Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-09
Sunday, May 9, 1915.
THE LARGER MOTHER s DAY


Mothers Day finds the world
bowed with SORROW. The white
flower IL edged with crimson
Serenity OF thought holiness Of
purpose. honorable cxallaiion and
all future purposes are iumhicd
beneath the pondcrous wheels of
war Mans mind is rayaged by,
thoughts Of slaughter The screum
Of the she'll supplants the music
Of children Is voices
In all Europe's hell, the mother
suffers most sharply, On the field
of battle, husband and fnthcr aud
brother meet inscnsatc adycrsarics
OF cold metal, and are flung into
trenches sprinklcd with lime. like
80 much refuse. Little children
are grouped about her. hapgard
and threatened with disease.
While man pays the penalty IN
swift motion. she waits waits
waits The measure of her devo.
tion Is the measure of impossible
anguish made possible, of bravery
that transcends that of amy charge
into poisoned yapors, II is easier
TO do than not to do; tc move than
TO meet the thousand cruel spec.
ulaiions Of maction
Woman voice IL that OF ma
tions unborn, of pence flung To-
the Eurihermosi corncrs. To her,
the equal franchise represents
cherished opportunity, not mainly
political II offers her chance
to participate ia those measures
which. by their nature. promise
permanent bettermeut and sound
er foundations for social progress.
The world has secuted the fcm
nine viewpoint but the world is
composed Of two great forces, par
allel rather than aniagonistic,
concurrent IN direction essen
TALLY, if not politically, one IN op-
GRAFTON. The equal voting privi-
loge will usher in no immediate
and pronounced benefits; but, TO
Il greater degree than anything
else, il viii make for the proper
environment of the home, for the
stimulation of educative effort.
for the eradication of diseases and
the attainment Of approximate,
worldwide peace.
Woman is no longer suhservienf
Her place is established aud rec
ognizcd Sentiment does not prop
erly enter into the equation Pos
sible benefits are the sole argu
ment. Neither sex is inyincihle \
neither the custodian of major
lily of the worlds virtues. AS
compliments, men aud women dis.
cover their finest opportunities.
Unity of development is essential
to the best accomplishment of the
race. Economic conditions have
undergone a change. The might
makes.right idea erumbles IN the
minds Of individuals, II not OF ma
tons Always the few see ahead
Of the many. prcjudices OF opin-'
ION aud time-honored methods OF
conduct are moi ohlitcraied speed.
Nv and material progress il far
behind spiritual progress.
This is Mothers Day. The pro-
founder Mothers Day win ne ish-
cred IN when American women are
given freedom Of expression IN all
matters. No swift benefits will
strike the shnckles from the hands
OF society but, in the end, because
81 the inherent plan Of the world,
the equal franchise, curbinn and
extending the opportunities of
each party 10 il, viii perform d
necessary service te society. Self
expression is moi 70 De found III a
system of slavery based ON custom
ana sentiment any moro than il il
70 be found In a system OF slavery
nesed on the franker subiugation
81 the body and the mind. III
women ar1 worthy OF respect
7! my I! Y. IRE worthy VI equal respoa'