MOTHER’S DAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 138, 11 May 1940, Page 6

MOTHER’S DAY.

The inspiration of Mother’s Day was indeed worthy of universal acceptance. The setting aside of the second Sunday in May for the nations to honour their mothers is one of those instances—all too few in the modern world, it seems—in which idealism takes the hand of practical affairs, imparting a new lustre to everyday life. American in origin, this modern custom is derived from the old observance of Mothering Sunday in many English counties, the latter title having been adopted by the Church of England to give wider observance to the day which falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent. It lias spread to the four corners of the earth, and this year, when warfare ravages so much of the globe, it is worthy of particular attention for the qualities on which ut focuses thought. In a special sense chivalry is reawakened, and the beauty, simplicity, truth, honour, and stability which motherhood and the home connote are elevated to tlieir rightful place in the meditations of not only one but many people. In the homes of the nations, tomorrow, will be radiated an effulgence of selflessness and affection which, if maintained throughout the year, would surely contribute notably to the building of a liappicr state of society. .