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IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1313, 3 A 3,000 Atlanta School Children TaJ^e Part in Field Day +•+ •!•••!• +•+ -i-c-:- Confederate Veterans Aid Youngsters and Share Pleasure fender Sentiment Inspires Ob servance of Day Here and Throughout Land—Every Boy and Man Expected to Wear White Rose or Carnation. Special Services in Churches. MY MOTHER’S SMILE. By F. S. JACOBS. ionic times when things don't go just right And worry clouds my skies o'er cast, Which blacken out my clearer sight hi struggle to regain my clasp; Sometimes l stop and close tny eyes And lying motionless the while, / conjure up the light that lies In memory of my Mother's smile. I saw it first when babe in arms. It freed me from my fancied fears. It held me with its icondrous charms While its soft beams dried up my tears; And through each chapter of my life Wherein things came but to beguile The light that led me in the strife Was that I saw in Mother's smite. Its tenderness has held my hand When anger prompted me to smite: Its sweetness has made contraband The painted, faces of the night; It's love has kept my heart abeat While waiting for a love as true; Its patience, shining in defeat. Has lent my struggles life anew. Today is “Mothers’ Day.” Before the memory enshrined face ‘of the “sweetest woman in the world” Atlanta and the nation will bow in reverence. Millions of hearts will throb deeper as they forget their present aches and wander back to the days when the center of the little world was “Mother,” to the purest ■ and truest love. , To-day many men and women will find their hearts unselfish and tender for the first time in days and days; boys away from home will feel their hearts swell; girls in boarding houses will frankly cry out their homesick ness, and the lucky ones who live at home will make It a shrine, with the careworn face and maybe the bent figure of their mothers as the presid ing divinity. White Flower the Symbol. Because to-day is Mothers’ Day— everywhere—and everyone will wear a white carnation or a white rose as a symbol of its observance. Even last night the florists of Atlanta be gan stacking their counters with great heaps of tender flowers in an ticipation of Atlanta’s loyalty to this noble sentiment. No holiday, it is recorded, ever struck so popular a chord imme diately upon being established as has Mothers’ Day. In March, 1908, a woman in Philadelphia thought of the mother she had lost and decided to set apart a day in tribute to her memory. It occurred to her. in the typically unselfish spirit of the day, that there were others of a kindred impulse, and she asked the public to observe the day and to wear a white flower, a rose or carnation, to be speak the reason for the holiday. And since then a Sunday in spring has been set aside and called Mothers’ Day. Special Church Services. The day, intended to do honor to living mothers, and to pay homage to the memories of those who have gone before, is observed hot only by the personal mute devotion of many men and women, but in almost all churches. "Mother o’ Mine” will be the sub ject of this morning’s sermon by the Rev. I,. Wilkie Collins at the Wesley Memorial Church. Dr. Collins, in part, will say: "In this heartless modern world of ours, Mothers’ Day is a testimony of real merit—of a band of God's chil dren who have suffered' to make this a great country more than all Its sol diers. It is a testimonial to those who have wrought quietly and pa tiently and have left behind a record which our nation delights to honor. They say in England: ’By the grace of God, Queen.’ I say tonight, ‘By the grace of God, Mother.’ Yet she was called to be queen, indeed, of the hearts of millions of us to-day and so let us crown her to-day with a crown of gratitude and everlasting love. Preserve Respect for Age. "Let me say to all of. the young folks here to-night that folks tell us we are losing respect for age, and for home, and for parents. They said that two thousand years ago— you may read it in the Greek pjays. Yet « real mother enters into every thought and ambition of young peo ple, and she is willing to give you time and thought and effort if you will only let her remain in memory deep down in your hearts.” Among the many ceremonies to be heki at the various Atlanta churches today m observation of Mothers’ Day Mothers’ Day for the Protection