Evening star., 1933-05-15
MOTHERS HONORED
IN VARIOUS RITES
Secretary Dern's Address
Leads Ceremonies Marking
Observance of Day.

To mothers, whose sons went down
on the Akron, to mothers OF this years
transient youths as well as to the
mothers of World War soldiers, Secre-
tary of War George H. Dern yester-
day addressed words Of cheer and COM
fort at the annual service held within
the amphitheater before the Tomb Of
tional Cemetery.
Similar meetings within church and
home throughout the city were held in
tribute to Mothers day and prominent
men and women in public life dedicated
the day to the memory of all mothers
living and, dead.
The amphitheater at Arlington was
fringed with f1uttering flags. A clouded
sky made its canopy. A humid heat
intensified the quietude. The crowd
was but handful In that great place,
dominated by the fragrance and the
greenness of the second Sunday in
May; But Gold Star mothers with
W1stful faces bearing garlands Of green
and white. formed the isle Of honor
for the annual decoration of the Un-
known Soldiers tomb.
Interests ut Heart.
Secretary Dern, who was the prin-
cipal speaker, told the mothers of sons
who are roaming the country seeking a
livelihood that the Government has
their interests at heart in referring
to the youths who are being given
healthy, outdoor work in the reforesta-
tion camps.
OF the Akron disaster, he said:
sPeace as well as war hath its victims,
and sleeping close to where w stand
are those gallant officers and men who
aNY1Iy priG &I>;~
che progress of aviation. And scores
more of the Akron disaster sleep be-
meath the waters of the Atlantic"
He then quoted from a poem, Mother
D. Mine" the lines, IF I were down
In the deepest sea, know whose love
would come down to me-"
Representative Mary T. Norton of
New Jersey also paid the mothers
tribute. Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, national
president of the American War Mothers,
lauded the pioneer woman. A song
with Taps" as Its theme was sung by
Mrs. Gertrude Lyons The motif was
echoed by an Army Band bugler from
the opposite wall of the ampitheater.
Mrs. Norton pronounced motherhood
without qualification the most impor-
tant career to which any woman might
aspire
There never was an act Of heroism:
there never was a valorous deed that
could match or even compare with the
life work of the humbleSt little mother"
she said. Mothers battles are waged
in silences, removed from the glitter
of popular acclaim. They fight, not
to kill, to take life, but to give and
perpetuate it."
The invocation was by Capt Sidney
Key Evans, chief of Navy chaplains,
and the benediction by Col. Julian
Yates, chief Of Army chaplains.
Senator Caraway Talks.
The mothers Of America are playing
an important part in bringing the
country out of the depression, Senator
Hattie Caraway, Democrat, of Arkan-
sas. declared yesterday at the annual
Mothers day breakfast for dormitory
residents of the Washington Young
Mems Christian Association at the
Central Y NJ C. A.
Herself a mother of three boys, Sen
ator Caraway paid tribute to mothers
generally for their efforts to sustain
the morale Of their husbands and sons
in the present crisis.
1.-THE family life in this or any other
country" Mrs. Caraway said, "is one
of its greatest assets. The one good
COullIlR
the readjustment of our sense of values
the welding together of the family
against the common foe, poverty.
Il believe that when financial equi-
librium is again established we will find
that our spiritual values have been
stabilized also. That the family has
become one in ideals and enjoyment
of simple things. That it has resolved
itself into a committee OF the whole
to fight things out and will not soon
again accept shadow for substance.
Senator Caraway was introduced by
H. K. Stacey, George McSwain, pres
ident of the Y. M. C. A. DormitOry
Council, presided. The address was
broadcast over the N. B. c. blue" net
work.
The annual Mothers day communion