New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-15
TRIBUTES TO MRS NEWMAN.
MANY WOMEN ATTEND THE MEMORIAL
SERVICES IN HER HONOR.

Pare tributes were paid to the memory of Mrs.
Thomas H Newman yesterday afternoon at the
memorial service held at the Mount Morris Baptist
Church. It was, in the words of DR.. William &
Biting pastor of the church, mot a funeral ser
vice but rather time of sweet and pleasant remi-
n.scence OF what she in herself. what she was
In her friendship and what her life was to this
part OF the city.
I'm the departure from earth of Alice Swinburne
wife of Thomas II. Newman in loving memory of
whom we are assembled" said DR.. Elmendorf, pas
tor OF the First Collegiate Reformed Church, I'VE
have been deprived of the presence and activities
OF rare intellectual and spiritual personality Only
long and intimate compa nionship with her could re
veal the wealth OF her endowments and the quality
and measure of their cultivation. Her body NINA
and spirit stamped with beauty which was
a continuous and ennobling joy to her associates
Her dignity grace and friendliness OF manner en-
abed her masterful spirit to guide individuals ana
unity organizations for their good.
Under all the relationships of life said Dr.
Biting lie qualities which make the personality
Of the individual None of us give out anything
but what is in himself Each bird has its note,
each flower its perfume, each individual the dOm-
| nant characteristic which makes his personality
Power is cultured idosyncrasy-highly developed
eccentricity. 1t because friend had this
highly cultivated individuality that she had such
power all around her. In these days, when a
well bred Indifference to everything is the fashion
It is JOY to find heart full of enthusiasm life
given definite aims. Her friendship partook
OK this quality 1t was strong. intense, When once
given. Her friendship had dignity-a dignity that
came not from frigidty, affectation of su-
periority, but from delicate self-respect.
Her personality modest. we'll as strong
and dgnifed. And this trait all the more beau
tful because 1t the possession of one who had
stepped out of the secluson of the home into such
publicity was hers in This city. There may be
danger that Will lose those gentle qualities
which make the true loneliness OF womanhood
when they do this, but not jot or little OF them
| did she lose in the fullest glare of publicity.
Her friendship inspiration. 1t was an
unforget ling friendship Upon her wedding day
| she received a beautiful box which she made her
treasure chest. And when he who was her lifelong
companion found II after her DEATH he found there
| his own name sh.tchen upon Its lid by her hand;
| and within every flower. every note. every pro-
gramme, every little token of his love that he had
given her. and many others, also, from her friends
| There are many sitting In this to-day who
| would find within that box little gifts made long
ago and forgotten by themselves, but cherished by
| one who deeply appreciated every mark of affec-
| ton.
The first thing that impresses when we con
| slider her public career is, what beautiful thing
! 1t WAS that she could have a public career: that
modern life has provided ii wide and useful field In
which her qualities of mind and heart could touch
the lives OF others at SO many points / hlhK now
much broader. richer and fuller she made life in
this portion of the city; Think what IT was al to
| member of the Philharmonic Society Think OF the
dooroeils She mas rhs' me aG h SUI br, r
these streets. When [ know what she in the
Work She was able to do in this -meishborhood
| Many woman has borne for years sense OF
auctions which brought her friends and apprecia-
ton. She knew how TO set the solitary in the social
| Think what moral force her life was in this
| com1nunit% Think how tastes have been culti-
! through music which owed her genius
| FOR Organization. There is a ministry Of beauty,
| ana i hers"