Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-05-12
Mothers Day Observance

phia suggested that the second Sunday
| in May be observed as Mothers Day .
Miss Jarvis original idea was to mem
orize the ''home going" of her own dear
mother The idea, however, struck a
popular chord and observance of Moth
er's Day spread. A little later DR.. Geo
w. Bailey, then the president of the
Worlds Sunday School Association, iss-
ued call for the celebration of Moth
er's Day. The pursoses of this cele-
bration as stated by DR.. Bailey were:
TO recall the memories of the moth
ers that are gone, their loving words
and loving care, to brighten the lives
of the mothers that remain and to help
children, men and women TO greater
blessing in honoring their fathers and
their mothers.
To recall mothers prayers, mother 8
dying words and the promises made to
mothers by the big boys that still
mourn her, and to stop and think litt-
lie of what she was in our lives and to
our families
Others who are blessed with their
mothers still we think may show their
appreciation by some deed of gratitude
or love"
The provisions for the celebration
of Mothers Day did not stop here.
Early in May 1914 bill was passed by
Congress, through request of the
President of the United States, to iss-
ue proclamation calling upon the gov
nment offices to display on this second
Sunday in May the American flag on
all government buildings. The general
public was requested to display the
flag in their homes and other suitable
places, as an expression of our love
and reverence for the mothers of our
country.
This bill further provided that the
second Sunday in May shonld there
after be designed as Mothers Day,
and it was made the duty of the Pres
ident to request the observance of the
day as set forth above.
The Mothers Day Act was passed by
both branches of Congress and approx
ed by the President on May sth 1914.
On the following day President Wilson
issued proclamation directing that
the second Sunday in May be observed
as Mothers Day in accordance with the
act just mentioned
The same day is observed in France
as fete sacred to the memory of Joan
Of Arc
In 1918 President Wilson issued a
special message directing attention to
the patriotic sacrifices of the mothers
of America, and directing that the Sec
ond Sunday of May be observed in re-
membrance of these mothers.
Thus there has been a great recogni-
tion of Mothers Day, and surely there
is no day which should be celebl ated
with more reverence than the one on
which we show flial regard for the
first and best earthly friend, our moth
er.
The white carnation has been adopt
ed as the symbol for Mothers Day. 1t
may we'll suggest the purity of a moth
er's love and the genuineness of her
sacrifice.
Christ is still the worlds best exam
pie of dutiful son.
christ was essentially domestic; he
loved the quiet atmosphere of the fam
lly circle, and his first miracle was per-
formed at wedding, and it was his
mother who first pointed out the need
On the cross Christ's last thought
was of the future of his sorrowing
mother.
The strength of a nation is in its
mothers
Women were never so militant as in
the World War. Except for their hero
ism and support armies could scarcely
have been sent to the field and kept
there when sent.
All biographers agree in fcrediting
Martha Washington with great infiu-
ence in the formation of character of
her noble son. At the death of his mo-
ther Washington paid tribute to her,
81 attribute all my success in life to
the moral, intellectual and physical
education which / received from my
mother"
President Lincoln afrer becoming
President said, "All that am, or hope
to be. owe TO my angel mother"
Our mothers have understood even
our failures and they have stimulated
US to new successes.
The mothers bear the torch of life
physically, intellectually and spiritu-
ally.
A mothers love is the quietest and
deepest influence in life.
The services of mother would be
called drudgery to the world, but to her
this service is the most sacred of privi-
leges.