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nc( evidence to the contrary, three billion Valentines being sent month the world over show that love is indeed the reigning emotion!
by HELEN GRAY ORMAN
ROCK of love pitched by a L caveman may have been the first ^ilentine." Perhaps it was a lover's fh^)vv twanged by an Indian brave, '■''Seining his maiden by the forelock ■ H sycamore tree. This year, around ™]ruary 14, roughly three billion Mlized, token valentines will ride the 3' "'[jd crest of the world's postal sys' '™js; will be exchanged in school cor^%s, classrooms and parties; slipped ^"1) office desks; will warm the hearts oldiers of many nations no matter / desolate and remote their quar' . This count is exclusive of the ng sentiments expressed by candy, vers, diamonds . . . and mink coats, ijy j.et, no one can say for sure why it ;teeiiiin this particular day we do such
business saying "I love you." !^j^|^Vom the records, it would seem t any of the three St. Valentines
might be aghast to find himself dubbed the saint of all lovers. One St. Valentine, a Roman bishop, stood stead' fast to the faith during the Claudian persecutions. For his courage he was thrown into prison where he restored the sight of his keeper's daughter. This act of mercy, discovered by his persecutors, cost him his head.
Another St. Valentine choked to death on a fish bone. In Italy and Germany, prayers are said to him for the cure of epilepsy. The third St. Valentine leaves little record except that he was one of the early martyrs who suffered his solemn fate with a group of companions.
The etymologist tells us that V and G were frequently interchangeable; that the Norman word galatin, a lover, was often written and pronounced valatin or valentin. So, through natu'