Show II I I I I 1 r I Revising Mothers Mother's Day In the bunch of literature sent out from Park Avenue in New York city to boost Mothers Mother's Day the very first statement is this The observance of Mothers Mother's Day Daj has become become largely commercialized commercialized commercialized com com- for the increase of business Yes that is true true and and what a asad asad asad sad admission Here is a day the day the second Sunday in in May each year set set aside by a resolution of Congress for the expression of lour our love and reverence for the ther mothers of our country and we weI find fIld that it has been dragged inthe in inthe in the mud of commercialism for forthe forthe the sake of making profits for afew a afew afew few favored lines of business Indeed Indeed Indeed In In- deed it is sad The circulars this year do admit admit admit ad ad- mit that conditions have changed They say Of course send flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers candy telegrams to your mother if she is living But remember re re- member myriads member myriads of widowed I mothers and orphaned children are I 1 today praying not lor for flowers out nut outi i for flour not for candy but for bread I le leIto do not mean to say a word Ito to discourage the observance of j Mothers Mothers' Day by such little attentions attentions attentions at at- as sending flowers cand candy candy can can- d dy telegrams and letters letters but but we would d plead rather for the kind I of though thoughtfulness ulness which prompts I children to think of the mother every day of the year year and and not just once a year We Ve speak for the son who keeps in mind constantly the debt he owes his mother which mother which certainly certain certain- ly cannot be paid by sending I flowers a few cents worth of canday canday canday can- can day which probably the mother shouldn't eat or a a telegram We Ve speak for the son who when away from home labors and saves so that he can send his mother allowances al- al al allowances I ai-I of cash which cash which is some some- thing sue she can useVe use We Ve take very stock in the elaborate elaborate elaborate orate prop propaganda ganda which is designed design design- ed mainly to stimulate the sale of flowers by wire and telegrams of congratulation to boost the in income income income in- in come of telegram companies that are now so badly in need of profits prof prof- its that they are deliberately taking taking taking tak tak- ing business away away- from the postal post post- al service We particularly resent such commercialism being carried on in the sacred name of mother whether it is one day a year or every day There is use for every nickel inthe inthe in inthe the Unit United d States States for for every penney pen- pen ney ney-in ney in the relief of acute distress right among ourselves Children who have neglected their mothers moth I all the rest of the year and have I Ito to be moved out of their indifference indifference ence by an emotional appeal to honor their mother only one day in the year are not the type of children we would set up as mod mod- els |