Arizona republican., 1918-10-06

sentiment, exquisitely expressed, Mrs. c. F. Ainsworth is using it as propa- ganda in her work for the here. She is injecting Mrs. Knowles address in her campaign talk and its stirring ap- peal is making itself felt Mrs Knowles spoke to the men as the mother of a soldier.
 Her mother. Mrs. Lewis Wallace is watching her daughters work with pride and at her home in New York awaits the transports that brings word Of the former society leaders activi- ties. When war was declared Mrs. Knowles was one of the first to offer and have accepted her services to the government. Thoroughly travelled. a | brilliant linguist. tactful and an in | defatigable worker, her efforts have been of value. Her address which is. | being read at local club meetings, fol- l lows:
 Because l am the only American wo- man in this town and, the only Ameri- can mother in this sector have been asked to tell you on this Mothers day. something of how mothers feel about l the war and their sons who are in it.
 Perhaps I can do this. because I am
 not only mother but the mother of
 soldier. I know that there is not
 soldiers mother in America who would not give all she possesses to stand | where I stand tonight. to look into your faces in the hope that she might
 have even one glance at her boy; and
 l feel tonight like a great electric
 switch board receiving messages from
 all the mothers so patiently waiting in
 America.
 When my son came to me and said. Mother, I've got to go." it seemed
 like the end of the world to me, for
 he is all I have. He is very young and
 1 could have stopped his going had I
 wished, but looked into his eyes and
 saw there the light of a great purpose and determination. I knew he was no
 longer child, but man and all I said was, Co and make good" But in
 the few moments that took to my de-
 cision 1 looked back and could see in a flash all his life from the moment of that greatest happiness when his
 helpless baby fingers closed around
 mine and go gripped my heart for
 ever. At first I was like a little girl
 playing with a doll; then came the years of development when he began to be a boy and stamped, around on , his sturdy legs, so proud of his first
 trousers, playing soldiers. waving the
 flag, even then firm in the faith that
 his country was unconquerable; his
 first days at school when I so reluct- ,, antly sent him forth, knowing per , fectly well what lay before him there , then came his first long trousers. anG so on through all the stages from boy
 hood to young manhood-and tn,
 army. In the renunciation whicf American mothers are making nov U God permits them to approach His Di- vine Goodness, for as He so loved tht
 world that He gave His only Son, SC , we because we so love the cause O. r :, Freedom, of Justice. of Truth, give oui , sons even our only sons willingly Th'
 Spartan mothers used to say to thei
 sons when they went forth to battle Come home victors on your shields, / and American women today feel mucl
 the same and are standing solidly bacl V of their men, willing to make any sac
 rifice, ready to blow, to work, to talk G all the places that they possibly cal a in order that their men may be free t [ fight. We feel that though there ma, n be political reasons why America ha d entered this war the fundamenta , cause lies in the fact that the Ameri - can man has always protected his wo a men and his home holding that n
 nation can rise higher than it's ideal
 of Motherhood and Womanhood S II we feel that you are fighting for us n for Honor, for Justice, for the Hom, ' and all the clean, pure things of Tiff, d and that there shall be no more cruel n fled men, outraged women, or mutil
 ated children in the world and if W
 have to go through even years of tor v turing anxiety, privation, and sacrific, n roa
 accomplish
 I am not only the mother of a sol dier son, but also have a son who ha
 passed into the Greater Life, so I kno' .. and. can tell you that Mother Love doe st not stop at the grave but goes on for 6 ever. And so if it is the destiny ( I- some of you to go "Over the Top" an ,- push open that door which men ca
 Death, I want you to know that tn
 love of your mother goes with yo m through that door to light your wa. n even to the Throne of Judgment, wher I'd you could not have a more potent in
 terccssor than that same Love. And
 the mothers of some of you have gor m on before, be sure that their love - waiting for you. Scientists tell us the n, everything in the world is vibration ,a that thoughts are things that live, S 70 tonight before you sleep want you h take a few minutes of quiet to sen :- earnest thoughts of love and devotio II to your mother and then close yol
 mind to all other impressions and rt
 ceive the great wave of Mother Lov a devotion and encouragement which of flowing towards you. Let the thougl CT of that love fill your heart with jo ss strengthen your arm, and lift your so' at above discomfort, disappointment, ar CT sin into communion with the Divinir ve Love, that no matter what war ma IS. wage without, you may have pea Id within.
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 is Mrs. Richard E. Sloan returne 1d Wednesday from California where sf re summered. Her attractive your is daughter, Miss Mary Sloan has CT
 rolled as a student at Stanford. Mi!
 Eleanor Sloan who accepted a go, CT ernment position in Washington Ia e. spring will remain at the nation ss, capital.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles De Sal nd Wheeler have moved to their ne ny residence on Fifth and Rooseve )m streets
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