The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-21

Partridge. and then the choir sang 20
/ God Our Help In Ages Past a. the re-
CessiOnal. ReethOven's Funeral March
was the pOstltide.
The crowds outside the church had re-
NAMED there during the service and the
/ people fingered to watch the consular
| and military diEnitaries leave. Il was a
/ quiet, well behaved crowd. but Inspector
| DAILY and a detail ~ police had hard work
! % keep passage to the carriages clear.
Mingled with the crowd werc peders who
/ offered Tor sale King Edward buttons
draped in black. They did not cry their
wares, but seemed To do a large business
with those who waited outside the church
81 paufs Chapel where memorial
services were held az the same hour a.
az Trinity. contained many members 81
English. Scottish and other societies who
werr unable 10 secure seats IN Trinity
The congregation, OVERLOOKING into the
yard. was less official than ~ Trinity and
was almost wholly composed IT men
The gallery contained practically no
women
The British coat 81 arms. decorating
the pulpit sounding board. and a flag
underneath the lesson board were the
only decorations An elaborate pro-
gramme IT the same service as at Trinity
and surrounded with heavy mourning
bands " purple also bore the royal stand
ard The music was led by the regular
choir
Taking part in tho service were the
vicar, the Rev. W. Montague Geer. who
said the sentences beginning 4 am the
Resurrection which followed the funeral
march. Others assisting were the Rev.
Irving X. MCGrew and the Rev J H. Won
Herrlich. No address was given.
AZ the Cathedral VI NJ. John the Divine
AZ i.a0 7. VI there were a large number
present. ESPECIALLY English women resi-
dent on Cathedral Heights The choir
boys from the Cathedral School led IN the
singing, aud an address was made by the
Rev DR.. Voorhees, one Of the resident
oGnons. IN which he said that such lives
a. that ~ King Edward are the common
heritage nor 81 England. nor yet ~ the
Anglo-Saxon aCe. but Of humanity. A.
% st Pauls there were many evidences
Of grief.
Al the Church Of 81 Mary the Virgin.
IN FOrty-siNth street the low masses at
!. : and aA were said IN memory 81 the
late King Al the later mass there we're
many Englishmsn present
Grace Church was ~ crowded al half
past ~ O'Clock yesterday noon that every
pew was filled and many persons were
standing az the head ~ the aisles when
the memorial service for the late Ming
Edward began, Although the time had
been fixed % be convenient % the largest
number. 1t was evidently the cungrrgn-
ton that responded 60 the announcement
~ the service and not merely the casual
attendants Who wer. free 90 ths. luncheon
hour tn" -@rvIC" began promptly az
~ ~ and lasted thirty seven minutes
Evidently such a large attendance had
not hsan expected ns the printed forms
u the serylC" distributed a. a.. cOugrr-
CATION wern exhausted long before the
church vas h.ied A. the close ~ the |
service non" ~ These pap"r- was 10 h.. 4
found 10 N" church They had all been
earned home a. souvenirs u the occasion /
Some prayers from the order f1r morn /
ing prayer some from the burial service I
and several selected hymns made up the /
service Then there was an anthem |
from the choir and the organ was aug I
mented by several string instruments |
The services closed with Chupiu's FuneraI !
March played by the organ and cello a.
the clergy and choir left the church
An american Tag and Union Jack |
covered the pulpit and tho clergy worn
black STOKES DR. 4. VI Slattery IN. rec |
tor assisted hy g. II Bottnma. vicar ~ I
Grace Chapel ofiCiated A family 81
a mother and two small daughters wor"
on their waists small British flags half
covered with crepe Taos. were the
most conspicuous signs u mourning