The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-08
" Good Morrow To You,
My Valentinel"


AVA to be potent on st. Valentines
eve-all, like most charms ever invent
ed, connected with the procuring OF
husbands. Even before surplus woman
dawned on the scene, this seems to
have been subject of much anxiety.
Five bay leaves. pinned respectively
to the four corners and the center or
the pillow, are said to bring certain
dreams of the future partner, II the
sleeper has gone to bed without eating
or speaking
Another infallible spell was to write
the names of admirers on separate
pieces of paper. enclose them in clay
balls and throw them into water. The
one which came to the surface first
contained the name of the fated
spouse.
1t is a sign of great good luck II the
swain you favor should be the first
man seen on February IA The mod
ern girl who does not pin her faith
entirely to signs and omens, can al
ways practice the ruse of shrewd
maiden of long ago, who, knowing
where her heart had gone, "lay AIDED
and shut my eyes all the morning till
he came, for would not have seen
another man before him for all the
world"
She was far-seeing and lucky. But
II she had set eyes first on the wrong
man, she would have welded him, so
a poet tells us -
Last Valentine. the day when birds of
kind
Their paramours with mutual chirpinss
AfieId went, amid the morning dew,
To milk my kline tfor so should house
wives do
Thee first l spied. and the first swain
we see.
In spite of fortune, shall our true love
be"
Some of us wish that a quaint old
custom practiced In the time of Pepys
was still prevalent rule that a
man must give present to the first
woman he saw on February IA. Pepys,
gay old rascal that he was, much be-
walled himself that his own tribute
had to be offered to his wife-a pro-
ceeding he considered very dull, when
there were plenty of pretty young
girls at the light-hearted court of
Charles III.
Old people still remember the time
when valentines were as popular as
| Christmas cards. and the postman
| groaned under his load on the morning
Of the 14th. This IL still the case in
Iv.it Nfnt hnt hn n
courtship is no longer much connected
with these bright cards
Nowadays Shakespeare's greeting
Good morrow. It's st. Valentines day
All the morning betime.
And I maid at your window.
To be your valentine"
simply reminds us of the passing of a
delightful old custom.
Christianity brought the custom oil
placing each feast day under the
patronage of saint, and so St Val
entine, who never married himself, be
came the patron saint of lovers.-Tht
Ladv's Companion.
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