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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS.
ELOPEMENT OF PAIR
NIPPED BY FORGERY
Bricardijp Finrf Step
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
ALTHOUGH the official observ-
ance of the second Sunday
Mny ns Mother's day Is
regarded as a modern cus-
tom, it Is In reality a re-
vival of one of the oldest
feasts celebrated by man-
kind. For the gifts of flow-
ers, candy and the like
which we send on Moth-
er's day correspond to the ancient
eimnel cake, a feature of "Mothering
day" of the early Britons. On Mother-
ing day all young persons away from
home visited their parents, taking
along gifts of sweet confections of
honey in the form of slranel cakes.
Still farther back In antiquity the
people of Asia Minor held a feast
tarly in May to worship Rhea, "the
Great Mother of the Gods," and this
feast later became the feast of Hi-
laria, an annual event on the Ides of
March in Greece and Rome.
Just how much these ancient rites
contributed to the modern celebration
of Mother's day it is impossible to
•ty, for there is some dispute as to
the origin of the idea which resulted
finally in setting aside the second
Sunday of May for honoring the moth-
ers of the nation. No less than four
cities in as many different states
claim that honor for one of their citl-
aens. Up in Albion, N. Y.t they will
tell you that it originated there and
Offer the following facts In support of
that statement:
George M. Pullman dedicated a
home on the St. Lawrence river to
"Father and Mother." This was
opened for a large family reunion in
August, 1888. In 1894 a church was
built by Mr. Pullman in Albion, in
memory of his parents. He put a great
deal of thought, sentiment and time
Into both buildings—the home and the
church.
These two things and the manner
in which the work was done made
such an Impression upon the people
at Albion that at the first anniversary
of the mother's passing on it was de-
cided to call the Sunday nearest that
date "Mother's day," and they voted
that hereafter, in that church, it
should be an annual event.
No one nt that time had any
thought of how far-reaching this ob-
servance would become, or that it
would so appeal to all lovers of moth-
ers as the yearly celebration has now
shown.
Down in Henderson, Ky., they claim
the honor for Mary Towles Sasseen
Wilson. Born and reared In this little
city, on the south bank of the Ohio
river, in the 60s, she labored earnest-
ly to have April 20< her mother's na-
tal day, observed in the schools in
the manner in which the day Is now
celebrated.
In 1893 Miss Sasseen, then a school
teacher, published a book setting
forth her Ideas, aims and objects, ded-
icating the volume to her mother, with
a hope for national recognition.
She traveled extensively and ad-
dressed various educational meetings
throughout the country- in her effort
to have the day observed in the
schools. It was in the little Center
street school of Henderson that the
first observance of Mother's day was
held by Miss Sasseen, and In 3894 she
succeeded in having It celebrated in
the public schools of Springfield, Ohio.
In 18P9 she became.,1* candidate for
superintendent of public instruction
of Kentucky, and it, was then general-
ly discussed over" Hie stale that she'
had first conceived the plan of cele-
brating Mother's day.
Mary Towles Sasseen married Judge
Marshall Wilson of Florida, and gave
her life to the cause of motherhood
when her first child was born.
Still another claimant to the honor
Is Indianapolis, Ind., which comes
forth with a citizen who, it says, is
the ^'father of Mother's day." Recent-
ly Representative Louis Ludlow of
Indiana in a speech on "The Origin of
Mother's Day" put forward the Indi-
anapolis citizen's claim to the honor.
Ills speech, as reported In the Con-
gressional Record, follows:
Mr. Speaker, one of the most
blessed of all anniversaries'. Is
Mother's day. The very name of
this anniversary makes a thou-
sand bells to tinkle in our recol-
lectiofL It Bends us back to first
principles revives all of the
hallowed, mp^iorios of chlldh(>od.
It. brings b^^jthe,' vision of ev-
ery oneMMMMW^ltt&etest face
we have ever known; we see her
smiles and tears and once more
hear her sing her lullabies. It
makes our hearts throb and our
voices choke as we recall the un-
fathomable devotion of "mother,"
how she toiled and suffered and
the privations she endured that we
might be fed and clothed and
trained to do the part of honest
and upright citizens in the varied
activities of life.
