The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-09
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TENoR's FUNERAL
Church, Government and People Pay
Tribute 20 Master
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Naplcs. Au@. 5.-This city resumed
its normal life, following the Interrupt
ton caused by the death of Enrico
Caruso on Tuesday and his funeral
yes.el day. Seldom in the history of
the city has the death Of a man in pri.
vate life so affected the impression
able Neopolitans and from the time
the great tenor's death was announced
until his body was placed in it's tenn
porarv vault business virtually was at
a standstill.
Church, government, and people
yesterday paid the last honors to Ca
russo. At the Basilica of San Fran
CISCO di PABLO where the requiem mass
was celebrated, were gathered repre-
sentatives of King Emmanucli the It.
allan government, the United States
and many other countries. In the
floral offerings heaped about the
vault where the body was placed were
wreaths sent as tokens of the sorrow
felt in virtually the entire occidental
world. Great crowds surged about
the noble edihce where the funeral
service was held, or strained against
police lines drawn along the streets
while the procession passed. 1t was
estimated that near $4,000 persons
gathered in front of the Basilica. The
press of the crowd in its attempts to
enter the church to view the casket of
the famous tenor was so great that
troops had to charge several times
upon the throng. Finally a Gordon
was drawn about the church to pre-
vent serious disorder.
/ Moving from the church, the COR
tege was headed by mounted squad
drons of municipal guards, garbed in
full dress uniforms of ancient days
ard bearing medieval banners. Be-
hind came the municipal band of Ma
pies, marching with measured steps
and playing funeral aaEGk: The
municipal services Of Naples followed
the fremen wearing the uniforms Of
former days and carrying floral trlb-
utes of the city. Then came a cricifix
bearer holding aloft the emblem of
sacrifice. Leading a procession Of
priests in cassock and surplice, while
Dominican and Franciscan monks,
with bowed heads and with lips utter
ing prayers followed.
1t was 5 o'clock with the procession
left the Basilca of San Francisco di
Paola to the Camessa chapel. where
the casket was consigned to its tenn
porary resting place. The final scene
of sealing the vault occurred just be-
fore twilight.
A great part of the enormous
crowd which had gathered for the
service fell into the procession be-
hind the representative of the city
land the nation and of foreign govern
ments. There were tens of thousands
of Neopolitans who thus paid tribute
to the beloved artist. Among them
were multitudes Of representatives of
the world of art-singers, actors,
sculptors, painters and the like, while
all along the route masses Of people
awaited the cortege in breathless 81
lence. AS the hearse passed by the
men in the throng uncovered their
iheads and murmured prayers, while
the women and children bowed low
and invoked blessings upon the soul of
the tenor.
The procession assembled in the
Plaza Dante, and here it was that
the tributes of the nation, the city
and the outside world were paid in
orations delivered by representative
men.
For America the speaker was Ho-
mer NJ. Byington, the American
consul at Naples.
In the services in the Basilica the
requiem mass of Pasielo was sung by
a choir Of 400 voices, accompanied by
an orchestra Of 200 under the direc-
tion of Giuseppe Baroni. Following
the mass the tenor De Pueia, an old
time friend Of Caruso sang an air
from the St Radella requiem.