Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — Some Valentine Gifts. [ARTICLE]

Some Valentine Gifts.

Books and pictures are favorite selections, and may be j ut-chased at any and all prices, writes Frances E. Lanigan in an article on “The Valentines of -To-day” in the Ladies' Home Journal. Us course volumes of poems and love stories lend themselves more readily as appropriate to the season than essays or histories, but any tSvorite hook cannot fail to please. Photographs, etchings, engravings and water colors are framed daintily in white and gold or white and silver, and make charming offerings at the shrine of St. Valentine. Frames of silver for card photographs are heart shaped, and

come singly or in piirs. Many are engraved with mottoes. Owen Meredith’s, ‘ Do not think that years leave us and find us the same, "is lor a double frame, and a line from the old Scotch ballad, “Fine pictures suit in irames as fine,” surround the picture of the maiden who sends thi9 gift to her “Valentine.” Jewelry will always be in vogue for valentine presents. Rings, pendants and pins are the most usual of selection; jewelers also show an endless variety of purses, card-cases, bonbonnieros and vinaigrettes in shining silver. Pincushions come also in many shapes; a novelty in these is made fiom two large silver hearts joining a cushion of velvet, which is intended as a receptacle for bonnet pins. Writing tablets, portfolios for stationery, glove boxes, photograph cases, are all welcome gifts to any girl sweetheart, a s they may be kept in daily use as reminders of the absent fiancee. Sachets for handkerchiefs, veils, laces and gloves are. extensively used. They are made from gauze, bolting cloth, silk, satin or leather and embroidered with appropriate designs. They range in price as high as S2O, and many of them are hand-painted.