of the Home This is Mothers’ Day. It will b« observed all over the country. Nearly every minister in the land will refer to it in'some way. Hun dreds of preachers will make the day the text for sermons, to the •nd that a more vital interest in morals and home protection shall be engendered. Loose divorce laws have been the target of every student of modern tendencies; the new prob- terms co-exi9tent with the changes in the home life of the greater part of our population have caused unrest. Carelessness of the mar riage tie is responsible for an in finity of misery. The collusive di vorce is the scandal of our courts. Men and women conspire to break a tie, on inadequate grounds or none, and take no heed to the rights of the children, who are the real sufferers. A uniform divorce law for the nation is needed. If Mothers’ Day helps establish this principle it will be a victory for the permanence of the home. Attend Services Only Under Com pulsion, Captain Donaldson Tells Reformers. ; will be that of the Sunday children j of the First Methodist Church. The I classes will assemble in the main room this morning and listen to ad- ■ dresses by their leaders on the theme of “Motherly Love.” There will also be special songs for the occasion. U. S. Government Recognizes Mothers’ Day. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Official | recognition here of “Mothers’ Day’ was assured to-day when the House unanimously' adopted a resolution by Representative Heflin, of Alabama, requiring .the President, the Cabinet, members of the House and Senate and all Government officers to wear a white flower to-morrow in honor of the sacred memory. Great preparations have been mad; for the observance of the day. Thou sands of white flowers have been cut and prepared for wearers. One florist alone announced to-day that he would have more than 10,000 white carna tions on hand and other florists and street venders will be ready for a big business. A white flower is the symbol that will mark the celebrant. Genius of Winsted- Misses a Chance Greatest Nature Fakir in America Lets Green-Spotted Birds by Unclassified. Has the fertile brain of the genius of WInsted, Conn., lost Its cunning? It surely must be so. For years read ers of newspapers all over the coun try have chuckled over stories un der the Winsted date line, which dealt with some of the most marvelous na-» ture fakes that it is possible to im agine. But yesterday there came over the wires an item which admit ted of the greatest possibilities in the hands of the imaginative correspond ent of Winsted, and instead of send ing out a story of some new wonder, the following matter-of-fact para graph tricked over The Sunday American wires: WINSTED, CONN., May 3.— Bird lovers in Pleasant Valley thought they had discovered a new bird yesterday when a flock appeared with spots of green on their plumage. But somebody re membered that the old iron bridge is receiving a fresh coat of dark green paint and the local natural ists decided not to write to any of the museums. In the words of Shakespeare, “What a fall was that, my country- Tonsilitis Kills 13; Town Is Terrified Schools Closed and Public Funerals Forbidden in Canton, Mass., by State Board of Health. CANTON, MASS., May 10.—The State Board of Health to-day took full control of this city in an attempt to check an epidemic of tonsilitis. jthe peculiar manifestations of which have puzzled the local authorities. Within a few days 357 persons have been stricken, and of the number i3 cases have been fatal. The deaths have all been sudden. Two patients died to-day. Schools and other places of public assembly have been closed and public funerals are prohibited. The action of the State Board in superseding the local authorities was due to the failure of the Canton health officers to adopt recommenda tions made by the State inspectors. Beautiful Dance and Flag Drill Delight Crowd at Ponce DeLeon. Athletic Exercises in Morning. TWO BROTHERS DIE AT ALMOST SAME MINUTE MACON, GA.. May 10.