“You come
For 1, too, have some hay you see."
So they got nowhere; just pawed up
dirt,
And, believe me, how that rope did hurt!
Then they faced about, those stubborn
mules,
And said, “We are just
fools.
Let's pull together, I'll go your way,
Then come with me, and we'll both eat
Well, they ate their hay and liked it,
like human
too,
And swore to be comrades good and
true.
As the sun went down they were heard
to say,
“Ah, this is the end of a perfect day.”
~—Author Unknown,
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‘OLD SAINT VALENTINE
STILL HOLDS SWAY
St. Valentine's has been defined as
“a day at the dawn of Spring for
the free avowal of love.” As it ap-
the shops do a volume of
business in cards, booklets and
“souvenirs” which surprisingly
enough is second only to that of
Chris Surprising it is, for the
day (Feb. 14) is without special
cance to the modern world
.and has little or no religious asso-
«lation. It has not even the force
.of tradition to any but persons of
English-speaking descent.
eat
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Yet, the output of cards
“novelties” surpasses that for
ter. All the Raster bunnies
America put end to end would not
outreach the cupids and hearts and
lovers of St. Valentine's. “The
business is immense,” says a manu-
facturer of fancy paper supplies;
‘the day almost equals a
holiday.”
A great deal of the business done
4s in candy, flowers, decorations,
party favors and costumes; as a
people we have money to spend for
pleasure and we like to indulge our
«children. But there is no dearth of
the conventional valentine, the little
dit of lace paper and sugared senti-
ment that has come down through
the years, surviving wars and re-
forms and periods of vulgarity and
«cruel humor.
There is a fascination in following
‘the history of any utterly useless
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America which read “To Baby,”
other,” or “To Grandfather.”
he Christian church finding itself
iforced to recognize the day dedi-
«cated 'it to a saint, but newer suc-
«ceeded in giving it a pious twist.
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the day in England.
English printers have tried to revi
its popularity, but report that it
coming back only slowly. In Amer-
ica the day suffered in the same
way, but the publishers stepped in
to save it. America cherishes sen-
timent; its comedy takes on kindly
form. -A pepular picture of a kit-
ten rubbing against a rough little
pup with the caption, “Don't purr
around me unless you mean it,” {l-
lustrates the friendly spirit, the
combination of feeling and humor
which is most characteristic of the
modern American valentine. |
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fops who liked to tip over the old
sentries in their sentry boxes as one
might overturn beetles to watch
kingdom, was still with her tutor-
ess, the German pastor's daughter.
It was the England of Fielding
and Sterne, robust, frank, ‘“hard-
It was an era of causes.
shaved.
other. and so did the different class-
es of society. ‘The friction was
stimulating but unpleasant.
Such books as ‘The Beauties of
Hymen,” “A Valentine Writer for
the Present Year. “The Frolic-
some Valentine Writer” and “The
New Quizzical Valentine Writer”
are the growth from this soil. There
are many verses for soliders and
sailors. The lines the ladies’
favors in no unce language. A
verse for a publican describes the
bar which the lady will grace and
urges her, “Be not unseasonably coy
but to my views incline” To
another the lady answers, “To be
yours, I'm inclined. The sooner
'tis the better.” This is from a
gentleman in the navy to a passion-
ate lady:
Thy love I'm afraid is a quicksand,
I'm sure you would cause a rough sea.
And to Davy Jones, that's old Nick, send
The sailor who falls in with thee.
A coquette who has been urged
to look to her reputation answers:
I did receive your valentine.
Your hints are very free,
Nor do I think the character
At all belongs to me.
Because I did your suit reject
You think to give me pain.
But you have over-shot your mark,
My caution-giving swain.
Nor were the ladies backward in
making propositions.
TO A GENTLEMAN
Oh say dear youth when next we meet
Will you render joy complete?
Will you make me yours for life?
Make me what I wish—your wife?
Perhape in life the dear youth
chose a gentle answer but the one
given reads, “Heaven never meant
me such a curse as you.”
Some of the verses give evidence
of having been written to a partic-
ular person and afterward used for
publication, Such are the following
WO
From a young lady with a cake:
How often have you talked of love,
Wish’'d how often to be mine
Ye the lover you don't prove
You've ne'er sent a valentine.
1 never could—or I mistake,
The donation kind decline,
If you had sent me a plum-cake
And therein a valentine.
And “From a lady at
School to a Young Gentle-
man at Westminister School:”
To write this a pen I stole,
Which I send unto my love.
And, in spite of all control,
I's resolved to woo my love.
Advice to a bachelor concludes
with hearty good sense:
‘Tis better far to have a mate
Than a puppy at your side.
Some verses embody senti«
ment, but rough humor and realism
prevail. There is much reference
to trade. Lines are prepared for
the stay-maker, the man-milliner
ridicule
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“To an Old Maid,” “To a Person of
Either Sex, With a Hump,” are
some of the titles.
Next comes the sentimental type.
