Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-29
MRS. HAYES AT REST.
In the Narrow House APP
pointed for All Living.
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
The Simplicity of the Service Needed
No Aid from P0mp and Cir
eumstance.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
FREMONT, O., June 2S.-The morning
trains brought quite number OF persons
to pay the last tribute of respect to the
late Mrs. Hayes. There were groups OF
old soldiers to be seen everywhere, on the
streets, or on the way to the Hayes
homestead.
The wide hall, parlors and lsbrary are
heavy with the perfume of flowers,
tributes from public and private friends,
from comrades in arms of General
Hayes, aud military and civil organic
atoms. The profusion of these is be-
witching; many are of the most elabor-
ate nature. Among great number ar
irving today were the magnificent pillow
of white lilies an maiden hair fern from
President and Mrs. Harrison; cross
of ivy on the base of lilies
from the National Organization Of
Women's Relief Corps, Department
of Ohio; Lucy Hayes Mission Band sent
a piece consisting of fifty-seven white
roses, one for each year Of her life just
closed most beautiful piece came from
the Woman's Home Mission Society of
the Methodist Church, of which Mrs.
Hayes was President. The funeral SER
vices were simple and transformations,
preserving the character of a private,
rather than public ceremony. Services
opened with reading Of the twenty-third
Psalm by Mrs. Hayes pastor, the Rev.
J. NJ. Mills, of the Methodist Church,
followed by the hymn, my Jesus as
Thou Wilt" read by Rev. G. E. Barnes,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Singing by quartette choir. Prayer was
then offered by Rev. DR.. Basliford, of
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio. A second hymn followed, read by
Rev. N. Ship, of the Evangelical
Church, "When Peace Like River"
Rev. L. d. McCabe, LII. D., who per-
formed the marriage ceremony for Hayes
and his wife, then delivered a brief flu
neral address. Rev. j. l. Swauder, OF
the Reformed church, then read the
hymn beginning "God be with you till
we meet again." when it was rendered
by the choir. Rev. NJ. Long, of the
Evangelical Lutheran church, then re-
peated the Lords Prayer, closing sim
pie, impressive service. An opportunity
was then given to the throng of sympa-
thizing visitors from abroad to view the
body. The funeral cortege then took up
the line of march to lakewood cemetery,
where the interment took place.
The body was srrayed in a dress of
ivory cream satin with white passemen.
terie and lace trimmings. The dress was
made for Mrs. Hayes while she was in
the White House. The appearance Of
the corpse was most life-like, the illness
being so short and death 30 sudden,
there was but little emscistion OF the
face, which was pale, but there was
trace OF rose color in the cheeks, the
closed eyes were not sunken, and there
was smile on the lips.
The postoffice, banks and other bust
ness houses were closed this afternoon.
There was very large gathering of peo-
pie at the funeral.
About score Of the survivors of Gen.
Hayes old Regiment, the Twenty-third
Ohio Volunteers, who had come to the
funeral from different parts of the East,
acted as a guard Of honor to the hearse
The ceremonies at the cemetery were
very brief. The casket was Immediately
lowered on arrival at the grave. DIR. B.
Ashford read the simple Methodist
burial ritual, and the mortal remains OF
Lucy Webb Hayes were lett to await the
morning OF the resurrection. The pail.
bearers were the SONS and kinsmen of
the deceased.