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ST. VALENTINE Hearts and Flowers Same As Ever
Cupids, arrows, fringe, darts tell the story of Valentines from the earliest days of their popularity to the modern "Hi Babe, I could go for you" technique!
The idea of Valentine's day is thought to have been developed from a lover's festival in honor of the patron saint of love or from the survival of an old custom of a similar nature in Rome. In England where the practice of sending valentines developed, it was the early fashion to place names of young men and women in a box and draw
them out in pairs on the eve of the celebration. Those persons whose names were drawn together had to exchange gifts and be each others valentines throughout the year.
The Men Started It Off
As the custom grew in popularity, the women discontinued giving gifts, and men adopted the custom of expressing their love in cards and writing. America's first valentines were imported from England and France, and a sentimental or aristocratic portrait framed with rows of lace was the typical valentine of the early eighteenth century.
German contributions to the custom were usually transformation pictures of crude drawings in ink. The favorite subject was that of showing a lonely and sorrowful bachelor sitting and bemoaning his solitude. Upon lifting a small envelope-like flap, one could see what bliss life would have been for the old gentleman if he had the girl of his dreams.
Handmade Tokens of Love
Decorated with lace and flowers, the early American valentines were mostly handmade. Before 1830, bashful lovers resorted to "Valentine Writers," which were books of specially prepared verses and sentiment for those who wished a poem for their valentine.
The average home-made valentines reflected a great expenditure of labor and expression of love in the forms of cut paper with saw tooth edges, arranged so that unfolding disclosed continuous succession of penned sentiments.
Telescopic Construction Popular
Some valentines represented flowers, slit into lattice-like meshes so that upon pulling a thread attached to the heart of a rose, the entire portion rises in a cone of lacy strands, and exhibits further scenes of sentiment concealed in the depths of the bouquet.
Postal System A Valentine Boom
With the development of the postoffice, valentines flourished throughout the country. Some brave poetic souls ventured to write their own original poems.
The four words—fidelity, love, truth, and constancy—appeared on many of the cards of a hundred years ago. On one valentine elves were pictured as standing on vines of flowers and holding ribbons on which were printed, "Beneath religion's cloudless sky, the virtues bloom, the vices die." Poems like "Go Lovely Rose" followed, either in print or in
One of the valentines of the 1800's shows a maiden under an arching tree and an ardent youth pointing to an altar where hearts balancing themselves on their tips seem to be ready to burst into flames. The Virtues Proclaimed
the sender's own decorative hand writing.
Examples of the valentines of the nineteenth century contained pictures of altars and church spires. Cupids shooting arrows at an altar were common on cards which had ribbons attached to the back so that the gift could become a permanent wall fixture.
The Civil War brought forth valentines in the form of baby carriages with parasol shades, but by 1905 these had changed to mechanical valentines resembling the first automobiles. This latter type were made with an easel so that they could be used for mantelpiece displays.
They Keep Up With The Times
In 1915 the valentine custom went through a revolution, and all former examples were referred to as "Uglies." Moral valentines were the new fad, as well as the new comic examples which did little to soothe the receiver. One card pictured a schooner of beer followed by the advice, "Don't touch liquor or beer. Avoid them, as they are the ruin of thousands."
With the current emphasis upon military service, draft, a n d World War II, cupid has now dropped his bow and arrow and has taken to airplanes with the expression — "When you slap twelve Japs straight in a line, will you please be my valentine?"
Jay Co-ed Co-op Elects Meda Litton President
Jay Co-led Co-op, new women's cooperative house at 1536 Tennessee, elected officers last night for this semester and the first semester of next year.
President is Media G ae Litton;
vice-president, Virginia Tieman;
secretary, Dora May Felt; treasurer,
Charlotte Robson, and representat-
tives to the University student
housing association, Betty Felt and
Nala Clifton.
British Refuse Jap Demands For Singapore
Tokyo, Feb. 13—(UP)—Japanese military observers were amazed by the "inhuman sense of duty" British army commanders have displayed in refusing Japanese demands to surrender Singapore, the Domei News Agency said today.
