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FUNERAL PROGRAM

Washington. Aug. 1O.-Final arrange
ments madeS Saturday for the funeral of
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
president, made it certain that the ser
vice both at the White House Monday,
and in Rome, Ga. Tuesday will be the
simplest. Every effort is being made
to conduct the funeral as if the pres
ident was a private citizen.
Secretary Tumulty said in addition to
the committees of Senate and House
members of the cabinet only relatives
n few of the closest personal friends
would attend the services.
Only the family and a few intimate
friends will go with the body to Rome
for burial.
Members of tn congressional, com
mittees will not go to Georgia because
of the desire of the president that the
work oil congress be continued without
interruption. Both the Senate and the
p. m. to A p m. Monday while the
funeral services are going on.
There will be no honorary pail bear
ers at the White House. Attendants
of the White House will carry the body
from the east room to the hearse and
special train.
The Rev. Sylvester Beach, of Prince
ton, N. j., the pastor of the Wilson
family and Rev. j. R. Taylor, of the
Central Presbyterian church. Washing
ton, will conduct the services at the
byterian church at Rome of which Mrs.
Wilson's father was formerly in charge
will conduct the services at Myrtle Hill
cemetery.
The funeral train will leave Washing
ton at a p. M. Monday afternoon ad
will q r1'jva al Roma q hn11t 9 n m T11pc.
day. The last services will be conduct
ed Immediately and soon after the
party will return to Washington arriv-
ing here late Wednesday afternoon.
Washington, Aug. S.-Expressions Of
sympathy for the presidents family
continued to come to the White House
today in increasing numbers. Thou
sands of kilograms and letters a al
ready arrived.
The king of Sweden Was one of those
who sent his sympathy today. The
heads of most of the nations Of Europe
have paused in their battle plans to
forward ~cablegrams.
at the gates of the White House
grounds to keep out the curious. Only
the most Intimate friends of the family
We're allowed within the White House.
Three daughters. Mrs. McAdoo. Mrs.
Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson.
S"A ~ ~ NSG ilillSs dlhC M
the grounds south of the White House
early today for a brief time.
Inc president planned to see nobody
today unless pressing official business
needed his attention.
Funeral At Rome.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson.
wife of the president. will be held on
Monday afternoon at 2 O'CLOCK at the
White House. in the east room, where
a few months ago she witnessed the
marriage of her daughter. Jessie to
Francis B. Sayre. The interment will
be on Tuesday afternoon at Rome, Ga.
where Mrs. Wilson spent many of her
girliood days and where her mother
and father are buried.
Myrtle Hill cemetery, at Rome, a
beautiful shaded spot, will be the NAL
resting place of the wife of the presi-
dent. Many kilograms We're received at
the White House from girlhood friends
OF Mrs. Wilson. expressing their SYM
pathy and hoping that she might "be
brought back home"
The services at the White House will
80 private but viii be attended by
rsernbers of the cabinet, a few relatives
and ntimat friends and by commit
tees from TIE Senate and House. Rev.
Sylvester Beach. of Princeton. N. J..
who married Mrs. Sayre n Mrs. w.
G. McAdoo in the White House. prob
ably will officiate. and it is possible
tlat heF. James H. Taylor, pastor of
the Central Presbyterian church of
Washington, will assist.
Yesterday Mrs. Wilson'S body was
LETT IN the southwest room. overlooking
the Potomac river, in which she died,
me president visited the room
several times and looked with grief
stricken eyes on her peaceful face.
N members of the family and
the most intimate friends were adj
mltted to the room.
Flowers and messages of sympathy
from an parts of the country arrived
at the White House. The tele-
grams and letters came by the thou
sands. They We're sent by people in
all walks of life, from rulers of for
nations to humble admirers of
Mrs. Wilson in the city and country
districts of the nation.
The president of France, the presi-
dent of Cuba. the luke Of Connal1ght
governor general of Canada, the kine
of England. Sir Edward Grey, foreign
minister of Great Britain, Cardinals
Gibbon and O'Conneell and forr,e,
Presidents Taft and Roosevelt were
among the many prominent men who
sent their coincidence to the presi-
dent. Messages We're also received
from all governors of the states, from
senatoTs and representatives, justices
of the supreme court, American diplo.
mats abroad. government officials an6
from practically all ambassadors anG
ministers of foreign nations stationed
in the United States.