MOTHER’S DAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 110, 11 May 1936, Page 6

MOTHER’S DAY

WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATION j ORIGIN IN U.S.A. Ycstcidu'. ea.-> Mother’s D. \ ai>’i no. only in New Zealand, but t aruughu.ii many Eng.isli speaking (-••ualries ui tli ! world the churches, conducted sp-ciai commemoration ser\ ices. JSpecial addresses v.e.e deli’><'red in the Wanganui churches yestei 'lax, ami many members of the eong| pg:i iion> wure while flowers to show their ap preciation of their mothers. The hon ouring of Mother’s Day had it- beginning over 50 years ago when a youii" teacher in an Ohio school, Al is Marv Towle? Saseen, set apart a .-pe* i-.l day each year tor Gi-e remembrance of mothers. She sought tC secure "id r recognition of the day. but died bo ion' seeing the scheme advanced tar. I campaign lapsed for some time uuti it wa< taken up iy another Amvicaa. Miss Anna Ja.vi.>. who interested a number uf Senators in the proposal. On May 9, .1914. Mother’s Day was officially recognised in the Unite I States and President Atilson issue I ! a declaration that the second Sunday in Mav should be set aside as Mother’.Day. 'The celebration of the da;. i<dloived in England and has bemi in operation in New Zealand sim-c about 1900. Ils int odurlion wn.- .-pon.o co the Young M«n’s Chri-Ga.i A- ’- •- t i o n. .