The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-30
CASSATT RITES PLAIN
Widow Asks That Funeral
Be transformations.
BURIAL NOT TO HALT TRAFFIC
Interment in Cemetery at Bryn
notwithstanding characteristics
of President of Pennsylvania Re-
eaIIed-McCrea, as Possible Sue
cessoT. Is Highly Regarded.

philadelphia, Dec 29-After a lengthy
discussion between the family of the late
A J. Cassatt and the directors Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, il was decided to-
day that the funeral on Monday viii be
private and unmarked by ostentation
Long and earnestly did the officials plead
for a big funeral, but Mrs. Cassatt over
ruled them.
II was decided to hold the funeral on
Monday. At o'clock there viii be brief
services at the Rittenhouse square house
Interment viii be made at O'Clock in
the graveyard of the Church of the Re
deemer. Bryn Mawr, of which Mr. Cassatt
was a communicate. There will be only
a short burial service at the graveside-
Train VIII Not stop.
It is the wish of Mrs Cassatt that the
funeral be as private as possible. For
this reason. it has not yet been decided
whether there viii be honorary pail
bearers. The general officials of the
Pennsylvania system Will go to Bryn
Mawr however, probably travelling on the
special train that Will convey Mr.. Cas-
salts body 10 its final resting place in the
shadow OF the pretty suburban church.
Mrs. Cassatt although greatly shocked
by her husbands death. was able to par
ticipate in the conference over the fu-
neral Thousands Of letters and kilograms
of coincidence have been received by her.
After the conference. Mr.. Patton and
Mr. De Rouse hurried 10 Broad street
station, where they called together the
higher officials IT was then decided that
the trains on the system would not be
stopped during the time of the lowering
of the casket into the grave. This was
done in memory Of President Mckinley
by the Pennsylvania, and on the Southern
Railway during the funeral Of Samuel
Spencer. II was decided. however. to
close the general Offices at noon on Mon
day.
Familiar Figure tn Travellers.
Mr.. Cassatts tall figure was a familiar
one TO the regular morning and after
noon riders on THE main line" going out
OF Philadelphia. He usually took the
same trains every day. and they were
the ones known as local expresses
which made no stops between West Phil
adelphia and Haverford BY "a certain
"0lJ man Cassatts specials"
1t is the custom of the Pennsylvania
Railroad 10 follow these expresses with
accommodation trains. stopping at every
station few minutes later One day
one Of these accommodations was lying
beside the same platform as Mr. Cas-
salts regular train. Thinking ne was
boarding the express, the railroads pres
ident got on the accommodation. and as
the cars were crowded shared 4 seat with
passenger who did not know him. TIE
train left West Philadelphia. and -
CasSatt was surprised when It st1~
at FTfty-secOnd street. the next Sta
Involuntary he said to the man si.r.
beside him. This train doesn't st.p
here usually, does it,
Certainly it does" said the commuter;
you must think YOU are on old man
Cassatts special
SO I did" said "old man Cassatt-"
Looked After small Comforts.
One small thing the suburban traveller
thanked Mr. Cassatt for was the redue-
ton iR price of the checking of parcels.
suit cases. &C. once they charged 10
cents every twenty-foUr hours in Broad
street station. Now they charge 5. It
came about in this way. One day Mr.
Cassatt wanted to check a suit case-an
unusual thing for him. He rushed up and
pushed his suit case through the window
with . cents
Ten cents said the attendant
That's too much" said Mr. Cassatt.
Orders" said the attendant
Mr.. Cassatt paid 10 cents. The next
day he sent for the station master. An
hour later the price of checking parcels
was cents, and it has so remained.
President of Farmers Club.
Mr. Cassatt was president Of that unique
organization known rs the Farmers Club.
The members of this are farmers. sure
enough. but not in the ordinarily accepted
meaning Of the term. They are fnanciers,
bankers, railroad men. &c, and no mem
Der is worth less than "a million dollars.
Among them are Clement A Griscom,
former president of the International Mer-
camille Marine Company, whose magnifi-
cent estate DoIohrau, almost adjoins Dir.
Cassatts, George F. Baer, president Of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway;
former Senator J. Donald Cameron;
Charles Gusts Harrison. provost of the
University of Pennsylvania. whose farm
is no, far from Bryu Mawr, and Peter
a. b. Widener, said to be the richest man
in Philadelphia, whose farm, not far
from Jenkintown, is a gigantic model OF
agriculture. These men met once a month
and dined together at one another's
houses. More often they went to Mr.. Cas-
salts home. for he was never so genial
as when his 'fellow-farmers' had their
legs under his mahogany al Haverford.
Head OF the Merton CFicketers.
The Merton Cricket Club, where fash
ionabIe Philadelphia was wont to watch
the English cricket teams play the Cen
tIemen of Philadelphia. viii have to choose
another president Mr.. Cassatt took
great interest in this home OF sport on the
main line. and was regularly reelected