The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-10
FUNERAL OF MR.. WADE.
simple and Appropriate Services sat-
nrday Afternoon.

uoreu ~ mis- tAto reatueuOa NO. Gray
street, ct a8o p. m. Saturday. The core
monies, which were worry simpla were At
tended by many old friends. The mem
bers Of the newspaper fraternity Of Port
land were largely represented. The Har-
ward club and the Cumberland Bar were
also represented. both Judge Nathan
Webb and William L. Putnam being
present.
The services were conducted by Rev.
John Carroll Perkins, pastor of the First
Parish church. "The Lord ia my shsp-
herd, shall not want were the nrst
words OF the touching and appropriate
scriptural selections which opened the
service.
Mr.. Perkins then spoke as ollows:
whoever for the last thirty years
chose to make his home In Portland was
sure to know at once our friend Louis
Clifford Wade. He would meet man
Of quiet demeauor, OF unalloyed courte-
~. OF gentle approach, OF kindly interest,
OF serious conversation, that displayed
Immediately a weil-bred nature, q refined
taste, sober enthusiasm for the timer.
higher qualities Of gentlemanly conduct.
And having met him thus, one would
meet him again and again, for his work
took him into all the conditions of our
social life. But however often any mans
path CROSSED his, there would be the same
greetings, the same definite impression
would be again con veyed, and the first
sense Of quiet serious personality would be
confirmed. If mistake not the true
course Of human life, 1t Is such consistent
and persistent men Of oharaster among
us who are able TO create with psrmn-
nence the type of thought and action that
shall best represent any community. One
need not be genius to have greatest In
huence and control. One need NOT have
brilliant, striking personality TO have
the greatest strength and most lasting
authority. The real forces of the world
are not always caught first by the out
ward eye. They are more often hidden
or unnoticed. A devoted, sober life, lived
quietly and without osten tation, having
serious task, a high motives consistent
purpose, makes Its way into the very life
and blood of a community and oonquers
1t. While so-called brilliant men and
their spasmodic efforts are equal only to
some guerilla warfare on the outskirts of
progress The consistent life in persist
ent activity never failed of final victory.
Mr.. Wade was a strong foros in Port
land. A friend has recently written OF
him and expressed the belief that he was
in his prime, the best dramatic critic this
city has ever SEEM did not know Mr..
Wade in his prime, for in those recen
years Of my acquaintance he has been far
from strong and cannot speak of such
qualities Of his life. But cannot enough
express my own appreciation of what IL
means TO have in oft-repeated intercourse
a man of gentiemanly INSTINCT of simple,
ingenious demeanor, Of upright, sober
conduct, free from all deceit and guile.
Our friends life of sixty years was nearly
two-thirds spent In Portland. For about
thirty years he has been connected with
the profession of Journalism, and most of
that Tins with the Portland PRESS. lie
was born into q refined and afIiuent
home. He was surrounded by all tina I
wealth and social position could give.
He had the best education the country
afforded. He was bred to gentle manners
aud habits. tie was not trained to the
harder, more severe and taxing struggles
with life's universities. And yet when
strioter circumstances became his lot, be
met than with a self-developed strength,
and yet preserved his early native In.
sbIncts unalloyed. He had traits OF mind
and character that all communities are
In need Of. And he found his proper
place and kept 1t to the end.
''To have been through so many years
writer for the public and gatherer and
interpreter of news to one public means
far more than its mere statement can
convey. There Is no more influential DO
| sition in the community than that of
| journalist, all the more strong IL some
| times seems, when that strongest of all
qualities, personality, is hidden and yet
personality can never be hidden, though
oft concealed. What men are will always
give the type and character Of what they
do, through whatever medium their work
must pass. And whatever other verdict
may be given of the work of Mr.. Wade.
all will confess that his native traits of
character shone forth with truth In all
he did. There WAS certain tone, a
mark, token of the gentler mind and
heart which always won Its just reward.
Some one must still bring such tributes
to the work of life or the community
must always suffer loss.
"a marriage In carly life into one of
Portiand's older families was marked by
years of the closest affection, the kindli-
est attention and most devoted intimacy.
But for dozen years our friend has
lived alone. And yet such an one cannot
be said TO be alone Though none Is left
bound to him by tina closer ties of kin.
YET faithful ministration as been his
in the weeks of his gathering illness;
and few in the common walks of life ca n
speak his name without the sense of
familiarity and of respect
A benedictton closed the simple SER