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Our Latest Addition To the Calendar oHolidaysIs
I But a Revival of Mothering Sunday of the Sev-
enteenth Century - The Mother Influence
In Our National Life.
(l Copyright, 1910, by Tho International Syndicate.
"Whereas, liy a Joint Resolution np
; proved May 8th, 1914, designating tho
second Sunday in May as Mothers'
i Day and for other purposes, tho Presi
dent is authorized nnd requested to
issuo a proclamation calling upon the
i Government officials to display the
, United States Flag on all Government
; buildings, nnd tho peoplo of the
' United States to display tho flag at
,--, their homes or other suitable places
'; on tho second Sunday In May as a
'; ! pnblio expression of our lovo and rev
erence for the mothers of our country.
And Whereas, by the said joint Rcs
' olution it is made tho duty of the
President to request the observation
J of the second Sunday in May as pro
' j Tided for In the said joint Resolution;
; Now, Therefore, I, Wooclrow Wfl
rj son, President of the United States
;J of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in mo by the said Joint Rcso
! lution, do hereby direct tho Govern-
i W11 above, a proclamation by the
3 M President of the United States,
i added another day to the calen
j dar of our national holidays and
yone which has a tender significance
j and shows a hopeful sign of the ro
i turn of the old-time sentiment of by
Igone days which for a time seemed
crushed out in the wild rush of com
$ nerclallsm which spread over the
i? land.
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merit officials to display .tho United
States Flag on all Government build
ings, and do invito tho peoplo of the
United States to display tho flag at
their homes or other suitablo places
on tho second Sunday in May as a
public expression or our lovo and rev
erence for tho Mothers of our coun
try. In witness whereof I have set my
hand and caused tho Seal of tho
United States to bo hereunto affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Nino Hundred and
Fourteen, and the Independence of the
United States One Hundred and Thirty-Eight,
WOODROW WILSON.
By tho President:
William Jennings .Bryan,
Secretary of State."
(SEAL)
Older Tlian Christianity
Tho celebration of Mothers' Day,
while new to us as a feast day, Is In
history older than Christianity Itself,
for Mother-worship with its rites and
ceremonies dates back to tho days of
the pagans when Cybele, tho Groat
Mother of Gods, was idealized in
Greece two centuries or more before
tho coming of Christ. Later tho day
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became known as tho festival of Hll
arla and was hold on the Ides of
March. As was tho custom of tho
day, offerings wore made at tho tem
ple." With tho advent of Christianity
the festival was changed, and although
It still Included many pagan customs,
It becamo a celebration" In honor of
Mother Church and was held on Mid
Lent Sunday, or tho fourth Sunday In
Lent On this day tho faithful came
to bring offerings to Mother Church.
Finally, tho day took tho name of
Mothering Sunday, and was sot aside
as-tho time when peoplo should pay
visits to their paronts, especially to
tholr mothers, also that they should
carry with them some cako or trinket.
"Going a-mothcrlng" soon becamo tho
fashion and a certain kind of cako
known as simncl cako was carried as
a gift to tho mothor. Horrick, tho
poet, In addressing one of tho char
actors of his poem on Mothering,
says:
"I'll to thee a slmnel bring
Gainst thou go a-mothering,
So that when sho blessos theo,
Half that blessing thou'lt give me."
This proves that even In tho early
days tho mothers' blosslng was highly
regarded.
In England tho slmnel cake3 woro
composed of a crust made of flno flour
and water with sufficient saffron to
give it a deop yellow color and the
interior filled with such ingredients
as Is used In plum puddings. They
aro boiled and brushed over with egg
and set away to harden. When they
are to bo used they must bo robaked
and softened. This, custom was In
vogue during tho seventeenth century
when every child who resided away
from homo was expected to carry a
slmnel to his or her mothor. Fre
quently tho cakes wero kept until
Easter -and sorved ns tho desert for
the dinner on that day.
Early Celebrations
Mothers' Day was first observed in
1908 In Philadelphia by Bevoral of
tho Sunday schoolB, and in 1909 about
two thousand people took part In tho
services. Seattle, Washington, how
over, has tho honor of being tho real
pioneer In a genuino Mothers' Day
celebration. This was In 1900 when
hundrods of peoplo gathered in tho
churches of that city on tho second
Sunday In May. They carried bou
quets and wreaths of flowers and at
the closo of sermons on "Mothor
Lovo" tho entire congregations hold
tholr flowors aloft whllo tho pastor
pronounced a blessing, and at the
closo of tho service tho flowers were
gathered together and placed on the
graves of mothers whoso relatives
wero not in tho city to perform this
loving service.
