Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-07
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE
OF MOTHERS DAY
There Will be Mass Meeting In the
Doris Theater.

Next Sunday, May 14th, will be the
fourth annual celebration of Mothers
Day." founded by Miss Anna Jarvis.
In Phoenix it will be celebrated by a
mass meeting in the Elks theater at
o'clock in the afternoon for which
occasion a good program has been
arranged. Everybody is invited to
attend this mass meeting in honor of
his own mother and all mothers and
wear flower. preferably a white car
nation, the official emblem.
Also there will be on sale next Fri
day and Saturday at the POstoffice
News Store a pretty Mothers Day
badge, suitable to be worn on the oc-
casion. a description of the meaning
of the celebration is well set forth
in the following from the Christian
Science Monitor:
Sunday was chosen by Miss Anna
Jarvis of Philadelphia as the best day
of the week for every man, woman
and child of America To join in reViv-
ing mother memories and in renewing
mother associates, because her hope
was to make Mothers Day as much as
possible an occasion of religious OBJ
servance. The second Sunday in
May was selected because flowers. a
necessary factor in such a celebration,
are at that time universally available.
"A white flower, having an emblem
attic significance obviously in keeping
with mother recOllections, is pre-
scribed for everybody to wear this
year on May Il; the white carnatiOn
is the precise flower mentioned in the
pamphlets Of the Mothers Day Fedora
ton as official Any one who associ-
ates a particular flower with his
mother, who knows what flower she
regarded as her favorite, is urged, if
he wishes, to wear ii in preference to
any other Indeed, both the kind of
flower and the color designated as Of
fetal by the promoters of the mother
celebration were fixed upon only on
general grounds of taste and conven-
fence. The essence of the federatiOn's
request is that everybody on May Il
of the present year wear a flower Of
some kind. To wear a flower on that
day is to be a memyer of the fedora
ton.
Churches of all creeds, Sunday
schools. Christian associations. and all
societies lildL nave EouHtdN littNlii6S
are requested to give the day formal
place in their services. Public schools
are asked to have Mothers Day eNer-
cises on the most convenient school
day near May II. Business concerns
are asked to notice the event by the
distribution of white flowers. The
giving of a flower for some one else
to wear is one of the recommendations
which Miss Jarvis makes to us all.
las to ways or observing the day
outside Of religious secular exercises,
the promoters urge US to honor our
mothers by doing some distinct act of
kindness: they bid us live on that day
as our mothers would have us; ad
wise everybody who resides at dis
lance from his mother to invite her To
his home. or go and visit her or else
write her a letter, send her. a telegram
or use some other convenient method
of communicating with her.
Mothers Day is observed this year
for the fourth time. 1t has been pop
ular everywhere in the country from
the very start. and in some cities has
been announced by the mayors pro-
clamation. There are those who would
like to have the day given national
standing and there are many who have
encouraged making it's scope world
wide"