Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-05-09 | Page 4 | Mothers' Day

MOTHKHS' DAY The annual celebration of Mothers' Day takes place next Sunday, May 11th. There could be nothing more fitting fitt-ing for us to commerate. The earliest recollections of each of U3 contor In a mother's devotion. No relationship In the world entails en-tails as much solf sacrifice as that of mother and child. From utter helplessness to full maturity, every step of the child's life Is guarded by the mother's sympathy and wisdom. The mothers of this country deserve de-serve especial recognition this year. Since entry of America into war so many of our mothers have seen their sons go away at the call of their country to certain privations and hardships, to possible death or mutilation. muti-lation. Courageously and cheerfully the mothers have made their sacrifice. sacri-fice. Leting their beloved sons go with a smile and an encouraging word, the mothers have devoted themselves to "keeping the home fires burning." The rememberance of the cheerful and uncomplaining mother at home has helped and strengthened many a soldier on the fields of France. And now the eons are coming home again with a full sense of what the mother-love and the mother presence pre-sence mean in their lives. Observance Obser-vance of Mothers' Day and the wearing wear-ing of the white carnation will stand for a deeper reality this year than over before. To the gold star mothers, whose sons cannot come a&ain, the deep sympathy and appreciation of a whole nation will go out.