The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-04-30
Mothers Day.

call the memories of the mothers that
are gone and through loving words
ana loving care to brighten the lives
or the mothers that remain; to HELM
children and men and women to great
er blessings in honoring their fathers
and their mothers.
This day will call back mothers
prayers, mothers dying words, and
the promises made to mother by the
big boy that still mourns her. On this
day he will stop to think little of
what she was in her life to her family.
Others who are blessed with their
good mother still near them, may
snow their appreciation by some deed
OF gratitude and love. If away from
nome, write her love letter, send a
telegram, use the long-distance phone
or special delivery of the postoflice.
Mothers Day is for every creed.
class, race and country. 1t is not de-
nominational. Social, fraternal. civil
military and religious organizations;
oilcial, professional and business
classes are all asked to pay homage
to mothers on the second Sunday in
May.
While any white flower may be
worn, the white caration is the Moth
ers' Day special Flower. Its white
ness stands for purity; it's form for
beauty; it's fragrance for love; it's
wide field OF growth signifies charity:
It's lasting qualities, faithfulness-all
true mothers attributes.
| The day may be observed through
special sermons, exercises, or address
es in honor Of Our Mothers" and hy
the wearing and distribution of the
white flower in connection with such
occasion. Generous provision should
be made for getting to special SER
vices the aged and other "shut-ins."
Mothers Day affords opportunity for
us as a nation to pay tribute to our
country-women who, as pioneers, col
onists, and as best citizens" in war
and peace rendered to their countrv
noble and valiant service through
their sufferings, privations and hero
ism.
These heroes of heroes" in m,ny
| instances not only sacrificed their
own lives through their many hard
ships, but Loyalty gave to their coun-
try lives more precious to them than
their own-the lives of their hus-
hands, sons, fathers and brothers!
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patriots are. praised and their graves
decorated on the Memorial Days of the
North and South, but these true-heart-
ed and noble women have not been
honored by us as a nation!
These heroic countrywomen arc not
buried i'm our national cemeteries,
but the memory of their suffering and
sorrow is buried in the mother-lovine
and patriot hearts of our people.
So the chivarous, the grateful, the
mothcr-loving of the North, South,
East and West, are asked on the sec
ond Sunday of our National Memorial
month OF May to wear next to their
hearts simple white nower-prerer-
ably the white carnation-that we as
patriots, as comrades, and as sons and
daughters, may show grateful and
! loving remembrance.
If possible send a white flower TO
others as message of sympathy or
brotherhood. Remember the sick or
unfortunate in hospitals, homes or
prisons, and those who labor on this
May Sunday for your comfort.
If we all give our hearts to this
loving service, it may become one OF
the most beautiful days of our lives.
The minister will preach of the
Father that pitieth His children and
OF the mother who comforteth her
child. The addresses in the schools,
in the Christian Endeavor gatherings
Brotherhood and other meetings will
have reference to mother; the hymns
sung will be those that mother liked
best, and other hymns that mention
mother.
Those responsible for the celebra-
ton of Mothers Day wish it under
stood that no one is authorized to
raise funds in the name or for the
furtherance of this movement. The
originators of the plan are using ev-
cry effort to discredit irresponsible
parties who claim to be securing
money for Mothers Day.