The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1901, Page 2

(&) THE SUNDAY CALL. - came fo be - 9 . EARINSG YOV NS NAME )| calt ] < aleutines b5 valentine aft dishonor by his I en 4 ' DRAWN BY ¥k : S MEN Afteld . e i3S o k my k r s ! housewives do). "Bee first I spied—and <t swain we see, In sp ¢ fortune sha e love be. Shakespeare so all s to this custom pyright, 1901) in “Hamlet,” wh Ophelia sings: =~ T entine’s Da Valentine's day, ( ng betime, And T a maid at r window Wrote many vale tine s s true of Athelstans 2 Wac glo Saxon poet of the time ers One of the latter’s prod e % served and rendersd g, and 1s as follows: r et would e thou art. c ss of my heart S g to e valer . In many pafts of England they have - s day a with cakes o & all sums which tha = 3 p following is serig ey r le, St Valentines ks as I do mine— g f % 1, Valentine, s ry almost the s day that is s x f the p ed and s xeden . stom—perhaps in-the ¢t i 1 ems to be fa i £ out masters all over this co . stify that the nu of these m - N z through t s has steadil - re minished for several years past. This o falling off began with the intreduction of Christ ar and F - 2 dimin i vee v - ster, from lover to sv 1 Good wishes g pred or v of the stal oces ns namec ginas - B to exchange— x gifts.” l » AMY N. STOCKTON. E r girl drew another following entry: “This evening my w:ie t s 5 e was I forgot, but my did, with great pleasure, show me her of Mr will i teous and most fair’ stock of jewels, increased by the ring. she &t aid t = ed, as an anagram hath made 1| as my valentine’'s gift - . t be very pretty.” this year, a Turkey stone set with dia- me year—two 1ding to the obligation resting monds. With this and what she had she e “I find that Upon a chosen valentine to give a present reck that she hath above £150 worth % my valentine, U person choosing, he writes of the of jewels of one kind or other; and I am On Bt. V fch I am not celebrated Miss Stuart, afterward Duchets glad of it, for it is fit the wretch shoull writes: *T mething mose ©f Richmond: “The Duke of York, being have something to content herself with.” w th But once her valentine, did give her a jewel Good Mr. Pepys here uses the word pr ot ; and my Lord Mandéville, wretch as an endearing term. ~Admirers s s, so her ine @ ring of about of gir Walter Scott will remember thi:t i wife, did draw £ Febrt 168 he makes the p, a1g0 alludes to this custom of giving RULES FOR MILITRARY CONBUCQT N THE FIELD ONE RUNDRED AND FIFTY YERRS RGO. valentine presents, and will readily re- call the p ze in the “Falr Maid of Perth,” in which he describes the littls St. Valentine's day gift which the mighty amorer, Henry Smith, had prepared for his valentine, the zood and beautiful Catherine Glover: “It w a small ruby cut into the form of a heart. transfixed . with a golden arrow, and was inclosed in ( miter oul t whatsoever, although - “There is no neceesity for firing very a small purse of links of the finest work carthod from an the t o should do it, until fast. A cool, well-leveled fire, with the in steel, as if {t had been designed for a 0 ok of the Twentieth th 3 to charge with their pieces carefully loaded, Is much more de- hauherk to-a king. . Round - +he:veras: of » « . e L « and when they are structive and, formida the quick- * N i - manated on the point of r on the enemy, the est fire in confusion, solalers are o 'he purse were these words: r when Dbattalion may give a hout and take their orders entirely from the officer Gk & . t rush in . Love's way his arms in Y. nen-commis- ng avior of that an officer or to com- colors or Neither officer, non-comm oned of- not to halloo or cry “The sol his shoulder battle without « that instant. “The cowardice procec@ing of one man is not to put the whole in danger. “The moldier who quits his rank or of- fers to fly is instantly to be put to death by the officer who commands the pl A soldier does not deserve to live will n t for his King and countr “if & non-commissioned officer or pri- vate man is missing after an action and joins his. company afterward unhurt, he Il be reputed a coward and a tugitive, and will tried for his life. “If we attack a body less in extent than the battalion, thé platoons upon the wings careful to direct thelr fre lely 80 as to strike the enemy. The officers are Yo inform the soldlers of their oons before the action bhegins where they are to direct their fire, and they ara to tase a good aim to destroy their adver- saries, irregular of their platoc 1 poss sbehavior of and he is to give them and resolution.) v othe 3 this battalion, bec ficers are determined to give the strongest proofs of their fidelity, zeal and courage, s will second them The men should consider that they gtre upon the poiut of entering into a war for the defense of that a drunken, vicious, is but a poor defense to a Stat hut their virtue, courage and obedience are a sure guard in all agsauits. They should, therefore al- ways be réady to perform thelr part with honor and spirit, and not give themséives up to any excess or irregularity. In times ltke these both officers and soldiers should particularly exert themselves in every part of the duty, and show their country that they deserve its esteem and admira- tion by their zeal, fidelity and valor.” The principles on which the British sol- digr should fight vary little to this day from those inculcated by General Wolfe. Cleave hearts Through mail shirts. “This device has caused the armforer gome thought, and he was much satisfied with his own composition, because it seemed to imply that his skill could de- fend all hearts saving his own.” In many parts of England and Scotlanq it fs still customary, as it has been for many centuries, for young men, and wo- #men to regard as their valéntines the first person of'the opposite sex Whom their eyes behold on the morning of St. Valen- tine’s day, and they have the right to claim the said valentine with a kiss which he or she I8 in honor bound to accord without resistance or remonstrance of any kind. Scott in his novel of “Tha Fair Maid of Perth,” alreadv quoted, beauti- fully describes the manner in which the beautiful Catherine Glever thus olaimed the bold armorer, Henry Smith, as har