Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-11
Patriotic Bodies to Hold I'M
pPeSSiVe Ceremonies at
Tomb of Unknown Soldier.
SECRETARY OF WAR =
AND FRIES TO SPEAK
Tract Dedication in Rock Greek
Park, Making and Wear
ing Of Flowers Features.

| motherhood, sons and daughters of the
Capital and the Nation will join hands
tomorrow to pay tribute to the women
who bore them
Mothers will wear flowers and receive
gifts OF all sorts as sentimental signs
Of the esteem in which they are held
by their offspring. Organized patriotic
bodies plan large and impressive cere-
mony at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
While this ceremony is going on, an
| other group, the Universal Alliance,
pledged to the service of mothers of the
| world, will dedicate a six-acre tract in
Rock Greek Park on which it is planned
to raise in impressive white stone an
everlasting memorial to motherhood and
fountain of aid for the mothers of the
world.
Secretary of War James w. Good
and Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries will speak
at the gathering in Arlington toinor-
row at 3 o'clock. This gathering will
be national in scope, mothers coming
from practically every State in the
Union to find Qualification in one more
tribute to the symbol of the sons who
gave their lives in the World War
Other cabinet officers, Senators and
Representatives, high-ranking Army,
Navy and Marine Corps officers, and
IiC OIL u score OF more
patriotic organizations will take part
in the exercises.
War Mothers to Take Part.
The American War Mothers and the
Congressional Club will take leading
part in the cemetery ceremony, TWO
Gold Star mothers will lead the pro-
cesslon through the aisle of honor,
which will be formed of War Mothers
bearing flags of gold, silver and blue,
and through which the dignitaries who
are to take leading parts in the cere-
mony will pass. The leaders of the
procession will be Mrs. Charles Nc
Groarty OF Falls Church, Va, whose
! son, Stephen, was killed in. the battle
Of Belleau Wood. and Mrs Clara Son
neman, mother of Hart Sonneman of
washington, who was slain by machine
gun fire before ST. Mihiel.
The Gold Star mothers will be fol-
lowed by Mrs. Thomas Spence of Mil
WauEee, president of the American War
Mothers. and Mrs. Porter H. Dale of
Vermont, president of the Congressional
CLUB, carrying wreaths to place on the
tomb. Mrs. Spence will preside and will
present Mrs. Dale. who will speak for
the Congressional Club.
Gen. Fries will speak on Mothers and
Civilization" Secretary Goods subject
! has not been announced, The United
states Marine Band will furnish the
music. Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum OF Virginia and Herman Faklsr will
give vocal solos and Mrs. Gertrude LYONS
will give an Interpretation of Tabs
Out OF the Night the Bugle Blows"
Will Lead Flag Salute.
The salute to the flag will be led BY
Col. James A.. Moss, director general
OF the United States Flag Association.
/ The invocation will be delivered by Col.
Edmund P. Easterbrook. chief of chap.
lains of the Army. and the benedictior
VII be pronounced by Capt. Charles A.
Dickins. chief of craplainS of the Navy.
Staff Sergt. Frank Witchey. who sound
ed taps at the burial of the Unknown
Soldier, again will blow the call over
the tomb. Fort Myer troops will act
as ushers and will present each person
at the ceremony with carnation. the
flowers later to be placed on the I'm
known Soldiers tomb
At practically every church in the
Capital, some part of the service to-
morrow will be set aside for the paying
Of tribute to mothers.
The imminence of Mothers day was
marked in the House today by an
address by Representative Bowman OF
West Virginia, who paid tribute to
motherhood and called to the attention
of his colleagues the presence in the
gallery of Miss Anna Jarvis, who. he
explained is responsible for the modern
Mothers day observance.
Day for RetrOspection.
Mothers day should be a day Of
retroSpection, ne said, "a dav When
memory with gentle and affectionats
hands haltS us in the mad rush OF this
strange and complex age and leaas US
n r1N-aY fl1a r3aysra
homes OF our youth. At this time We
should forget our apparent indifference
to mother and turn our thoughts 70
mothers love for us. 1t is divine: it il
eternal No human power can ouench
its fidelity. In our sorrows and dis
treSs 1t grows more radiant. In our
failures 1t grows stronger in the infinite
bonds of sympathy. Like a star in the
heavens, it shines brighter on nights
that are the darkest. Prison bars can
not divert it; the gallows cannot cheat
1t, and the grave cannot destroy it.
This is our heritage"
In explanation of the observance, he
said:
"A little more than a quarter of q
century ago, loving mother was buried
on the sloping hillside of cemetery at
Grafton, w. Va. A daughter stood by
the open grave. The last words had
been spoken. The book of mothers
life was sealed. The grave had wonsits
victory. Out of the sorrow and grief
there came mere idea to console the
broken heart of this daughter. Here
on the hillside of West Virginia beside
the newly made grave of a mother
was born the great movement of
Mothers day, which was destined To
sweep into every cline where Language
is spoken and touch the Indifferent
hearts of multitudes with the fond
memories of mother That daug1ter
was Miss Anna NJ. Jarvis, who TO-DAY
honors the House of Representatives
with her presence in the members
gallery
This idea did not create a new rev.
erance; neither did it ordain a new
love; nor institute a new devotion. II
simply gave expression to our love for
mother and recognized her irrepressible
love and influence in the life of the
Nation. Within a short space of a few
years, the Mothers day movement
reached every section of tile United
States, has been recognized and pro
claimed by the Governors of 48 States
and by joint resolution of Congress
designating the second Sunday of Nav
as Mothers day."