New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1915, Page 11

Would Good St. Valentin HE good old saint had a pret- tier taste in hearts than in hats, methinks, though the smiling faces under the hats fllustrated might have appealed to his aintly heart. Who was St. Valentine, and what did ¢ do to so impress himself upon the of lovers for all time? Val- mtine was a priest, and he lived in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Claudius. He officiated in the temple | and had a great following. His purity of life, his wonderful unselfishness, w n marked contrast to the unwholesome life of the Emperor Claudius and of his entire court. How he became the pa- tron saint of love is a very pretty tale and runs something like this: One day the Emperor Claudius in a fit of jealous passion because his lat- | est ladylove had fled from him issued a royal decree that for one whole year there should be no marriages in Rome. The people were very indignant, but they could do nothing, as the emperor’s | decree was law. | further refined The priest Valentine heard the de- | ecree and grieved with the people. He knew many worthy drawers of water, many excellent young hewers of stone, | ambitious stucco makers and voung mixers of pigments, all of Tany smart 3 | the TWhen the emperor learned of this he caused Valentine to be thrown into prison, where he mysteriously disap-* peared. Of course the poor people whom he had always befriended grieved greatly, and upon the anniversary of his death it became the custom to gather quietly together and exchange little tokens of regard. This is the legend. History s that in the remote past our Aryan and Semitic forefathers had a holiday which they celebrated about the mid- dle of February. During this holiday wildest orgies and excesses were indulged in. It was a sort of greeting to the returning sun and the spring- time and as such still crudely cele- brated by savage tribes in remote cor- ners of Africa, Asia and the south sea islands. Gradually as men progressed in mind | this holiday became less barbarous, and |about 300 B. C. the Chaldeans and Babylonians celebrated it in a much less reprehensible manner. The Greeks it, and finally among the Romans it became a fairly decent holiday. At the Roman feast of Lupercalia in honor of Pan (Nature) 'and Juno (Mother Earth) it was the custom to place the names of young girls in a who were looking forward to early |box, and the young man who drew a matriage. Valentine courageously re- monstrated with the wicked emperor, but without avail. Then the good priest disobeyed the emperor's com- mands and secretly performed the ceremony for all those who had plan- ned marriage. | young girl’s name from the box con- sidered her “his valentine.” The Christian religion failed to abol- ish this pagan holiday, and the old heathen celebrations were practiced in France during the middle ages. The old Norman French name for beau was gallantin, and. it being similar sound and spelling to valentine and in- asmuch as the holiday fell upon St. Val entine’s day, the Norman French grad- iny ually | ticular patron saint of lovers TUTRTRTD e Have leed These Ha R R TR R HE OO adopted that saint as the pa and t to here Which you will rou has with nothing And 1 do all are., hats, say. | sh L " other sw [ e [trimmed w st July but v e noon 1thed ¥ 1"pon shion « 1he red ol feather orn e croy brown e is & of n arrow brim crown is by grosgrain ribbor mesh r ailor hat ter af 1 with a 1 ' f | tively Cupid, | Ne has many |right 1 frowm | hig new | ta W s worn qui with t the ind 1 crowned of banded BTOSE god ce figire the 1dis busy TOWS cince the of th littie vint to agree emissary ide pictured ar ribbon shoot ning brim in quiver of air Biscuit Color Leads In America A MERICA is evidently much in fa- vor of biscuit color clothes. Hats, wraps, frocks, suits, gloves and even shoe tops are made of it. Its varia- tions are sand color, string color and that other indefinable shade used in covert cloth. The popularity of these tones in the late autumn decided the question of what colors we should wear through- yout the next four months of cold weather which constitute our actual winter. Jxperience should have taught us that there is little need of extra heavy clothing before the dawn- ipg of the new year. It is because of this that our season begins for the south at the same moment as