The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-01
ASHES OF LATE MRS, SMART
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AND Hose or INFANT DAuGaTER
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REST ANlD LOVELY FLOWERS
lFrOm satnrday Adyertiser.

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|IrTTTH tbe ashes Of tho late Ans.
Nv Thelma Parker Smart and those
~ Of her infant daughter, Eliza.
beth, who died in New York in Octo-
Ter, Mrs Fred s. knight arrived yes
to-day on the steamer Siberia from
San Francisco, on the sad journey TO
Mana, Hawaii, where both urns will
be inferred at the old Parker home,
stead. Accompanying Mrs Knight.
the mother Of Mrs. Smart, wsfe Henry
Gaillard Smart, Mrs. Smart s husband I;
Richard Palmer Smart, the one.year old
hoir 81 Mrs. SmaSt; Mrsg Marion Dow.
sctt, and trained nurse.
Ufns Taken to Waikiki
The ufns Containing the ashes OF
Mrs. Smart and her infant, upon ar
rival In Honolulu, were taken to the
Waikiki residence Of Col. sam Parker,
whore they rest ina mahogany casket.
buried under prdfhsion Of beautiful
noral offerings. They will remain there
until next Wednesday,, when they will
be taken 70 Hawaii, accompanied by
the party from the Coast and bv some
of the Honolulu relatives, on the
steamer Mnuna Kea. There will be
no services Of any kind In this city,
and the funeral viii be held next
Thursday at the Parker ranch, the old
home OF che late Thelma Parker Smart.
u II ANNOUNCED that the services,
which win he conducted by Rev. II.
W. Merrill, will be very simple.
Homecoming Was Sad -.
II was sad homecoming for the
party, for only a few months aeo Mrs.
Smart, her husband and their little
boy, Richard, left Honolulu for San
Francisco, en- route TO Paris, where the
Smarts intended residing for a few
years. Almost before Mrs. Smart start
ed for France II was noticed that she
not in the best Of health, and efforts
were made to dssuade the couple from
making the journey They left, how.
ever, and took a villa in the suburbs
Of the French capital A, baby airl
wns born, and shortly az efwafd the
war broke out. Unable 10 obtain the
Injuries, nor sometimes even the neees-
sites, they were finally compelled TO
leave Ftance.a The infant became very
III and died IN New York, Mrs Smart
being sent to Virginia TO her husband s
home, whittier her mother, Mrs. Knight,
hastened and brought her 30 the pala.
tial home In San Francisco, at Vallejo
and Broderick streets, which had been
built originally for Mrs. Smart when
she was Thelma Parker, and which she
never occupied as its own mistress.
y Her health faded rapidly, and on
Tuesday evening, November IS, She
passed away, hnF last words being, 81
love you, manae-.1 IN pau. q, Y :
Wanted TO Hear Hawaiian Music
One Of her eagnest wishes toward tho
last was 10 hedr Hawaiian music, and
an effort was made 70 fina singers, but
when the members Of the Hawaiian
group Of singers with the aBird OF
Paradise company reached the homo
II was found that even Hawaiian music
would not reachfher understanding, and
the groap of{singers, including Benja-
min Jones, Hiram Solomon, Henry
Clarke and others, left saddened with
the knowledge that the young heiresa
was about TO pass to the opposite shore.
On Wednesday the body lay in state
in the music room, two beautiful floral
kabilis of deep yellow chrysanthemums
and ferns, from Mrs. A. p Taylor and
from the Dowsett family in Honolulu,
occupying places ut the head and foot
Of the casket, banked with many
wreaths. At two O'Clock Thursday
afternoon the fnperal services ,were
held, with Reverend Mr.. Morgan, Of
st. Lakes Episcopal Church officiating.
There was a large attendance of friends
Of the family, including many from
Honolulu. De < ttt5 Ees
shroud Was Of Flowers
The shroud over the essket was OF
pink roses and white hyaeinths. Dur
ing the services the Hawaiian singers
sang /" EkRhi Hoi, - q Aloha Oep and
e Nearer, My God, 20 Thee. F" The
services were deeply impressive. The
pallbearers were young friends Of the
deceased, and Included Stanley Ken
needy, Daulton Mann, j. Westcott, VIII
liam Leib, and Racey Biven.
Immediately following the home sery'
ices the easket was taken to Cypress
Lawn cemetery, whore the remains
were cremated,
The floral tributes were abundant
aud very beautiful, while from Homo
lulu, many cities Of the mainland, and
even from Europe, came kilograms and
cablegrams Of coincidence.
Tho two urns viii rest beside the
easket Of Mrs. Smart 5 father, Colonel
Parker y son, who was buried ut Mana.
Mrs. Smart was an only child, and
Is survived in her Immediate family
by her mother, Mrs. Knight; by wild
over and an infant son, and by her