It is to me a source of special
pride that the city which I have
the honor to represent in the con-
gress of the United States was
the birthplace of Mother's day.
A silver-tongued orator of Indiana
—Frank E. Hering—first coined
the sacred phrase which is now
recurrently heard around the
world. The Order of Eagles, o^
which he has long been an out-
standing leader, took up the slo-
gan ; and giving expression to the
mother love that is in the hearts
of all of us, it has striven worth-
ily and accomplished a great deal
toward throwing the encircling
arms of love and protection
around the poor and aged mothers
of the land.
A most interesting account of
the origin of Mother's day is con-
tained in an editorial that ap-
peared in the Indianapolis Times
on February 7, 1930. Mr. Boyd
Gurley, the author of the editori-
al, is a patriotic and brilliant
newspaper man who in 1928 was
awarded the Pulitzer gold-medal
prize in competition with all of
the editors of America for the
most distinguished public service
rendered by the newspaper pro-
fession during that year. The edi-
torial In the Indianapolis Times
is as follows:
A It HAL ANNIVERSARY
This city has many anniversaries
which it celebrates In pride and
thankfulness, the birthdays of
those who served the nation and
humanity well, of soldiers and of
statesmen who won glory and
gratitude, of poets who wrote
songs that are immortal, authors
whose messages remain for the
ages.
Today is a different sort of an-
niversary. It is the birthday anni-
versary of an Idea which became an
impulse; an impulse that becan.e a
great movement.
On the evening of February 7,
1904, tho English Opera House was
crowded. Those who assembled be-
longed to the lodge of Eagles.
The speaker was a young profes-
sor from Notre Dame, notable chief-
ly as being the first Protestant to
hold such a position in that uni-
versity. Otto de Luse had found
him at South Bend and been im-
pressed by his oratorical charm.
He did not suspect that the event
was to make history.
It was on that night that Frank
IC. Hering, in a burst of oratory,
traced all the goodness of men to
mother lovfl, all the advancement
of civilisation to the sacrifices of
motherhood, all the hopes of tho
future to tho influence of mothers.
He urged that in every Eagles'
lodge one day be set aside each
year in which men would remem-
ber their mothers, and in that mem-
ory lift themselves from sordid
thought to higher planes of ac-
tion.
The Idea caught and held atten-
tion. It was an appeal to some-
thing fundamental. It tapped the
wells of all inspiration.
So It happened that in many
Eagles' lodges, long before Moth-
er's day became a national insti-
tution, programs each year were
held to honor the mothers of men.
The idea that found expression in
the English theater had become a
movement.
When, a few years ago, the Amor-
lean War Mothers became Interest-
ed In tracing the origin of this na-
tional anniversary they searched
tho records. Others claimed recog-
nition to this honor. But tho War
Mothers, one of the few bodies
chartered by congress, decided that
Frank B. Hering was the real "fa-
ther of Mother's Day."
Last fall they sent a committee
to his home in South liend to pin
upon his breast their medal of
honor, awarded to but three others,
all from military life. His is the
only award to a civilian.
An idea once started does not die.
It grows. Out of it, almost as a
corollary, came tho national cru-
sade that has resulted in such laws
in several states, and seems fated
to become a law sooner or later In
all states.
Without Mother's day, and the
sentiment it brings to the surface
In men's hearts, the old-age pension
.movement might never have ap-
peared.
From that same Mother's day
thet-e can be predicted other move-
ments that will seek to soften the
burden of sacrifice; that will re-
move Jho menace of heartbreak and
woe; that will rob motherhood of
Find Pathway of Romance
Is Not Rosy.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Alvln Krouse
nnd Mrs. Olgn Lossow, elopers from
Minneapolis, did not find the pathwny
of their romance a rosy one, for both
now occupy cells In the state peniten-
tiary In Sioux Falls.
