Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-06
LARRAZOLO ASKS
FOR OBSERVANCE
OF MOTHE rs DAY
Chief Executive of State DeSig-
mates May n for Every Man,
Woman and Child to Join in
Tribute TO Mothers,

ESPECIAL coRRgsPoNpeNce TO MORNING louRNALl
Santa Fe, May Gov o. A, LARA
zolo in a proclamation has resignated
Sunday, May II, Us "Mother's Day"
The proclamaticH follows: NJ
Ndaay things III creation came FROM
the hands of the Great Maker that
challenge our admiration; the uni
verse, consisting of numberless plan
cts and worlds revolving in space and
maintaining a harmony Of action that
almost bespeakS human intelligence,
each performing its own functions and
revolving in its allotted and described
path; each in its own way contribut-
ing to the existence and to the we'll
being and happiness of the other, are
creations that attest not only the
power. but the wisdom of the Gre
ator. Yet in all these wonderful Gre
ations there is nothing that came
from the hands of Almighty God so
great. so noble so magnificent, as
woman and therein a mother and
mothers heart. 1t is impossible to
imagine that the Creator. even with
His unlimited power and wisdom.
could have conceived of a being more
lovable, more wonderful, more ami
able, than a mother. In her tenderest
years, in that period of life when ma
ture has clothed her with all the at
tractivenes and lOvelines of youth, at
that stage of her career when, by
reason Of her natural beauty and love.
liness, she naturally would be in
clined to give herself UP to the allure.
ments and enioyments of life, Is pre-
cisely the period when she, in pursu-
ance of her divinely allotted mission,
practically abandons and forsakes the
world and it's social pleasures, COM
forts and enjoyments. and willingly
and lovingly devotes her existence and
early youth to the cares. the troubles,
the sufferings and untold privations of
motherhood; and we all know with
what amorous devotion. with what
answering and unyielding care she,
devotes her whole life to the raising
of her child. that he may become part
and portion of the great human fam
lily and of society. The alurements of
the banquet hall, of social parties. the
opera and all other entertainments
are not only willingly but cheerfully
surrendered and sacrificed that she
may consccrate her every hour. her
every minute in the day and in the
silent hours of the night, to the tender
and loving care Of her infant child;
and that love, that care. that devotion
are not diminished or abated for one
moment from the time that her first
born comes into the world, until the
light of day disappears from the af-
fectionate glance of the mother in
the eternal darkness of death. Man
can never do too much to show his
keen, deep and earnest appreciation
of a mothers love, of a mothers devo-
tion and of a mothers self-denial and
co gh I,
willing, ready and anxious to show
and to prove his love for his
mother.
1t is beautiful, nay a holy practice
that has sprung up amongst us. to de-
vote one day in each year to the good
mothers of our land and to consecrate
that day TO them, In pursuance of that
beautiful practice which we never
should permit to die from amongst
US, it is my inGStimable privilege to
proclaim, and do hereby proclaim
Sunday, the l1th day of May, 1919, as
Mothers day, and | hereby invite
every man. every woman, and every
child in New Mexico to most specially
devote that day to their mothers; that
in their respective places of worship
they remember their mothers in their
prayers. and commend them to the
care and to the protection of Almighty
God: that in the sanctuary OF the
howe. something be done by devoted
children to attest their love and devo-
ton for those blessed mothers to
whom we owe so much; little inno-
cent entertainment, simple, insig-
nificant present within the means of
the poorest. even that which may be
bought with the nickel of the little
boy and presented to the mother, will
be appreciated by her, coming as it
does from those she loves most in this
world. rlore tnan diamonds and pre-
2confinIed on Fsss fWO.1