Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
NATION TO HONOR
MOTHERS TODAY
President and Mrs. Coolidge
viii Lead Exercises at
UnknoWn'S Tomb.

IT'S tenderest memories to the glorious
: motherhood that gave il the nation
of the present and the future. and
over every heart that throbs with
recoilectioRs of the loving heart that
gave it life there will bloom fragrant
flowers in token of Mothers day.
throughout the land, from church
pulpit and public rostrum, the mot hers
of America will be honored and to
those still living there have gone
messages of remembrance from their
/ paoes OF yesterday. Upon the graves
OF those who have gone will rest
fresh buds to remind the world that
/ they live on i'll the memories of the
ones they loved the best.
Washington will bring it's own OBJ
serYance of Mothers day to a fitting
climax when it joins with the
American War Mothers in appropriate
service at the shrine OF the Unknown
! Soldier In Arlington National Gene
| terry this afternoon. The President
and Mrs. Coolidge, high officials of
the Army and Navy, and others
prominent in the official life of the
Nation, will be present
The program will start at 8 clock
Mrs. II. II. Mcclure, head of the
American War Mothers, will preside
After invocation by Rev. DIR. Jason
Noble Pierce. pastor of the First Con
gregational Church, and music by the
United States Army Band, Nine
Schumann- Heink will sing THE Star
Spangled Banner" The United States
Marine Band will follow with sacred
music.
Address by Col. Davis.
The main address of the day will be
delivered by Col. Dwight +. Davis.
acting Secretary of War. After an
| address by Gov. A. j. Montague, the
| United States Navy Band will play,
| and Lady Aberdeen. the Marchioness
Of Aberdeen and Temair, will present
a Message From overseas Frank
L. Herring will speak and Nine. Schu-
mann-Heinll will sing a hymn from
the oratorio st. Paul"
Just as Mime. Schuma ann Heink com
p3etes her selection an airplane from
Boiling Field will pass over the ceme-
terry, scattering flowers upon the
graves of those who fell in the World
War. while the aSsemblage in the
Amphitheater slowly passes out to :he
Tomb of the Unknown. where the re-
| mainder of the program will be fol-
lowed
Mrs. Coolidge will place a gold
wreath upon the sepulcher for the
gold star mothers of the Nation the
association OF mothers who each lost
son in the World War. Immedi-
ately afterward Mime. Schumann-
Heink and IA mothers whose sons are
listed among America S unknown"
dead in the last war. will place a
wreath on the tomb for the American
War Mothers.
1t will be remembered that Mime.
Schumann-Heink, loyal to America to
the end, herself lost q son in the war,
her boy having been forced to serve
the German oolors and went down
with one of the enemy submarines
Another son served in the American
Army. The Disabled American Vet
Grams will deposit another wreath,
symboliEing the homage of the I'M
known mothers of the unknown hero
dead.
For Foreign Nations.
Other wreaths will bs placed on the
| tomb in the following order Lady
aberdeen and Mrs. Philip North
Moore, for the foreign nations repre-
scented at the auinquennial conven-
ton of the international Council of
Women; the American Legion Auxil-
larry to the motherhood of the World
War; the; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
and washington Chapter, American
War Mothers, in honor of the mothers
OF the war. Then the Army airpla ne
Will soar over the tomb, dropping
MOVERS on ethe Seputchre In honor of
the armed forces of 1.-The Nation
AS these. rites are completed -four
pigeons will be released, bearing mes.
sages OF love and loyalty north, east.
south and west. each released stimuli.
taneousiy by Miss Marguerite Vizner.
Army Nurse Corps: Miss Edith John.
SON.. Army Nurse Corps; Miss Minnie
Duff Stth, chief nurse, Navy Nurse
Corps, and Miss Mary Hawthorne Red
Cross Nurse. Madam Schuma
Heink viii sing Taps the soldiers
farewell. :
Benediction will be pronounced by
Capt Beebe, chaplain at Fort Myer,
and Staff Sergt. Frank Witchie, the
bugler WHO sounded taps at the in
torment service OF the Unknown Sol
der, will again sound the call that
closes the life of every soldier and
sailor. Detachments Of soldiers. sail
ors and marines will assist during the
ceremonies.
Message for Veterans.
An illustrated Mothers day message
printed in five colors will be presented
each Of the 10000 disa bled war vet.
Grams IN hospitals throughout the
country today by the American Legion
| Auxiliary. The message, which will
be delivered in each case in the name
Of the veterans mother, follows:
The American Legion Auxiliary
sreets you today in the name of your
own mother. We are thinking of you
and our hearts are with you as we
| renew our pledge of thoughtful, loyal
devotion on this day of days and, be
yond today, throughout the whole
year.
I'VE admire your courage, your
service to your country and your
plucky smile in the face of adversity
TO us you are our country's most
precious citizen, and we feel that in
obligation.
we know that were your mother
here today she would give you her
blessing, and so we say to you for
her, God Bless You"
The wording of the message is
framed in a border, which has for its
main motif a medallion depicting the
features of a woman Of true mother
type. This medallion is f1anked on
either side by flowers in delicate
shades of blue. The remainder of the
frame of the message Is of oblong cir
eular design and suggests the various
branches of the service by the use of
the hats the men wore in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps during the
World War, including the steel helmet.
In the lower lefthand corner is a re-
production Of the American Legion
Auxiliary emblem, a circlet of gold in
which is centered the blue star Of
service that women wore during the
recent conflict which indicated that
one OF their own was in the service
of their country.
Honor Soldiers Mothers.