The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
THE FUNERAL OF MARK TWAIN
BRIEF SERVICES AT rHE BRICK
PRESBFTERIAN CHURGH.

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1rcN ded and Many EnacP Later 20
I.SOh NJ the menS Burial nc IsamlrA.
he scent Of lilacs prevailed over that
.. III the other blossoms banked Aboua
..r bier Of Samuel L. Clemens Mark
~ainl at the funeral service held yea
r.riay afternoon in the Brick Presby-
trran Church. at Fifth avenue and Thirty
seventh street. Aside from the tribute
a. the flowers there was little but the
trrf reading Of the Palms by the Rev.
br Henry van Dyke. his appraiaement
ot Mark Twain the man and q final plea
taa, the comfort Of belief In the resur-
r.crion he visited upon those who mournsd,
Nulch was made by the Rev. Joseph
IwIchell OF Hartford.
~ many az the old church would hold
c-,Nded Co listen 10 the simple services.
After the benediction had been said those
already within the walls walked by the
crHin IN single file. and the line they
formed was constantly augmented from
Nthout until fully S.OOo persons had
Jrned he line. At s O'Clock thu church
doors were closed and after that the body
was taken 10 the Hoboken terminal OF
the IaciAwanna Railroad. there 90 wait
train leaving &C , o'clock this morning Il
could he taken 20 Elmira for tntsrment
to-day
The body arrived from Redding. Conn.
. few minutes after noon yesterday. Mra.
ossiP Gabrilowitsch. her husband. Albert
RigelOw Paine. who had been Marx
Twain's Boswell during the last year;
Gertie LeAry. who was the dead Anthor's
housekeeper for twenty yeArs. and Jervis
lAngdon. a nephew. came on the same
train. They were met by Major Fred
Leigh and F. A. DunekA % Harper a
Bros, and Y. Z. Loomis. vice-president
81 the IAckawannA and the husband Of one
of Mark Twain's nieces. The body was
removed 90 the church immediately and
there placed before the reading desk.
Heavy wreAths and sprays Of lilies oG the
valley. lilacs and orchids. which had been
waiting since early in the morning. were
heaped about the rosewood caSkee.
The church doors were opened almost
an hour before . O'Clock. the time set for
the service. Within half an hour the
body % the church was filled and people
were spreading through the gallery seats
The service was public and cards were
sent only Co those who were TO occupy the
pews on either side Of the centre aisle. Il
was a cosmopolitan churc hful Besides
well known men IN the field Of literature
and arts. from the clubs and from the
bench there were shop girls from the
nearby department stores. artisans and
representatives from the humber sphere
~ life Men in rough clothes tiptoed into
the church and found places in the gallery.
There came representatives OF the
Players, Authors. Century and Lotos
C!uhs. The Pilgrims Society Of the United
states had delegates there. and ia behalf
ot the brother society Of Great Britain
. heavy wreath Of roses was placed at the
foot OF the casket Among those who
came 60 the church were Mr.. and Mrs.
andrew Carnegie. William Dean Howells,
the author. and his daughter, Miss MIL
dred howellS; Will n. Harlem. Brandsr
Matthews. David Bispham, James Lane
Allen, Peter Finley Dunno. Sidney Porter.
best known under the peeudonym OF D.
Henry: az Gov. Joseph Folk IT Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Collier, John r.
Stanchheld. Philip verril MiRhels. Robert
Underwood johnson. editor Of Century
Magazine; Clarence {. Buell. Of CsnfyTv
Magazine, W. W. Ellsworth. Joseph H.
Choaee. J. Henry Harper. VIII Carleton,
ban Beard, Robert Bridges, an editor Of
.ScrIbnsr's Magazine; Miss Eli7abeth Jor-
Jan. Henry Holt. Mr.. and Mrs. Urban
y Broughton. Mira. X. n. Rogers. Col
and NJ Mrs a. George Harvey, Mira: Johs
" .iliam Robertson Coe.
AMONG the floral pieOes which were
banked about the oasket were offerings
from the Aldine Association. the National
Institute Of Arts and Letters, the Ameri-
car Academy OF Arts and Letters. Of
which William Dean Howels in pre~i-
dent, Booth Harrington. Mr.. and Mrs
k0b"rt J. Collier. Mr.. and Mrs. Urban
Broughton. Harper Bros. Col.
Fulton Monument Association. Mira.
William Robertson Coo. Richard Watson
GII1er. Mr. and Mira Philip James McCook
and Mrs. John Calvin Day. Flowers
w~r- Also sent by the clubs Of which
Mara Twain had been . member during
Before the services began n. Clarence
Dicksrson. the orRanist OF the church,
played funeral marches from Beethoven.
and chopin. and when DR.. van Dyke
and the Rev. Joseph Twichell In their
clerical gowns came upon the platform
the almost inaudible strains Of Grieg's
Death ~! Ase were sounding.
" was not known until afterward, and
then only 10 few. under what a strain
~" venerable Clergyman from Hartford
was during the brief service. II was a
hard task for DR.. Twichell. who had
fs'HN tho Clergyman To officiate at the
marriage Of Mark Twain and who had
boon very close 20 him during all his life
har; for DIR. Twichell yesterday. because
Just before the service began he received
: telegram from Hartford telling him that
~ wife was very III and saying that II
Nts Necessary that he return home imme-
dia'"ly he stayed for the service never
thaie-s and then hurried To catch the
tr-t train for Hartford.
Dr van Dyke opened the service. he
s'"rpet 10 the reading desk and read
from the Psalms:
our help IL in the name Of the Lord.
VIII made heaven and earth. Our days
~ N" "arth are az shadow. and there
De- non" abiding
On through the Psalms that are ap-
T iri"d m the order OF the burial OF the
dead ~ the Presbyterian service DR. van
DYKES voice rang GENEROUSLY. In the
f.''-i Wa- the Lords Prayer. TO the read |
's - which there came 4 muFmuF OF
r-D"use from the body Of the church. !
Mrs Gabrilowitsch and OaSip 0abril- |
~ '-ch sat IN the front pew 20 the left |
- ne casket. With them were Mr.. and [,
h-~ y. LOOMS and william Dean |
E'.i- Ia the psw behind sat Albert !
'.w Paine. Jervis LangdOn. y. A. ,
I.l'Ha and Gertie Lsary.
~ -haD TAO more hunger nor thirst.
cam" no" promise Of the Revelations. |
-'.'." or -hall the sun fall on them. nor /