In 1910 tho Governor of tho State
of Washington set asldo tho eighth
of May ot that year as Mothers' Day
for that Stato, and over slnco that tlmo
tho proclamation of Mothers' Day has
been issued with tho samo regularity
as that of Thanksgiving. A request
is also added that each person wear
a whlto flower on tho day and that
special services should bo held in tho
churches.
Tho Stato of Oklahoma was the next
to fall in lino wltha Mothers' Day
proclamation, whon Governor Leo
Cruco in 1912 paid such a glowing
tribute to motherhood in his procla
mation to tho peoplo of that Stato:
"Each citizen, whether old or
young, rich or poor, happy or -sorrowful,
remember her whoso
lovo passeth human understand
ing, and remembering, manifest
to tho world your lovo nnd gratl
tudo by wearing a carnation In
honor of tho dearest of all moth
ers, and wearing It, think of her
and love her."
Slnco that tlmo many Slatos have
followed the example of these two.
Western States, and at present tho day
has takon-'H prdrrfihent plnfo among
our feast days. Sermons aro preached
on tho subject of motherhood in the
majority of our churches. Tho Sun
day schools have a Mothors Day ser
vice, and In tho afternoon many go
out to tho cemotories to cover tho
gravo of "man's best friend" with gar
lands of flowors.
Mothers' Pensions
Tho celebration of Mothers' Day
has brought about a stronger feeling
on tho subject of pensioning mothers,
and ono Is surprised to learn how
many States havo already adopted tho
pensioning system for mothors who
aro too poor to properly caro for their
chlldron. Whllo the plan is too now
to show vory many benefits to tho
mother and child tho sponsors of tho
bill In tho City of Chicago aro of the
opinion that a child can bo maintained
at homo choaper than It can in an in
stitution, and also that a child with
a homo is less likely to turn criminal
than tho ono brought up in an Insti
tution. Tho statistics of tho Stato Re
formatory at Elmlra in Now York
Stato provo tho above .to bo true In
that Stato at least, sixty per cent
of the Inmates having been brought
up In Institutions instead of homes.
"Home with Mother" is the aim for
the child by the charity workors of
the present day. "Assist the mother
financially," they say, "and sho will
caro for her child In such a manner
that Stato Reformatories will not bo
needed. Tho preservation of tho
home is worth all It cost3 a Common
wealth." Twonty-two States are al
ready In lino In this work: Arizona.
California, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Mary
land. Massachusetts, Michigan, Min
nesota. Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Now . Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, South Dakota, Utah. Wash
ington and Wisconsin.
Mother Influence on Statesmen
Tho significance of Mothers' Day
should find an echo in every heart,
for It was tho mothors of our Statos-
Imen who Jn the early days put our
'Nation on a 'firm foundation "The
hand that rocks the cradlo Is the hand I
that rules tho world." It was tho
mother of Georgo Washington who,
by hor woman's intuition that ho was
mado for better things, saved him
from becoming a midshipman on a
British ship. It was the turning
point in tho life of tho Father of his
Country whon rather than causo his
mother sorrow ho roturnod his middy
uniform and said "Mothor I can never
go and cause you so much grief. I
will stay at homo." With Washing
ton In tho British Navy thero might
have been no Monmouth and no York
town. Tho character of Androw Jackson's
mother stands out in Amorlcan his
tory like a speck of blue in tho dark
sky of those early days in tho moun
tains. Her advice to her son Bhows
the wisdom of Polonlus and may well
bo treasured by tho man who desires
to succood. Jackson never forgot hor
words of advice and a short time be
fore his death he repeated her part
ing advice to a young man in whom
ho was interested.
Again In the life of Abraham Lin
coln wo find the Influence of his
mothor. When sho died away out
thero in tho Indiana wilderness so
far from civilization that her body
was consigned to tho ground without
a prayer, the boy determined that Bho
should not go unhonored, and throe
months later ho persuaded a parson
from Kentucky to proach a sermon
and conduct the services for tho dead
over her grave. In after years when
tho burdens of Stato and a dlsunitod
Nation caused him such travail of
! soul his thoughts reverted to his
mother's teachings and he applied
them to his acts. Only a few days
before his death, In talking to a
friend, ho spoko of tho pioneer days
and the poverty he had endurod. "All
that I am or hope to bo," ho said, "I
owe to my angel mother."
