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Show MOTHER OF MOTHER'S DAY Mother's day will bo celebrated this year on Sunday May 11. Following Follow-ing Is a llttlo account ot It and of Its originator, taken from the March Woman's Homo Companion: "Tho second Sunday In May Mothers' Mo-thers' Day will bo celebrated for tho fourth time, and the whlto carnations carna-tions symbolizing tho purity of mother moth-er love, will be worn by thousands in the United States and Great Britain Six years ago, while Miss Anna Jar-vis Jar-vis was commemorating the death of her own mother on tho second Sunday Sun-day In May, It occurred to her that the day, falling as It does In a season sea-son ot blue sky and blossoms, may well be set aside as an annual festival festi-val upon which duo tribute ot affection affec-tion and remembrance should be ren dered to all mothers. Though naturally natur-ally a modest and retiring llttlo person, per-son, Miss Jarvls pleaded her causo so eloquently with leading clergymen financiers, and public officials that on May 10, 1910, Mothers' Day was col-obratcd col-obratcd not only in Philadelphia, her homo city, but also in many other places throughout tho Union. Special Spe-cial commemorntlvo services were held In the Philadelphia churches, and Miss Jarvls personally arranged for tho conveyanco of tho old and Infirm In-firm to their houses ot worship. Besides Be-sides dovotlng much time to correspondence, corres-pondence, Miss Jarvls has made several sev-eral trips abroad spreading tho cult pt Mothers' Day In Europe |