Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-21
funeral Of Late Julia Ward
Howe in Boston.
The Little Church Too Small 10
Hold Mourning Friends.
Schools Devote Periods to Exer'
cises In Her Memory.

Boston, Oct. 20.-The patriotic. lit
'rary and political life of the city, the
;tate and the nation, was represented
It the bier of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
the Church of the Disciples today
The little brick Westinghouse in the
'enway, whose parish was founded by
Ter cherished friend, Rev. DR.. James
:. Clarke, held notable throng.
In the absence of the venerable pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Charles G. Ames, who
was too feeble to bear the strain. the
'uneral services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. Samuel A. Elliott. president
If the American Unitarian Association
assisted by Rev. William Stafford
Tones. pastor of the Claiming Memoir
al church of Newport, where Mrs
lowe worshipped during the summer
months for many years. Coincident
With the services in the church, every
school in the city devoted half an hour
to the memory of Mrs. Howe. and her
poems were read and her Battle
lynn of the Republic" sung by
thousands of young voices.
The casket containing the body
came up from the scene of death at
Middletown, r. l., during the forenoon,
md was placed in front of the pulpit
before the congregation assembled.
The little church proved far from suf-
icient to hold the gathering, which
would have taxed the largest, hall in
the city.
After the organ prelude. Rev. Mr..
tones read the opening sentences Of
he burial service. followed by an an
hem and the reading of Scriptural
elections by DR.. Elliott.
A hymn and Il prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Jones led up to the eulogy by Dr..
elliott, which was in part as follows:
Each one of us here mas some
particular reason for grateful appre-
'lation. but whatever may be the
separate and individual ties that have
bound us in love and honor to Mrs.
Howe, all of US alike share the i'm
preston of the richness and aband-
ance of her nature and the prodigal-
ity of her gifts. This is career
that speaks 10 us of ripeness and
richness of experience, of completed
roundness of character and achieve
nent, Of rare gifts nobly used.
she enriched our literature. She
tired patriotism She upbuil, our
ideals alike Of dimestic fidelity and
happiness and of public spirited ser
vice. She was interested in every
thing in nature, in events, in persons
in causes. in truth.
II think not only of the abundance
Of this life. but of its perfect poise:
a quality which grows more and more
beautiful us we tire of the fantastic
and one-sidcd types of character which
the world often admires. Here was
not only fulness of life but symmetry
of life
so much of the noblest life disap
points us with its partfalness. Sc
many people we admire are great only
upon certain sides and in other as
poets are comparatively small. The
more do we value Il human life rict
and full and strong all around"
OF the pail bearers, five were grand
sons of Mrs. Howe: John Richards
Henry Hall Richards, John Howe Hall
Henry Marion Hall and Samuel Pres
Cit Hall. The other three were hus
lands of. Mrs. Howe's granddaughters
Rev. Hugh Brickhead. Charles Wiggil
and Carlton Shaw.
Only the immediate family followed
the body beneath the weeping skie.
to Mount Auburn. where the ashe.
We're laid beside those of her notable
husband and anti-slavery leader, DR.
Samue! Grdley Howe.
Providence K. L.. Oct. 2O-Durins
the period of the funeral services fol
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. which were
held in Boston today, the school flag.
here were displayed at half mast
Memorial exercises We're held in al
sang '"The Battle Hymn of the Re.
public" and listened to brief talks
on the history and meaning of the
hymn.
MiGdletown, r. l., Oct. 20.-A little
group of townspeople stood will
barred and bowed heads on the
platform of the Middletown. r. 1.
railroad station today to pay thcil
last act of love and respect to Mrs
Julia Ward Howe. the poet and phi
lanthropist. whose death occurred there
on Monday. Thursday the body OF
the aged writer. enclosed in snow
white casket. was taken from the
Howe summer home and placed ir
a special funeral car attached to the
regular train leaving at go A. NJ.
for Boston where the funeral was held
Thursday afternoon at the Church of