The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE.
An Immense Crowd Attends the Funeral of Mrs
Sarah B. Cooper and Her Daughter
Harriet.

way for the pallbearers through the i'm
mense crowd which blocked the entrance.
But the cortage nnallv was able to make
its way into the church and the remains
of both mother and doughter were borne
to the foot of the pulpit.
As this was done the vast congregation
rose to its feet as one man and the organ
sounded family the sad strains of Chopin's
Funeral March. Those acting as pail
bearers were: Professor Earl Barnes,
Horace Davis, w. J. Dutton, DR.. J. T. Nc
Donald, Major Hooper G. ]. Lathrop
Lowell White, John Taylor, Edwin Swee-
ney, D. Hewes, John F. Merrill, E. ].
Ralston, S. w. Levy and J. +. Foster.
The mourning party seemed to be COM
posed of ali the older members of the
church and was led by Rev. DR.. J. X. Nc
Lean of Oakland and Rev. George C.
Adams, the present pastor of the First
Congregational Church. They were closely
followed by Mr.. and Mrs. Hale and Mrs
Pearson of San Quentin, Wong Louie, the
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Gaden.
After them came the members OF the
church, the Bible class, the Women.s
Congress and the various other organiza-
tons in which Mrs. Cooper had beer
shining light.
When all were seated the choir sang
"Thy Will Be Done All the songs of
IL
their selection having been left to Samuel
d. Mayer, tenor singer and director of the
church choir. Mrs. B. e. Paxton sang
soprano, Mrs A. E. Story contralto and
J. f. Fleming bass.
Before the service began it was found nee
essary by the police to lock the doors lead
ing to the galleries as measure of precau-
ton. They feared that some disaster
might happen if more people were allowed
there. As it was the vast edifice was filed
almost to suffocation, every seat being
filled and number being arranged along
the side of the auditorium and the gallery.
Besides the different organizationf with
which Mrs. Cooper had been associated,
such as the Century Club, the Golden
Gate kindergarten Association, the Asso.
ciated Charities, the Pacific Coast
Women's Press Association, the State
Suffrage Association and the Women's
Congress, many uniforms of red and
blue in the congregation showed that the
Salvation Army was out in force. Mrs.
Cooper had been a foremost leader in the
auxiliary corps of that great body, and
remark she is credited with once having
made, 81 sometimes feel that / could do
better work if 1 were to don the bonnet of
a Salvation lassie," had been remembered
and appreciated.
The pulpit had been decorated by Miss
Mary Bates own hands, as she would en-
trust this sacred duty to no one else. She
herself contributed the waving palms that
so gracefully overtopped the floral offer
ings on each side. Violets, Mrs. Cooper's
favorlte flowers, were present in profusion
in the form of bouquets and wreaths, and
the Century Club members held small
bouquets OF that sweet-scented flower in
their hands.
Large quantities of hyacinths were
dropped over the pulpit on all sides. A
mill nf w 70 n uH rpr
left and chrysanthemums mingled with
palms to form beautiful white cross, on
whose pedestal the word Peace was
written in violets. Roses of every de-
scription, La France and Marechal Mel
principally, and st. Joseph's lilies in
abundance. exhaled their fragrant per-
fume throughout the building. From the
reading desk hung dark-green ivy
wreath.
The floral tributes so fittingly woven
into bower of beauty by Miss Bates
skillful hands were the gift of the follow
ing persons: Mrs. Leland Stanford, on
whose card was written, "Sne never grew
weary in doing good; she had willing
heart nm most w,pTs resi9 w;,; gift in Gods
B. Anthony, Miss Shaw Ca bunch of yell
low and white chrysanthemuAs) David
Hewes, Mrs. G. r. Pechin, principal of
the Cooper Primary School; Mrs L.
Schwabacher, DR.. George w. Merrill, DR..
Emma Sutro Merritt, the Pioneer Kinder
garten. the little children of the Lester
Norris kindergarten, Mrs. Talbot. the
Golden Gate kindergarten, Mrs. Pope,
Mrs. +. A. Frank. the Cooper Memorial
Church. Major Hooper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Sloss, Mrs. Bailey Gatzert of Seattle,
who formed kindergarten under Mrs.
Cooper's direction. and Mrs. Hearst A
lovely wreath of orchids was sent by Mrs.
w. Joy of st. Louis, one of Mrs. Cooper's
most intimate friends. In addition were
the gift of violets of the Chinese servant
and a bouquet signed simply, From
Hazel"
DR.. Mclean began the ceremonies by
scriptural reading, that appropriate part