Mother's Day 1919, Brest, France

This four page souvenir carrying the imprint of the American Y.M.C.A. contained poetry and prose appropriate to the celebration of Mother's Day.

Text on front reads:

«Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky;
Hundreds of shells on the shore together;
Hundreds of birds that go singing by;
Hundreds of bees in the sunny weather.

Hundreds of dew-drops to greet the dawn;
Hundreds of lambs in the purple clover;
Hundreds of butterflies out on the lawn;
But only one Mother the wide world over.»

«When I think of the heroism of the average mother I gather hope again for poor humanity, and this dark world looks brighter, this diseased world looks wholesome to me once more; because, whatever it is or is not full of, it is at least full of mothers.»