-/?Ta^Tjs" T^WT Making Valentines. Childhood sceks and Y.outh pursues; Old Aj,rc doth still inquire: \!:%^M'\ "What Avords will rhvmc Avith W?',,- ' To plcase my Heart's De- ImMm stre i :?,_?*?-?*.>, .*& ?? Saint Appetite. fThe End of the Party.) Although Salnt A'nlentine's great stunt Is to make fond hearts fonder, And though hls pranks oft leud poor men on marriage to nondor, The time comes ln each human life, when though love lios a-bleedlng The sufferer hunts thc dining place and settles down to feedlng. -J*X_Er.i^* *~\] Putting Two and Two Together' I've got one half a heart. Tou've got another, Glve me your half, and then, liko my big brother, Pll hug you and I'll say: "Now I've your heart, C'll keep ancl cherlsh you, no moro to part." That's what my brother said to your blg slster. I watch'd 'em. But. say. don't tell he klssed her! Choosing Partners. (Tho Valcntlno Party.)' V n It just fccls awful funny ?> To be took'd by little girls; : i A fellcr ahvavs fccls as if He'd like to pull their curls. But I wouldn't. Oh t v I Avouldn't, Because this girl of minc, Althoupfh it makes me kind of shy, Calls me her Valentine! _..&&_ r Dick's Real Thought. (Tho Comlc.) "It's all right! And I s'poso that it's funny, And, of course, girla aro queer in that way, But I'd Just llko to bot all my monoy, I could beat That 'moBt any old dayl I can't boo Just whero tho groat Joko la, Tho thing don't look Llko mo at all. But l'll laugh just to pleaso 'om, Ub follors Havo Got to bo klnd, or they'll squall." I \ The First Valentine. "VVhen^one has grown to be a tall, wlso lndy, Who knoAvs a lot about real laco and art, One often longs, in just the funniest Avay, dear, For the first valentine that charmed hor heayt. Then all at once the finest old Venetlan No longer pleases; aud one's dreiunlng eyes See paper lace and crlrason hearts, untll, dear, One Avishes one Avere not so tall and Avise. Hearts. (A Vulontlno Tableau.) .Oh!. d ld, old play, Avhercin each one's a star. And all of us go on, old as wc are; . ?? - ? -,- ? i "Faccs and Hearts," Avhercin the audience plays Even while it deems it is but there to gaze. A VALENTINE LUNCHEON, For the contorpleco of thls lunchoon havo a large hoort-shaped baskct fllled Avith shorl-stomnied pink roseB and 0 a border of violets. ? In tho apex of tho heart. stand a small cupld, Avlth gauzo wings, on a small i'ern-covored podostal. Hu can hold a. gilt how and arrow, or can hold narrow rlbbons, whlch nro fastoned loosoly to tho vio? lets at tho odgo. Thoao violets can. bo given ub corsago knot souvonlra aftor tlio ooffeo Ib sorvod. Uso a handsomo laco contorpleco wlth Ioobo roso pctals soiuttered ovor lt and place oai'da of fancy water-color heads of protty glrla with tlny vpll und bow of plnk gausio fastonod around tho head. Llght tho lablo by plnk tnpers ln sllvor r.andlostlokB. liuve olivoa, saltod nutn and, cream whlto. grapes . (ciiiuly) in protty sllvor or cut-ghiBs dlshoi on tho tablo!" , Sorvo tho col't'eo in" tho drawing room. gorvo this inontt: .' . Grapo Frult wlth Maraschlno Cherrles und arutcd Cocoamit. ????. py^tvrgi jyltu Citluup^ Pea Soup with AYhlpped Cream. AVafors. Brolled Sqitab, Apple Potatoos, Aspar agus Tlpsj Tlny Hot Bolls, Snuuro of Stll'f Bod Currant Jolly. Strawborry Shorbet, ' Mushrooms on Toast. Swootbrcad, Celery, AVhlte Lirapo Salui on Lotluco Leaf, Chooso Stlcks. Fruli und Nut lce Cream ln Tnll Clusscs, , aermun lluntor's Cako, Sauuros ot Icod AVhlto Cake. Valentine Month. Tho lust wintor month glvcs to hu manlly In lts ptissuge ono of tho prot tlost festlvals of the year. Bull, ln deod, inust bo tho heart ln whlch thc approueh ot Arulontlno Dny doos nol nwukon somo vivld tpuch of poctrj und suntiiiuint! In tho mlast often of leo nnd snow and ull tho vigorous envlronment o wlntor's rulo, comes tho song-bird o sprlng Into tho heart, wlth u lllt o lovo lu Us nutea. The dny of tho verse-A'alentlne, with its tender llttlo concelts, its lace edg ings and lts idyllio decorations, be longs us much to tho past as the ro mantlc novel. Nowudays Valentines tako a ipore materlal form or, If ex pressecl florally, are upt to bo lald at mllady's feet, in the shapo of American Boautles, 'pink swoot poas, or purluip,., lf ? mllady is a trlflo dlf flcult to ploase, ln whlto orchlds. The Way of the World. So the way of tho world is! Ono looks nithiir pltlfully back at tho llttlo 1850 maldcn wlth tho roso-llush on her oliooks, tho smile on hor partcd llps, and her brlght eyes bout upon tho pngo whoro hor lover dnoloWs that: "Uoses uro red, violcts blue, Both nro swoot und?so aro you," Tho lines soom tho voi'JoBt doggorol to'tho twontioth contury adorur, ,-niul yet llioro was ofton an houust hourt throbhlng through the hoinoly phruy ing, und tho llttle niulden knew |t and wns