Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-07
mothers Day" Next Sunday.

mothers Day" Next Sunday.
From man whose friendship and
regard we prize most highly. we have
at hand lefter concerning Mothers
Day. The letter apologies for offer
ing the suggestion but asks an editori-
n on the subject-.if the day appeals
To- the editor.
First We wish to say that we well
Come suggestions for editorial topics
end are glad TO know that good men
earnest. rnan-loving eitizens-are in
terested to help us make the Kennebec
journal Of more home value each day.
more and more a source Of inspiration
IS wan as Information. our chief aim,
edigorialIy. is 10 awaken and stimulate
thought upon the affairs of the world.
Lack Of thought. and consequent lack
3 Of interest. is to blame fer most Of our
civic lis. when the people really
pause Il. thlnk. Of a. matter, they settle
il and ssiaily settle il right 81
Bat ne are sidetracking the train of
thought which mas tagged by re-
speetesi friend. ~
Does. tl.sstlay sAosher's Day. appeal
10 MS a M
There's so much bad in the best of US,
And so much good in the worst of US,
That Il scarcely behooves any of us
To tsik about the rest of US.
We Wonder If. "in the worst of us,
there's one in which the good Of moth
er love has not come in some dark
hour like Tire beating OF the wings of a
miaistering angel.
We wonder if. in the eoarsest and
most brazen of US. one can be found to
whom the sacred word mother does
not appeal more directly than any oth-
er the human lips can frame.
The sweetest sayings that have
trembiea on The lips Of men have been
in tribute TO mother
In King Lear Shakespeare said: 20.
how this mother sweils up toward my
heart And on the battlefield the last
words Of the dying. oftenest heard,
have been; Tell mother,
cniouAteslly. could We know. the
tho majority of those brave fellows on
the Titanic who gave their lives for
the women and children, would have
been LET mother know that | died
like man.
To respond to the toast my mother
no man needs time for preparation.
his mother is added all the love and
tenderness for the mother of his chill
dren The word mother on the lips
Of the boy gains a new significance
when that boy is a father.
The idea of a day in which every one
win pay some tribute, however slight,
10 ''mother"--if not his own, another
appeals 10 us as do the glad rays Of
the sun after long period Of gloomy
weather; as do the bursting buds and
glad thrifl of new life in spring-inspir-
ing, uplifting. appealing, to all that is
tender and sweet and noble in human
character
Can any. Q & us do better than to hon
or andtuplift motherhood? Can we give
happiness in greater degree or with
more satisfaction than by loving re-
membranes e. those whose hearts are
yearniing for love sse
Whaess ihefe but will gladly greet
the day that honors the one who went
down to the doors of death for him,
and whose every prayer thereafter in
cliided him?
Next Sunday. the second in May is
Mothers Day''-fn the schools on Fri
day Let men, as well as children, re-
member TO wear a white flower as an
emblem of purity and IMPLYING a
mothers live. Let men as well as chill
dren send note breathing love to the
absent mother. or message of prayer
TO the one that has gone before.
Let US all spend one day each year
as our mothers would have had us
spend It. Let as signify our loyalty to
the legion Of those who reverence that
tender word mother" that means vol
nmes 10 The soul of every earnest, fun
hearted God-fearng man, by wearing
the badgea white flower
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