Evening star., 1909-05-23
WHOLE TOWN M0URNS|S. A. R. DOWN R|VER|
Fairhaven Pays Last Tribute Annual Panked Sad Dinner
to H. H. Rogers. Given at Marshall Hall.
AT REST IN MAUS0LEUM j. 7. DU B0IS FELICITATEDl
Simple But Impressive Funeral Appointment Singapore
Services for Nnancer Subject Of Resolutions.
EULOGY BY DR.. C0LLYER AFTER-DNNER TALKS MADE
Only Uni W
tartan Commit Service Pro- scendants
Al Outing.
AT REST IN MAUSOLEUM
Simple But Impressive Funeral
Services for Enancier.
EULOGY BY DR.. COLLYER
Only a Prayer and the Brief Uni
tartan Committal Service Pro-
nounced at the Tomb.

FAIRHAVEN, Mass, May 22.-In
massive Greek mausoleum on a knoll
overlooking the town of his birth, the
remains of Henry Huttlestone Rogers
rest tonight near the bodies Of his moth
er and daughter. AS tribute of respect
and of affection Fairhaven observed to-
day as a day Of mourning. Business was
suspended throughout the town, public
buildings were draped in mourning and
flags were displayed at half-mast. Silent
lines of children from the schools built
by Mr.. Rogers generosity filed by the
casket. and procession of sorrowing resi-
dents Of the town took one last look at
the face of their friend and former fel-
low-citizen. as the body lay in state in
the imposing Gothic church. erected by
the financer as a memorial to his mother.
The funeral services, while simple and
free fromostentation. were most impress
sive. Huge banks of flowers were in
front of the altar where the casket was
placed, and there was a great mound OF
blooms in the pew reserved for Mr..
Rogers personal use. While the body
was in the church it was attended by
guard of Free Masons. representing
George H. Taber Lodge of this town. to
which Mr.. Rogers presented fine Ma
sonic hall, and Star in the East Lodge OF
New Bedford, of which he was an ac-
lisC IHCAuUCt 1Sl AAoiS lhoAi AoieS SSoAs'
Unitarian Funeral Rites.
The funeral services we're held at 2:3O
pm, admission being limited to ticket
holders. So great, however. was the num-
Der of Mr.. Rogers personal friends that
the capacity Of the church was taxed.
The services consisted of music by organ
and choir, the reading of the Unitarian
funeral ritual. tribute to Mr.. Rogers
memory by Rev. Frank L. Phaien, pas
tor Of the church: an eulogy by Rev. DIR.
Robert Collyer. the venerable pastor OF
Mr. Rogers New York Church., the
Church of the Messiah; prayer by Rev.
DIR. Samuel A. Eliot. president of the
American Unitarian Association, and ben
ediction by Mr.. Phalen.
Interment was at Riverside cemetery.
in which the Rogers mauscleum is sit
uated. The services at the tomb were
lof the simplest character. consisting
of prayer, committal service, and final
word of farewell by DR.. Ccllyer.
Helen Keller's Tribute.
BOSTON, May 22.-In a letter pub
lished in the Boston Transcript today
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and blind
young woman, pays a personal tribute
to the memory of Henry H. Rogers. who
had taken a great interest in her educa-
ton. Miss Keller writes, in part:
In the death of Mr.. II. H. Rogers
/ have lost a dear friend. The protest
Of my heart against the thought of losing
him makes me realize how much l loved
him.
II shall not try to express my graft
tude for think that Mr. Rogers shrank
from expressions of gratitude. Mr.. Rog-
ers was always responsive, always SYM
pathetic. He was always doing little
kindnesses quietly and unnoticed. If
1 needed books he ordered them. II
l admired a flower or a plant, he sent
1t to me.
He had the Imagination, the vision
and the heart Of a great man. and 1
ileges Of my life to have had him for
my friend. The memory of his friend
ship will grow sweeter and brighter each
year until he takes my hand again, and
we gather roses together in the gar
dens of Paradise