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Show The common sense microwave oven Carnations on Mothers Day It just seems natural as Sunday church, Monday wash and hpple pie that Mothers Day has become identified with flowers. Anna Jarvis, who established Mothers Day, selected the white carnation as the official flower, because her own Mother, by whose meminory Mothers Day was spired, favored it most. Spring flowers abound in May, and so it is natural and fitting that flowers and TIIK PERFECT GIFT for Mother's Day is Magic Chef's Common Sense'' microwave oven. This spacious (1.51 cu. ft.) countertop microwave oven, with four memory levels, is large enough to cook an entire meal. The Common Sense micro-wav- e oven was designed for convenience, not confusion, with a touch panel that allows simplified, autolarge, matic operation. Mom can program this unit for up to 12 hours and take care of other business while the Magic Chef Common Sense microwave oven does the cooking. v . ing Tver try to make a telephone call on Mother's Day? Trunk lines are always busy It's another biggy for the phone companies, with everyone from everywhere calling home to Mom. (In our very mobile and sophisticated society, children live tens to thousands of miles from home and rarely get to see parents on a regular basis. Keeping in touch by phone is important.) Then there are photo graphs to mark family gatherof the respondents ings. 58 said they take pictures on Mothers Day. As for gifts, 89 give Mother a token remembrance and 88 send her a greeting card The fact is that more than 90 of all Americans observe Mother's Day in some form or another And its symbolism has spilled over with a kind of spontaneity that focuses attention on all women inotheis and mothers-in-laaunts, sisters, cousins and just Iriends In a way. Mother's Day, at the start of the season, heralds in a kind of change of living pattern, as women everywhere start to gear their lilestylcs to the needs and activities ol the pleasant months ahead It is your cue to come up with a gift remembrance inspired by need" as well as by flowers giv- on is well estab- lished. Often flowers are the underscore of some other gift from a wide spectrum of preferences, and so are identified with the necessities and amenities of the American lifestyle. raQBK"D,Ca How to spend the best time on Mothers Day "family affair. " observed with intensity, in just about as many ways as there are families to observe it A recent study conducted for the Mother's Day Council, members of the by faculty Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, revealed that 69 of the families ol respondents lor some special It event on Mother's Day could be a isit, a party or dinner, a movie o:. very o' ten, a church service Mothnd, traditionally er's Dav is an "eat out" day. a "get - Mom - out - ol - the " So much so, hitehen-dav that reslaurunteurs tell us that Mother's Day is their second biggest event of the year, exceeded only by Thanksgiv- Today, the custom of ing Mother Mothers Day ourasEca' easy-to-re- Mother's Day is a National Holiday that has become a Mothers Day have a commonality. They speak of the emergence of new life with tastefulness and delicacy. NOW SCDOTS REDUCED BOmS ENTIRE PRICE SIZES Vi SZ&LQ SELECTION 'ca8B PAKnnr LADIES PRICE Q REG .79 warm-weath- devotion, practical and thoughtful, appropriate for your Mom. Incidentally, apparel and fragrances are the most-ofteselected gift categories, followed by jewelry and then g appliances, large and small. Keep these things in mind if you're of a mind to buy something for your Mother this year. 1 Ladies Coordinates I 7IaI Price Select Group n labor-savin- Pamper her with a double gift TTP0 G Vs DD.0QDGGD Price Large Select Group LDS REDUCED C) Price Select Group & Men's Now u Select Group Packaged TTAPDO QJK7D Odds & Ends up Select Denim Group Standard Works GTODC30 SLEEK LECS are always popular at the beach, and here's a towel offer that's hard to resist. This one is free from Remington when you buy a Smooth & Silky Woman's Electric Razor between April IS and June 30, 1979, and send your warranty card, sales slip and one dollar (for postage and handling) to Remington, Box 183, West Haven, CT 06576. With the Remington Smooth & Silky electric razor youll be It will shave you as well as a blade, or Remington will send you your money back. All you have to do is send your sales slip and razor, prepaid, to Remington within 30 days of purchase. It will make an ideal double gift for Mother's Day. JJBZaEl Boys Sizes 8 Junior Miss Except Junior Miss Price d,o,3,d,s (aXBDSmilZIgGKI'S PAYSON f- - . f $ VvYW un MAY 5j |