The observation followed news agency reports that Singapore's streets "ran with blood and its tropical quiet was shattered by swelling rifle, machine gun and artillery fire as Japanese forces routed British defenders out of the city in desperate street fighting."
A later dispatch from the Singapore front said Japanese forces were pushing the British steadily to the south and east. One unit advanced from Bukit Timah, highest point on the island, to a mile and a quarter east of the race course, it was said.
Push British Back
A second unit was said to have occupied a position two miles and a half south of Bukit Timah, and third unit, advancing from the north, pierced the jungle area south of the water reservoir.
Move Into Dock Area
Heavy fighting was going on in the center of the island, Domei said, with attackers and defenders mixing it up furiously. Japanese units which penetrated a corner of the city Wednesday morning were moving steadily toward the dock area yesterday afternoon in an effort to cut off British forces before they could reach evacuation boats waiting for out in the water for them, the agency said.
Other reports said Japanese troops were pouring into the city from all directions and the population had taken to shelters and basements.
Long Suffering Cop Saves A Blackout
Austin, Tex. (UP) — During a blackout test, Radio Patrolman Harold Campbell messaged police headquarters over his shortwave radio;
“There’s a lady out here on Allen street who won't put out her lights.”
"She says she's scared," Campbell answered.
trees who won't put out her light
"Why?") cried the dispatcher.
Police Chief R. D. Thorp listened in on the call.
"Tell him," he ordered, "to turn out those lights and stay with her until it's over."
Campbell took over from there and Austin's blackout was 100 per cent.
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Student Reports Custer In Snakey Hollywood
Editor's Note: Out of the Kansan's essay contest on the subject of "Custer's Last Stand" came this piece of knocked-out Hill humor which is passed on to you without comment, but not without doubts.
Little Big Horn, Wyo., June 25 1876—As the swirling mists of battle lifted from the desolate windswept valley of the Little Big Horn late this afternoon, a new chapter was written in the annals of human conflict when six movie companies locked in titanic struggle for the exclusive movie right to Custer's Last Stand with Warner Brothers reported blitzing the five other companies on a far-flung front.
It is rumored that General Custer predicted that his epic stand would be made into a movie, and reportedly expressed the dying wish that Warner Brothers make the picture and star Errol Flynn.
Little Big Horn, Wyo., June 26—With Warner Brothers on the location front. . . production notes. . . Errol Flynn, star of the epic picture "They Died With Their Boots On" saw snakes in his dressing room this morning. A company of movie-extra infantrymen in period costumes has been detailed to keep Mr. Flynn's dressing room free of snakes.
Little Big Horn, Wyo., June 26,
12:31 p.m.) - Errol Flynn, star of the
epic motion picture "They Died With Their Boots On" saw more snakes in his dressing room today at noon. A battalion of movie-extra infantry-men has been detailed to keep Mr. Flynn's dressing room free from snakes.
Little Big Horn, Wyo., June 26 (5:45 p.m.)—Errol Flynn, star of the epic motion picture "They Died With Their Boots On" saw more snakes in his dressing room this afternoon. A regiment of movie-extra infantry-men in period costumes has been detailed to keep Mr. Flynn's dressing room free of snakes.
Little Big Horn, Wyo., June 26 — (10:37 p.m.)—A crisis faces the production staff of "The Died With Their Boots On." Errol Flynn saw more snakes in his dressing room tonight and all of the extras are now in uniform keeping his dressing room free from snakes. There are no extras left to make the picture. The production staff is now in conference with the writers.
By Singing Bull, Indian correspondent for Daily Kansan News Service. Little Big Horn, Wyo. June 26 (10:38 p.m.)—The crisis facing Warner Brothers is over. The writers have agreed to change the name of the epic to "He Died With His Boots On." Eliminating the need for extras which now free them to keep Errol Flynn's dressing room free from snakes.
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