The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-14

y long time ago i'm the dim stone
ages of the past not so far removed
from the alpha period of time
known az I'm the beginning"
woman was not the retiring and
modest wooablc creature that she
is now. No. In those times 1t was
she who took the initiatiye. She.
there are some people would have
US believe. dragged the reluctant
male by the hairs OF his head in
stead OF herself being dragged. as
the popular belief goes. Some poo-
pie really believe that. Others OF
us know better. But suppose that
she really did used to be possessed
Of such unmaidcnly habits the ques-
ton would be, is Miss 1921 revert
ing to type?
For 1t is tho young women who
invested most heavily In valentines
this year. year that is record
breaking in its sales OF those i'm
plcmenls OF amorous warfare, True,
everybody bought. There have been
bigger sales OF valentines In Tulsa
this year than ever before. sales
people say. and yesterday resomblcd
the day before Christmas In those
busy marts of trade where one could
indulge ones sentimental fancics for
the price Of a valentiu and postage
stamp. The postage stamp, by the
way, entered into It to a consider
able extent. Tho shoals OF heart
sealed envelopes have put an extra
heavy burden on postofficc employees
and there have been far more
posted this year than usual, 1t was
said at the pOstoffice vest erday.
And what is mailed must have
first been bought. There have not
only been more valentines, but moro
fayors sold, more parties given. than
evec before. The aisles of the
places OF business where valentines
were for sale were crowded yestcr-
day, with the congestion Centercu
about tho valentine counters and
tables whose depleted contents were
already beginning to look like the
morning after the night before,
Everybody was there, young men,
who sought to .look--and sometime,
did --nonchalant, boys who buugh'
as quickly and uaobtrusively as
possible and made their getaway.
women. little girls with pigtails and
Curls, little boys with pennies and
hoarse voices--hoarse with emotion,
tered and Figglcd over their finds
old men, and young women-mostly
young women. Which leads us back
to the original question--are tn,
womanly qualities with which the
members OF that sex that is more
deadly than the male are endowed
mere patina under which lies
latent the savage instinct of cap
ture OF prehistoric times, needing
only an opportunity such as valen'
tines days to "let loose the dogs OF
WARP"
Wen. what IS Il that these mod
ern D.annas OF the hunt are send
ing? 1t used TO be that the elabor-
ate. paper-lacy. heart shaped affair
carried an impassloncd love messag,
that swore entcrnal love and faith
fulness. The valentines of today
many OF them, are not that Kind
They are symbolic OF the changinl
times. They strike a flippant noie
maybe Il Is the reaction after the
war. the attempt to ignore the pos
sibility of hard times, or maybe II b
just the couching of the sentimen
in the Vernacular OF the day tina
is responsible. At any rate, H'
saccharine sentiment OF yesterday /!
missing.
Compare the old standby, "sur'
az the vine grows round the stump
with one of these mOdcrnites:
They say the waves are pretty
wild
Down yonder in the sea;
But when I'm valcntlne-ing, say,
They're not as wild as memo
sir"
Recall the oaths Of eternal al
| legiance sworn by the lover of years
gone by and then witness this mod
ern valentine declaration:
III only you'll be my valentine,
| Ill never be false TO you-much.
Remember the fervid declaration
OF love to the one and only sweet
est girl in all the world, then cas-
| your eye upon this expression o
sentiment of modern times, 20 which
attention of the fair one Ia calleC
by the loving appellation "ioo, hoo
Valentine:
I'm told there's lots OF valentines
But that | know is bosh.
There's only one and 1t are you
Oh gosh gee gosh! gee gosh"
But even at that, suppose she doe
| send valentines, who wants to COM
right out and tell a man that he
the one and only? a woman mus
draw the line somewhere!
There are valentines that ar
frankly and sincerely sentimental
many of them, and many OF then
are sold. But the theme of thcs
is more often that OF close friend
ship than II is Of true love. tn
course of which never, so they say
runs smooth. And youthful lover
have no monopoly on the valentines
either. There are other kinds Q
affection recognized in them thi
year; there were valentines for Dac
for Mother, for My Wife"-if ans
body was slighted on this valentine
day. it could not be blamed eithe
to lapse OF memory or failure t
find something appropriate; II wa
Just conscientious scruples.
In the spring young mans fancy