The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

man sends candy, or he sends flowers
never both. Somehow the male sex
is strongly divided in this respect.
The candy" man either rushes into
store. names the number Of pounds
he wants. gives the name and ad-
dress to which the box is to be sent,
pays his bill and rushes out again,
glad to be rid of what to him Is a
trying ordeal. Or he is as fussy and
''choosey" about it as the oldest Ct
old maids; he watches every piece
put into the box, has one layer filed
then changes his mind and has 1T
all done over again; spends a per-
fectly good half-hour in selecting a
silk-lined, hand-painted box or basket
and finally parts with anything from
S. to 500 cheerfully.
The man with the flower-sending
habit usually has this proclivity de-
Veloped to the highest point. He in
spects the stock several times before
making his selection. Violets,
orchids or lilies-of-the-valley-
shall 1t be? And they must be fixed
up with green's and fancy gauze rib
bons-he insists upon that! If he
sends the floral greetings without his
card, the chances are he feels very
sure Of his footing on his Juliets
balcony and that she will know in
stantly from whom they came. Some
times, alas, there are other Romeos
en- that balcony-and nearly always
the wrong man is given credit for the
valentine received; unless. Of course,
Juliet phones the florist for a de-
scription of the sender!
st. Valentines Day is scarcely COM
pIete without a Valentine party, and
10 be able to originate new stunts
for the entertainment of ones guests
is to insure success. variation of
the old billet custom, as described
above, is herewith suggested: Cut
small hearts of very thin tissue pa
per and on them inscribe the names
Of your feminine guests. Assemble
the men on one side of the room,
pick up the paper hearts one by one
and blow them in the air towards the
men. Don't worry about the bric-a-
brac even though these males do
scramble for the little tissue paper
hearts as though in a football game.
AS soon as a chap has captured a
heart he drops out of the line. In
this way each youth secures a maid
who is his valentine for the evening.
A variation Of the old but ever
popular game of pinning the tail on
the donkey may be worked out for a
st. Valentines party in the following
fashion. On a large sheet draw a
huge heart and divide OF this heart
into little squares, numbered from
"one" up to and including~the num-
Der Of male guests. Provide a cor
responding number Of souvenirs. each
done up attractively in ribbon and
respond with one of the numbers on
the heart. Then, as in the donkey
game, take the men one by one, blino' .
fold them and start them OF in the
direction of the heart. Each man
bears In his hand wand with which
he, blindfolded. Of course, touches
one Of the numbers on the heart. He
Is then given the souyenier that bears
the number touched, and, In turn,
presents 1t to his partner as a valen-
tine gift from him. If ones purse can
stand the strain, these souvenirs may
be as expensive as one could wish;
but it is far better taste to have them
merely little trifles appropriate to the
day. It's their sentiment and fitness
that count, not their intrinsic value.
Every st. Valentines Day the coun-
try is flooded with novel designs, in.
genious, clever and up-to-date. The
among firms that manu-
facture them is keen indeed. No
longer will the valentine of our IA
thers-as beautiful and popular one
season as It was the past-serve to
attract the passing crowd. 1t must be
new; 1t must be novel; it must catch
the eye. The areoplane? OF course!
There are a dozen different designs
o be found this year with the airship
Is the motif. Aviation has been more
in the public eye the past
rear than, perhaps. anything else.
Then, why not in the valentines?