Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
MOTHER

NJ is for the mercy she possesses,
. means that l owe her all / own,
I is for her tender sweet caresseS,
Ii is for her hands that made a
home.
L means everything she's done to
help me,
II means right, and right she'll al
ways be:
Put them all together they spell
Mother
And word that means the world to
me.
The second Sunday in May has
been set apart for special obserV-
ance in honor of home and mother
hood. The object of the day is to
recall memories of the mothers
who are gone; TO brighten the lives
of those who remain. AS badge of
the day the carnation is worn.
emblem of purity, beauty and fl
deity of mother love.
The idea Of Mothers day origi-
mated by Miss Anna Jarvis Of
Philadelphia and it was celebrated
by number of cities in the Unit
cd States in 1910. On May 10,
1913, a resolution passed both
houses of Congress commanding
the observance of the day by CEN
gress and the executive depart
ments of the Government. The
first National proclamation was is
sued by President Wilson on May
,, 1914. 1t is an honor to be able
on this day to show to the world
the great respect and love we have
Tor the mothers of our land: and
may that spirit not lessen at the
close OF day, but may we devote
the three hundred ana SIxty-fiyc
nQNS hpr aud
Mothers day.
Many hearts are glad this day.
many sad. but how must the heart
feel that has never known what il
means to have possessed that
glorious thing, Mothers love-"
Many times I have heard my
mother say, May God let me live
able to care for themselves" Her
prayers were answered. Then he
took her. The heart has been sad
dened: but left behind ia tho
sweetest thing in my life, Nom
cries Of home and mother.
We all love mother, but there
are very few who do not careless
~ neglect her. We would give
our lives for her yet there are so
many little things that would he
nothing for us to sacrifice, and
would mean everything to her,
Still we do not do them. we go on
through life blinded until there
comes day when our eyes are
opened and We see too late
Then memory takes us back to
childhood days when mother toilcd
so hard through the day and at
the CLOSE tucked us in our bed and
sewed and worked until late in the
night to clothe our little bodies.
Always cboerfully for they were
all labors of love. Then we grow
older and more care and worry
and greater sacrifices We're made.
Plans for our education to enable
us to go out in the world and take
our place, and the lessons She 50
tenderly tired to impress on our
mind from childhood became a
harder task, for so many changes
came and mothers lessons We're
often called old fashioned" What
could be greater Insult to the
mother who has guided us when
We could not walk alone and has
saved us from so many pitfalls?
Let us not be deceived II is bet
ter to be always looked on as an
old-fashioned relic than 4 broken
toy cast aside aud forgotten.
AS we enter the house o. God II IS
with feeling of deep reverence.
We look on a beautiful painting
done by the hand Of a great artist.
With admiration we read writings
of famous poets and listen to n1u-
SicianS that thrill our soul. As
we come in the presence of the
mother we should have all these
feelings combined, for do we not
know that by the guidance Of the
great Divine. the hand that rocks
the cradle is the hand that rules
the world, and when the hands
cea sos bs ItoYL in this v--rlJ ~