Show PHILADELPHIA WOMAN SEES SUCCESS OF HER MOVEMENT FOR MOTHERS' MOTHERS DAY OBSERVE YE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY Founder of Movement Met With Many Discouragements Discouragements Discourage Discourage- ments meats at the Outset DAY OF WHITE CARNA CARNATIONS lONS Sentiment Into Action Action Ac Ac- tion ilea in Every State and Across the Water T May fa 3 Although P PHILADELPHIA r for tor centuries poets and painters have Immortalized tho the glories of ot radiant motherhood It has re remained ro- ro for fer a quiet unassuming unassuming- little little little lit lit- tle Philadelphia woman of oC the twentieth century to or organize n a movement which has resulted In tho setting aside of or a a. special da day en n tho the calendar when all mothers Including hard working women unlovely bowed howell in form torm and uninspiring to artists will willbe willbo willbo bo be reverenced Exhibiting the Inextinguishable fervor fervor fervor fer fer- vor of or a Jean Tean d dArc d'Arc or a n. Florence Nightingale Night Night- Miss Anna Jarvis has hns worked incessantly toward the attainment cf of her Ideal Ideal Ideal- Ideal general general observance ance of 01 a 3 day when the tribute that is justly hers hors willbe will willbe willbe be paid mother the world over It was waB a postage stamp that Inaugurated inaugurated inaugurated rated the movement seven so years ears ago when Miss lIss Jarvis mailed a note to a friend Inviting her to spend the second Sunday J in Mo May at nt her home to commemorate commemorate orate the tho date dato of 01 her hel mothers mother's death It was 15 then that tho the daughter disclosed her desire to dedicate a n da day to all moth moth- ers Movement Dt Prospers Proper Th The Tho following year ear found tho the movement move move- movement movement move move- ment prospering And ta l May 10 1908 Philadelphia Philadelphia celebrated Mothers Mothers' day clay In church and home The Tho year car had been an extremely busy one for little Miss Migs Jarvis Jarvis no no one can fully tully realize Just how ho bus busy And when the tho great reat da day arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived she was too ill to t carr carry out allot all of ot her hor plans for Its celebration But to those who knew nothing of her strenuous strenuous strenuous ous efforts it was amazing that so wide wido a publicity had hart been given Iven the Idea Had she so 80 desired Miss Jarvis Jar could havo told of or thousands of letters written written writ- writ ten ton to t men prominent in public life liCe clergymen influential leaders It in tho the business world philanthropists and others whoso whose interest in the project she was d desirous of oC gaining She he could have related her experiences when visiting vis vis- visiting lUng reform schools asylums and other institutions and could have told of oC personal per pcr- onal lIonal pleas to senators Judges and professors professors pro pro- and immense sums from her own private income expended in furthering furthering fur fur- her endeavors But in all her vl vigorous campaigning for Cor tho establishment establishment establishment of 01 tho day not a penny penn did she demand of 01 anyone operation Co-operation consent consent con con- 8 sent nl and a sympathetic reception for tor or her plans were the only onh contributions sought White Carnation Used The discouragements she met were man many Like Ilke all pioneers sho she found all sorts of 01 unforeseen hindrances Through h everything however she persisted hopefully and now at nl last sho she sees aces in inthe tho the not far remote future a a. time when Mothers' Mothers da day with its emblematic white carnation its beautiful s sentiment shall bo universally observed the observed tho one day In which all mankind Irrespective of or race religion Ion or cast m might ht well Join in cel cel- Even riven In that first year car of its existence existence exist exist- ence enco Mothers Mothers' day was observed In man many cities for tor Miss Mies Jarvis had bravely I MISS ANNUL ANNA JARVIS JARYIS right who was us jeered at t when she site started Mothers' Mothers day movement but now rejoices in its growing popularity I I throughout the country I tr t tr tt r I I t e t tr r 4 t t brought a a. resolution before beCore the Senate of the United States to La make malc tho sec sec- end Sunday in May ay a 3 nn national holiday dedicated to tho the memory of Cr the best mother in the world your our mother It was a difficult thing for or tho the quiet loving home-loving little lady to tal take tako o this step but she finally succeeded In persuading persuading per per- Senator Burkett of oC Nebraska r to propose the resolution on May Ilay S on the floor ficor of tho Senate Idea Jeered at First When hen the tho senator voiced the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed resolution his colleagues greeted him at first si with jeers and sarcastic derision SV Why h by not Fathers' Fathers day day shouted one I 1 havo have a dear old aunt yelled another Lets have havo Aunties Aunties' da day And within a a. few moments Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator atol Burkott's voice was drowned ned In to Inan toan an ocean of at lau laughter but the good Cod man from Nebraska continued to speak until his earn earnestness compelled more mOIe serious attention Then althou although h the resolution resolution resolution tion was slated until a later date the purport of the senators senator's words had its effect and next morning tho the newspapers newspapers pers cf ct the country over ever told of or the now movement some gome even oen commenting editorially editorially edi edi- upon Miss liss Jarvis Jarvis' laudable project And on the following da day others Mothers others others' da day was waA celebrated not nol only onh in Philadelphia but In various cities clUes and communities throughout the union thousands of oC men mon and women eagerly donning tho the white carnation symbolic of or the constant purity purIt of or mothers mother's love That was six years cars a ago o. o Now the celebration of at Mothers Mothers' da day has become International It is remembered and fittingly celebrated in every ever every state stale in tho union In Great Gr at Britain Miss Jarvis was ablo able to make such an impression slon that last lat year cal the day clay was observed throughout hout l' l England n land and Ireland In Intense Intense Intense In- In tense interest in tho the movement mo has also been awakened In the German empire |