New-York tribune., 1918-02-14

sugar heart, rides triurnpba,.
to-day. p''ah'
They said we would not have apv VOL,
tine Day this year; that it was w;cRss ''p', ,
selfish to think Of lace paper bear.s aug
garlands of red, red roses, even os 70 a'i'
violets, in month when coal 80. 'so
traitors and Bolsheviki were turn;ra. :,
world upside down. They said it was vi s'e
less to think Of valentines. anywav y
cause there was nobody to send :,
The physical impossibility of gett;,,, -'n -
stores where lace paper roses ereyy ,r.-'' ']Y'
prevent our sweethearts in camn g.
sending them, and we whose mind. .ai o,
linger in frivolous pathways where r,n.. wa,
turks behind the rose arbor wou,a pU
tate before we intrusted our sonnets :.
the critical eye of the censor.
Of course, Cupid would not be tbo
he is to-day had be not the skill 70 -:
cumvent mere physical obstacles. H. =.
the charm of infinite variety. and is tbas,
fore your true democrat. He will sra
with equal glee from calling card
which twenty-five cent SAYINGS starn.
inclosed in home made verses or f,on. :,
most exquisite basket of sweetneas wv
roses. He is the same old boy who yr;rna]
behind the pink paper creation that M
the Turk slipped into little Sal]ie Jona-,a
desk before school opened-to nor ~.
tended indignation and the loss Of be.
perfect conduct record. He still keens h.
grin to-day, although MurlI brandisbes h,
swagger stick most terrifically. and l;++,.
Sallles Jones is fearfully grown-up ar5
knows all about buying wool wholesale and
how many calories there are in six ca1o,-
of bean soup for the Red Cross can+ea,
Another reason for Cupid's poDulsr-,
in spite of the war is that he has knon.
where to draw the line. The war has l0.
him little less isterous. perbans. bs
does not whang around with his bow an
arrow with such delicious prodiealitv
Aside from the fact that the high cost q,
living has touched even his golden arrows
Cupid has walked up a bit to the serious
ness of his practical jokes We admire
him more to-day for his tact; for tbs
arrows he leaves unsent. He coud M.
indeed, soon forget the hysterical davs ~
last June, when the taunt of "slacker wod
ding" almost gave him nervous prOstra.
ton. Even sallie Jones, loyal ljttle son
though she was, had moments Of wonde,
ing whether Murk wanted to marry be, j.
order to claim exemption, and Murk him
self, poor blundering thing, dared not drop
hint about the diamond hidden in HE
breast pocket for fear Sallie would thir,i
he was trying to hide behind woman,
petticoats.
1t was busy summer after that bugs.
200 was slain. First, the boys came bom |
rom Plattsburg-''just grand" they wersk
With their swagger sticks and iauntv uujI
forms, but with the same old love rrL
chocolate cake, we discovered. The facN
hat there was q strange new dignity III
helr faces, wrung from the silent njgbpE
when they lay face to face for tie fri
lme in all their gay young hves-tbis d4
lot scare wise old Dan Cupid, although t5s
girls didn't feel like saying much about i.
suspect that the night they came homt
vas just about the busiest niobt Curd !
las put in for many, many years. &
Then he had another spell OF bushes; !
When the drafted men went away; wren Z
he grocer's boy and the trolley car cen.
luctor and the ticket chopper at the bali 5
rounds found themselves no longer
at the great games Of life. but /
eai players, and each with Il loyal litl q
ooter somewhere in a garden or in
ulck lunch restaurant. 1t was with rea
that Cupid went about hi, busj
ess those moonlt nights of September
1e woke up for once in his silly life to /
he realization of what he was doing when T
e marked John for Mary "for better OF
or worse"
so 1t IS chastened Cupid who rides OF
our letter box to-day. If you look at hin /
losely you will find his face has lost some {
those infantile curves, and his chubby I
ands have lost a few dimples in the mus
les which have learned to shoot straight
nd true.
But he is not downhearted-no. III
'ouldn't be Cupid if he had forgotten hcF
laugh. Up from the savings STAMP
rom the garden where old rose wines
amber and quaint old bellies smile then
ar-off smiles, from the funny little fat
oy Juggling his heart to you on sled
nd from the hero in Khaki or blue who
ends you greeting on Valentines Day
tile old Dan Cupid is doing his best 70
lake you grin again.