The Washington times., 1921-02-14

| The custom was made in Ger
many" And we're still at war. But,
nevertheless, and notwiths landing,
everybody's doing 1t today.
Which can be summed up in just
one word: Valentines.
From the ten-year-old bad boy who
sends horrible caricature to
Teacher" because she kept him in
after school," through the long
legged sixteen-year-old, in the throes
OF his first long trousers and his first
lpuppy-love, to the white-haired old
gentleman whose crinoiined bride Of
the sixties Is still his sweetheart,
there Is a concerted drive on shops
selling sentimental looking affairs of
! lacy paper and red hearts, and bear
| ing many and varied verses, the text
of every last one of which is, 81 love
you"
NO PLACE IMMUNE.
No place is immune-not even the
staid old Government departments.
AS a matter OF fact, the valentine
habit there is especially pronounced.
Take the War Department for in
stance. where Miss Virginia Lee Nor
ris. pictured herewith, is employed.
Valentine day has started something
| up there.
What with Congress cutting Off the
| $240 bonus, and everything. the girlies
there haven't any too much money to
spend. But Miss Virginia Lee Morris
| suggested a better plan-not only
more economical, but also really mean
ing some thing. Briefly Miss Morris
| suggested the girls make their own
| valentines.
| And they fell for it like a new kind
of nut sundae. AS result, the girls
have been vieing with each other in
making sentimental messages, to be
delivered anonymously, but never,
never fooling the recipient about the
identity of the sender. Not one single
bit. Not supposed to.
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGES.
And so, a lot of good-looking army
officers are getting mysterious pack
ages today. And, incidentally. those
paper messages may be the cause of
some Of these officers, a bit timid up
to this day-of-days for lovers. getting
"life-sized" valentines
"All Southern girls have big
hearts," says Miss Morris, land all
Southern girls are generous-they'd d
! give away anything they possess
to the right man, of course"
And Miss Morris ought to know.
because she comes from Richmond,
Va.
Here's tip to the right army Of
fcer: Grant took Richmond by
storm.
Paper hearts aren't the only kind
! OF valentines that are available
nor, necessarily. are they the most
acceptable. Men like to get em.
Girls, too. for that matter. But
| he al.
as lief have something else.
MANY BOXES OF CANDY.
A lot of them received boxes of
candy .his morning. and none seem
ed to mind II much. Usually, there
was a little card enclosed. on whIcn
was inScribed-but it's really none Of
your business what he wrote. IL 1T
And. of course, there were all
sorts of swains-mostly in their
twenties, this group-who chose 10
SAY 1t with flowers"-again with
that inscribed card.
And, finally, there was goodly
sized group OF young husbands seen
on i street and elsewhere this morn
ing. trading much money for silken
stockings
or course, you have to be married to
do that. Or be, at least a brother or
something.
But. whatever the gift. the tenor
OF the accompanying strain was the
same old 81 love you"
| And that. loking at IL from a cold
iy analytical standpoint. is rather
strange.
TWO SAINTS BORE NAME.
For st. Valentines day, as your
encyclopedia will tell you. might be
In commemoration Of either of two
saints. The frst is valeptius, q pred
lbyter and martyr. who comes down