—Two brothers, Don Williams, of Macon, and Ernest Williams, of Cork. Butts County, died to-day at almost the same minute. As W. Lamar Williams, a promi nent Macon merchant, was on his way to an undertaker to arrange for the funeral of his brother. Don. he i received a telephone call that his j brother, Ernest, had just died. There | will be a double funeral to-morrow I afternoon. The brothers will be bu- J ried in the same grave. J Three thousand little bodies sway ing in unison, three thousand little heads bobbing in the sunshine, six thousand little feet twinkling on the green grass and six thousand arms waving American flags in perfect time with the music, with here and there a Confederate emblem in honor of the squad of veterans who watched the little ones from a box in the grand stand, brought tears of pride and hap piness to the eyes of eight thousand Atlanta fathers and mothers at Pon?.e LeDeon Park Saturday afternoon, at the annual field day exercises of, the Atlanta grammar schools. The grandstand was nacked from the lower tier of boxes to the press box on the roof, with a yelling, cheer ing mob of fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends. From the time the exercises began until the last child had left the field, the very ground shook with a continuous rumble of sound as the throng expressed its ap proval of the feats of the youngsters. Two Numbers Given. Two numbers were given in the aft ernoon. More than a thousand little children, members of the fourth grades of all the city schools except the Pryor, Bell and Davis Schools, performed the intricate evolutions of the Butterfly Roundelay in a won derfully graceful manner. The chil dren of the sixth grades, of all schools except the Pryor, Bell and Forrest, followed this with a flag drill, one cf the prettiest exhibitions ever seen in Atlanta. In both the drills the chil dren showed the effects of long and careful coaching, and they went through the intricate evolutions with out faltering. Only one incident, bordering' on the pathetic, occurred to mar the after noon. Little Jane Reily, daughter of Harry O. Reily, of 44 Lucile Avenue, and a pupil in the Peeples Street School, became overcome with tlie heat and collapsed during the flag drill. She was quickly taken from the ranks of the children and laid upon th* 1 grass. She soon revived and begged to be allowed to resume her place in the drill. This was refused her, and with tears streahning down her face the little girl raised herself on her el bow and wildly waved her American flag at the veterans as they sat : rt their box. The veterans saluted the little maiden. Then the girl fainted again and was carried to her mother in the grandstand. She was revived and was able to go home in an hour or two. The crowds began to enter the pack at 1 o'clock, and inside of an hour the grandstand was filled with a cheering mob of humanity. Shortly after 2 o’clock W. F. Slaton. City Superin tendent of Schools, decked with the colors of every school in the city, rode past the throng and was given a tre mendous ovation by the children. T.k ( cheering continued as long as he re- j mained in sight. Mr. Slaton was visi bly affected. Proud of Reception. “I am prouder of that reception," declared Mr. Slaton, “than I am of anything that has ever happened to me. In my work I have made every effort to earn the good will of the children, and I am more pleased than word ' ran tel! that they honored mo to-da., Mr. Slaton declared that Die ex ercises of yesterday were the best he had even seen Atlanta school children perform. His opinion was shared by every person who saw them. The children had had six long weeks of coaching, and were as nearly perfect as youthful hu manity can be. To Dr. Theodore Toe- pel and Miss Graves, In charge of the physical culture department of the schools, must go the credit of teaching the children the intricate drills and dances they performed so well. If the cheering was tremendous at the appearance of Mr. Slaton, pande monium broke loose when the band struck up “Dixie.” At the first strains of the great song, a door in the grandstand opened and 30 qld men, wearing the gray of the Confederacy and bearing their battle-scarred flags, marched across the field. They were members of Cap Walker. On each side of Standard Bearer R. A. Ellis marched little Misses Eloise Lewis and Belle Burdlne, each carrying a streamer of ribbon attached to the camp standard. The veterans march ed to a far corner of the field and watched the exercises attentively. Later in the afternoon the veterans and 22 little girls formed one of the picturesque sights of the day. It came at the close of the flag drill. The 2,000 children were massed, with their little hands raising 4,000 Amer ican flags to the sky. From the west end of the