In “Fashionable Valentines,” a lady
lets herself go on the subject of
proposals, Here are no tart com-
ments, no unfeeling replies. “Have!
a care,” concludes one of her model |
letters, “then, dear girl, that your |
heart does not vary for when I find
a change that moment will be the
last of the life of Adoring
Valentine.” This is the language of
the romantic novel, full of that vi-
carious thrill which is supplied to-
day by the devotion of movie heroes.
a ay uti, how-
ever, foun popularity in
America. The country, simple, pros-
perous, high-minded, was suited to
the growth of rich sentiment. The
frintion so sharply felt in Europe
was absent here. The frontiers ab-
sorbed much restless energy. In
the South great families were build-
be written criss-cross on the valen-
tines. These books are important
because they were among the first
models. for copy, and because they |
perpetuated many of the character: |
{stics of the period for which they |
ing fortunes on cotton. In the
North, Emerson was talking and
writing. At Harvard students were
running down to the wharf to get
firewood from the college stop. Per-
misfortunes. “To |
a Gentleman With a Big Nose," |
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a place as the wife
There is not a little pathos
memory of women,
were pulled in at the
weighted down with b
flounces. A big man could
one of their little waists with
hands. They were heirs to a
jon that pla much on the
of wrong . They were equally
far removed from the realism of
1830 and 1830. The valentine with
the sentimental verse takes on a
silk fringe!
But women's colleges were being
founded. Mention was being made
of women's suffrage. Dress reform
was being advanced by a few fana-
Dr. Bloomer created a loose,
baggy trouser which took her name.
Women became split into factions.
There were “strong-minded women”
and, probably, weak-minded ones.
The so-called woman's movement has
been an easy mark for humor of an
obvious sort within the memory of
this generation. Comic valentines on
the “New Woman” (189—) represent
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Some are abusive, some merely vul-
gar. One shows her in a short
sacque and skirt to her knees go-
ing to business. She has a box
marked “lunch” in one hand and a
lighted cigarette in the other.
Another shows her on a bicycle and
remarks:
It riding's so painful,
Old vinegar cruet,
Tell us, Oh tell us, pray,
Why do you do it?
The drawings are hideous carica-
tures which are interesting only be-
cause they seem to express spite.
While the strong-minded woman
was making herself the subject of
caricature, the weak-minded woman,
presumably, was buying items like
these, to quote from a publisher's
catalogue dated 1903: “Tambourine
design with lamellated celluloid tied
| In rolls revealing cupid ornament
(and silk frill beneath open centre,
Gilded _ jingle projec from
shirred silk slides. i ribbon
hanger and embossed celluloid
leaves.” Or this; “Upright banner.
Translucent pyralin eut and rolled.
Lace frills in semi-circular
rosettes and embossed leaves. Rich-
ly decorated with hand-painted flow-
ers. Opening at sides containing
satin hearts surmounted by cupids.
Ribbon hanger.” The wholesale
price for these was $120 a dozen.
This is the quintessence of bad art.
With these two types the valen-
tine reaches its lowest artistic level.
The valentine, that is the
vulgar comic, has been called the
degenerate child of the valéntine of
| sentiment. It is, rather, the peren-
nial black sheep of the valentine
family. Its antics depend on the
license of the age. The comic
valentine still exists.
Will the valentine survive?
usages of Mayday, a festival of
about the same relative value In the
calendar, have almost died out. But
St. Valentine's Day customs are kept
alive here by at least two influences.
One is commercial, the other is sén-
timental. A magazine on school
art refers to cutting out and color-
ing valentines as a delightful third-
grade problem. Every parent of a
kindergartner knows the lop-sided
teboard heart which was 80-
ution reached by his or her young
ster. Incorporaning
into the work of the school assures
a certain permanence to the utterly
useless and engaging bit of n onsense.
And its position as a money -maker
makes its position even more M Cure.
Its future is in the hands of pe °Pl®
who know not only how to mee.
demand, but how to create
New York Times .
THE MEANING OF
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY,
FEBRUARY TH
The fourteenth of Fe! is
called St. Valentine's Day as the
name day or feast day of eight dif-
ferent Christian martyrs named Val-
entine; that is, in the medieval
church, services were held on that
day in memory of their martyrdom.
The custom of sending valentines or
gifts has nothing to do with the
martyrs, however. It happened that
a springtime festival which was kept
by the Romans fell on the same
day. The making of gifts on that
day has came down from the old
festival, but the origin of the cus-
tom was generally forgotten, and in
time the gifts were called valentines
from the name given fo the day.
This is a good example of the way
customs survive, sometimes for cen-
turies among the people who do not
haps the finest of American valen-
remember how they arose.
her as dressed either in men's 1932 catal i
clothes, or in bloomers and jackets. nen for: thelr OES 31 Sou
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set in hearts and profusion Tot a
The
the valentine |Teq
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it!—me
and fields are dry and hard,
winter rains and snows
with the freezing and thawing
work the lime into the soll.
turns from the use of lime usually
will be greatly increased by adding
hay, oats, bran, and some pea size
oil cake will accomplish the desired
results, say State College livestock
specialists.