our win- ‘ter. It is amusing to see the entire millinery and dressmaking world offer- jng white muslins and serges during sleet and snow storms. If the tourist departments truly this year the people who speak sell clothes will reap a harvest from mus- | who | lin and thin serges, for every one has a penny to squeeze for pleasure wants to go south or to California. This is one profit to America from the European war. The usual midwin- ter exodus to Kurope will be lacking, and those who cannot stand the cli- mate of the north will drift, for neces- St. Valentine's Day Favors, is hidden in erape paper. litn! Cupid guard acart sugiounted letter box. box red A BONBON mout over the | sity and for pleasure's sake, toward the palms and pines. In other times white was the color insistently shown for the southern exodus, and the gowns made of it were intended as forerunners of new spring clothes. Now sand color, with its sis- ters, biscuit and twine, is rivaling white. This is a good fashion, for all white is not becoming to the majority of persons. The new tones of white, which seem to be mixed with clay, are vastly more becoming, and they lend theniselves to much fashionable gar- nishing with braid and fur, with gilt and silver buttons, which white does not. The material known as kitten's ear, which is nothing more or less than a silk napped broadcloth, is usually the choice for these suits and frocks. Cov- ert has its own tone, which is well known and now ranks ag the first fash- ion along with biscuit and sand. What of covert cloth? is the first question asked by those in trade and out of it. Its popularity is practically established among those who are wear- ing and =elling the new clothes, but the exc ive use of it by the whole- salers in all manner of fifteen dollar garments may diminish its vogue among fastidious women. In other words, its smartness may be throttled at birth. Those few women who knew that Callot had introduced it last Au- gust and that it had been brought to America by the exclusive importers and who therefore accepted it in Sep- tember were three months ahead of its popularity. » There is no doubt it will flood the ready to wear departments from now and will be eagerly snatched up those who want a serviceable suit has been branded by fashion. [ts resemblance to khaki gives it pre- dominance, for the country will be swept by military clothes as the sea- son advances despite the belief of some students of dress that women never have cared to wear military clothes while the agony of war is go- ing on. If covert cloth becomes too popular for the individual taste it is not prob- able that biscuit and sand color will pall. They have an indescribable soft- ness of coloring that is commendable. If one wants the military touch it is Qquite easy to get it through the use of gilt buttons, gilt or black braid and a pocket here and there, for military fashions have brought back pockets on coats. on by that GIVE THE BATHROOM PLENTY OF FRESH AIR. N© room in the house nceds fresh Y air more than does the bathroom at all hours of the day and night. While it has been proved that foul air in it- self does not cause typhoid, it is by no means healthy, since the impurities from which it com: may by some means be communicated to the food and so infect the stomach. three | uncovered Busy | It is much better to leave the drains and leave a window open 1itly than to close the drain holes, which are thereby prevented from re- ceiving a fresh current of air. OAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS Michigan has 786,039 women of voting age. Miss Nelds Jaeger is now po- lice judge at Tacoma, Wash. Over half the girls employed in New York city earn less than $6.50 per week. Woman loves superficially at seventeen and more or less equably between then and thirty. Over a million and a half wo- men in the United States are it agricultural pur- suit Female lawyers in 1910 had increased 33 per cent over the total number in 1900. ™ strewn over the grass New $tocks QATIN collar and cuf? seks are b sidered among the smartest effects. con- the collar and the cuffs are in unique point The collar portion is wired in the back to suggest the medici. I'lesh colored satin sets are particularly smart Satin, however, finds its itest em- ployment in the new ultra high closed stocks. These are sown in black and in white or in black and white con