The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-07


fellow, Lowell, Holmes, Charlotte
Cushman, Edwin Booth and other
Notables - Dlttemore Denounces
Report Of Burial In First Church
as Perfect 6osh. 0hAl a.
Boston, Dec. THE body OF Mary
Baker G. Eddy will be laid at rest
some time tomorrow afternoon in
Mount Auburn cemetery, few miles
away from the home at Newton
which had been hers during the later
years of her life. Until the directors
of the mother church In Boston shall
have decided upon suitable lot for
the interment, Mrs. Eddys body will
lie in receiving vault in the ceme'
terry after the funeral services, which
she passed away. Such was the ten
tative announcement Of the plans for
the funeral by Alfred Farlow, the
representative Of the directors Of the
mother church.
The last earthly honors that are 70
be paid to the founder and leader Of
the Christian Science church are to
be In marked contrast to the almost
imperyious hedge of sanctifed exclu-
sion which surrounded her In the
last 10 years OF her life. Upon the
word of one OF the directors of the
no NoN n,,t
made that Mrs. Eddys funeral will
be no different from that of any of
us in her station in life who should
pass away. There is to be no mys-
terry, no secrecy; only the utmost
simplicity"
The founder of the sect which now
numbers more than 100000 devo-
tees will lie in her final sleep among
a noted company. Mount Auburn,
one of the most noted homes Of the
dead in the country, was consecrated
in 1881, and there lie the bones of
such as James Russell Lowell, Henry
w. Longfellow, from whose works
there are such frequent quotations in
Science and Health" Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, Phillip Brooks, the
noted clergyman; Charlotte Cush-
man, Edwin Booth, Charles Sumner,
Louis Agassiz. Robert C. Winthrop
and Mrs. James Parton.
The funeral services, which are to
be conducted by Judge Clifford p.
Smith, first reader of the mother
church, will be read by the side of
the casket in the dim parlor of the
house at Newton at IL o'clock to-
morrow morning. There will not be
more than 25 or 30 present, and
these will be the members Of the
board of directors and of the Eddy
household" at the Newton mansion.
George W. Glover, Mrs Eddys only
surviving son. and Eben Foster
Eddy, Mrs. Eddys adopted son, who
lives in Waterbury, will be there.
Immediately after the funeral ser
vices, which are to be brief and Of
the greatest simplicity a small fu-
neral cortege will start from the
Eddy mansion in Newton to Mount
Auburn cemetery, which lies about
five miles north, between Cambridge
and Watertown. There will be no
services at the receiving vault. Be
fore sundown all of the symbols Of
parting will have been exemplified
and the iron doors Of the vault will
be sealed upon the remains of a mas
terful character.
John V. Dittemore, one of the
board OF trustees of the mother
church and incumbent Of the office OF
clerk Of the church. broke silence to
refute various rumors concerning the
final disposition to be made of Mrs.
Eddy's remains, which seem to have
displeased the present rulers of the
sect. When a reporter visited Mr..
Dittemore in his Office In the church
building, he said that he wished to
lay emphasis on certain statements
touching on the funeral.
"The report that Mrs. Eddy is to
be buried in a secret crypt under the
First church, which seems to have
been disseminated by a news asso.
citation, is perfect bosh," said Mr..
Dittemore. There Is nothing sensa-
tional or mysterious about Christian
Science or about the First church in
Boston. A visit to the church will
show any observer that everything is
brightness and light in the church.
We don't purpose to bury any bodies
under the floor. We Christian Sci
entists try to get away from the su
perstitions entertained by other re-
ligionists. There will be nothing
about Mrs. Eddy's funeral to attract
attention by pomp or by secrecy;
nothing to suggest mystery"
Later Mr. Farlow asked the news.
paper representatives to publish the
request OF those in charge of the
funeral arrangements that no floral
offerings whatever should be made
Mrs, Eddy during her lifetime had
always held that blossoms were 10
be enjoyed hv the living. and that