The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-24
'HONORS FOR THE
 DEAD CHURCHMAN Rich and Poor, in Tears, Kaeel at the
 Bier of Rev. Father Thomas
 ]. Ducey.
 HIS KIND DEEDS RECALLED


 New York. Aug. 24.-A never-ending
 chain of visitors called all yesterday.
 last night and today at 1e East Twen-
 ty-ninth street, where the body of the
 Rev. Father Thomas J. Ducey lies in
 state. The rich and the poor the fa-
 nous and the unknown. knelt side by
 side at the bier of the sray-haired
 priest and offered prayer for him. Since his death became known a
 tribute of tears has been paid to the dead churchman Kyrle Bellew was
 one of the first callers yesterday, and other actors who had known and
 loved the popular priest followed close
 on his heels. Hundreds of those who took a last look at Father Ducey' are not members of the Roman Catholic Church. but were his ardent admir- CTS.
 In the afternoon many carriages and automobiles stopped in front of the small house, which. lies in the shadow of the Little Church Around the Cor ner, and only a block from St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church. of which F,a- ed women and well dressed men left f the vehicles to view Father Ducey's mortal remains. -s s,s. The night was given over to those who were less fortunate in a worldly way. Dozens of the men and women whom Father Ducey had befriended pressed close to his bier As they knelt in prayer their tears flowed. ACCOUNTED HIS CHARITIES. Groups gathered onithe walk in front of the house and in low voices recount ed the ceeds of Father Ducey.
 Why. it was just a few weeks ago. z said woman, "that he said from the pulpit that we should coon come to church and not find our pastor. He said he hoped whoever took up the work after him would do it to the best
 of his ability" she concluded. weep ing. z group. sthe time he told of having re- ceived kind letters from friends of Mary Sullivan, a servant girl who had dfed. He had befriended her, and spoke we'll of her when she was dead. They thought 1t eov strange he said, thai should give so much thought to Mary Sullivan. because she was only a servant girl. But you must remem- Der that perhaps the mother of every
 woman here washed dishes for liv- ing. Mary Sullivan worked in one fam l fly thirty-five years. Can anything better than that be said of her? I think that Is sufficient And that was
 as great in his eyes as the rich.'' aILENCED UNKIND WORDS.
 You recollect the way he told us all to pray for the woman who died on Fifth avenue, near Seventfeth street, under suspicious circumstances" an other said was not known If she was not a Catholic, Father Ducey would not listen to a word against her, and told us to all say prayers for her."
 An eager group of listeners had gath cred around the speakers.
 "On Sunday" said one, The told from the pulpit how he had gone along the street and stopped man who . him. said Father Ducey, 'and won dered If could help him any. i asked
 him if he was in sorrow and he said No" was very glad to find there eHe was a very democratic man, ? said another, as the group of listeners pressed closer. "One Sunday after he mounted the pulpit he found he had he wished to read. Instead of calling an altar boy to go and get the paper, he left the pulpit and went into the
 sacristy to get it himself. He was not a man who wanted to be waited on every mfnutea rN
 WOULDN'T CHANGE HIS HAT. Personal habits of Father Ducey were recalled by some of the group. Am Irish woman who had attended for more than seventeen years churches !! of which he was pastor told this incl dent:
 "A rich friend of Father Ducey once told him he would buy him hats for life if he would select a hat different | in style from the narrow-brimmed silk hats he liked. Father Ducey laugh fngly refused, as his silk hats had real ly become a part Of himself and he couldn't do without them"
 Every Saturday in the winter months Father Ducey furnished lodging for all who applied to his church. Timothy Foley. who looked after most of the priests affairs. says that sometimes there were 400 applicants a, night. The funeral of Father Ducey was de- iayed until Wednesday morning, so Aro1nbishop Farley, who will arrive from Rome today, could be present. Interment will probably be in Calvary cemetery, Long Island.
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