Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1901 — A Valentine Diversion. [ARTICLE]

A Valentine Diversion.

A “sale of hearts" made a pleasant diversion nt a recent valentine party. The hearts were cut from water-color paper, and on each was written one line from a couplet appropriate to Nuint Valentine, such ns, “ ’Tis ix-tter to have loved nnd lost," "My love is like a red, red rose," "Two souls with but n single thoaght," etc. These semi-quotations were road aloud in turn, each henrt lx lug sold to the person who first succeeded in completing Its couplet. The guesses were made orally, duplicate hearts being given In case there were more than one guessing the correct lino at the same instant. When all the hearts bad thus been auctioned off, the couple who had won the greatest number were proclaimed the king and queen of hearts, and an American Beauty, certainly the queen of roses, was presented to each. The two who were least successful were given small heart-shaped boxes, filled with the tiniest of red candy hearts. —Woman’s Home Companion.