Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-10
final TRIDUE TO
MRS. WILSON PAID
AT THE CAPITAL
Casket Carried to the East
Room, Where It Was Sur
rounded With Flowers
Simple Services Held.

Washington, Aug 1O.-Funeral SER
vices for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson were
held in the East room of the White
House at 2 o'clock this afternoon after
which her body was taken to a special
train for Rome, Ca, for burial beside
those of her father and mother.
Prayers were said and a simple brief
funeral service was conducted in the
presence of a small company to which
the committee of congress and members
of the cabinet were the only ones adj
mitted beside the family.
There were flowers from many folk
in all walks of life, banked almost to
the high ceiling.
The Reverend j. II. Taylor, at whose
church the president has attended.
opened the services with scripturaI
reading and the Reverend Sylvester
Beach of Princeton N. j.. began pray
ers. There was no music
Washington, Aug. 1O.-The nation
today is paying its final tribute to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson.
Arrangements for the funeral SER
vices in the East room of the White
House at 2 o'clock today were mark
ed by simplicity, such as Mrs. Wilson
desired.
Only members of the Wilson family,
and very few intimate members Of
the cabinet and their wives, commit
tees from the senate and the house
and the employees from the White
House were asked to be present.
Those invited made a group of less
than two hundred per sons.
The mahogany casket covered with
gray broadcloth was taken from the
room in which Mrs. Wilson died to
the East room and there surrounded
by a profusion of beautiful flowers
sent from all parts of the country
Lilies of the valley and roses filed
the room with their .weet fragrance.
With the president were Miss Mar
garet Wilson, Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs
Sayre with Mr.. McAdoo, Francis B.
Sayre and Professor Stockton Arson,
Mrs. Wilson's brother who arrived to-
day from Oregon.
White House Employees Present.
Near the family a place had been
reserved for the members of the cab
met and their wives. The employees
of the White House, all of whom Mrs
Wilson had befriended by simple acts
of kindness and thoughtfulness, had a
special part of the room assigned to
| them.
No music was arranged for the SER
vices and the Reverend Beach Of
Princeton, N. J., the Wilson family
pastor for many years, and the Rev
| erend ]. II. Taylor of Washington,
whose church the president has attend
ed since coming to Washington, de-
cided on the simplest kind of service.
They selected several verses from the
fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians
and the fourteenth chapter of st. John
for the scrlptural reading. and short
prayers and a benediction completed
the services.
Members Of the senate committee,
headed by Vice President Marshall
gathered in the marble room of the
capitol, to drive to the White House to-
gether. Speaker Clark and the other
members of the house committee, which
included the senior members of each
state delegation, also met at the CAPT
toll to attend the funeral in a body.
There were no honorary pallbearers.
A group of White House attendants
who have been on duty there for many
years, were honored by being chosen
to bear the casket.
Both houses Of congress were on re-
cess until tomorrow and orders have
been issued that all government de-
partments be closed at 1 o'clock today
and tomorrow afternoon. All flags in
the city on publics buildings and pri-
vate homes and stores We're at half
mast.
The trip to Rome, Ga, where Mrs.
Wilson win be buried Tuesday after
noon beside her mother and father in
Myrtle Hill cemetery. will be made on a
special train.
1t was arranged that the president
and his three daughters would follow
Mrs. Wilson's body to the special
train and then to return to the White
House to await the time for departure
some two hours later. Joseph r. viii
son, the presidents brother, and
George Howe. the presidents cousin
will remain with the funeral car
Since Mrs. Wilson's death, the presi-
dent or some other member of the
family has been constantly in the room
with her body. The president took
personal charge today Of The final ar
engagements for the funeral.
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