Many persons will recall tho tender H
affection which existed between tho '
lato President McKlnley and his
mother, and of his telling his asso- , H
elates how much he owed to her Chris- H
tlan teachings of tho Golden Rule, :
"Tho mothor's heart Is tho child's M
school room," wrote Henry Ward " M
Beochor. "If you would reform the IH
world from Its errors and vices begin , vH
by enlisting the mothers" is a quota- . H
tlon far older than tho suffrage move- . H
ment, but ono that was used In carry- ! fl
lng through a recent Mothers' Pension H
Bin. n
"All that I over accomplished In ' M
life," wroto Dwlght L. Moody, the i H
groat evangelist "I owe to my ; M
mother." "A kiss from my mother ! M
made "me a painter," is Benjamin jH
West's tribute to his mother. Even M
the great Napoleon bowed to the in- M
fluenco of tho maternal parent "Tho H
future of the child is always tho work H
of tho mother," he said. "Let France M
havo good mothers and sho will havo IB
ood sons." fl
Mother Love gfl
Hundreds of poems have been writ- H
ten on tho onduranco of mother love, H
and how when deserted and a failure H
In life the mother heart goes out to ! H
tho black sheep of tho family rather ' H
than to tho ones who have mado a H
success. Willis expresses theso sentl- " H
ments in a happy fashion when no , H
writes: H
"Youth fades, lovo droops, tho ' U
leaves of friendship fall; , ' M
A mother's secret hope outlives H
them all." H
Long may Mothers' Day reign in our H
calendar of feasts, may tho Nation H
ever do honor to this saint among ) JM
women Hang out Old Glory In her j H
namo! J H
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Blow, and Some More,
Depends Upon Fuel As
Much As UponBig Guns
j -Oil Fuel To the Fore -
Coaling Ship.
BY WAIiDON FAWCETT.
' EVER fear, ner'ous reader,
,. Undo Sam is not going to bo
1 caught napping if thoro is a big
f coal strlko this spring or sum-
mer. Even wero wo at war with a
.' nation vastly more powerful than Mex
: lco nobody need become alarmed over
tho labor situation In tho coal mines.
Unclo Sam keeps a goodly resorvo sup
Ply of fuel on hand at all times
It has but needed the naval lessons
, 0' tho present war, If any proof wore
; required, to afford evidenco of the lm
. Portanco of speed in naval conflict
and speed, of course, means .fuel and
g Plenty of It In such Important naval
I engagements as have taken place be
ll; tween British and Gorman warships,
El' the victory has almost Invariably gono
1 to the aide that had speod In conjunc-
tlon with hitting power, and speed, ao
has been explained, is readily trans-
lated Into terms of fuel.
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Liquid Fuel in tho Navy
I wonder if you know to what ex
tent Uncle Sam has adopted liquid
fuel for our warships oil as a sub
stitute for black diamonds. Thero has
been nothing secret about tho division
of allegiance but it has como about no
quiotly that not ovory newspapor
reador has realized that oil is every bit
as important nowadays as Is coal, for
tho purpose of keeping tho fighting
ships on tho move. Indeed, on tho Pa
cific ocean whero a good many peoplo
think our destiny lies, oil fuel Is now
paramount used pretty nearly exclusively.
Better evidenco that oil is regarded
as tho naval fuel of tho futuro Is
found in tho fact that all our most
powerful now battleships, lately built
or building, and all. our now torpedo
boat dostroyors aro arranged to burn
oil exclusively. That moans that tho
two most Important classes of navul
fighters for tho destroyers havo
moved up In tho scalo of importance
in view of the revelation of tho sub
marine menace aro going to depend
upon oil. In tho case of each, speed
Is a prime consideration, Buch has
been tho revision of sentiment with
respect to battleships.
Serving Fuel to Our Ships
Undo Sam Is his own dollvoryman
to a great extent In the fuel line.
Tlmo was when ho lot Georgo do It,
I oven as you and I aro at tho tendor
mercies of tho teamstor for our f ow
tons in tho cellar. Later, howevor, It
bocomoB apparent that if tho Navy
I Department was to get anywhero with
tho choro of fueling floots in. many
wators it must havo Its own supply
dopots at homo and abroad and niuat
havo its own craft that would, at will,
either deliver fuol dlroct to warships
or fetch and carry botwoen homo porta
and distant fueling stations.
Doubtloss tho opening of tho Pan
ama Canal holpod in como degroo to
bring thl3 about, but at any rato wo
now havo under tho StarB and Stripes
a fleet of colliers and tank ships of
very rcspcotablo bIzo. Somo of these
aro for coal exclusively; others are for
oil, but a numbor aro so arranged that
either oil or coal or both can bo trans
ported. V k-
Floating Coal Hods and Oil Cans
Thero aro a round two dozon of
theso fuol ships now In commission In
our Navy floating coal hods and oil
cans they might bo denominated sinoo
thoy novor perform any other sorvico
than to tote tho burnablos to tho fleets
In being. Tho fuol ships range in size
all tho way from tho giant Jason, her
length of 63C feot and hor displace
ment of nearly 20,000 tons, making
her as big as an Atlantic llnor, down
to iron schooners such as tho Saturn,
less than threo hundred feot in length.