They were sentenced to Indetermi-
nate terms, not to exceed five years
each, for forgery, when tliey pleaded
guilty before Judge John T. Medln In
Circuit court here.
Krouse was sentenced first, and
when It came time for the woman
she asked that she he given the same
sentence. "I ask this," she told the
court, "because 1 want to get out at
the same time he does."
Alvln Krouse and Mrs. I.ossow nnd
her husband were neighbors In Min-
neapolis. ' Mrs. I.ossow and Krouse
often met secretly, and they became
enamored of each other to such an ex-
tent that they finally decided to elope.
Takes $300 Certificate.
Mrs. I.ossow decided, to take with
them a certificate of deposit Issued
by a St. Paul bank to her husband.
This proved the undoin'g of the elop-
ers.
After eloping from Minneapolis they
came direct to Garretson, near Sioux
Falls, where the parents of the woman
reside. She had been married to Los-
sow after leaving home and her par-
ents had never seen Lossow. This
made it easy for the plans of the elop-
ers, for to her parents she represented
Krouse to be Lossow.
After thus deceiving her parents
Mrs. Lossow prevailed upon them to
accompany herself and Krouse to a
Garretson bank to Identify Krouse as
Lossow, so he Could cash the $300
certificate of deposit which was In Mr.
Lossow's name. In order to get the
$300 from the bank Krouse forged the
name of Lossow to the certificate.
Forgery Discovered.
Soon after obtaining the money the
elopers left the home of the women's
parents and went East. When the
forgery became known and officers
sought to trail the elopers It was
learned that they had gone from Gar-
retson to the region north of Superior,
Wis.
For some time all trace of them was
lost. Then Krouse and the woman
appeared at Superior, where officers
saw them and recognized them as the
elopers wanted In Sioux Falls for for-
iynXW770MA,
much of Its sorrow and leave It
only Its glory.
It 1h well to remember .anniver-
saries, especially of Imperishable
Ideas. It 1b also well for Indianap-
olis to remember In pride that with
her other contributions to progress
and civilisation It furnished the
birthplace for a great Idea from
which has come belter things for
all.
The fourth city which claims the
honor of having given to the nation
this red-letter day on its calendar Is
Philadelphia. The Quaker city points
out that the movement, which result-
ed in congress passing u Joint resolu-
tion authorizing a Mother's day and
In President Wilson Issuing a spe-
cial proclamation designating a Sun-
day In May as the date, thus giving
the observance the official sanction of
the government of the United States,
was started there In 1808 by one of
Its daughters, Miss Anna Jarvls.
Miss Jarvis' mother, who died In
1907, had been active in the work of
the church and Sunday school of a
small town In Virginia. On the anni-
versary of her death the pastor asked
the duughter to arrange for a spe-
cial service In the church where her
mother had been a leading spirit In
complying with the Request she be-
gan to realize the growing lack of
tender consideration of absent moth-
ers on the part of children who had
left the home roof and strayed
Into the world, each with a diffi
Interest
Miss Jarvls talked the matter
with a friend, saying she would
to have one day of the year set
especially dedicated to the "best lit-
tle mother In the world," Through tho
Influence of this friend and others
who had become Interested, the first
observance of the day was held Miiy
10, 1008, In Philadelphia, with gpeclnl
services in all the Sunday schools In
the city.
So popular was the idea with the
people that Miss Jarvls became even
more interested and begun a wide-
spread publicity of the event. She
wrote letters or interviewed people In
all walks of life for a proper observ-
ance of the day. By the time another
anniversary lmd come around ninny
Individuals and organizations observed
the second Sunday In Mny with appro-
priate ceremonies "In honor of the
best mother who ever lived." As a
result not only the entire nation, but
many foreign countries, observe this
day with appropriate ceremonies.
Pennsylvania wus the first to make
It a state holiday. This wns In 1013.
