| Show 1 A H t ra ut t YS t f v w 7 VA VArSA J 4 Youth fades love droops the leaves of friendship fall A Mothers Mother's secret hope outlives them alL Holme Remember Mother Motto of the Day Busy Bwy Indeed Must Be Son or Daughter Who Forgets It present me- me hod method of observing Mothers Mother's day Idea IK la attributed to Miss Anna Jarvis of Virginia Inter later president of ot the Mothers Mother's Day International Inter national association Mss JarvIs Janis was I asked by the superintendent of ot the Sunday Bunday school In which her bel mother had been a lending spirit to arrange orrange a special program In her memory It occurred to Miss that It would be an excellent Idea Iden to give e all nit of the sons OM and daughters of or the nation an on opportunity of ot paying u a tribute t to o their own mothers living mothers as all aswell aswell well an as those thoe who have hll died Thus Mothers Mother's day dllY became become a national annun an nn annual nun nual holiday and the FIC second Sunday In Ma May was set lIet R aside for Its ince nce In May 1014 a resolution wa was s passed by congress and Indorsed by President Woodrow Wilson ing lag Mothers Mother's day as a national mutton Observe Mothers Mother's day In an and d not Dot in 10 mere ostentation Miss Jarvis suggest Do some little service TIre that will III mark you an as a n dutiful and thoughtful son FOn or da daughter There 1 Is s only use one thing that Is la Important on tits thIs da day of ot days that Is to ber bel mother Mothers day Is not n celebration n of maudlin sentiment but a n construe construe- movement seeking sacking greater grenter pr protection pro o for mothers children and t the Monte It glues gives emphasis to the home e as 81 the fountain head hend of ot the nation an angood d goo good 1 homes our great grent national bless bless- ing lag U it has tins been the he forerunner of at mothers' mothers pensions the maternity act and runny other things thing which In the community and the nation are blessing bless bless- ing the lives that need care and tion Spread of Celebration Since It Its Inception the celebration h his has 9 spread beyond the expectations of Its Its' founder At first the observance an ance onre consisted merll merely In III wearing flowers white whit I carnations for mothers who ho have died nn nod l red carnation for living mothers Now the flower Is III not necessarily limited to lo the carna arna Ion tion AN As n R rule the favorite flower lower of ot ones one's mother Is III worn Nor T Is th the oh of If Mothers Mother's day r i to wearing of ot flowers Much more Important I Is the sending of ot some remembrance to ones onen mother and whenever hene p possible upending spending the tho day doy with ones one's mother Sons and daughters have often traveled many mil miles In It order oriler to be belth with their moth ers on VII this tills In many Instances tho those vrho r-hoso r mothers rs have ha died send flowers lIo o or r other remembrances to mothers In hOl hospitals and Institutions Though the formal designation of ot n a day Iby us liS Mothers Mother's day ns but hut recently funds In fa this Oils n country tit the r i tom stun of or filial dates dales tack buck I to ancient times It antedates ante dates dilles the Christian em ern had Imd Its It- rites rite end ten ceremonies in pagan da a and d strikes strike deep Into primitive l emotions The particular ceremonies nth D upon nn the honoring nf or hn have ha yn changed han td with Ith hanging changing han tines times and ami th tho e modern Mothers Mother's day Is observed td In n a winch differs 11 to n II consider consider- tX extent It'll I from frum the ritual of olden eider days Idea of Ancient Origin I Authorities taste Hate that the th earliest l of sf f. f 1 nii v 11 t 1 1 I r n iiri I In the t tales les of vf t the ceremonies bya by a willed 1011 Rhea 1 I the hI grant mother of the gods as worshiped In A lu Minor r. In this wr worship l hll l It teas not so FO much the tender maternal t which claimed attention II us the IIII power II and of or motherhood Rhea was represented ns u. traversing tro the thO mountains In n nelm elm riot drawn by hy lions dons mid and th the core core- monies In la honor were Vr marked II by wild Ihl dances danell und and wilder music mu e. e The lion lien the flip oak ouk und and the pine were wre sacred to her hr The worship wor of Ilion was Intro Intro- dI 1 Into Home through reee about atour 2 ro O years yearn eara before Christ There It was waR held Iteld nn on the Ides of ot March when the people made offerings In the temple served tl to elevate motherhood Into something of the dignity which rightfully characterizes It With the advent of the Christian era tra the tile festival It still III retained its old forms but became become Infused with n R new spirit From the celebration with pagan pagan pa rB gan rites In honor of ot Ithen there developed de de- loped un on observance In honor of ot the mother church In this celebration It I bt became the custom on mid Lent Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- I day for tor the faithful to visit the i churches In which they were baptized bearing gifts for tor the altar Mothering Sunday From this festival of ot worship In honor of the mother church there grew the observance of ot Mothering Sunday though the e successive steps In this development are not clear Itis It ItIs ItIs Is certain however that long al ago when young men and maidens were bound out as apprentices and as sets sets- ants mid Lent Sunday was set et aside for them to visit their mothers mother taking tak tak- I ing lag for tor them some little present iu such h hall as all a cake or trinket A youth en en- In such suet a pilgrimage was said to go a a from which the fIn day came to tel be called ailed Mothering Sun day The old oM bonds of ot filial love were brightened b by this pleasant annual visit marked as custom dictated bythe by bythe bythe the excitement attendant upon some novel el and perhaps surprising gift gUt There was also a n cheering and peculiar peculiar pe pe- culiar festivity appropriate to the day the chief dish being consistIng consist consist- Ing of at wheat heat grains boiled belled In sweet milk and ond sugared and spiced Another delicacy touch much esteemed in Yorkshire end Herefordshire was the calf cake Tilt The Inside of a a 1 cake was like tike a rich fruit cake rake but the outside was made muda of flour and I water |
