Evening star., 1926-05-14
Nation Loves Mothers Day
Second Only to Christmas

Mothers day il becoming. next TO
Christmas. one of the Nations best
loved days of observance. Through
out the land tender thoughts are
aroused and ideals revived on the sec.
ond Sunday in May.
"A poet once sang his lay about
God being in the Heaven. making an
we'll with the world says the Middle
town Daily Times. but Heave is so
far. and mothers kitchen is so near
God is 30 remote. SO strange. so awe
some. so manNnamed To even grown
ups. Is it any wonder then that the
child is not SO concerned about God
being in his Heaven. ma king all we'll
with the world. as that mother is in
her kitchen about the homely ritual Of
everyday living. which means that
the child's world is well. indeed? We
wonder sometimes if these mothers
who love silently every second of their
lives. asking little word spoken love
in return. know of this childish faith
in a mother-ruled world. this childish
horror of a world without mother at
the helm
Recalling mOthered days of child
hood. the Roanoke Times speaks OF
how when we were little we ran tO
her with our childish tribula tions and
she never failed to kiss the place and
make it we'll. The same thought is
expressed also by the Elkhart Truth
I'VE grown-ups. casting back through
the years find one unfailing memory
this memory of radiant. joyous. all
we'll world. when mother was a her
post of a world out of joint md fallen
upon evil ways with mother away on
i'll or gone from us.
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'One Of the finest concepts "f hu'
man rela tons ia hack Of the Mother 6
dsy observance" in the opinion Of the
Hazelton Standard Sentinel. while the
Harrisburg Telegraph finds some
thing beautiful and touching in q
whole Nation turning on a single day
to pay tribute to its mothers. The
COnnellSVilla Daily Courier sees in the
observance of Mothers day IAN appeal
that is more universal than in any
other occasion when people are called
upon. by custom. usage or otherwise
to take part
The spread of the observance OF the
day is described by the Trenton
Times Advertiser as follows: Mother s
day, as national observance, gains
in favor year by year. deservedly so
Ii is about Is or 16 years since
II first hegan to win widespread
recognition. On May 10. 1918. reso
luton passed both houses of Congress
commending the observance of the
day by Congress and the executive de
partments of the Government. In the
same wear NebraS ska made 1t state
flag day in honor of the patriotism OF
Nebraskas homes. Congress. in 1914
authorized the President of the Unit ed
States to designate by annual proc
lamation the second Sunday i'm May
an Mothers day and TO display the
American flag on Government build
ings and private homes
y
The Hartford Daily Times reminds
us that Mothers life needs easing
and assistance every day in the 365
and on the 366th of leap year. She
has no eighth hour day. There Is no
union to insure her higher wages or
enforce her holidays. Give her also
some things practical and, above all.
consideration"
Motherhood is a gift from the
Creator of the universe" says the
Rochester Times-Union. as it sug-
gests that 1T will be good to remem-
Der this As we honor her who always
thinks of first things first and in
whose keeping, after all the laws are
made and all the necessary institu-
tions for human welfare thought of.
is the destiny of the race And
mother and motherhood ARE entitled
to substarti as we'll as sentimental
recognition" the Lafayette Journal
and Courier urges. There Is grow
ing movement for fairer status for
mother as factor In the home end