The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-03

A great concourse of friends at
tended the funeral of Mrs Flora
Clark Young this afternoon, and
flowers in profusion were banked
about the cazisct- Tho funeral took
place at 2 O'Clock at Grace Episcopal
church, the Rev. ID. c. Wright off,
eating.
The palgbearers were: Active
Gus Thompson. VIII Gilbert, Hughes
Mcknight, Edwin Paxton. Arthur
Martin and Rankin Kirkland. Hon
We'll. James Camp
bell, Jr.. viii owen. Cade Davis.
Parker Chastaine and Joseph Sinnott
Mayor j. p. Smith, DIR. H. n. Dudley,
Roy Mckinney. %
sThe Little Colonel"
The Louisville. Post contains a pSo
ture of Mrs. Flora Clark Young and
the following account:
News has been received here OF
the death in Denver. Col, ON Jan
uary 2s. of Mrs. Arthur Young. bet
ter known to her many friends in
Louisville as Miss Flora May Clarla.
Tor The Little Colonel She was a
member of Norman Hackett's theatre
cal company which was playing
Classmates IN the east, and had a
very bright future ahead OF her.
Mrs. Yomrg's health began TO far
several months ago, and she went at
once TO Denver to recuperate. Her
sister. Mrs, Henry Horace Cleugh,
of Regina. British Columbia, came to
the bedside OF her sister as soon as 1t
became known that her Illness was
serious, and remained with her de
votedly until the end.
Mrs. Young was a native OF Padu-
cab. KY, and was one of the most
beautiful and popular young women
of that city. She went on the stage
several years ago. and had been
steadily forging to the front in her
vocation. The part which she was
playing in ''C.assmates" when she
was taken ia was conceded by all to
be the most beautiful interpretation
OF the character that had ever been
given by an actress.
Mrs. Young began her stage ca
reer under the name OF Lillian Ian
caster She played Rosalind in AS
You Like II and together with her.
talented husband played various roles
in repertoire with Louis James. ShA
was a painstaking and ambitious
actress, a Govable woman and a de
voted wife.
Several years ago when the First
Kentucky regiment was in annual en-
campment at Paducab, Gen. John B.
Castlernan, who was in command OF
the troops. named Miss Clark The
Little Colonel sobriquet which she
bore until the day Of her death.
"The body will be brought to Pa
ducah for burial, and the intenment
will take place in the family lot this
Afternoon"
Letter From Norman Hackett.
The following beautiful tribute to
Mrs. Flora May Clark Young was re-
|ceiyed from Norman Hackett today
by the family:
Dear Mrs. Clark and Family
II Is very kind of you TO write us so
promptly. for we have all been keenly
interested In Lilllan's condition and
sincerely hopeful that radical
change for the'better would favor her,
| but last Friday the sad news was
wired me from Winnipeg, and II has
cast irreparable gloom over the entire
organization.
Her lovely spirit seems to hover
IN the wings with us and our only
consolation is that she has found
peace and rest from her cruel suffer
ling; and in the beautiful memory we
lall have of her. tt.
81 can weM appreciate how deeply
grieved her family and husband must
be, and ! do sympathize profoundly
with you adj: for you have indeed
Sustained a great loss.
mo philosophy can tell why 80