Show day held sacred tomother to mother love every year on the second sun day in may we american people pay tribute to the mothers of the nation notion on that sunday ge offer cp up prayers and give sharks ks for uie the sacrificing ani an 1 self denying love of fill all god mothers lie e make for roal mal recognition of maternity with its peat kne loe born of god and less 1 only bhan ills great love for his children ch idren that buirds protects and defends all childhood even at the greatest price that of life itself on this day dar ne take time to show to our mothers by outward signs and risible visible tokens our appreciation of her watchful and loving care of ns us through all the years for a lit tit tie ie while we bring to view the treasures of memory burled deep I 1 in A our heirls I 1 ucile pay day writes in the in star th beautiful custom Is of corn com ively recent origin although many profess to see cee its source in an old custom of the british isles baere grew up the custom of the sons a and rid daughters who were away from home going to spend the I 1 ty with the and es pec pee lally the mother on the mid of I 1 ent U usually bally they took with them gome some little trinket or gift as a token tolen of their love this custom soothed the heart of many n mirent aching at the elret fir diat rt et the tile hoy boy or girl from the home nest there as the tile emphasis beenie placed more and more upon reverencing the mother tha mid of I 1 ent became become known mothering sunday taken up by churches the united states observed no sch sh day until the influence of a remarkable woman and her ter er become the leaven that finally brought about the universal and nall onil observance ober vance of Mot mothers bers day the first ober observance jance of a special church service honoring all mothers was as so successful that aln liters and governing bodies of churches of all denominations in all parts of the country began to urge the adoption and national ob servance of a universal mothers day since may 8 1914 there has been national and governmental recognition of the second sunday of may alay as mothers daiy on that day congress by joint resolution aked president wilson to issue a proclamation designating the sec see d sunday of slay may as mothers day the president lost no an time in compiling with the request signing IN bill the same day and issuing the proclamation the next it Is interesting to note that boodrow lo oo drow illson deemed mothers worthy of ot the same recognition as the file greatest of our national heroes in his proclamation he directed the government officials to display the united states flag on all got emment buildings on this day and invited the people to display the flag at their thel r homes or other suitable places as a public express expression lo n of love and reverence for the moll ors era of this coutry special church program the observance of mothers day Is 18 marked by deep spirituality in churches special program are arranged at tit which mothers are guests of honor pastors preach appropriate sermons the music Is selected with reference to its suitability for the occasion in some places each member of the congregation makes himself responsible for the attendance at the service of a mother his or her own if possible A flower Is pinned onto each mother present and often by her own onn child A beautiful custom of some churches ts Is the flower salute at the close of the service at a given signal the flowers are held aloft while a benediction Is pronounced upon all mothers the firt cill c ill of the churches to observe mothers day was directed particularly to the men and elpe lally 1 to he the nan wandering derin boy c every man who bo was absent from his mother upon this day was urged to nolte rite his mother a letter some time on that diy daiy and if dead to weir meir a white carnation in her memory at first a very determined effort was made to make the carnation the flower of the day A red carnit lon was worn it the mother was as alive and a write one if dead all flower flowers appropriate florists have hare around heavily upon this idea and directed their energies against it it they say that carnations are really the favorite flowers of but few that they can con nut not afford to raise carnations in such large quantities to supply the demand of but a single day and if they would the price they would have to ak would be prohibitive to the tile average pocketbook the use of whit whatever ever flowers are blooming profusely at the time has become customary usually peonies and roses potted plants as gifts of the day enjoy a huge popularity being a source of longer enjoyment than cut flowers so the second sunday of may tiny has come to be a time of going home of sending a telegram with nith love of ir writing riling a letter and of giving a it gift to our best friend on earth mother but most of all it beani a stopping in the hurry and scurry of our modern life to take 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