happy, Difference Only in Time. For gllt papor, wliereon "lovo's old awcut tulo" was stipnc-Hod to be told, thore are notv tho orchlds and th. royal Amerlcan Boautles. Tho dlf foronco lies only in the different tlmei nnd the different fashions. Men am Avomon, at heart, are muoh as thej woro conturlea ogone, Avhen ln an? clent Home, thoy asaombled to drav lots and flnd their Valontlnos for tln yoar about to bogln. S-Uirely', tho .'gontlost of saints, an. tho frlond of all lovers In all cllmo; ancl coimtrles,? must bo plousod ti know thnt even ln thls porlod of Ih world's ago,' tho recurront approacl of hls annlvorBary testlflea to hls un forgotton away ovor tho fooltngs am nffoctlons of tho hunian hoart, A. M. T. Ice Cream Roses and Hearts. Por tho Valentlno party thoro la in bottor Avay to aorvo tho looa than Ii thoso i-baiios. M.dal forma can bo pur chased at tho wholosalors' or th ealoror ? will mako tho Icob in tliotf .foriiis. AVhen j mado at homo th .cream ' ahoi.ld hu frozen to u nuisl thon: packed to overflowlng In tln forms so that when tho hlngod halvo aro put togethor tho croam wlll oo/, out at tho sldes; then thls ls cu away und tho molds plucuU in a cu. whlch, after bolng flllod wlth tho ! molds, le placod In ualt and ice for soveral hours. It ls better to have tho can paokod Jn lce and salt flrst so as tho molds aro filled thoy can bo placod dlroctly Into lt and thus provont tho cream from meltlng. AVhon ready to serve them, remove from the can and place in a cloth wrung from hot water for a moment so as to soften tho mixture enough to remove. the forms easlly. Into tho hearts the metal dartB can be put and all served from tho plato covorod wlth a puper-laco dolloy or each form placod onto an lndividual servlce hold ing green or pink papor-laco dollles, Cupid Cakf Tako threo eggs nnd tholr welght In buttor, ln-sugar and; lu flour; thon cronin tho butter und sugar untll vory light and creumy; add one-fourth toa spoonful of salt und ono-hulf oach tenspoonful of viinila nnd almond ex tracts; then ndd the eggs ono nt a tlmo- nnd heat ilvp - minutes bolwoon Qtich iiildillou; thou udd ull tho Hour, foldlng lt 111 llghtly: jiour tho mixture Into a grunsod pun, llllliig with thc buttor, tliri)C-f|uurtcrH full nnd usfng n sliullow sh'QOt pun. Ilako slowly for - uhout thirty mlnutoB-er untll n cloiin o struw pluceil ln thn pontro wlll como o ' out withnut tho buttor udherlng to It. o I Lot the. cnko hocomu cooi after ro mov|ng''it from tho pun; then wilh a heiii't-shapcd cuttor form small cnkos us illustriitod, dlpplng them Into bollod icing or nioltod fonduiit colnred pink ' wlth vogctnblo colorlilg nnd lluvurud wlth strawburiy or roso, On oach cake place a candied oherry lm palod onto a small metal dart. Beet Sweethearts for Valentine'! Day! Hosteas.?Horo la a llttlo novelty whlc! wlll make a pretty dlsh for your lunchooi or supper tabje St. Valcntlne's Day, Wasl snia.ll beots, loavlng the crown on. Bak ln the oven. When done, throw Into coli Poems You Ought to Know. "Whatever your occupatlon may bo, and however croAvded yo?r hours wlth 'affdlrsi do riot fall to secure at least a few mlnutes every day for refreshment of your inner life wlth a blt of poetry.?Prof. Charles Ellot Norton. No. 1080. Stanzas from the Gulistan. Hy SA'DI. The Poi'slali poet. Sa'dl. inferior only to Oinar Khayyam, wns born ln Shlraa A. D. 11H3, nnd dled ln tho samo city 1292. Durlng his ninoty-niiie yeora of llfo ho travolod ovor the whole East, surpaaslng all provlous records, and sot .down hla obaervaliona of men and ninimera ln a number of strlklng oplgrams. The dosorlptlon of lils Avorks and hlmself whlcli we glvo below Ja translated by Slr Edwlu Arnold, ln many lands I havo wandored, and Avonderod, and Hstened, aud soeu; And niany niy friends aud companlons, and teachers and lovors have beon. .. ; ? And nowhore\ eorner Avas thoro but I gathered up pleasure and gain; From a hlindrowtgardens tho roso-blooms, from a thousand granarles graln; \ And I Biiid to nij" s?111 i" pecre.t, "Oh! thou who from journeya art come, lt ls meet wo aliould bear boiiio tokon of love to tho stayers at homo* For where ls tho traveler brings not from Nlle tho sAVoet green reod, Or Kushmlri t*11U, or musk-bugs, or coral, or curdamum seod?'' 1 Avas loath from all that Ploasaunce of tho Sun. and hls wortls and Avnya, To como to my counlry glflloss, and showing no frult of my days: riut, lf my handa avoio ompty ot honoy.luul poads .and gold, Thero wero troaBuves far sAveeter than honey, and inarvelloua thinga lo bo tbld, Whltor than peurla and brlghtor than the cups at a Sultau's feaat, And theso I havo brought for lovo-tokena, from the Lords of Trutli,. in my I3ast. Thls ucrle* bcsuii ln Tho Tlrisn-DUpatili aundiiy, Oct. 11, 1W. Ono U publlnbed ncU