Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-17
MOTHERS DAY AT BER|NC SEA.
 SWEET AFFAIR
(By EloiSe LavriScheff)

All over the world-and here: Mothers Day! But nowhere, be- lieve, celebrated more sweetly than by our children in Kanakanak.
 With much secrecy and happy hustle our boys and girls dedicated their weekly Saturday dance to their Mothers-the matrons.
 In their own appointed commit tees they worked-the girls cook ing, decorating; the boys scrub ping so that the SchoolhouSe room (the sewing room) might shine for their reception. On the curtains concealing the wall-folding ironing board the girls pinned clusters of tiny pink and white paper roses. Tn a gold basket on the piano they placed more flowers of pink and white Around the lights they ruff fled shades of pink. On the black board above whtre the matrons were to sit was beautifully scrolled in colored chalk, Mothers We Love You"
 AS each Mother arrived she was greeted by a receiving committee of girls in white and the chaper- on, MT. Burlingame. She was pre- sented with an exquisite pink pap CT rose and escorted across the room to her seat while the chil- dren clapped their good wishes to her. Thus Mrs. Borland, Mother to the girls, and Mrs. Slumberger, Mother to the boys, had been seat ed when MT. Lavrischef and I ar rived. To my astonishment I was also received as Mother, the mat ron of our Staff, was handed rose and accompanied with good wish es by the committee to my seat.
 When everyone had arrived the dancing began, boys also with pink baby roses in their lapels proudly leading out the girl who had pre- sented it to him. The dancing con- tinued from 8 o'clock until 9:30, interrupted every few minutes by the girls in the excitement of their importance asking their Mother if it was time to serve yet. When fin ally assured that it was the proper time, they proudly escorted their Mothers down the room to the large cutting table, decorated by cloth and basket of flowers, upon which was exhibited the triumph of the evening" On either side of the basket was a large cake with tiny candy roses around each edge and in the center a beautiful icing: Greetings to our Mother Mrs. Borland" on the one to which they led that Mother, and Greet ings to our Mother-Mrs. Slumber- ger" on the one to which they led the Mother of the boys. While these were cutting their cakes, cups of chocolate and cracker sandwiches of deviled meat and pickles were passed to every one. Then to ac company the squares of cake, which was really delicious, came another surprise, strawberry ice cream.
 After these refreshments h e girls and boys who were able to play the piano dedicated each a number to their Mothers. They were Marie Fedulka, Fefa Setuk, Wassily Joseph, Janey Cavelia, Thomas Riley, Evan Simeon, and Anna Yatchmanoff.
 After this entertainment some one started the phonograph and the dancing started again with full swing. At 10 o'clock, the usual clos ing time, with the permission of their Mothers, they were granted another 15 minutes. And when mo- tified that the next dance was to be the last, the children cleverly persuaded Fefa to play again for them, which he continued to do- the same number over and over un- til his fingers were aching and the dancers were leaving the floor of their own accord.
 Then as the Mothers were leav- ing, the committee again lined at the door to shake hands and beam when truthfully told how wonder fully successfully their reception had been and to laugh when the Mothers announced that the work was entirelY that nf the children