under the aus
pices of the Schumann club The ap-
prec.ation of Mrs. Peoples music
was universal and was very grateful
to her since the club contains many
members whose criticism of musical
programs are well worth while. The
of the Gainesville club
women is a very pleasant memory to
Mrs. Peoples. The Hesperian says:
The beautiful home of Mrs. Edlar
Blanton was opened to the Schumann
club and their guests on Saturday af-
ternoon, when they held their annual
guest day. Mrs. Blanton*s spacious
rooms are particularly well adapted
for entertaining. On Saturday they
were transformed into very salts
factory concert hall where about nine
ty guests were comfortably seated