Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-08-10
MRS. wilson Laid
TO REST in
GEORGIA
SIMPLICITY OF SERVICES CHAR
AcTERIsTIc OF SIMPLE
FAMILY
WORLD MOURNS NOBLE WOMAN
STREETS OF WASHINGTON ARE
THRoNeED As SILENT !
coRTEeE PASSES !
FLORAL TRIBUTES EXPRESSIVE
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND
CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT
TEES ATTENDED
WORLD MOURNS NOBLE WOMAN
FLORAL TRIBUTES EXPRESSIVE

| Washington, Aug. 10.-Funeral serv.
ices for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson were
held in the east room of the White
House at o'clock this afternoon. at
ter which her body was taken on a
special train for Rome, Ca, for burial
beside those of her father and mother
Prayers were said and simple, brief
funeral service was conducted in the
presence of a small company to which
the committees of congress and MEM
bers of the cabinet were the only ones
admitted beside the family.
Mrs. Wilson's body lay in the room
in which she died on the second flc
OF the executive mansion until "a
hour before the services, ard then (
was taken down to the east room
where flowers from many folk in
walks Of life were AalsSh almost
the high ceiling. A quiet crowd gath
cred outside the White House gates.
The Rev. J. H. Taylor, at whose
NAuiOH tHO pAcSiucht Hein dtleuueA
opened the services with scripturaI
readings and then the Rev. Sylvester
Peach of Princeton, N. J., began pray
ers. There was no music
There were no honorary pail bear
ers. group Of White House attend
ants who have been on duty there for
many years, were honored by being
chosen to bear the caslxet.
Chairs were placed before the cas-
ket for the president and family. Be
hind them sat the senator's; in the
third row the representatives and
behind them the White House em-
ployes.
When the benediction was said an
the company rose while the presidents
and the other mourners withdrew
from the east room. The services had
taken about half an hour
The members Of the cabinet, all Of
whom were accompanied by their
wi es, with the exception of Secre-
tary Houston, left Mrs. Houston was
i'll and unable to attend The cabinee
officers did not go to the railway sta
tion and neither did the committees
+ of congress who filed in twos and dis
banded outside the White House
grounds.
The casket was placed in the hearse
by the veteran White House police
men. while the president and his
ldat ghters entered closed carriages aad
the procession to the railway station
lpegan. Along the route silent crowds
lined the streets, men uncovered their
heads, many women wiping away tears
as the cortege passed on. All the
government offices were closed. al
though shop keepers did not suspend
business. The body was placed aboard
the funeral car and the president and
his daughters returned to the White
House to return to the station just be-
fore the departure of the train little
more than an hour later The floral
tribute filled one carriage entirely.
Both houses Of congress were In re-
cess until two, and orders had been
issued that all government depart
ments be closed at / O'Clock today.
and tomorrow Afternoon. All flags on
public buildings and private homes
and stores were at half mast.
The trip to Rome. Ca. where Mrs.
Wilson viii be buried late Tuesday
afternoon beside her mother and faith
CONTINUED on rare Four)