New-York tribune., 1912-02-12

home, With a little cleverness and some
crepe paper and few OF the gummed
cupids and arrows and hearts that are sold
for this purpose. Yes, cupids come gummed
nowadays, so every one ought 30 he able
10 keep little love.
A New York girl who Is going 10 give a
valentine luncheon has made her ice cream
cups by burying the little cups OF stff
white paper in petals cut from red crepe
paper. forming rose. A cupid is gummed
TO the side, aiming his arrow over the edge.
Some little nut cups she made are upheld
by three red pasteboard arrows, which
stand upon a red pasteboard heart. Her
place cards are also fashioned by her own
fingers. Two red hearts-pasteb
pierced by an arrow: a red card with q
tiny white inset for the name: those are all
the materials. The hearts are gummed
lightly 10 the end Of the card, the name
written and the card is done.
For the sum OF 50 cents this Girl pur-
chased luncheon set consisting Of twelve
cardboard plates, bestrewn with hearts.
twelve doilies. similarly decorated. made.
Of course. Of crepe paper: twelve napkins
ard a decorated crepe paper tablecloth. For
those who are giving valentine luncheons
and don't care for these sets runners, -
ten feet long and sprinkled with charming
little vlgnettes dealing With the subject OF
love, are sold
The luncheon just described is TO be a red
and white affair. a Young married woman
who Is giving a pink valentine dinner is
making pink rose cups with gilded cupids
for the ice cream. She pretends 10 be a
cynic, this woman, and she says that every
one wants cupid eilded nowadays. Her
place cards are tiny white hearts with pink
roses gummed on them. Her dining room
decorations will be charming. She is MAX
ing them by the simple process OF cutting
little s!x-petaled pink paper fiowers-just
the fat petals, Joined together; one can
get figured paper for the purpose-snd past
ing them upon branches OF real twigs,
gathered from the woods near her country
home. When finished these look like the
towering almond. which puts forth bios
SONS before the leaves come, and a room
adorned with these branches has a most
fairyllke effect.
For her dinner favors this young hostess
will have napkin rings of cardboard, in
closing a paper napkin and tissue paper
cap.
Valentines 10 be sent 20 ones sweetheart
are legion, and are almost any price, from
away I'D In the dollars down 10 few cents.
| Very pretty are those with calendar ef-
! feet: pictures, spring woodland scenes,
/ Christy heads, and so on, some on heavy
cardboard unframed, some In craftsman
frames each bearing, instead OF the days
Of the week and month. little block cf
leaves. with a love message on each
! These. of course. are meant TO keep and
hang upon the wall. Another valentine
! which Is also a present is some Sppro-
nr,ate book. Herricks love poems for che,
hound In white and tied with pale hued
ribbon. with "For Ny Valentine" stamped
on Il in gold.
cunning little valentine has tiny
nasteboard telephone on 1t. with I'm Yours
| II you ring ME up" written below. Then
| there are all sorts of practical valentine
tribes such as heart shaped penwipers and
halls of ,wine in heart-shaped baskets.
| most unkind valentine is one meant to
be sent TO a married woman containing a
paraphrase on the Ten commandments.
Thou shalt not nag" Is The iirst one, and
! the fourth begins. Remember thy husband.
to keep unholy his many SOCKS
No similar valentine for married men has
appeared vet but II may soon, for the
suffragists have taken TO ilahihs Na'en-
tines. So far. however, their output rs con-
! fined 20 yellow roses. with votes LOT
Women" on the petals.