Arizona republican., 1894-11-24
A BROKEN HARP.
The Funeral of Grace CurnS
 Yesterday.
The Grave Itself Was Transformed Into a Bed of FloWers-Eer
 School Desk Draped.

The funeral of Grace Curns yesterday
 afternoon is said to have been attended
 by the most demonstratiye expressions
 of grief ever witnessed at funeral in
 Phoenix. And they were none the less
 genuine that they were demonstrative.
 Her friends from childhood-and all
 who knew her were her friends-her classmates at the high school and her
 associates of the Sunday school had united in the last office that could be performed for the loved girl.
 The Monroe street entrance of the Central school building was draped in mourning and bunting, and the desk at which the young scholar had. sat was made sacred with draping of black and offerings of flowers. In the midst of these symbols of woe and emblems of purity lay the inscription of beautiful sentiment expressive of deep sorrow.
 The floral offerings at the Presbyte- rian church were exceedingly beauti- ful. The most conspicuous was harp of thirty-six strings, the number of members of the high school class, but one golden chord was broken. The afternoon sun shone through the win pows and it's rays falling upon this harp enhanced it's wonderful beauty and significance. Other offerings were a cross and anchor, broken wheel, and lastly gates of flowers standing ajar approached by golden ladder Of yellow chrysanthemums.
 The remains were taken to the church at o'clock and brief sermon was de- livered by Rev. I reston Mckinney. He had been the steadfast friend of her and her family before they came to Phoenix. As he dwelt upon her lovable Christian character and exhorted his hearers to profit by the example of the life just closed, be frequently hesitated in efforts to control his own strong feeling and sobs broke from the audience on all sides. The large auditorium was in- adequate for the multitude which had come to pay it's last tribute to the dead.
 A long procession followed the hearse to the cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. M. W. Messenger, J. M. Creigh- ton. H. A. Diehl, Dr. J. c. Norton, L. L. Plank and G. B. Richmond. | In separate divisions were pupils of the high school and the mem bers of the | Sunday school one hundred and thirty pupils of the public schools marched | on the side of the procession.
 The supreme expression of tender ness and sympathy had been reserved | for the last. The love of all had fol- lowed to the very grave and robbed it as much as possible of it's terror. There were no bare walls of earth, no gaping hole, no mound of cods which would i coon press upon the coffin. Instead there was only 8 bank of beautiful flowers.
 The earthly walls of the grave were covered with black cloth and in the bottom was a bed of flowers which looked restful. Upon this the coffin was laid and covered with heavy flow cry mattress.
 The services at the grave were brief. It was fitting, said the preacher, that the resting places of the good and noble should be marked by monuments, but a more enduring monument to the memory of Grace Curns could be erected in the heart of all who who would follow her example, and their lives would become more endur- ing monuments to her goodness than piles of granite or marble.
 It has since been proposed by her friends and classmates. both of the Sunday school and high school, to erect by contributions from among them selves fitting monument to her memory. So that not only will they thus have another and last oppor- tunity to testify to their love for the de- ceased but the work itself will stand as testimony that the good and worthy are appreciated in this world.