The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-08
RITES MONDAY
FOR MRS. wilson
President Requests Simple
Ceremonies-Burial to
Be at Rome, Ga.
RULERS ARE SADDENED
Only Members of Family Will Ac-
company Body to Its Last
Resting Place.
RULERS ARE SADDENED

Simplicity will mark the funeral service
for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. wife of the
President, at the White House Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. according to ten
tative arrangements announced last night
Services will be conducted in the East
Room at 2 O'Clock. At 2:45 the body will
be placed aboard a special train and
taken to Rome, Ga, Mrs. Wilson's for
mer home. Burial will be in Myrtle Hill
Cemetery, at Rome, where Mrs. Wilson 8
parents are buried. This will take place
Immediately after the arrival Of the spe-
cial train Tuesday morning.
Services at the White House and at
the grave will be conducted by Rev. Syl-
vester Beach, of Princeton, an old friend
Of the Wilson family, who performed the
ceremonies of the marriage of Mrs. Nc
Adoo and Mrs. Sayre. two Of the Presi-
dents daughters, which took place at
the White House within the last year,
and Rev. James H. Taylor, the Presi-
Dental family's Washington pastor.
These plans are only tentative. They
have not been submitted to Prof. Stock
ton Arson, of Princeton, Mrs. Wilson s
brother, who is hurrying to Washington
from Portland, Oregon. Prof Arson
will arrive Monday morning. and changes
may be made in Difference to his wishes.
Services to BE Private.
The White House services will be of
a private nature. Only the family, rela-
tives. closest friends, representatives OF
foreign governments, the Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall. Speaker and Mrs.
Clark, members of the Cabinet and their
wives and the members of the special
House and enate committees will attend.
Only the President and his daughters
and Prof. Stockton Arson will accom-
pany the funeral party to Georgia. Presi-
dent Wilson requested the Congressional
Committee not to accompany the cortege.
Miss Mary Smith, cousin of Mrs. Wilson,
who has been i'll at a Washington hos
pitaI, returned to the White House yes
terday and will attend the services.
All Ambassadors and Ministers and
Charges d'Affaires called at the White
House and left their cards. Ambassa-
doris and Ministers and other diplomats,
who are out Of town, sent kilograms
of coincidence. Members of the press
gallery of the House and Senate sent an
expression Of sympathy to the President
and will send a floral offering on Mon
day.
1t is the Presidents wish that the
funeral service on Monday be conducted
with all possible simplicity. He wishes
also that no extraordinary action be
taken by Congress or the governmental
death. He refused to permit the govern
ment departments to be closed, and when
he learned it had been proposed that Con-
gress adjourn until after the funeral he
requested that this should not be done.
President Wants Privacy.
Through Secretary Tumulty, Mr. Will
son expressed the wish that the White
House family should be regarded like
any other TO which sorrow had come.
The service in the East Room will be
the Presbyterian funeral service.
Mrs. Wilson's body lies in the room in
which she died-the southwest bedroom
overlooking the Potomac The President
spent considerable time there alone yes
terday morning. Afterwards he went to
the Executive Offices TO confer with
Secretary Of State Bryan on the most
pressing problems growing out of the
European war, and to sign urgent papers.
While at his Office the President was
shown some of the kilograms of condo
lence which have poured into the White
House by the thousands The kilograms
came from people in every walk of life,
and from many quarters Of the globe.
Some came from old-time personal
friends OF Mrs. Wilson or the President
One from the President of France one
from the President of Cuba, the Cover
nor General of Canada, Sir Edward
Grey. Nhe British Foreign Secretary, and
Cardinal Gibbons
Three Special Messages.
Mrs Taft. Mrs. Roosevelt, and Mrs.
Preston. the three former Presidents
wives, sent messages of sympathy TO the
President and his daughters.
a touching tribute to Mr. Wilson was