The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-10
Tribute Paid 10 Mothers ' ByLt. Col. RiegIe at EIks
 Services Held on Sunday

of chHdhood-went out from home to embark on the stormy sea of J life. Of the feelings of father and of his interest in our welfare we have never entertained doubt and our home was dear because he was there; but there was pecu- liarity in the feeling that it was the home of our mother. While sEe lived there, there was a place that we felt was home There was one place where we would always be welcome. one place where we would always be met with smile, I one place where we would be sure 4 of friend. The world might be I indifferent to us. We might be un- successful in our studies or busi- ness The new friends which we Supposed we had might prove to Be false.
 "The honor which we thought I've deserved, might be held from us. We might be chagrined and nor htified by seeing a rival outstrip us, land bear away the prize we sought. EBut there was a place where no feelings of rivalry were found, and where those whom the world over Hooked would be sure of friendly greeting. Whether pale or wan by [study, care. or sickness, or flushed with health and flattering success, I've were sure we should be Welcom- led there. have seen bird in it's first efforts to fly, leave its. nest, and stretch its wings, and go forth ito the wide world. But the wind blew it back, and the rain began to Ifall, and the darkness of the night began to draw on, and there was mo shelter abroad, and it sought it's way back to the nest, to take shelter beneath it's mothers wings, land be refreshed for the struggles of new day. The goodness of a home, my friends, is not depend fent on wealth, or spaciousness, or beauty. or luxury Everything de- fpends upon the Mother.
 From good home, thankfully land reyerently used, flows the stream of a good, a pure, and a profitable life. A man never sees all that his Mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it. However the best thinkers among men in all ages have acknowledged the su- Epremacy of the maternal tie. often describing divine attributes to her surpaSsing tenderness. Benjamin West said: "A kiss from my Mother made me painter" To this add the words of the immortal Lincoln, All that am, or hope to be, owe to my angel Mother Such acknowledgements can be daplcat- ed over and over again from the literature of all countries and all times. Thus Napoleon said, "The future of the child is always the work of the mother" "Let France have good mothers and she will have good sons."
 T love old Mothers-Mothers with white hair,
 And kindly eyes, and lips grown lsoftly sweet,
 With murmured blessings over Sleeping babes.
 l There is something in their Iquiet grace
 That speaks the calm of Sab- bath afternoons.
 Sweet Mothers; as they pass, one sees again,
 t'Old garden walks, red roses, and old lanes"
 This year, on Mothers Day, we are still engaged in great global war. We are battling with forces | that are trying to exterminate us We are striving with all our might and main to preserve for all time those ideals of freedom, liberty. and justice we love. We are bending every effort to make secure for fu- ture generations the institutions that have made this country great and which have made our people happy. We are determined to keep our ships afloat and our flag fly | ing on the seven seas and in our distant territories. Once again, we are determined to protect the dig nity and sovereignty of our coun- trys honor and the security of our people.
 This war, with the help of our allies, will be won by the soldiers of America And the greatest. sol dier of them all is the Mother. She wears neither uniform nor badge No medal decorates her breast The Mother who stays at home, which is quiet and lonely, and sends her 4 boy forth to the seven seas and to distant lands, is the brave, un- sung. noble soldier of this war. It is easy to go forth to war where all J is excitement, adventure and &C., tion. But it takes real soldier to