Show Debt to Mother Hard to Repay The debt which the world owes to the mothers of America will never be fully known much less repaid Their contribution to the history of ot freedom Is on one of those Intangible quantities not easily defined appraised Yet it it lies back backof of much of the worth worth- worthwhile worth accomplishment accomplishment accomplishment that makes the history of our country Trace the careers rs' rs of ot otmen men who hulk bulk large In the b building of America and you find woven woven Into their character the Influence of mothers mothers mothers moth moth- ers who had faith In their sons faith In their c country and faith in their country's God We h have ve come Into a a n new w age which grants to women Yom en a larger place in the affairs affairs- affairs of of mankind Some of f the ideals associated d with womanhood womanhood woman h hood od have changed with changing g tI times es We no longer insist on that measure of self self effacement effacement thought proper for the tile women of another gen gen- But no one can Imagine a ast st state fe of affairs wherein self self ing ing- motherhood will not be exalted or the the coi contributions of motherhood to the state not acknowledged with loving remembrance Yet it Is to mothers Individually rather than to mothers Impersonally that th the de devoted tributes of Mothers Mother's day are paid One thinks of his own mother and if possible sends hersome her ber hersome some token of his thought He appreciates ap ap- a appreciates predates what other mothers have ha done clone and are doing toward towar making this tIlls a n better society but his act of ot de devotion on onIs Is Is' Is Isto to the p particular mother who brought b him m into the world protected protected pro pro- tecte him bim when helpless Inspired him to strive blessed him as be start started ed out in the world and never ceases watching out but for his welfare as long longas as life remains Men len are what their mothers ma made e ethem them wrote Emerson America Is great because the mothers of ot American American Ameri Amen can men nn and women have been great mothers of ot what the fo Today we we recall Washington of Lincoln of Grant of But Dut their generation Lee meant to we recall even more vividly what our own mot mothers have meant and still mean to us And with full hearts we pay them tribute |