“ MOTHERS’ DAY.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3230, 29 May 1911, Page 4

“ MOTHERS’ DAY.”

CELEBRATION AT LOCAL Y.M.C.A

A good attendance of men gathered at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms yesterday afternoon to take part in the observance of Mothers’ Day. The speakers at the meeting were Mrs A. Graham and Mr J. A. Jones..

A touching homely address was given by Mrs Graliam- in her opening remarks she referred! to the happy idea which had instituted the observance of such a day and hoped that it would remain an annual celebration. Bhe was sure that many mothers appreciated the motives prompting it.. Proceeding, Mrs Graham said that the first thing that one associated with the word mother was love. It was impossible for anyone to grasp the depth or persistence of a mother’s love; it was like trying to grasp the limits of the ocean by a single wave, it was also a pursuing, love, and we were influenced by it years afterwards, even alter the one from whom it had sprung had left us. The next thing that one associated with mother was home. It was in the home where mother’s love and influence were first felt. One regretted, however, to see that home influences seemed to oe more lightly thought cf and that young people more often were influenced from outside source's, i.e., by the habits and attitudes of chance acquaintances. She thought the initiation and maintenance of Mothers’ Day very appropriate to the Y.M.C.A., because it was an institution that in some measure took the place of home to many young men who by various circumstances had found it necessary to leave their parents’ licme. Mr Jones followed with an inspiring address.

About 30 stayed to the Stranger’s Tea after the meeting, and some very appropriate remarks were made upon the addresses by visitors who had for the first "time attended a Mothers’ Day meeting.