Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1940, Page 8

Nation’s Mothers Paid Willing Tribute of Gifts, Flowers Arlington Services Add Somber Note To Celebration Mothers of the Nation today were paid willing tribute with gifts, flow- ers and oratory. Throughout Washington and nearby communities, programs were arranged by churches, patriotic groups and other organizations. A somber note crept into the celebration, however, as the Ameri- can War Mothers prepared to hold their - 16th annual Mothers’ Day services in the amphitheater of Ar- lington Cemetery with numerous patriotic organizations participat- ing. After the services, which begin at 2:30 pm, the organizations will place wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, each passing down an aisle formed by Gold Star Mothers whose sons were killed in the “war to end wars.” Gen. Cox to Speak. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, com- mander of the Washington National Guard, will be the speaker at the services with Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour of Concord, N. C., national presi- dent of the American War Mothers, presiding. The Marine Band will play. Several diplomats and numerous members of Congress have accepted invitations. Color guards from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and their auxil- {aries, the United Spanish War Vet- erans, the Daughters of '98 and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic also will attend. Some 500 policemen and firemen, District officials and several mem- bers of Congress will march to St. Patrick's Church, 10th and G streets N.W.. from St. Patrick’s Hall, 10th and K streets, for Mothers’ Day serv- ices at 8 am. The mass will be celebrated by the Most Rev. John M. McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of Bal- timore and Washington. From the church the men will parade behind a band to the Willard Hotel for a communion breakfast. District Attorney Edward M. Cur- ran will be one of the speakers. Members of the Irish War Vet- erans from New York, Philadelphia and Jersey City will participate with the local post in the Arlington cere- monies. The delegation had been arranging their annual encampment here September 18 to 21. Representative O'Day of New York will take part in a broadcast by the Mother’s Day Peace Commit- tee of Washington at 5:15 p.m. today over Station WOL. Mothers to Take Part. Mothers enrolled in the organiza- tion will also speak, taking the part of a “First World War mother,” a “trade union mother” and a “Negro mother.” Their organization is seeking to pledge legislators to avoid involvement in the European war, and to pass no legislation allowing loans or credits to the belligerents. Other celebrations were planned in community centers. At the Jew- . ish Community Center, Boy Scouts of Troop 3 will receive achievement awards from Scoutmaster Milton Berkowitz while their mothers look on. Edward Rosenblum, executive director of the center, will welcome the mothers. Later in the afternoon great- grandmothers and grandmothers will be feted in another Mother's Day celebration at the center. A few of the older women, residents of the Hebrew Home for the Aged, will be guests of the Girls’ Clubs at an in- door “garden party.” The program includes Palestinian songs, dances and a play. Knights to Make Pilgrimage. The Washington Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, will make an annual Mother's Day pil- grimage to Georgetown University. ‘They will attend mass at 9 o'clock in St. William's Chapel and receive holy communion in honor of the Blessed Virgin. The Verv Rev. Ar- thur A. O'Leary, S. J., president of the university, will be celebrant and preach the sermon. About 80 knights, under the direc- tion of Joseph M. McKenna, faith- ful navigator, will attend the mass. Afterward they will be the guests of }he Georgetown president at oreak- ast. Representative John Kee of West Virginia will be principal speaker at 4 pm. at rededication ceremonies at Opportunity House in honor of Mother’s Day. Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of Opportunity House, will be master of ceremonies. Mrs. Agnes M. Parker is chairman for the affair. Italy, Tex., Residents Ask Duce to Aid Peace By the Associated Press. ITALY, Tex., May 11.—The resi- dents of Italy, Tex., who received a frinedly letter from Premier Benito Mussolini last year, sent him a cablegram today. It read: “We respectfully urge the great Italian nation to help stop murderous aggressions and bring peace to warring Europe.” Mussolini wrote Italy citizens to congratulate them on the choice of 8 name for their town after they had written him about it. Princeton Club to Hold Annual Dinner May 24 The annual dinner of the Prince- ton Club of Washington will be held May 24 at 7:30 pm. at the Chevy Chase Club. Arthur Krock, Washington cor- respondent of the New York Times, will be toastmaster and speakers will be Earl B. Smith of the uni- versity faculty and former Under- secretary of the-Treasury John W. Hanes. Arthur G. Lambert is chair- man of arrangements. Y. M. C. A. Concert Today ' Four singers of the Robert Fred- erick Freund Studios will be pre- sented at 5 p.m. today in the sixth of a series of Sunday afternoon concerts at the Central Y. M. C. A, 1786 G street N-W. The singers are Jeanne Palmer, Kathryn Camp- bell, Anne Plain and Doris Stowe. Myrtle Alcorn will be accompanist. Hostesses at a tea following the “concert will be Mrs. Robert Fred- erick Freund, Mrs. Beatrice Holland and Miss Prudence Jackson. Por the first time known peo) ple walked from Jutland to en on the frozen sea. 4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘Mother’ Underhill Remembered |Pharmacists Elect By ‘Sons’ on Mother’'s Day “MOTHER” UNDERHILL. By MIRIAM OTTENBERG. She walks into the ward and something happens