Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — May 13 Has Been Set Aside As Mother’s Day. [ARTICLE]

May 13 Has Been Set Aside As Mother’s Day.

Governor James P. Goodrich has set aside Sunday, May 13, as Mother’s Day, which will be observed throughout the state, Mr. Goodrich asks that . each wear a flower on this day as a * token of respect to the mothers of Indiana. The following beautiful sentiment has been expressed by the governor: “Justice is stern land dignified; love is beautiful and benignant; mercy is sweet and divine. An individual, a nation, a cnvilizaton, dstinctly possessed of any of these character qualities challenges the attention of the epoch in which it is known. To incorporate all of these essetials to a well rounded life in the codduct of the people is the ambition of unselfishness. This constitutes the chief aim of all legitimate agencies of government. We today have knowledge of these ideals—still, yet, not fully realized—because of the divine gift of heaven to the millions of earth, of the mother heart—the one unerring guide to proper deportment and dependable prophecy. To •eople moved by the upward impulse tbe /feaa?Mt word is mother. “Stalwiart men dwell upon Mich sentiment through their years, and are ennobled; nations cherish such, and stability and permanency are guaranteed. Without it, in case of man or nations, degeneration follows. When the dakmess of deep savagery _ curtained earth’s hills in the long ago mother love suggested to erring men in a better way. “America, Indiana, instantly recognized how vitally the people’s happiness depends upon the response of the mothers of our land. Accordingly, the beautiful custom of setting apart, annually, a day to be observed as Mother’s Day, must make strong appeal .to all who love home, country, liberty, justice.”