The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-02-14
WOODROW WILSON
is LAID TO REST
IN CATHEDRAL
Sublime but Simple Rites Said at
Residence and Church in
Farewell to War PreSi-
dent OF Nation.
SILENT THRONGS LINE
STREETS OF CAPITAL

Services-Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines Have Place Of Honor and Give
Only Suggestion OF State Funeral.
Washington. - On the heights Of
Mount ST. Aiban, commanding the
scenes of his greatest triumphs and
his profoundest tragedies, reverent
hands laid to rest Woodrow Wilson,
Americas great war President, whose
spoken word once decided the fate of
empires and changed the history of
turbulent world.
In death, as in life. Wilson did the
unusual, the unprecedented, and he
alone of the &c Presidents who pre-
ceded him to the grave is to remain
in Washington.
Within sight of his final resting
place towers the monument that a
grateful nation erected to Washing
ton, the founder the jewel-like me
mortal to Lincoln, the emancipation.
and further on the modest little tomb
that marks the eternal sleep Of the
Unknown Soldier-a trinity of memo
ries that shall be forever hallowed in
America.
For Woodrow Wilson there was no
last sad march down historic Pennsyl-
vania avenue, no gathering military,
no muff1ed drums and dirgeful bands,
no pomp of power and of displa., no
pageantry of nations sorrow. In
life he had participated in more of
those memorable marches down the
avenue than ordinarily falls to the lot
of Presidents, and in death he sought
only the peace and quietude that
comes when tired men fall asleep.
No Eulogy Pronounced
There was not even an eulogy of
him at his bier He had not wished
it. In life he was euloeized and criti-
cised as have been but few of his pre-
decessors. and in death it was his
wish that the eulogies paid him on
this final day be spoken only softly in
the hearts of his countrymen.
The last earthly door through which
his war worn body was borne was
marked "the way to peace" The
words were chiseled in the cold stone
Ia reminder that death brings some
times what life has refused. The lit
tie chapel wherein his spirit was con-
signed to Times keeping was appro-
priateiy Bethlehem chapel. On it's
walls and windows were depicted the
life story of the Prince of Peace, all
mankinds long struggle for attain
ment.
Half an hour before the time for
the services to begin 10000 people
were massed in front of the Wilson
home and in the streets adjacent to
street. Along the route over which
the body was borne to the cathedral
grounds, approximately mile, there
were other thousands.
Even the heavy overcast skies and
furry of snow had no effect in check
ing the constantly increasing numbers
who thus sought by their presence to
pay last mark Of respect to the for
mer President.
Simple Funeral of a Great Man
In the sacred privacy Of the home
last rites were said-as simple as the
faith of the man himself in the good
ness of God. Only the presence OF the
President and the few who were his
colleagues in days of greatness and
the quiet thousands waiting outside
under wintry skies for humble share
in the last leave taking marked this
as the funeral VI great man.
There was more formal tone to the
cathedral service which followed.
There in the chapel that gives en-
trance to the vault of entombment
were gathered the dignitaries of gov
ernments and many men OF place and
power In America. Organ note and
the pealing voices of the choir added
a touch of ceremony to the brief re-
ligious exercises.
But at the very last the dead passed
again into the keeping Of his nearest
and dearest, who alone might watch
over the entombment and hear the re-
signed faith of the committal service
uttered. The nations share in that
last moment was only to stand in ST.
lent reverence outside while the tomb
received the keeping OF an honored
American.
During the funeral services the
busy life OF the nations capital stood
at pause as elsewhere over America
men did last honor to the dead The
drumming guns of sorrow echoed
duly from the distant hills where
Fort Myer lies, guns that heralded
the dark, cloud wrapped coming Of
day with the somber clamor of salute
to a dead commander. Wherever the
flag few above ship or fort, half staff
ed in token of the nations loss, the
guns proclaimed the proud sorrow of
a people.
Mountain ofsFIoral Tribute
About the stricken home and at the
cathedral were massed the flowers
and wreaths that came pouring in
from every nearby city and town.
There were formal pieces and many
simple clusters OF the fragrant bios
SONS. A story OF the greatness OF the
man whose last earthly moment they