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Forgot Valentine's Gift? There's Still Some Time

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19950214
Author:Dorsey Connors

Happy Valentine's day! We owe the celebration of this romantic day to Saint Valentine, a Christian martyr of the third century, and to Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet of the 14th century.

Chaucer wrote that the birds began to pair off on the feast of St. Valentine. Subsequently, Feb. 14 became a day for sweethearts to exchange love notes and to pair off. The love notes became Valentines as we know them today.

A helpful hint for those fellows who forget to send a Valentine to their `one and only.' A lovely gift of flowers can be sent by just telephoning your florist. Long-stemmed ...

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