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By JOHN DICKINS6n SHERMAN
f'~ - ——— ()Xff ERfS Day tiffs year
Mis' ‘tyuy 11. 'this year
anil every year, it falls
( the second .-Sunday in
cj.v Stay and by no less uu
£'"■ i tliority than flip -'ooiigros*
, l xi of tin* IWtwl States. I’n-
Q. de Sam alSo'snys: “Fly
2 your flag!’’ Custom says:
"'Wear a carnation!”
Miss Anna Jarvis of Hhiladelphin was
the originator Mother’s Day, which
as oirvrvod in several cities in 15)10.
Now it has become a -day of nation
wide observance, following an act of
congress in 15*14. It in n't apart for
special observance in honor of tlie
home and motherhood. Its purpose is
to recall t! o memories of mothers who
have gone; to brighten the lives of
those who remain; to stimulate men,
women end children to honor home
and parents, it is to be observed by
act of kindness to mother and father;
by service i:i churches of all creeds,
and by wearing a carnation, emblem of
the purity, beauty, fidelity and strength
of mother love.
The photographs herewith repro
duced tell in themselves a story of
Mother’s Day—even if they do not
tell the whole story. Like a “song
without words” il is a story without
text. Put into the pictures what you
know of life and mother’s love —and
you have a story of your own.
Put yourself—so far as you can—
in the place of tlie mother in black at
that national shrine —the stately rest
ing plnc* of tiie “Unknown Soldier”
in Arlington National cemetery at-
Washington.
Is she* there because she oaunfit’ be
beside life grave of her son in France?
It would'be a natural tiling for a fallen
hero's r.totiier to do. For the nation
inis raised lids memorial to show its
appreciatibn oY' the American-fighting'
man. So what more tilting place for
a Gold Star Mother on Mother’s Day?
lint this is not enough. Sixteen Gold
Star Mothers made a pilgrimage to
this national shrine the, other day.
There they paid silent tribute with
wreaths and prayer. Then they went
to the White House, where President
Cooiidge expressed Itis sympathy with
their purpose. They were in Wash
ington representing ~ 5,00(1 bereaved
American' women who want to visit
the gravi s of their sons overseas. Rep
resentative Samuel DU-kSteiiV of New
York Inis introduced a bill setting forth
their wishes, it authorises the seere-
tary uf war to arrange trips to Europe ;
Mid hark on , government-owned yes-j
sols, with proper military escort and i
sltxi for incidental expenses of each ,
mother. Said the tiold Star Mothers
to tile house military committee:
Many mothers sacrificed their sons !
1 a the World war aft< r they had Riven ’
twi a‘y years of service to rear them.
A Journey to the shrine of their Pfe’s
v rt; is small compensation for these !
C. a dated women —yt* it is all they ask
f-nv of thir.i are so poor that they
tv II tu t or be able to make the journey
at their own eost.
I'l o National War Mothers’ nssociu
tlon decided at its lust annual con
vention to move its headquarters from
Ind nnapolis to Washington. The pres
cat oHicers are: Mrs. 11. 11. McChier.
Kansas City (portrait herewith), pres
ident; Mrs. Carrie !.. Root, (Jardiner.
111., iirst vice president ; Mrs. Blanche
A. P.ollak. second vice president; Mes
Tluunas Spence, Kenosha, Wis., tlilrd
vice president; Mrs. Hose Sahgeaut,
Sacramento, Cal., fourth vice presi
dent; Mrs. William D. Oldham, Lex
ington, Ky., secretary; Mrs. Lynn
Boyd, New Castle, Ind., treasurer;
Mrs. Carry Avery, Washington, D. C.,
custodian of records; Mrs. W. A. Wil
cox, Omaha, auditor; Mrs. Frank De-
Kny, Blnckfoot, Idaho, historian.
Imagine, if you can, the pride of
Mrs. Dolly Wilson of Pilot Mountain,
N. C. She Is the Champion War Moth
er of the United States, by award of
the association. She saw ten sons
rally to the Colors. J
"Americans!” with one swift, delighted
glance.
"But yes! We always know them!"
smiled Marie.
"Madame, their 100k —so proud—has
taught us how!"
(Swinging along the sunlit roads —In
France!)
But, Marie, you would learn what pride
can. be.
If you cctutd see-their toothers’ faces
now!
