Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-27
WEAR A WHITE CARNATION
ON MOTHERS DAY---MAY B
The Modern Woodmen of America
Have Inaugurated a Beautiful OBJ
servance--WiIl Be Adopted Here.


In fondest joy and love of heart
Outweighing every other,
He moved the gates of heaven apart
And gave the e trth Mother"
The beautiful and inspiring sug-
gestion of Mothers Day originated
IN the thought of Miss Anna Jarvis
of Philadelphia. that City of
Brotherly Love-"
The sweet suggestion was proposed
to the club women of New York, who
promptly decided on the second Sun
day in May for it's observance. The
emblem to be the white carnation;
the object the honoring of the best
mother that ever lived-yUur own. "
The invention Of SO blessed a day has
grown in year to a custom that
should be celebrated by the nation.
The Philadelphia North American
says: The more thoughts of mother
the better If but on one day alone
every man would give his thoughts to
her who gave him birth, we would be
better people in better country.
And if those tender. tired hands have
been folded in final rest, and Gods
land has smoothed the wrinkles from
her brow all the. more need to keep her
dear memory sacred and unfading by
grateful, loving thought. Therefore,
let none be so engrossed or Indifferent
az to forget Mothers Day the
white carnation.
Mark Twain. that true and wise
adviser whose facile pen has just
been laid aside forever said: "This is
a pleasure and duty that we have long
neglected. No thought could be more
beautiful than that which prompts
every man, woman and child to pay
such tribute to those noble ones to
whom they owe SO much, [ do not
know now many anniversaries of
Mothers day 1 will see, but on
those have remaining I will wear
white carnation. the emblem of
purity and mother love-.
We quote from an editorial in the
Omaha World Herald "There are a
great many days we celebrate,
patriotic, religious, festal there are
dead heroes, martyrs, leaders, whose
anniversaries we do not neglect But
none of these days we celebrate could
have more purifying, humanizing.
uplifting influence on the heart of the
ooIob-oo+ &Lo,, GMotborcJ Dou Mona
of the honored dead to whom we pay
tribute was more of hero, martyr,
a true leader than mother. None so
worthy to be honored, so deserving to
be loved. "A mother is a mother
still. the hottest thing alive. So her
memory is the hottest memory, and
her guidance. living or dead, the
sweetest, tenderest, hottest influence
that aught that is human can exert on
the human life. 1t is an influence,
fortunately for the world, which does
not work one day alone, even on the
most calloused and hardened heart,
and which with some. at least, is ever
present. All the more reason, in
either case, why a special day should
be set aside and consecrated as
Mothers Day.
After beautiful and expressive
comment on this movement Venerable
Head Consul Talbot publishes the fol-
lowing Proclamation in the Modern
Woodman.
I, therefore, as Head Consul of the
Modern Woodmen of America, pro-
claim Sunday, May 8, 1909, to be
Mothers Day in our society, and urge
upon every member its due and proper
observance. Those Of US who have
Mother near by let there be special
effort to call upon her and show our
appreciation of what her life and in
fiuence upon us have brought. Those
of Us whose Mother is now in other
parts of the country, let us see to it
that letter is written to her on this
day, breathing for her comfort and
encouragement some message that
shall gladden. her heart and make her
life the sweeter. Those of us whose
Mother has gone to her final reward,
in her sweet memory let us place the
white flower upon her grave, or il SO
circumstance as not to be privileged
to thus honor her memory, let our
minds and hearts dwell upon her
virtues, and perform a helpful service
by giving to some sick or unfortunate
in hospital or in prison, special
sympathy and consideration for their
encouragement and help gaining
character and capacity to serve by the
uplift that shall come to us in the
act. Let every member of our society,
who is away from home, write to his
Mother; let every member OF the
Modern Woodmen of America on this
day wear the white flower in memory
and of the best Mother who ever lived
his Mother