~The year's supply of egg cases
can be purchased to the best advan-
tage when the heaviest withdrawals
are made from cold storage.
|
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prices are low. All poor producers
should be weeded out of the herd as
soon as detected. Serious losses
may thus be prevented.
—Write to your favorite seeds- |
|are not already on the mailing lists. |
| Study these catalogs carefully and |
send your orders early. Delay un-
til the rush season means
| that the varieties you want are ex-
| hausted and service will be slow.
| Much silage is likely to spoil if
the top is not properly
The dairyman who is after high
grade cream in the winter will pay
attention to the cleanliness of his
cows,
—Alfalfa, one of the best hay
| crops for late seeding, should be
| planted only on those fields known to
{be adapted to its production.
Experiments at Wisconsin Uni-
ty show that running the silo
| filler faster than manufacturers di-
| rect not only is dangerous but that,
| much power is wasted.
|
{
for hay or pasture the second year,
makes an excellent mixture
with sweet clover by keeping the
latter from getting too rank.
—Harry Dubachek, farmer of near
| Emerick, has found a way to beat
| the low price of wheat. He is able
| to secure $3.75 per bushel for his
crop. His method: He stores the
wheat, grinds it into whole wheat
breakfast food and sells it at Mad-
ison county stores.
|
|
—Dairy farmers know from ex-|
perience that the profitable cow is
the one producing a large record.
The profitable meat-producing ani-
mal is the one that is grown quick-
ly. All tests and experiments have
roven the importance of obtaining
volume in prduction. To keep ani-
mals in profit-making condition re-
guires a liberal y of succulent
and nourishing feed, and the silo can
furnish the carbohydrate supply bet-
©
|
|
ter and cheaper than &fily other
method.
_ Salt is needed by all animals
|
1 of ome to three ounces
daily, depending on the milk pro-
duced. - :
Salt can be mixed in the grain
ration at the rate of about one
per 100 it
county agent Ross. This makes a
uirement
| owned
—If the stand is to be kept over |’
18
COLDS, Sais.
WILSON’S Shoes
JOHN M. BOOB, Sheriff.
Sherift's Office, Bellefonte, Pa.,
Jan. 20th, 1932 TT-4-8t
8
of Fieri
HERI
S yet Court of Common
Centre County, to me directed,
exposed to blic sale at the Court
House in the of Bellefonte on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982
The Following Property:
ALL that certain , tenemen
and Jot ‘of and yy
n Rush Pomnship, Centre
ent
sate of vania bounded and de-
scribed
FI'8 SALE.—By virtue of
Faclas out
as follows, to-wit:—
BEGINNING at a stake on the Hust
erly side of a Sownship Sod 1
tus "ther ot & 0.
formerly owned Daniel
y Frank
Township road South 16 degrees 4
utes West 111.7 feet to a stake;
29 deg. 20 minutes East 72 feet to a
stake at of Third
the Northeast corner
Avenue and said Township : nee
direction 450 feet, more or less, the
Southoastesly corner of gia, lot of Frank
on ‘ y
Yonicka’ iN Ww
feet to a post and the place of begin-
taining two (2) acres of land.
Seized, taken in execution and to be
sold as the property of Tofela Gogravish.
Sale to commence at 1:46 o'clock P.
M. of sald day.
Terms cash, JOHN MM. A
Sheriff's Office, Bellefonte, a i Seif,
Jan, 18th, 1932, T7+4-8t
HERIFF'S SALE By Virtue of a
writ of Fieri :
S the Court of Common Pees of oe
Posed "to unc Sle 4¢ the Court House
c e a ou: ouse
n the Borough of Bellefonte on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1882,
The Following Property:
certain messuage, t t
and ‘tract of land _ situate in “Liberty
Township, tre County, Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to
BEGINNING at a red oak stump
Andrew Slo of lands now or late
83% deg. West
thence N
2k
ih i
Creek;
creek,
to line of
Raub; thence
+3 ess to a point
hickory tree;
fer of a minor stream,
its
distances to a Southeasterty
Ly I the same
e3k: E
} the Court
tre County, to
Josad to public sale at
n Bellefonte Borough on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982,
The Following Property:
ALL that certain messuage, tenement
A ne
0 on, nty o
State of Pennsylvania, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to-witi—
"crease
* the gress and
+ better for
' an
ut times
tive.
and protein content &
legumes, making
either milk production o»
growth Ross explains.
Fall and winter are
‘he
-
is more time for the work, thé»
ari
togefHid,
Re-
-
There | inson,
to apply lime to the pasturdéh -oads
LN uary 18,
Excepting and reserving
right Of ‘way through Teed Beok
Dad in Centre County, in Deed Book
84, page 168.
A Mg ha Ra
as ro) 0!
Judge 0. Fowl , decd. J. Irwin,
wid Orlando N. I
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