Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-10
HAPPINESS TO MARK
THIS MOTHERS DAY
Sons Long Absent Because OF
War Return Again to
Best-Loved Parent
BIG JOB DRIVE PLANNED

Mother's Day. tomorrow. will be the
happiest second Sunday in May for
many thousands of mothers since Ger
many plunged the world into war.
ibis day. consecrated to motherhood
was the idea of Philadelphian, Miss
Anna Jarvis. 2031 North Twelfth
street. president of the International
Mothers Day Association.
A white carnation is the symbol of
the day and this flower will adorn the
khaki coats or blue blouses of thousands
OF soldiers and sailors hurrying homo
after long absences.
fhiladelphia churches tomorrow. in
common with 10000 churches
throughout the country. will link
Mothers Day" with an effort, to oh =.
tain 100000 jobs for returning sol.
diers
While previously Miss Jarvis has
oeen emphatic that the day be kept free
from appeals of any sort. yet this year
the association is CO. operating with the
United States employment service to get
jobs for service men.
Help Is Honor to Mothers
Helping in this" said Miss Jarvis.
is honoring the mothers of many of
the finest sons in the world"
The employment services drive for
work for soldiers and sailors began last
sunday. One hundred thousand posi-
tions were listed then for the return
ing heroes. Miss Jarvis estimates that
tomorrow 100000 jobs will be of
tered to service men las the highest
honor payable to their mothers"
In commenting on the valuable CO.
operation the churches have give, Miss
Jarvis pointed out that many church
attendants are men and small busi
ness men. Then, too, she said. the
children carry home to their families the
message they receive at Sunday school
Probably every family so repre-
sented,' Miss Jarvis continued, "knows
of places where there may be an open
ing for a soldier or sailor. but does
not feel at liberty to report it without
talking to the potential employer.
THE United States employment
service estimates that more than 100, =
oOO positions were listed Sunday. I
am pinning my hopes to nt least 500, 900
on Mothers Day. I shall not be sur
prised. when full returns are in. to
find that 100000 jobs of one sort
or another are offered on Mothers
Day to our soldiers and sailors as the
highest honor payable to their mothers. {"
In many of this city's pulpits to-
morrow clergymen will emphasize the
vital part played by the mothers of the
world in the progress of mankind. In
most of the Sunday schools special ex-
ercises will be held tomorrow after
noon.
10000 Churches to Observe Day
The Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America has issued an ap-
peal to the $50, 900 Protestant churches
in the United States, asking them to
observe the day with special exercises
or sermons.
1t was with the churches that Miss
Jarvis idea first bore fruit. The plan
spread until many secular organizations
likewise embraced it, and Mothers Day
is now celebrated in some of the Euro
pean countries as well as in all the
American states.
Recently, Miss Jarvis urged practi-
cal application of the principle of moth
erlness to be extended to soldiers and
sailors in this city who have no rela-
tives here. She advocated the plan
of entertaining the service men at pri-
vatc homes, particularly on holidays
when the homesickness is most apt to
seize on the young man far away from
home and relatives.