grandstand marched the 22 little girls, all of the first grade class of the North Avenue School, led by their teacher, Miss Daisy Rich ards. Each little girl was clad in spotless white and carried a small Confederate flag. Behind the dainty maidens marched the veterans. Slow ly, while the band played “The Star- Spangled Banner,” the little girls led the battle-scarred heroes past the line of upraised American flags. Every veteran saluted the flag with bared head as he filed past, and the flags of the children dipped in salute to the battle flags of the Confederacy, borne proudly by the heroes of the Lost Cause. As the last veteran saluted the flag the band struck up “Dixie” —and the crowd went wild. Athletic Medals Presented. At 5 o’clock W. F. Slaton and At torney Harrison Jones presented the medals and plaques to the winners of the athletic contests Saturday morning. Mr. Slaton presented the medals, twelve in number, and Mr. Jones presented the eight plaques to the grades that won them. The seventh grade boys of Formwalt Street School lead in the contests, with 293.26 points, and Russell An- stett, of the Edge wood School, led in the individual athletics with 71 points. The plaques were awarded as fol lows: Fifth Grade boys, plaque donated by the Fulton County Medical Socie ty, to the North Avenue School, 226 points. Fifth Grade girls, plaque doiated by Forrest Adair to Beeples Street School. 184.07 points. Sixth Grade girls, plaque donated ny University Club to Edgewood School, 254.29 points. Sixth Grade girl.-, piacque donated by Atlanta Athletic Club to Form walt, 293.26 points. Seventh Grade girls, plaque do nated by the Georgia Railway and Power Company to Formwalt School, with 209.85 points. Eighth Grade boys, plaque ddhated by Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, to Peeples Strict School, with 279.13 points. Eighth Grade girls, p aque combed 0$ Athletic Committee of the At-1 lanta Board of Education, to Pee ples Street School, with 202.26 points Individual Winners. Class A—Boys: First, Russell An- stett, Edgewood School, 71 points; second, Mitchell Benton, Peeples School. G9 points; third, Robert Scott. Forrest School, 63 points. Class A—Girls: First, Katie Leach, Slaton School, 55 points; second, Eliz abeth Vaughn, North Avenue School, 54 points: third, Clyde Webb, Ira School, 50.5 points. Class B—Boys: First, Benjamin Holmes, Calhoun School, 45.5; second, Morton Dameron, Formwalt School, 40.5 points; third, Albert Jordan, Tenth Street School, 37 points. Class B—G*is: First, Estelle Mc Queen, Davis School, 59 points; Ar cadia Near, Tenth Street School, and Lilly Harrington, Formwalt School, tied for second with 55 points, and each was given a medal; Jeanie Bell, Slaton School, and Lucia McDavid, East Atlanta School, tied for third with 39.5 points, and each was given a medal. Athletic Entry List. Class A, boys over thirteen years— Crew School, Cecil Lemon; Walker, Cecil Self: Luckle, Harry Allen; Cal houn, DeSales Harrison; Ira, George Simpson; Davis, Charles Courtney; State, Horace Hull; Inman Park, Wil liam Hollingsworth; Formwalt. Rob ert Smith; Peeples, Mitchell Benton; Grant Park. Robert Gaston; Tenth Street, Mansfield Matthews; North Avenue, Arnold Bearden; Slaton. Levy Turnipseed; Edgewood, Russell Anstett; East Atlanta, Willie Mc David: Oakland, Ben Montgomery; Battle Hill, Ramsey Gailmard; Eng lish Avenue, Willie Rice; Hill, Ern est Smith; Forrest, Robert Scott; Adair. Ernest Brewer. Class B, Boys Under Thirteen— ! Crew school, Allison Pise; Walker, j Guy Waldrop; Luckie, Jerrell Morris; Calhoun, Benjamin Holmes; Ira, Har ry Whitner; Davis, Clifford Wil-, Hams; Boulevard, Julian Christian; Inman Park, John Hollingsworth; ! Fprmwalt, Morton Daineron; Peeples, j Cecil Burnett; Grant Park, Willie , Parker; Tenth Street, Albert Jor dan; North Avenue, Louis Lloyd; 1 Slaton, Joseph Davidson; Edgewood, i D. A. Pirkle; East Atlanta, Edgai l Fincher; Oakland, Sidney White; j Battle Hill, Clark Landers; English Avenue, Willie Jones, Hill, Cary Bor- | ford; Forrest, Newton Anderson; Adair, Globe Brewer. Class A. Girls Over Thirteen—Crew, Minnie Manning; Walker, Bessie Evans; Luckie, Nora Stradley: Ira, Clyde Webb; Boulevard, Alma Hicks; State, Nellie Wallace; Formwalt, Mi nerva Smith; Peeples, DeKtte Cal houn; Grant Park, Maran Chambers; North Avenue, Elizabeth Vaughn; Slaton. Hath* Leach; Edgewood, Mil dred Reils; East