Somo of these' fuol ships such as
tho Cyclops, Jason, Jupiter, Ncptuno
nnd Noreus, aro truly tho last word
In fuol ships poworful big burden
boarors built especially to tho ordor
of tho United States Govornmont, and
each fitted abovo decks with a steel
frame work, suggestlvo of an elo
vatod railroad trestle, that makes tho
craft look like a freak but that is of
tremendous assistanco and economy
whon It comos to loading or unload
ing fuel. Each of these ships cost a
million dollars or ovor and in contrast
to tho schoonors and bargos that wore
used in days gono by to leisurely de
liver fuel, it may bo notod that tho
twontloth century fuol shlftors can
stoam merrily along at a 17-mllo per
hour dip.
Fuel Storago Plants a Plenty
Fuel shlp3 aro tho artorios that
carry to our fighting Bhlpa tho blood
that makes for action, but tho vory
hoart of tho oystem Is found in tho
fuol storage plants ecattorod up and
down our ooasts and at strategic
points overseas. Hero tho supply
must bo cvor ready and inexhaustible.
Under normal conditions, too, our
warships tako fuol aboard at ono or
anothor of theso storago plants be
causo fuoling a warship from a col
lior tied up alongside has somo disad
vantages and thoro has nover boon a
system devised that fully satisfies tho
naval exports for coaling ships in the
open ocean with tho warship and tho
collier both steaming at a normal
gait and with a heavy sea running.
If conditions aro such that the plan
can bo carried out tho naval officials
would much prefor to use their fuol
ships to transfer coal and oil from
tho point of production (or the near
est port) to' storago plants and then
have the warships repair as thoy
need fuel to theso supply dopots
whero tholr needs can bo served. To
rondor it tho easier to oporato on suoh
an arrangomont. Undo Sam has dot
ted tho map with m'oro than thirty
fueling stations.
Making a Good Thing Bettor
Undo Sam has a very tidy row of
coal bins, but llko a cautious house
holder preparing for a hard winter,
ho thinks it may bo Just as well as
tuck away a llttlo moro of tho precious
against tho coming of tho tlmo when
you novor can tell. Then, too, it has
boen nocossary to provldo storago for
tho fuol oil which will honcoforth rank
with coal as a naval lndespensablo D
Such oil tanks as tho Navy Depart- M
mont has had at its naval stations flj
havo boen moro or less obsolete; In D
dosign and have at best been located H
above ground. Latterly, It has been I
decreed that In order to defy gun- 1
firo all roceptacl"e3 for oil must bo un- M
dorground reservoirs and so tho gov- m
ornment is "doing over" its old equip- I
mont and Installing somo new. R
Our prize fueling plant,, no doubt
will bo tho ono now In tho making al
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that wondorful
now stronghold In tho Pacific whose ,
fortifications aro In a way tho best
thing Undo Sam has dono to date. A ;
round million dollars is being ex- i
ponded on tho fuel storago plant hora
at tho koy to tho Pacific and whon
it is dono moro than 400,000 tons ol
fuel will be at hand as Insurance
against that sort of "famine" that ia
calculated to mako a navy man shud
der. Howover, Pearl Harbor, with Its
hugo tanks, its steel trestles, Its loco
motive cranes, dump cars and coaling
towers, Is by no means the whole thing
on tho program of fuel "prepared
ness." At Guam and at Guantanamo,
Cuba, our foromost naval rendezvous
in tho West Indies, hundreds of thou
sands of dollars aro boing expended
this year for fueling plants replotc
with cement bins and all the latest
frills nnd with oil tanks that are up-to-the-mlnuto
In design and construc
tion. Coaling Ships No Joy Rldo
Tho advent of oil fuol has nowhora '
boon aodalmod moro enthusiastically
than by tho enlisted porsonnol of the i
warships. Coaling ship, be it ex- j
plained. Is no joy rldo for tho Jaokles. j
To bo suro, tho ship's band plays all
day long to hoarton all hands, and its
an Iron-clad rule that everybody i
aboard must "do his bit," for thero
Is no ehoro loavo on this Joyous oc
casion, but all the .samo its a woari
somo and grimy Job and flowing oil
fuol through a plpo line is not only (
oloanor, but quicker than transforrinaf
coal from a lighter.
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