The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-19
IFE asks much of it's mothers. Not
 only must woman go down into ~ the valley of the shadow of death

lf IFE asks much of it's mothers. Not
 only must woman go down into ~ the valley of the shadow of death
 to win her crown of motherhood but as the years go by there must come 10 her another time of bitter trial, the day of the child's spiritual birth. The boy grows toward manhood and becomes 8 separate entity. lit must live his owr life. For the mother. the thing that cuts the cords that bind the wings of he1 Hedging to her ideals, and sets his spirt separate entity He must live his owr heart, says Annie Rankin in Southern Woman's Magazine.
 One by one through life's swift chang ing years, must women give their sons and daughters to dream the dreams anc do the work that the great world asks of them. Put now and then, in some great cities the women of the whole na- lion must unite their gifts in one splen- did offering to meet a need that Is com polling and supreme. Such time is ours today and mother hearts from end to end of our great land are offering their treasures.
 It has always been like this. It is from the mothers of America, long generations of them-valient, sweet, and high of heart-that we have learned the rever- ence. faith and bravery that pledges us now to humanitys great cause
 As the war begins, we come with out supreme gift, the first great opponents of our loyalty-the first great offering an army of 100000 boys?
 Two million American boys-where in all this wonderful world of ours can there be found gathered together so much of eagerness and purpose so much of gayety and daring. so much of promise, and so much of sure fu1filIment as in this gallant army of boys. In them the vital chivalry of new world pours out its ar dor and its heroism for the final healing of the nation. And through such youth and valor shall we not come to learn anew the deep lesson that now holds the hearts of England and France, this
 Until a man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no begin ming, he works to no end. He may have his friendships. his partial royalties his scraps of honor. But all these things fall into place. and life falls into place, only with God. Only with God. God, Who lights through men against blind force and night and nonexistence; who Is the end, who is the meaning"
 And then-because of the anguish Of our giving, the torture of our tears, the glory of our sacrifice
 Tt is our sons who have shown us God.
 Mrs. Oscar Hundley will entertain at luncheon at the Tutwiler Monday, com piimenting Miss Mamie Spaulding of Bal Gmore, the guest of Miss Dorothy Davis. Miss Margaret Moore will entertain at luncheon at the Southern club today, in- viting few friends to meet Miss Mamie Spaulding of Baltimore, the guest of Miss Dorothy Davis. The following is the programme of the first pupils recital of Mrs. Corrie Hand ley Rice at Cable hall this afternoon cS 3:30: Scenes From Childhood" (Schu- mann); (a) "From Strange Lands and Peoples" Cb) Curious Story" Co Blind Mans Buff" Blumie Shugerman "Scherzo," B flat major (SchuberD, Sara Newsom. Romance to the Evening Star" CWagner-LiszD, Mary Privett.