Show A D if y For other Mthr T I The observance of oC Mothers Mother's Day began in 1907 1901 in the United States Miss Anna M M. Jarvis of Philadelphia had the he idea that at least once a year car sons and r I rs s should pay tribute to their mothers She arranged for a special Mothers Mother's service in one of the Philadelphia churches church church- es and suggested that white hite carn carnations be worn by those attending L IN 1914 1911 Congress designated May Ia as the day on which this observance be held Since then hen the observance has rapidly rap- rap idly icily spread to er e every part of the he United States and the fact that hat it became the custom in all of oC the states in only a few years after aCter it had been sug sub testifies to the widespread widespread wide- wide spread pread acceptance of oC the idea idean in n this countr country In later years the custom of oC f wearing a white carnation on Mothers Mother's Day was changed and those whose mothers were still alive wore red flowers instead of oC white First observed observed ob ob- served sel in the United States Stales Mothers Mother's Day has become an international occasion a and n d mothers in every ery area of the world arc are now honored on Mothers Mother's Day each year MORE l THAN TITAN anyone else cIsco the mother who cares for both her home and her children is destined to influence the character character char char- acter acel and future of our coun coun- try It is to this mother who dedicates dedicates dedicates ded ded- the best years ears of or her life to her home her family and her chic cht-ch cht chi that the country owes a debt of tude tucle It is this mother who represents the finest and sweetest ideals of our civili civili- LET US all join to make living li mothers conscious of our respect and love lo and to reverently remember the virtus virtues virtues vir vir- tues of those who have gone on ahead |