Evening star., 1923-05-27

| the service OF country. for there.
with matchless fitness. has been
| placed the tomb of the unknown, I'm
| inscribed and unadorned. that the
! perfect tribute may be perfectly paid
! In utter silence. 1t is majestic and
| superbly isolated - dominating the
surrounding country.
| what more singularly beautiful and
symbolical tribute could any people
pay to its preservers than this? The
remains were lifted in reverence
! from a lowIy grave in France and
| borne in solemn procession to the
| port where the historic Olympia.
with haIf-masted flag, received them
/ and bore them under guard across
/ the Atlantic.
J AS the ship passed Mount Vernon
| its contingent stood at rigid attention
while taps was sounded, and the
Father of His Country was we'll
pleased with this youthful crusader
who dared to die fof liberty on a for
| eign soil. On and up the wide and
| shallow water the chosen ship moved
and slipped past the shrine of Lin
! coin, who knew SO supremely well
how to honor the dead whose service
was to their flag.
In mist and in fog the voyage end
ed and the sacred ashes, accompanied
/ by squadron Of cavalry. were borne
| to the Capitol. Beneath the lofty
sweep of its dome. in the dim ca
| thedral whose service is to the state.
| the unknown soldier lay wrapped in
his country's flag, in red roses. and
in unbroken sleep. From across the
circular room was felt the compan
| ioning presence of one who in lone
illness understood. There, like bea-
con on lonely shore. shone the
white light of Lincoln's face. sad
with the suffering of those who have
| greatly suffered and patient with the
patience of those who understand the
hidden meaning Of this cryptic thing
! we call life.
(y1HEN Armistice day came in.
w great procession formed-a no
table gathering of the highest off,
cials OF fair country whose domin-
ions are far flung. Men mounted and
men on foot. representatives Of hold
ers OF medals Of honor. the Army,
the Navy, the Marine Corps and Coast
Guard and military organizations
without number held places In that
line OF march that passed UP historic
Pennsylvania avenue between serried
ranks of silent spectators.
Beneath mourning flags. to the
sound of muff1ed drums, the funeral
cortese wound its way to Arlington.
amphitheater non-commissioned off,
GERS lifted the coffin from the calsson
and placed 1t in the apse, amid the
silence and the flowers of that IN
conparably beautiful memorial ell
lipse. whose cleaning white floor
space and curving galleries were
filled with distinguished officials of
many governments, and with many a
man and woman from the lowly walks
OF life--all honoring the immortal
dead.
with fitting ceremony and in silence
medals Of honor from his own fair
land ana from the, countries across
the seas were laid upon his starry
easket, and no man, living or dead.
ever bore upon his heart so great a
number as did this unknown hut
we'll beloved son, cenotaphed now in
the hearts of his countryfnen.
Loving hands Of his brothers in
service lifted the precious burden and
bore 1t slowly through the southeast
entrance and out to the crypt on the
;. front terrace of the amphitheater.
The highest officers of our govern
fnent moved In uncovered silence be-
hind that nation-revered casl,et and
stood in deep solemnity while the
simple burial service was read
Enshrined now above the city In a
tomb of white marble, where the
wooded Virginia hills rise above the
slow-moving Potomac. this hero
sleeps In majestic peace, guarded by
the nations illustrious dead. Wash
ington and Lincoln in their memorial
dwellings,. the spirit of government
| symbolized in the magnificent dome
Of the Capitol, and above them all
like a presiding spirit in a temple
OF . country's greatness. dwells this
immortal passion born of sacrifice
y y n II
CTNCE that service for the unknown
! - the writer has been through
. France and England, and has learned
, how hearts across the sea remember
| No village in England Is too small
and teo poor to erect q little shrine
] where memory may do homage In
/ flowers and in banners, but ali Eng.
land has slorified her loss in the
, tomb Of the unknown. The British
Isle ID full of sbbsys. yet to all
, England Westminster Abbey 10 sim.
!, ply ''ths abbey" the heart of Eng.
B land, filled as 1t is with memories
!. sacred to every Britisher.
III Within the entrance to the nave
they have buried their unknown be-