Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -, and St. Patricks Day,which follow King Charles Day prettyclosely, are different. All the same, one is alittle saddened at the reflection that St. Valen-tines Day is no longer so much in use asa recorder of sweet and tender impressions, oras a channel for the distribution of prettyreminders of affection in a more or lessanonymous form, as it once was. Thepastoral and sylvan scenes, with the lover andhis lass amidst them, accompanied by glowingverse inscribed beneath, have given placemore or less
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -, and St. Patricks Day,which follow King Charles Day prettyclosely, are different. All the same, one is alittle saddened at the reflection that St. Valen-tines Day is no longer so much in use asa recorder of sweet and tender impressions, oras a channel for the distribution of prettyreminders of affection in a more or lessanonymous form, as it once was. Thepastoral and sylvan scenes, with the lover andhis lass amidst them, accompanied by glowingverse inscribed beneath, have given placemore or less to gifts of pairs of gloves ox ficliuson one side, or cigar-holders or match-boxeson the other, all of which tends towardsthe prosaic ; while on the other hand it hasto be said that the horribly grotesque and. OUY KAWKKS liO\S WllH 44 LIVING LONDON. opprobrious valentines disfigured witiicontemptible doggerel and miscalled comic, are also disappearing. Eachkind of \-alentinc is now less frequentlyseen in suburban shop windows, whilethe latter are only seen in those ofthe lowest class. St. Davids Day and St. Patricksare celebrations pertaining more par-ticularly to the great brotherhood ofour united islands—days of good cheerand hearty toasts, when in one casethe descendants of the ancient Britishare very much to the fore, while inthe other the patron saint of Irelandand the shamrock are all Day, however, comes alongpretty soon, following near upon the Uni-versity Boat Race (which is described else-where in Living London ), and here a dateis reached which is also a celebration of onewho, in spite of many obstacles with whichhe had to contend, was great and helpedto make Britain greater than she alreadywas. One, too, who placed on his sovereignshead, side by side
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