Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-10

mother has the double duty of educat-
ing son and daughter When you come
to the school question you must leave
the father away out on the Mojave
desert.
"a spirit of Mothers day ought TO
permeate us, not only today, but every
day. How many of us fathers areA go
ing to be more considerable for the
mothers because of today? How many
will resolve to share the responsibility ?
Has the mother poured out her best
to us men people and we haven't
learned the lesson to initiate herr"
Following the address of Mr.. Scott
Rev Mr.. Lee asked all men who are
away from home to write before the
day closed to their mothers in the old
home. Home, Sweet Home" was
sung by the audience standing, While
| Dr. Warren F. Day, pastor emeritus OF
the First Congregational church, pro-
nounced the benediction.
The service throughout was marked
with great enthusiasm, the speakers
being frequently interrupted by hearty
applause. The day was voted a great
success, and Los Angeles has made a
name for itself in starting the move
ment to raise funds for poor mothers.
| The first plan for the movement was
simply one of eulogy for motherhood
but under the direction of Mrs. Lee
| Didn was SLdIl6u " letlSC LNttNS ~
sist poor mothers, and this is co-ope-
rated in by nearby towns.
Mothers Most Important
zone hundred mothers possessing
whole souls, broad intellects and good
common sense are worth ten regiments
of millionaires to our country" SAID
Rev. G. ]. Hall in an address made 10
a large audience in the Friends church.
Pasadena, on the topic, Home, sweet
Home: Its Friends and Foes"
''The millionaire may make the
| cash" continued the speaker, but the
mother makes the character and in
the building of the race, in the essen
tials of purity, strength and patriot
ism which make real greatness Inc
character is as grain and the cash IS
as chaff.
1.-THE prosperity of the land is broad
based on the home. The strength and
purity of any nation anywhere is just
| in proportion to the number OF pure
and happy homes to be found in It's
borders. The church is a mighty pow
er for good. The school is tremen-
dous factor in the evolution of the race
The newspaper is great force in the
land, but of more Importance than all
three are the peace and safety of the
home, for without the home the church
| is poWerless, the school is shorn of Its
| progressive force, and the newspaper
| fails in it's purpose. Without the home,
instead of civilization we should have
berbarity and savagery.
"The home is the bedrock of our free
| institutions, the corner stone Whicp
holds together the fabric of this mighty
republic, the great heart from which
there pulsates through the various ar
teries of the body polite its very life
blood. Undermine the home and you
undermine the national health, and,
Just as the home is, the most important
! institution.
Each Has Mission
"The godly, consecrtae dmother is the
most important individual in our land.
The preacher, the teacher, the editor.
the statesman, the lawyer the mer-
chant the mechanic, the farmer. all
these have been lauded in sermon and
| song, in poetry and prose, and rightly,
Iiso | have no doubt; they have played
and they are playing their part in the
progress of mankind, but gil these are
useful only as they contribute to the
| effectiveness of the work of the moth
ers and fathers of our homes
at am not sure that our congress is
helping forward the making of uni
Versal peace by appropriating billions
of dollars to build battleships and Gre
ate thereby the chance to produce
great fighters. l know it would surely
work for the universal use of charac-
ter which we must have to bring uni
versal peace if congress would appro-
pirate a few millions of dollars to edu-
cate our girls into the right estimation
of a great motherhood.
"It is probably all right to pass
months to protect our infant industries
against the competition of the Old
World trade. 1t would be ten times
greater if congress would take one day
and pass a law protecting the infant
boys and girls against the legalized
liquor traffic with it's brood of in
famies, all of which compete with the
mother in the home. Give each mother
the freedom she deserves, and above all
give her the ballot so that she can
strike these evils to their DEATH"
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