The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-07

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some time Thursday afternoon at
Mount Auburn Cemetery. a 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 shall have decided
upon a suitable lot for the interment.
Mrs. Eddys body viii lie in a receiv-
ing vault in the cemetery after the
funeral services. which are to be held
in the house where she passed away.
Such was the tentative announce
ment OF the plans for the funeral by
Alfred Farlow, the representative Of
the directors OF the Mother Church.
In making this announcement Mr.. Far
low took occasion to say that the re-
port that Mrs. Eddy was to be buried
in a lot offered by one OF her former
pupils was mfounded. mo permanent
resting place for the remains Of
the former head of the Christen Science
| Church has been determined upon" Mr.
F'ariow added.
No Secrecy Desired.
The last earthly honors that are 70 be
paid TO the founder and leader OF the
| Christian Science Church are 10 be in
tmarked contrast TO the almost impervious
hedge OF sanctified exclusion which sur
| rounded her IN the last years Of her life
| Upon the word Of one OF the directors Of
the Mother Church rests the statement
made this afternoon that Mrs Eddy's
funeral will be no different from that Of
any OF us in her station in life who should
pass away. There Is 10 be no mystery.
no secrecy: only the utmost simplicity"
! The founder Of The sect. which now
numbers more than 2OO0.000 devotees. VIII
/ lie In her final sleep among a noted COM
pany. Mount Auburn was consecrated in
| 1881 and there lie the bones of such men
as James Russell Lowell, II " Long
/ fellow. from whose works there are such
] frequent quotations in Science and
HEALTH Oliver W. Holmes, Phillips
Brooks, Charlotte cushman. Edwin
Booth, Charles Sumner. Louis Agassiz,
Robert c. Winthrop, and Mrs. James
| Parton.
Conducted by Judge Smith.
The funeral services. which are 10 be
conducted by Judge Clifford p. Smith.
first reader. Of the Mother Church. will
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parlor OF the house at Newton. at II
O'Clock on Thursday morning There
will viii not be more than g or 80 pres
ent and these viii be the members OF the
| board Of directors, and of the Eddy
household al the Newton mansion.
George W. Glover. Mrs. Eddy-s only sur
viving son. and. IL is said. Ebenezer J.
Foster Eddy. Mrs. Eddy's adopted son.
will also be, there.
/ Immediately after the funeral services.
which are to be brief and OF the greatest
simplicity, a small funeral cortege will
start from the Eddy mansion in Newton
| to Mount Auburn Cemetery which is about
I'VE miles north. between Cambridge and
WATERFOWL. There will be no services at
the vault.
Before shutdown on Thursday night all
Of the symbols Of parting viii lave been
exemplihed and the doors OF The vault
| will be sealed upon the remains OF q
masterful character.
John w. Dittemere, one Of the board OF
| trustees of the Mother Church and in
| cumbent of the Office OF clerk Of the
| church, broke silence to-day 10 refute
| rumors concerning the final disposition
kto be made OF Mrs Eddy's remains
which seem to have displeased the
/ present rulers of the sect. When a re-
/ porter saw Mr.. Dittemere in the church
/ or Falmouth avenue. he said that he
wished TO lay emphasis on certain state
ments touching upon Mrs Eddys
! funeral
Denies Crypt story.
''The report that Mrs Eddy is to be
buried in a secret crypt under the First
/ Church which seems to have been dis
| seminated by news association. is per-
| feet bosh." said Mr.. Dittenere. There
| is nothing sensational or mysterious
about Christian Science or Shout the
! First Church In Boston
I'VE Christian Scientists try 10 get
away from The superstitions which are
entertained by other religionists We
have no sanctifed ground under the flags
of an edifice devoted to the worship of
the truth that is in life.
II might as well say now that there
Will be nothing about Mrs. Eddy's funeral
TO attract attention by secrecy"
Later In the afternoon Mr.. Farlow, the
chairman of the publication committee Of
the First Church, asked the newspaper
men TO publish the request of those in
charge of the funeral arrangements that
no floral offerings whatever should be
made. Mr.. Farlow said the absence of
flowers and other accepted symbols of
grief was but in keeping wife the Chris
tian Scientists view of the fruitlessneSs
| Of any exterior indication of grief over
/