to the room. Every sailor, every marine in the Naval Hospital has something he wants to get off his chest, perhaps a favor to ask. Or maybe he just wants to hear her laugh, or even scold him. It was that way from the begin- ning, the first time she walked into the hospital eight months ago. It began because a sailor she got out of trouble in China, a marine she befriended in Nicaragua, a sick man in the Mare Island Hospital | passed the word along to agother | sailor, another marine. Enlisted men are suspicious u. “do-gooders.” They may take organized welfare work with a grain of salt. But they knew about | “Mother” Underhill. | They'd heard a man could talk to | her, tell his troubles and she would keep it in confidence. They'd heard she knew the service language, knew the regulations, knew how to steer a fellow out of deep water. Theyr knew there was only one thing she | wouldn't forgive, going “over the hill"—desertion. Blamed Stories on Sergeant. ‘There were some pretty heroic stories, too. But they knew if ever & man mentioned them she's warn him.not, ke, believe all those tales. She'd bime ‘#iém on the old ser- geant that suggested the boys | needed mothering, back in 1920, when her husband commanded the legation guard in Nicaragua. No matter. The boys at the Naval Hospital accepted “Mother” Under- hill. They started counting on her daily visits. They liked to pile into | her car and get away from the hos- | pital for a while. And that's the way it's been. | A marine’s wife had a baby a| while after he came to the hospital. | “Mother” Underhill knew he was!| worrying. So without a word to' him she drove down to Quantico to see the new baby. Two of the sailors had been long- ing all day for some chewing gum. ‘They got the idea in their heads and couldn't get it out. So when “Mother” Underhill came by and asked them if they wanted anything. out came the request for chewing gum. A few hours later, back she came to the hospital in evening clothes. She'd left a party to fetch some chewing gum. Py Searched for Back Scratcher. She searched all over town to find & Chinese back scratcher for a ma- rine nearly crazy with the itching| that went with jaundice. He treas- ures that back scratcher. | One of the men was so ill he could | take nothing but soup and the hos- pital soup was®more than he could swallow. Every day “Mother” Un- derhill prepared chicken broth her- self and brought it to the hospital. | It's a simple enough formula. A| mother doesn’t expect thanks for| what she does. She does it, dirty work and all, day or night, because she wants to. And “Mother” Under- hill, who is, incidentally, the wife of Col. J. L. Underhill, U. S. M. C,, has 25,000 “sons.” None ot them is her own, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. While her husband is stationed here, her “immediate family” are the sailors and marines | of the Naval Hospital. But she gets letters from the others, “sons” from Pearl Harbor to Portsmouth. She might weep over one of them occa- sionally, but she wouldn't let you know about that. | What does she 100k like? Well.l A Sensational Offer! For Monday, Tuesday ARMSTRONG'S Laid and Cemented INLAID {Marries Housemaid —Benson Weeks Photo. to every sailor and every marine, she looks like the mother they think of back home. That's why they wrote a joint letter to The Star, asking that you be given a chance to hear of “Mother” Underhill. They wanted to give her something on Mother’s Day. ‘Farmhand Baronet’ By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 11.—The “farm-| hand baronet,” Sir John Plgge.} married Housemald Ivy Frier today in a rural church in Kent. His fellow volunteer firemen made an archway of hatches for the couple as they left the church. Sir John, who is 29, inherited the title from his uncle, Sir John Harry Lee Fagge, who died at Marshfield, Mass., in March. At the time he| insisted he would continue working | on a farm. Will Take Communion Postal employes who are members | of the Holy Name Society at 9 a.m. | today will take communion at the | Immaculate conception Catholic! Church. This was to be followeq | by a communion breakfast at 10:30 am. at 1400 Quincy street NE. The communion and breakfast were to | be in honor of Mother's Day. ESTABLISHED 1823 THE “"SANDRINGHAM" Priced ot enly $445 IN MAHOGANY Slightly more in walnul Exquhih musical charm and dainty grace of design — a Chick- ering that is like the spinet of olden time with a tone glowing with that beauty and richness inseparable from every Chickering. EASY TERMS, of course, when desired. JORDAN’S Corner 13th & G Sts. and Wednesday Only FREE A Guaranteed Job. This Low Price In- cludes Brass at Doors Our Estimator will sudmit sam- ples and measure your room withowt eost. ROYAL LINOLEUM Co. |Georgian fo Head Association Dr. Lloyd C. Miller Of Washington Gets Ebert Medal g the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, May 11.—Dr.|corm, Since 1924 he has been connected | Qharles Hall Evans, who described himself as & typical small-town acist operating two retail in Warrenton, Ga. took ofhgg today as president of the Amgrican Pharmaceutical Associ- atloy, Ry made the installation the ocongion for a warning to his felloy practicing pharmacists that the “corner drugstore” and the chaly store must be convinced of the worthiness of the A. Ph. A. as an organization in order that phar- macy might take “its rightful place as a dignified profession in the eyes of the American people.” ‘The ceremonies brought to a close the 88th annual meeting of the pharmacists, although some re- maineq {n the city for battlefield mrk tys and other sight-seeing ps. Dr. Liyyd C. Miller, senfor phar- macologist of the United States Food and Druy Administration in Wash- ington, 1.ceived the Ebert medal awarded py the A. Ph. 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