Boone County Recorder . -IOUGH the little pagan god Twho nearly always ac-companies St Valentineon February 14 has thesame purpose whereverhe goes, yet ho does noteverywhere employ thesame methods for Its ac-complishment. His tac-tics differ in differentplaces. H§ is as versatileas he is capricious. InNew York city he still finds a way tomyladys heart by going to her in bit of pasteboard, tissue paper,tinsel and paint, all tucked way In ascented envelope. In Berlin he has rewntly found a new means of wound-ing his victims iu the cooing postals,which are so constructed that whenKQueeze
Boone County Recorder . -IOUGH the little pagan god Twho nearly always ac-companies St Valentineon February 14 has thesame purpose whereverhe goes, yet ho does noteverywhere employ thesame methods for Its ac-complishment. His tac-tics differ in differentplaces. H§ is as versatileas he is capricious. InNew York city he still finds a way tomyladys heart by going to her in bit of pasteboard, tissue paper,tinsel and paint, all tucked way In ascented envelope. In Berlin he has rewntly found a new means of wound-ing his victims iu the cooing postals,which are so constructed that whenKQueezed they will imitate the plain-tive note of a dove. Jin more pronalcLondon cupId has abandoued the post-man for the telephone, and the ui>to-iate London lover no longer sends hissweetheart an ardent message by iet-ler, biitrecltes It over the wire Intoher very ear. Yet the most picturesque St. Valen-tine day customs aro not to be foundin the big cities, but in out-of-the-way regions, (where human nature re-(uins much
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