The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-09
WHITE CARNATICN
SEEN everywhere
Salt LakerS Wear the Badge
Showing Their Respect to
Mothers.
OBSERVANCE IS GENERAL
FLORISTS FIND THEIR SUPPLY
OF FLOWERS INADEQUATE.

Most beautiful in sentiment and with
high reverence for moth erhood, were
the exercises carried out in observance
of Mothers day yesterday, when thou
sands throughout the city wore white
carnations in commemoration of the
occa sion. and when sincere tribute was
given from the pulpits of the city to
the devotion, courage and honor OF
those women who have given of their
lives to the upbuilding of noble char
acters in the children of the nation.
Simple as was the act of choosing
white flower, it was full of meaning
to the men and women of the commu-
nifty yesterday and the supply of flow
ers was hardly adequate TO proVlde
buttonhole bouquets for all who wished
TO wear them. Florists were bes1eged
for several DAYS ahead and the country
about the city was secured for carna-
tons When the supply was exhausted,
purchasers chose carnations OF olhef
COlors. and when these could not De Cd
tanned, secured white roses In lieu OF
the regulation flowers. One florist
stated that he had sold more than one
hundred dozen white carnations ana
that the demand for white flowers OF
almost any kind was the largest IN the
history of his business.
At the churches yesterday white
flowers Were in evidence everywhere:
Young girls carried large bouquets Oh
the beautiful flowers and the men gen
orally observed the day by carrying
white flowers in their lapels. At 81.
Marks cathedral the Rev. ). r. coma
day gave a special sermon on mother-
hood Rev Charles E. Perkins at ST
PauTs Episcopal church called atIen-
ton to the observance OF the DAY AT
tha services of the Third Presbyterian
church. Rev. Herbert E Hays rendered
a tribute to moth erhood. Special serV-
ices of music and appropriate addresses
formed the observance OF the Gay At
the Tiff Methodist church by Kew y
Short al the First Methodist cnurch
gave special musical services and ad-
dresses in honor of the day.
The Rev l. S. BOwerman OF I'M
manuel Baptist church, Rev. c r. Neel
of the Central Christian church, Rev
p Sinrplxfn of Phillips Congrega-
tfonaI church, Rev. W. w Buzzard OF
the Holy Trinity English church. Rev
II. ! Hansen of the Second MeIhodlSt
church Rev. W. NJ Paden OF the tlrst
PRESBYTERIAN church, Rev c G McIn-
tyre of Westminster church, all spoke
of the tribute to motherhood, ana at
the First Unitarian church Rev NJ X
Kerr, who filled are pulpit in the place
of Rev. Charles Thurston Brown, gave
special attention to the occasion
At the tabernacle in the afternoon
and at all the ward meetings in the
evening there was also general obserV-
ance of the day. Special musical pro-
grams were given and the speakers
dweIt at some length on the reverence
for mother and the honor which was
her due At the Catholic cathedral,
reference was also made to the occa-
sion The observance was not all SEN
timental in character, ana substantial
manifestation of the reverence and es-
reen IN which motherhood is held was
indicated by the attention given to the
observance by young and old