Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-10
Marion To Bid Fond
Farewell To NeighbOr
WhOBecameP President
ntimateneSs and Simplicity ark Peoples Tribute Burial
Service to be Simple and Prvate-AI Marion Passes
by Bier at the Harding Home

with moving humanity, Marion was
city of silence in her sorrow,
silence that would not be broken
until the simple funeral train gath-t 1
cred late in the day to bear the dead
President to the tomb that awaited
him. Then there must come an add
ed stir and movement that could
not be avoided. then would voices
be raised in prayer or sacred meio-
dies as the last rites were said. But
the morning hours were peaceful and
calm and as untroubled as the sleep
Of the man thus honored.
Another President was riding to-
ward Marion during those morning
hours, coming to say his farewell to-
man he loved and a chieftain TO
whom he had been Loyalty devoted
/ IN Public Service. Arrangements for
reception of the special train bears
ing President Coolidge from Wash- !
ington had been completed long be-
fore his arrival and for once the
/ first coming of the nations Chief
Executive to sn American communi-s
/ ty would be marked by no cheering
/ or clamor.
| Before darkness falls, the Presi-
Dental train will be speeding over
the rails again to Washington for
the business OF the State cannot
lwait for more than a brief moment
/ of sorrow, however great the loss
Then, also will Mrs Harding have
turned back to the dreary task still
before her at the White House.
leaving her heart in the tomb at
Marion.
Eventually she will come back to
/ live here, close to her dead. as her
plans now are known. But toner
row in Washington she faces new
ordeal when the intimate family
treasures, cherished by her husband
and herself. must be dispersed to
new surroundings. that the mansion
i can be made ready for the new
President.
President and Mrs. Coolidge As-
tened to assure Mrs. Harding
| ago that she might continue to
! slider the White House her home. b.
she would not have it so for mofz
than the brief time required to ship
away the personal things that sur
rounded her there during her brief
time as first lady OK the land In heI
decision to leave foE AakEl2 49,
Immediately after the vault had beer
closed upon President Hardingss
casket. Mrs. Harding gave further
proof of the dauntless courage which
has brought her the admiration q
the nation in these hard days of trial
Her spirit would not brook delay
| In facing the task she must do. The
every day things of life must go on.
| however sick the heart.
1t was announced that the serv-
! ices would be in charge Of the Rev
George I. Lands, pastor of Trinity
Baptist church, where Mr.. Harding
| worshipped, and the Rev. DIR. Jesse
Swank, pastor of Epworth Metho-
! dist Episcopal church, of which Mrs.
Harding is member.
Prayer at the home before the
funeral cortege starts for the cenl-
etery will be offered by the Rev.
Walter A. King OF Columbus, for
mer pastor OF Trinity Baptist church
Of Marion. Previous plans had not
Included prayer at the home before
the funeral procession left for the
cemetery.
Another announced change was
that the benediction at the vault
would be delivered by the Rt. Rev
DR.. William F. Anderson, OF Gin
cinnati. resident Bishop of Ohio az
the Methodist Episcopal Church aud
! a close personal friend of the lato
! President. Previous plans had pro-
vided that the benediction would be
delivered by the Rev. Mr.. Lands.
Services at the cemetery will open
with the singing of two verses q
Lead. Kindly Light by Trinity
] Baptist choir, after which the Rev.
Mr.. lands will read the scripture
, 7,@ s,a4r 10 -
, chapter /, verses 3 to s, 10 TO Il
! and 81 to 25, and Revelations xxils
! verses to 8.
: The Rev DR.. Swank will then offer
t prayer and the choir win sing three
verses of Nearer, Ny God. to Thee
/ after which Bishop Anderson via
: pronounce the benediction.
] President Harding's final resting
] place. if citizens Of Marion have
{ their way, will not be within the
g limited confines of the Harding
! family burial plot. It has been proc
l posed. and the plan awaits only Mrs.
e Harding's approval. that an appro-
e pirate mausoleum for the dead Pres
! ident be erected in the centre OF an
Indian mound on the outskirts Of
I Marion and close by the cemetery.
y Along this mound, which winds IN
. and out of woods and shrubbery. was
e one OF Mr.. Harding's favorite walks,
/ Until President Harding's body Is
[ in a permanent burial place it viii
/ remain in the cemetery receiving
; vault under the guard of a detail Of
! soldiers from the regular army A
Z lieutenant of infantry and twenty
four men from Columbus Barracks
! arrived here today and are encamped
! in the cemetery grounds
President Coolidge former Pre5E-
: dent Taft. the governors of several
/. states and other distinguished per-
sons will arrive in Marion at noon on
a special train from Washington %
attend the ceremonies. These Wis
itors will make their headquarters
on the train while in the city, and
!, will begin the return trip to the
Y capital immediately after the f1n.
= eral ceremonies.