are bination with severe tabs in the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAAARLY WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING V"VVVVVV"VVVVVV"V VVVVVV 'VVVVVVVYVVVVVVV"V\'VYVYV‘V this favor a bisque Cupid is busily In some of the high class models hoth or gaged tions males. Mrs rter H. Harri of Chicago’s mayor, now scenarios for the movies Female mill operators Jombay cotton mills earn $90 ear in wages Sixty new trades heretofore mainly German indus ire now being taught women in ingland. The latest thy woman to establish a in France is Mrs. Chaun Depew. the 1,82, in profe in 1910, 127 pers: ssional occupa- 18 were ons en- el son, wif writes in the about H wez American i ey M H DA NO COBWEBBED HEARTS PERMITTED ON| ST. VALENTINE'S DAY aking in the cobwebbed hearts rarden of love." and Collars front, sometimes plaits in the back. Perhaps the most of all is the odd way {new stocks are worn. In da |by their use was limited lar | closed neck shirt or a sevc I blov Now, however, th | with various V neck wai | fastened around the neck, V portion bare. Thus the adaptable cither for a dered ja close neck waist combined with fan thing the gone to a interesting in which wor simply leavin W FYVVVe VIVIVIVIVVIVIVVVVIVVVV PALM BEACH STYLES line of stitehir they are b1 bands < wrists, for bevond the ength material Leach the white suit and the coat is worn usually, e pt across one's arm, | 9¢ lace 1 T Pa sunren m re = not | midway of their wn with and bloy that belongs with the white | exc are cloy alluring eiled with chiffon ¥8 very simp fled by rihe lengthwise across of the aps, as well loosely r n Uit models Some of t attains eptional importance. | 4. <, s in blouses | g iin nto partl t minds waver- | foundation ho econc flecing the of linging to the winds the re D hut confidently shout various - advance model v aly ver tarned the scale e after have and | from | parency laid new | treme outer | forming sleeve falli narrowe lace, laid | throat, allow | the front | while the ing tween stopping at leng v the ex shoulders a a ha pract or home heginning the ec and 50- « | blouse [ the itions new 1 wt d “Bu irment ever The new | | of the m ade anent Stay economy sort The cross the their points to run on and the back of the third point of each | trudes itself upon the collar's | Strands twist aced oratior whispered here,’ the shoulders at a te blouse I'm the most becomi made!™ 1y me. blouse the charm is difficult to Certainly, possess through holes ee where they fasten how - another the suit's worked in p and a half apart, ¥ mally or horizontally may | center of the lower half ¢ malke ‘tive br tualiy irnishin Very wa that half- | then is| ever. they ca be drawn ov for white 1 for the slecves are into the the rather ollar | apertures inch ir: small armseyes. 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This treatment I the life of a veil n a coat Stufr pref a few clothes | of an umbrella know se- bout the car: mud use one of mud dry thorous brush it with a 1t th | off; then mo | stife {rem brushing to trace of it if the fabric treatment brush ove every alcohol t ev med on some rea- St spotted will | son at the shoes oatmeal good shape stand th or } When pl become hot dry i umes are dampencd and have in 11 an open heat they will doubt- If the curl is still between the thumb like a letter before If they them fire. uncurle in a or the radiator thus in dry 3 Veils, in curl. 1 flue blade gone and open pull eac a dull bone over ¥ hot Then hang s in wri « ming get moistened. ing it t water ce will double it all whit nst the @ left is sl having A& mushroo tog! of this chic hool hat off traw. | i ot n upright forms t ] Il/ut q FOR THE DANCIN fref ible edg 11co] pet t the hem, fa long the slasgh e pet nded, so that the formed of jeep oval a the yered into two sectic edges waist t | 2long row edges The 4 & E) TO MAKE A FINE O VL 7 fifty them in tand unt drog ut dra 1 v d hot, nto water] o ping ak once wat th mil gra O onful of flog of butter, B of thel milk boils W butter mi becomet Add the oft with the fire =0 that without curling two cupfuls of back of the stove can heat fually ble pa front as the yur and the really of pepy heated souy ers BaNCE thick a1t BERNHARDT'S MI HE newspapers have { time made a great hardt's “milk bath.” Here is a substitute wi the same effect: Marsh half pound ssup i pound; . hy bran flour, four