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A Hrurlantatiutt
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flinthera' ſlag
flag 18, 1913
štate uf ſilichigan
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A #rurlantatiut luſ the (6muerttur
Never did the word mother have a broader and deeper
meaning than it has today. The welfare of the world is related
to motherhood. Would that the mothers of our sons and
daughters fully realized the power they wield. Through the
double standard of virtue established by man ſong ages ago,
mothers have unconsciously granted their sons license to dis-
regard the sanctity of womanhood. When mothers shalſ insist
upon as clean men for husbands of their daughters as they now
insist upon clean daughters for wives of their sons, a new era
wiſſ have dawned in which the social evil and the white slave
traffic wiſſ have largely disappeared from our fair land. The
highest type of woman is the mother. The word mother thrills
the heart with joy and gratitude, and gives to memory priceless
treastſ res.
Uherefure, I, Woodbridge N. Ferris, ask that the people of
Michigan set apart the third Sunday in May (the 18th) as
Mothers’ Day. As far as possible, ſet parents in their homes
and both young and old in public meetings discuss the theme of
Mother with that enthusiasm and sincerity which should character-
ize all loyal Americans.
(Bittent under my hand and the Great Seal
of the State, this eleventh day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen, and of the
Commonwealth the seventy-seventh.
*…*&^ -
Governor.
Py the Governor:
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Secretary of State.

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