Atlanta, Nanny Car- roll; English Avenue, Lillian Bart lett; Hill,#Katherine Alexander; For rest. Louisa Viewig; Adair. Laura Langston. Clafs R, Girls Under Thirteen Dorothy Orr; Walker, Alice Fair. Emma Freer; Ira, Joseph- dbert; Davis, Estelle McQueen; .ard, Ruth Green; Fo.tnwalr, Harrington, Peeples, Laura | Woodruff; Tenth Street, Arcadia Near; North Avenue, Edna Lenney; Slaton, Jeanie Bell; Edgewood, Ro berta Upshaw; East Atlanta, Lucia McDavid; Hill, Anna May Hillsman. Seventeen young women, members of the graduating class of the Atlanta Normal School, served as judges and clerks, as follows: Misses Ethel Rogers, Clara May Fowler, Fannie Marshall, Frances Smith, Mattie Lou Richardson, Ruth Miller, Virginia Stannard, Sally DeSaussure, Louise Leiper, Anna Estes, Willie Carmi chael, Irene Hancock, Caroline Camp bell, Vivian Winslow, Fannie Hen ley, Lillian Reeves and Anna Hill. HAIL AT MOULTRIE, GA., KILLS PIGS AND CHICKS MOULTRIE, GA., May 10.—A se- vere hailstorm swept the Buckhead district of Colquitt County this aft ernoon and wrought heavy carnage to growing crops, destroying cotton and corn. Reliable parties from there state that some of the hailstones were as large as eggs. Several pigs and chickens were killed by the falling ice and ope man was seriously Injured. “If It were not for the strict orders of the guards the county convicts would make a joke of the Sunday services and the attendance would be nil.” Captain T. J. Donaldson, Superin tendent of the Roads of Fulton Coun ty, who has charge of the convict camps, made that statement to John J. Eagan, philanthropist, yesterday, when, with a delegation from the Prison Reform Association, he ap peared before the .county board to ask improvements that would make the camps “Ideal.” Mr. Eagan requested that during the summer open-air eating places be provided, shower baths be installed and a more "uplifting” environment thrown around the prisoners. Captain Donaldson objected to the proposed Improvements, with the statement that it would require hie guards to give up their half-holiday every second Saturday and require them to work Sunday. In discussing the matter, Mr. Ffegaii said the convicts seemed to genuine ly enjoy the services conducted under the auspices of the reform associa tion and had shown every willingness, and even an ambition, to better their condition. It was hi*re that Captain Donaldson stated to the delegation that If It were not for the compulsory attendance rule but few of the convicts would at tend the servloes. He said they were attentive because they were forced to be and not because they were inter ested. The county board agreed to make an investigation, and If it was found practical, would make the improve ments. ‘Casey at the Bat’ Aids Thief’s Escape ‘Meanest Robber In World’ Steals Watch From Fourteen- Year-Old Boy. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN., May 10 — While 14-year-old Ernest Locke, fearing for his life, stood In a room near Hennepin Avenue and Seventh Street stammering out the words of “Casey at the Bat,” the meanest rob ber Minneapolis ever heard of, made away with Ernest's watch, accord ing to the story the boy told at police headquarters. He was riding on his bicycle, the boy said, when a kindly looking stranger stopped him. “He said he was selling a new kind of bicycle lamp and would give me one if I would show It to the other boys and help sell It.” the boy told the police. “We went into a room; It was dark. He pointed a revolver at me and and asked if I knew poetry. I said I knew ’Casey at the Bat.’ He took my watch. Shut your eyes and say "Casey at the Bat,'’ over four times,' he said. “ ‘If you stop saying it and open your eyes I will kill you.’ “I said it over four times. When I got through he was gone.” Did You Get Your Bottle of Dr. Verdier’s Liver Ease it Better Than Calomel” Hundreds have taken advantage of our liberal half-price offer and are telling their friends about its wonderfully beneficial effect on the liver. “Good-bye, Calomel,” with its harsh unpleasant effects, is the general verdict of those who have tried “Dr. Verdier’s Liver Ease.” PIr Offer Extended 3 Days!- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12th, 13th and 14th, you will find On Sale at All Drug Stores This wonderful remedy, which is sold the world over for 50c, at HALF-PRICE. Only 25c Per Bottle Get yours from your druggist to-morrow