Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-11
CITY OBSERVES
MOTHERS DAY
Flags Displayed on Public
Buildings-SpeoiaI Services
in Churches.

President Wilson put his stamp -
/ approval on the festival Mother
! Day" which was celebrated yester-
/ day. by commanding that fags be
/ displayed all over the country il
T honor of the festival The promoters
/ Of the devotion TO mothers living or
dead, made a big stride in their cam
paign when they succeeded in getting
I Presidential recognition Of their
+ work.
{ On Saturday the President Endorsed
/ a resolution setting apart Sunday.
May 10. 1914 as Mothers Day" As
result flags were displayed from thH
tops Of many business houses and
] homes.
Mothers Day was originated By
/ Miss Anne s. Jarvis, OF Philadelphis.
and was first observed in the Quaker
/ City, New York and other large
cities on Sunday, May 10. 1905. ex-
| actly six years ago.
| The opportunity 70 honor al
| mothers was instantly seized upon By
| the general public and Mothers DAY
| since that date has been observed
| TO q greater extent from year to
| year. so that It will not be MANY
years hence when the festival viii
be as pronounced as any other similar
! observance.
There are divers ways of honorine
the person the day sets apart The
| commonest way, the way which
| originated with the occasion, is the
wearing Of a white carnation. With
1 the Presidents action, however, the
day is now marked with the display
Of bunting.
/ The churches also have taken up
/ the matter seriously and yesterday
several of the local churches held
special services Of an appropriate
nature in honor of Mothers Day
In the Church of the Redeemer,
in Broad street. Rev. Henry r.
Rose, the pastor, conducted special
| mothers services" in the morning
He gave a timely sermon on the sub
/ ject, entitled 1.-THE Heart Of a
I Mother
Services in honor OF mother were
held last night at 7:45 o'clock in the
linton Street Methodist Episcopa.
/ Church, Rev. Warren P. Coon, The
1 pastor, officiating. There was specia
music and the Bible school conducted
| appropriate exercises.
! All who attended the services weTa
/ given white carnations, donated bt
| the business men of the IronbounG
I district.
/ AT the mems meeting in Wallace
4 Hall, Y. NJ. C. A. building, in Halsey
street Yesterday afternoon Rev. T.
/ K. Pickering, pastor OF the Mt. Pleas
ant Baptist Church, in Beilevilie ave-
nue., spoke on the subject, Mothers
Day Service" An appropriate musl-
cal program was given. Frank Ken
nedy. baritone, rendered vocal selee-
I tons
The second Sunday in May viii
hereafter be designated as Mothers
Day. The President will see that the
day is observed by the raising OF
/ flags on all government and public
buildings and by public proclamation
calling on all civilians 70 display
flags.
Several years ago Senator Burketf,
Of Kansas, attempted to get favora-
BILE action on resolution calling for
the observance of the day, but wa4
almost laughed out Of the Senate
Many addresses were made ridiculipe
the proposition and Ironically sng-
costing that Fathers Day" and
''Mothers-in-Law Day were equally
in order.
The resolution which was passed
/ by the Senate on Friday reads as fol-
/ lows:
Resolved, That the President Of the
Z United States is hereby authorized
/ and requested 10 issue proclamation
calling upon the government officials
to display the United States flag Oh
I all government buildings, and the pee
I ole Of the United States to display
the flag al their homes or other suit
/ able places on the second Sunday Ii
! May as q public expression Of our
i love and reverence for the mothers OF
+ our country, and, be ii further
Resolved, That the second Sunday
+ in May shall hereafter be- designated
and known as Mothers Day, and II
i shall be the duty of the President TO
/ require observance as provided for ia
! this RESOLUTION. -