St. Valentine’s day
Friday 14th (February)
This is St. Valentine’s day and I am wondering although it may
be wrong whether I shall receive any valentines. Well I am going to school any how.
I shall not to grieve much about it. It is not a very pleasant day and I have a
dreadful head ache. I read my composition nevertheless and returned home and to
my great surprise find a Valentine from Piqua. I tore it open and read a few sentimental
lines and folded it up again thinking that some one had cheated me with it. However
I content myself with remaining in the dark, hoping for better days.
“By the early nineteenth century the most popular token of
love was the valentine card. Those fragile paper and satin concoctions
surrounded by clouds of lace could make each postal delivery a crisis” (Etter
86). We wonder why Serena feels cheated. She says the message is sentimental,
so the valentine is probably not the mean-spirited comic or “vinegar” type
(Karl 21). Many early valentines were blank inside, requiring the sender to
write his or her own message. “Valentine Writers”
were published to help the inarticulate (Etter 119). Serena may be dissatisfied
with the message or disappointed that the valentine is unsigned.
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