In the same year the mayor of Bos-
ton set an example of giving a free
picnic In n park, when all mothers
and their children were given a big
dinner by the business men of the
city. The object was "to give a duy
of rest and recrentlon to mothers who
have not had a summer vacation
away from the city, and who get few
opportunities to do so."
On Mny 10,1013, a resolution pnssed
by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives to make the second Sun-
day in Mny a national holiday, "dedl |
eated to tho memory of the best moth-
er in the world, your mother." Presi-
dent Wilson wns authorized and re-
quested to issue a proclamation to
display United States flags on nil gov- 1
ernment buildings In celebration of
the day. It Is said that when Presl-
dent Wilson signed the proclamation,
he turned to William Jennings Bryan.
his secretary of state, and gnld:
"Bryan, that's the finest thing this
congress litis done. God bless the
mothers."
Each year the Idea grew more anil \ succession, and dashed out of the of-
more popular, until In n few years lice. The bride-to-be collnpsed. The
Ihere was scarcely a small church defaulting bridegroom has offered no
or nn organization throughout the explanation of his strange conduct,
land that did not make some observ
Nature's Artistry Seen
in Odd Marble Markings
Hammond, Ind.—The uncanny handi-
craft of nature, wrought in marble as
no humnn hand could trace it, has
turned the lobby of the First Trust
and Savings bank in Hammond into
an art gallery which vies with famous
salons in interest to those attracted.
The soft artistry of a master crafts-
man shows up in two sections of the
lobby—yet not until countless cen-
turies after the work was completed
by its creator wa8 it exposed to the
view of man.
On the smooth surface of an Italian
marble counter ledge ut the rear of
the lobby appears a delicate tracing
of the humnn heart—so near perfec-
tion in detail that It lias dumbfounded
anatomists. The left and right ventri-
cles are depicted in exactness of out-
line, the lower organs of the heart
are easily discernible, and the exte-
rior form is a replica of the shape
that this organ presents in medical
photographs.
In unother nnd more secluded spot—
as though nature had somehow con-
trived still to hide her etchings—a
perfectly shaped man's head stares out
from a .wall vault in the basement.
Italian Bridegroom
CKanges Mind at Altar
Rome, Italy.—A young couple, Giu-
seppe Bnrnaba and Teresa Marlannl
presented themselves before the civil
murrlnge officer at tho nearby summer
resort of Nettuno to get married.
The marriage ollleor formulated
the usual question to the bridegroom,
"Are you willing to take Teresa Marl-
annl as your lawful wife?"
To the great surprise of those pres-
ent the bridegroom hesitated for a
moment, then grew red in the face
and stammered, "No."
Tho marriage officer, thinking the
young man hud misunderstood, re-
peated the question, whereupon Bur-
naba uttered three vehement "Nog" in
mice of the day. And then came the
World wnr, and it was during this
time that the dny wns more univers-
ally observed than nt any previous
time. Boys In France were requested
to write their mothers on that day,
nnd so great was the response that
Shipload after shipload of letters
landed at the port of New York to
be distributed nil over the nntlon to
mothers whose sons had "gone
across."
At the beginning the slogan adopted
wns, as it still Is, "In honor of the
best mother who ever lived," and the
badge was then the white carnation.
It is said that this flower was chosen
becnuse it was the favorite flower of
a President, fnmous for his devotion
to his mother—William McKlnle.v,
who habitually wore a white carna-
tion In her honor.
Build Highway Around
Immense Buried Meteor
Seat|Je, Wash.—.Meteors, flashing
through space to the enjoyment of
park bench lovers may be things of
beauty, but on earth, in the middle of
u proposed highway site, engineers do-
clded tliey were nothing less than a
nuisance.
Work on the new Tacoma highway
progressed rapidly until crews came
upon a huge boulder. They tried to
dig It UP| but at a depth of 14 feet
with no end In sight, decided that It
would be Impossible. Dynamite would
not Jar the huge rock. The best drills
would not dent It
So the rond was bnllt to curve
uround the rock.
Highway engineers and geologists
said they believed the rock was s
meteor.
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