Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-05-03
MOTHERS DAY THE
NEXT Celebration
Eleventh Annual Observance
Will Be Participated in
on Next Sunday
FOUNDER OBJECTS
TO FLOWER CHANGE
MOTHERS DAY.

MOlhEN =. DA1.
We have set up for saints and for
heroes;
For martyrs OF brain and blood,
Who've swept through the changing
channels
or Time in a master-hood
Our days of high-sung remembrance,
Fair-hymned with heart-uttered
praise,
And left for the last-which shall yet
be frstl-
The highest OF all high days.
If you have a mother. or perhaps
the memory of one lost. to cherish
for all her sacrifices. her self-denial
and unfaltering loyalty; If you are
thus privileged and realize it, remem-
Der it is Mothers Day next Sunday.
Remember, too. how she strove and
fought and perhaps suffered for your
welfare. Then, as token Of your APP
probation and as an infnitesimal rec
Ognition of her efforts, pin TO your
coat lapel a white carnation, emble-
matte of the day and your sentiments.
This will be the eleventh celebra-
ton of the day, conceived and or
ganized by Miss Anna Jarvis of Phila-
delphia, that, from a modest observ-
ance. now has assumed national pro-
portions. Adopted by every State in
the Union and formally proclaimed by
Congress last year, Mothers Day, in
the words of Miss Jarvis, is not mere
| ly celebration of idle sentiment. 10
was intended to and has proved to
be of great practical benefit to the
homes, nation, parents and children,
/ by inspiring all OF them with a deep
sense of their responsibilities toward
each other for the universal well be-
! ing of the home. Mothers Day fur
Their is intended to give emphasis
I to the wide work of the Mothers
Day International Association OF
which Miss Jarvis is president, in its
endeavor to right some of the in
justices of motherhood and childhood.
While the observance Of the day
will be general throughout the coun-
/ try and on a larger scale than ever
| before, according to reports received
] ny Mioo JdtNA1t PAL AlNuidi ihAtAtol
will centre around the celebrations
in Philadelphia. A great many of the
churches, Sunday schools and lodges
will remember the occasion with spe-
! cial services, a uniform program for
/ which has been prepared by the
founder.
Some disappointment over the APP
preaching celebration has been caus-
ed Miss Jarvis by the efforts of some
florists 10 commemorative" the day
as she puts IT, by endeavoring TO have
the public use any kind of spring flow
ers for gifts and lapel adornments
The latter contends that Mothers Day
is bound to result in a carnation
shortage and even an imitation OF
prices, and. as a remedy. propose the
adoption of roses, daisies larkspur
snapdragOn and sweet peas. Florists
say the practice of wearing only
white carnations causes an abnormal
condition on that day and enables
INSCRIPTIONS dealers to treble and
even quadruple prices. In New York
they point out white carnations are
only in memory of mothers that are
dead, while colored carnations are
used to honor those still living.
Any change in the flower. however
has been strongly resented by Miss
Jarvis. according to whom the white
carnatiOn was selected because its
color is emblematic of the purity oi
motherhood" while its sweet frag.
rance stands for the mother love.
To meet the possible shortage of flow.
ers she suggests the wearing of Z
badge button, showing a white carna
ton with Mothers Day" emblazon
cd in green letters. These button:
will be on sale at various suppl,
stores. while numerous organizations
and firms have ordered large quaint
ties which will be distributed fire.,
next Saturday.