Or is this Gold Star Mother paying
tribute at tlds national shrine because
she knows not where her hero is laid —
only that he went and has not come
bngk? Uncle Sam did his best - for.his
fighting men. Most of them sleep In
known and Identified graves. But
there are still many “Unknown Sol
diers" in the American military ceme
teries in France—4SH .hf Meuse-Ar
gonne, 157 in St. Mihiel, 154 iii'ijomrae,
(!S>S in Oise-Aisne, 224 in Aisne-Mnrne
THE VOICE OF A FLOWER
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Hj limtAlt HOWARD
I urn the Carnation. ’
This is my day of days.
Today I speak to all the moth
ers. living near oir living ;far.
Mothers never die. Some are
called away, but always they
leave behind a part of, them
selves, and that living part builds
for itself a home in the hearts
of mothers’ children.
Today my address to living
mothers is in the passion tone of
red; today my address to mothers
who have been called away is in
the worshipful tone of white.
Living mothers will read my
address to them in my passion
color on the breasts of living
sons and daughters.
And who shall say to me that
my worshipful address in white,
softly and prayerfully rising,
may not also he heard by moth
ers no longer in the earth-zone.?
♦ ••***
I Jo not surely know; but often
1 half-way believe, that the moth
ers who live up there beyond the
staritne may be listening-in at
some angel wireless station, and
happily hearing the message of
love 1 am speaking this Mother's
Day In tones of white from fhe
breasts of multitudes of remem
bering sons and daughters.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
God grant that there is comfort in that
thought!!
Bugles blow;
Proud the homage we show
While tears flow.
But Oh, Oh,
If his Mother could know
In her woe!
The Mother Instinct! What good
American does not thrill at the fa
miliar sight here pictured? It is one
of the things that keeps'alive faith in
the race and our destiny. It is this
same mother instinct that gives the
nation its devoted wives and mothers,
its trained nurses and its faithful
teachers. , Incidentally, it adds inter
est to the pretty little potential moth
er pictured to know that she is Mary
Walker Lee of New York, the only
grandchild of that gentleman, scholar
and soldier —Robert E. Lee.
Tli® two contrasting types of. savage
mothers shown are proof positive that
there. Is no color line in mothers.
Motherhood js tlie same, whether in
British East Africa .or in tlie. Arctic.
Incidentally, we .shall- say which is the
happfer—tpe savage .woman who mates
fetrly and knows the joys of-wifehood
and motherhood, or- the woman of civ
ilization who dev-otes hey youth to a
preparation, for a career and dies an
old maid?
The Foster Mother! This'is a por
trait of Mrs. Anna (Ma) Smith direct
ing the music lesson of Vivian Kite,
one of the seventeen foster children
she has mothered, fed, clothed anti
educated. Mr. and Mrs. Newton J.
Smith have been father and mother to
orphans and unfortunates for the ljxst
twenty years on their 200-acre farm
near Hoopeston, 111. The old house
has stood there for forty years -and -
■has gradually, been enlarged to ten
rooms.
•‘Pies like Mother used to make’’ is
a famous saying. But not every
mother out make good pies. Five"
prominent American women have
therefore appealed to the housewives
of the nation to promote the study of
I chemistry in the Interest of better
housed;eeping, better food, healthier
j children anil happier homes.
Mother love is n passion as old as
tlte race. Circumstances and environ
inent may cause it to act serenely,
j but on occasion it flares forth in its
pristine elemental strength. Mrs. John
P. Williams of Aurora carried three
of her children to safety from a tire
c.r.d fought madly to rush back to cer
tain death for the fourth. Mrs. Rust
Simla! of Chicago shot her nineteen
year-old son “to save lus soul ’ uni
keep him from a life of crime. Mrs
.lames Morris of Chicago exposed he
pukt in court iu an effort to get lap
tier daughter from foster parents.
Sturdy Home of Brick and Stucco
Provides Amazing Amount of R Oolri
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining, to . the
subject of building, for the readers pf
this paper. On account of his wide
experience' as ' Editoi Author and
'• Manufacturer; - he' is, without doubt.
> the highest authority on ail these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue,
Chicago, 111.; and only Inclose two-cent
stamp for reply. ■
Hom<* ownership is the mark pf tjje
substantial* citizen, in any community.
And this is rightly so, since the, man
who has his interest-in any community
by erecting a home and,, establishing
Ills family there js the citizen, of the.
most’substantial type. He has. invest,
e’d -hiS money and is going to take; n
careful interest in all that affects the
welfare, of the community and of his
Home.
