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:there came to her a realization of the growing lack of tender consideration for absent mothers among worldly-minded, busy, grown-up children; of the thoughtless neglect of home ties and loving consideration, engendered by the whirl and pressure of modern life; of the lack of respect and deference to parents among children of the present generation; and of the need for a reminder of the loving, unselfish mother, living or dead.<ref name=rice>Rice, Susan Tracey and Robert Haven Schauffler (1915), ''Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse.'' New York: Moffat, Yard and Company. Anna Jarvis and Philadelphia, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 p. 6]; Mother's Day bill in Congress, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4 pp. 4-5]</ref>

:there came to her a realization of the growing lack of tender consideration for absent mothers among worldly-minded, busy, grown-up children; of the thoughtless neglect of home ties and loving consideration, engendered by the whirl and pressure of modern life; of the lack of respect and deference to parents among children of the present generation; and of the need for a reminder of the loving, unselfish mother, living or dead.<ref name=rice>Rice, Susan Tracey and Robert Haven Schauffler (1915), ''Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse.'' New York: Moffat, Yard and Company. Anna Jarvis and Philadelphia, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 p. 6]; Mother's Day bill in Congress, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pkAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4 pp. 4-5]</ref>

Jarvis sought to make it a national celebration. It was not smooth going at first; in 1908 the Senate poked fun at a resolution to institute Mothers' Day.<ref>The position of the apostrophe varies; older sources tend to put it after the ''s,'' modern usage puts it before the ''s.''</ref> One senator feared it would lead to special days in honor of "sisters and the cousins and the aunts,"<ref>Doubtless a reference to a song in H. M. S. Pinafore, in which the head of the Navy goes everywhere accompanied by "his sisters and his cousins and his aunts." The senator's objection is a good example of a [[slippery slope]] argument.</ref>, another moved to substitute the Fifth Commandment, and another said that if it passed the Senate should also recognize a Grandmothers' Day.<ref>Against a Mothers'[sic] Day. Senate Pokes Fun at Senator Burkett's Resolution Calling For One. ''The New York Times,'' May 10, 1908, p. 7</ref>. Nevertheless, the tradition spread to other cities, and by 1910 it had been adopted by most states.<ref>"Mothers'[sic] Day" ''The Boston Daily Globe,'' May 11, 1911, p. 12: "On Sunday next Mothers' day will be celebrated for the second time in the United States.... [The suggestion of] Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia that a day be set aside for throughout the country to honor mothers was quickly adopted in most states."</ref> In 1913 the House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for federal officials to wear white carnations on Mother's Day.

Jarvis sought to make it a national celebration. It was not smooth going at first; in 1908 the Senate poked fun at a resolution to institute Mothers' Day.<ref>The position of the apostrophe varies; older sources tend to put it after the ''s,'' modern usage puts it before the ''s.''</ref> One senator feared it would lead to special days in honor of "sisters and the cousins and the aunts,"<ref>Doubtless a reference to a song in H. M. S. Pinafore, in which the head of the Navy goes everywhere accompanied by "his sisters and his cousins and his aunts." The senator's objection is a good example of a [[slippery slope]] argument.</ref>, another moved to substitute the Fifth Commandment, and another said that if it passed the Senate should also recognize a Grandmothers' Day.<ref>Against a Mothers'[sic] Day. Senate Pokes Fun at Senator Burkett's Resolution Calling For One. ''The New York Times,'' May 10, 1908, p. 7</ref> Nevertheless, the tradition spread to other cities, and by 1910 it had been adopted by most states.<ref>"Mothers'[sic] Day" ''The Boston Daily Globe,'' May 11, 1911, p. 12: "On Sunday next Mothers' day will be celebrated for the second time in the United States.... [The suggestion of] Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia that a day be set aside for throughout the country to honor mothers was quickly adopted in most states."</ref> In 1913 the House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for federal officials to wear white carnations on Mother's Day.

On May 8th, 1914, [[Woodrow WIlson]] signed House Joint Resolution 263, "A joint resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and for other purposes." WIlson issued a proclamation "calling upon the Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May, as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country."<ref name=rice/>

On May 8th, 1914, [[Woodrow WIlson]] signed House Joint Resolution 263, "A joint resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and for other purposes." WIlson issued a proclamation "calling upon the Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May, as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country."<ref name=rice/>