. Book of the Royal blue . se to wear; some onesick at home, or in the hospitals, or someone in prison. You will feel better fordoing it; try it. While the white carnation is the MothersDay special flower, any white flower willdo. Its whiteness stands for purity; itsform, beauty; its fragrance, love; its widefield of growth, charity; its lasting qualities,faithfulness. Do not let the sentiment ofthe thing bother you; nobody will laugh atyou. The act is strictly your own, notdenominational, social, fraternal, civil, mili-tary or religious—yes, it is religious, thebest kind. There is no Mothers


. Book of the Royal blue . se to wear; some onesick at home, or in the hospitals, or someone in prison. You will feel better fordoing it; try it. While the white carnation is the MothersDay special flower, any white flower willdo. Its whiteness stands for purity; itsform, beauty; its fragrance, love; its widefield of growth, charity; its lasting qualities,faithfulness. Do not let the sentiment ofthe thing bother you; nobody will laugh atyou. The act is strictly your own, notdenominational, social, fraternal, civil, mili-tary or religious—yes, it is religious, thebest kind. There is no Mothers Day organizationin the country. While it started with oneperson—Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia—every man, woman and child is a self-appointed head of any organization he maychoose to establish to promote a custom ofuniversal adaptation. The governors of eight States and themayors of many cities have issued procla-mations simply asking for observance of theday in some manner. The second Sunday of May is


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