And it is to those who desire to be
come a permanent part of their com
munities, and to establish their fami
lies in lasting homes that the design
siiown in the accompanying illustrationc
should appeal with particular strength.
This sturdy home of brick and
stucco contains a surprising amount
of r.oom and its attractive appearance
will find many admirers. It is not of
. tlie fad type of home which is built to
excess in the period of its popularity
to lie discarded and scorned a few
years later. On the contrary, added
years in this home should bring added
satisfaction in its comforts and con
venient arrangement.
'I lie combination of stucco and brick
in this home makes a pleasing appear
ance, which is heightened by the roof
lines, carefully considered and termi
nated with angles which prevent any
awkward length of ridge line. Notice
the pleasing finish of the porch col
umns and the ornaments used to re
lieve the plain surface of the fireplace
chimney.
The porch gives every visible evi
dence of being a place which will he
used happily, and is not merely an
ornament hung on the front of .the
house.
Examination of the interior arrange
ment of the house discloses a conven
ience of room grouping which can
come only from careful planning and
intimate knowledge of the needs of the
American family.
Entrance is gained through a hall,
which contains the stairway to the
second floor. This hall gives access
to the living room and the downstairs
bedroom.
The living room, of comfortable size,
is dominated by the fireplace,- which
is -naturally the first object impressed
on the visitor coming through the door
from tlie hall. The room is well light
ed with windows on two sides and
Wall-space, free from windows, sug
gests attractive grouping of furniture.
The wide opening Into the dining
room is'a feature which’will give an
added impression of spaciousness and
the room is of a size large enough to
care for the needs of a large group,
♦he living room and dining room,
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taken together, provide a space large
enough for entertaining rather large
numbers of persons.
Notice the china closet, built across
~ne corner of the room and balancing
pleasantly the entrance to the W *
porch directly across from it. Thl?
sun porch, with its convenience of at
cess from the pantry, would not onij’
be utilized throughout tire day, but
plight' \yejl furnish the setting for pleas '
ing meals. - .
The kitchen is of an efficient siw-'
and arrangement.. The rear porch pro
vides-for outside icing of Hie refrig- ,
erator and the couvenicnr-pantry will <
be appreciated by housewives win
have been handicapped by lack of mb ;
ficieut space for their'operations; NV
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tice that two passageways to the din
ing room are provided.
The downstairs bedroom is made
particularly convenient through die
adjacent lavatory.
The bedrooms on the second flooi
are of an adequate size and are excop
tlonally well provided with closets.
Freight rates on materials and dif
ferences in prices of labor in various
localities make it impossible to ap
proximate the cost of building tins
home for the entire country. This in
formation can be gained most ac
curately from your local architect, con
tractor or building material ilea or.
These men constantly are in touch "i
building costs in your community.
Landscapes Are Advised
for the Music Room
Pictures - Which represent rhythmic
motion and are lovely in color <tn
composition are most appropriate
the music room. A, poetic land^ ap
bv Corot, showing shadowy thin
flitting In the twilight: liobbenj-,
avenue of gpplars, with, its n ll 1
of design and repetition of moti ,
Japanese Hokusai's groat ‘
curling up in' grand cresceqdo-afl
these, are so. well known that
serve as excellent examples <> ‘
.pictures that are musical in 11 o- 1
The close connection betwee •.
and nature makes any tine .mi ~ •
suitable for the music room n ,
Through most of the P amt ”
Burne-Jones and of Watts r
heard melodies from _ charm pgf
val musical Instruments show n f *
pictures of lovely damsels am ! 1
angels. There are, too,
representations of ; cho ol,
as th'e pictures of the Ia r
which show delightful old
ing upon their muelo.l tm£g,
and many a picture rep • #
music lesson, or a family ■ r
chorus of children uplifted m
As music Is the art " l 'i- ua |.
latest, and fine musical taste > ■
ly that of the highly
fore the pictures in the mi • T j, e
naturally those of rare >• ; erS
day for hanging a row >
portraits in the music rot • ■ .- t (<
for in this, of itself, there is n
value.
Coloring Stucco
The preferable method ■ .
stucco is by using " tdte ’ nt , chips
ment and colored sand or _ rest .
These give most delicate - e . ;lD e
ing color effects, and yet at ; , y
time give a color which- , tb e
permanent. This method al , lB
value of giving a text ■ e coD y
I itself sets off more perfect!.' -
i hlnation of materials.