The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-15
ST, VALENTINES DAY BRINGS
 NEW STYLES
Up-To-Date Lines Offer Good Breach Of Prom ise Mesa ges.
I want some sweet young flapper To jazz with me through life, So say you've got me, kiddo,
 And. be my Storm and Strife.

And be my Storm and Strife. Yesterday was the day of the year aside for the sending of sweet, senti- mental messages like the above from the 1ovesick swain to the object, or objects of his affections, and from the aforesaid object or objects to the ob- ject or objects of her tender thoughts It's nothing new, this St. Valentines Day business. It's older than the Christian era. The only thing that has changed is the styles. Back a half century or so ago they didn't word them as they do today, but they meant the same thing. Then the bashful re- | ticent young man thought he was get ting quite bold when he sent Her a creation in lace paper, all decorated up with hearts and cupids and things informing her that
 If you love me as love you No knife can cut our love in two."
 In these days of jazz and speed it words. That knife proposition sound ed all right, but after all it didn't get anybody anywhere, and the poor girl didn't really have anything in the line of a direct statement that would stand in court in a breach of promise suit. Today the put the punch into their valentines. The girl who gets a valentine with the mes sage at the start of this effusion at least has something tangible in the line of a statement of facts and in tendons. This years valentine stock, while still maintaining more or less of the old sentimental style for those who prefer it runs more than ever to the up-to-date "jazz'' line.
 There is a difference in the designs too. Ir place of the cupids on the old time valentines there are now Kew pies" and other more recent types The Baby Doll and the Seaside Flirt types are particularly prevalent, while another that is much in vogue this season is the "flapper' type.
 AS in the old times the valentines rarnge in price from a cent up, the chief difference being that they range considerably higher than they did in the old days when a quarter was con- siderab1y higher than they did in the old days when quarter was consid- cred a rather high price to pay for an ordinary valentine. It costs con- siderably more than it used to send a message of affection, the cost of loving keeping about on a par with the cost of living.
 known in the old days but which is now a relic of the past that nobody misses is the so-called comic valen- tine.
 The worst of these atrocities went out of fashion years ago, but there have been flashes of a repetition of them attimes since. This year, how ever, there appears to be little de- mand for valentines" of this sort, and school teachers and others who used to be able to count on at least a few of them every year will be free from dhem this Valentines day.
 But with the going out of fashion of the old-time comic valentine the practice of sending the other sort has not increased. There is still @ de- mand, but, according to most of the dealers, it is not so great as 1t used to be. In the old days the children used to send valentines to all their rela- lives, as well as their friends, the dealers say. That habit seems to have gone by, to a great extent.