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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 freedom is one of those intangible quantities not easily defined nor accurately ac-curately appraised. Yet it . lies back of much of the worth-while accomplishment accom-plishment that makes the history of our country. Trace the careers of men who bulk large in the building of America and you find woven Into their character the influence of mothers moth-ers who had faith in their sons, faith in , their country and faith in their country's God. We have come Into a new age which grants to women a larger place in the affairs of mankind. Some of the ideals associated with womanhood woman-hood have changed with changing times. We no longer insist on that measure of self-effacement thought proper for the women of another generation. gen-eration. But no one can Imagine a state of affairs wherein self-sacrille-ing motherhood will not be exalted or the contributions of motherhood to the state not acknowledged with loving remembrance. Yet it is to mothers Individually rather than to mothers impersonally that the devoted tributes of Mother's day are paid. One thinks of his own mother and, if possible, sends her some token of his thought. He appreciates ap-preciates what other mothers have done and are doing toward making this a better society, but his act of devotion is to the particular mother who brought him into the world, protected pro-tected him when helpless, inspired him to strive, blessed him as he start ed out in the world and never ceases watching out' for his welfare as long as life remains. "Men are what their mothers made them," wrote Emerson. America is great because the mothers of American Ameri-can men and women have been great- " We all eagerly give three cheers and then forget all about It whatever It Is. |