“A sort of valentine on the back of your hand,” said Sally Benson of her memories of living in St. Louis about 1904 that had appeared in the New Yorker in 1941, later to become the MGM hit musical Meet Me In St. Louis starring Judy Garland. “Women who are given flowers enjoy a more positive mood for three full days after they receive them,” according to MSN Health & Fitness and Prevention magazine.
