Evening star., 1924-02-07
Floral Tributes Remain Until
Noon Tomorrow, When They
Go to Walter Reed.
FINAL RESTING PLACE
IS NOT YET SELECTED
Tomb to Be in District, According
to His Wish-Move for Me-
mortal Likely.

The guarded gates to the chapel
sepulcheH where Woodrow Wilson
sleeps. wrapped In the peace Of death.
deep beneath the protecting spires of
the towering Washington Cathedral,
will be opened to sorrowful and
stricken public today and tomorrow.
In the dim twilight of the hushed
tomb. fragrant with the incense of a
worlds petaled tributes. three men
of war silently watch over the resting
minister of peace. There they will
keep unbroken vigil until noon to-
morrow, and until that hour the pub
sanctuary.
Blooms still in Place.
Everything is as it was when he
was borne down the way of peace"
to his journeys end. The delicate
blooms that caressed him with their
watch with sightless eyes-all keep
common vigil in the rendezvous of
death.
When the military guard leaves
the tomb tomorrow the floral trib-
utes will be. sent to Walter Reed
Hospital, there to remind the vet
Grams struggling back to health of
the fortitude and courage of the
chief who suffered and
fell with them in the great conflict
of the nations.
AS the sorrowing widow today
sought again to take up life's bur
dens, there was still before her the
task OF deciding where shall be the
| final resting place of her honored
husband. For months, probably, he
will lie in the vault to which he was
| committed yesterday just as night
came slowly over the nations Capt.
tai; but a greater memorial will one
day be reared for him, to show the
honor in which men held him.
J Tomb to He In District.
The dead war President had given
thought to the place where he would
rest in death. and 1t will be within
the District Of Columbia that his ulti-
mate tomb will be set. That has al
ready been decided by Mrs. Wilson.
+, in accordance with his wish. al
though the place where the tomb
shall be erected is still to be Sc
lected.
Above the vault where lies the casket
that contains his body the cathedral
structure has reached a point in build
ing where the transeptS, north and
south, are next to be constructed. The
north TRANSIENT, by tradition in Eng
land and the United States, is the
transept of statesmen, where those
may lie who gave great service to their
countrymen In the civil walks of ma
tional life. Plans have been formed for
the building of an adequate memorial
to Woodrow Wilson in that transept.
AS the plan now runs, the tomb would
be built into the wall Of the cathedral
itself, and the casket so tenderly placed
yesterday in the chapel vault would be
sealed within its stone inclosure for
ever Within the transept, on the main
floor of the cathedral, fitting me-
mortal would be set as the inner face
of the tomb.
Has Not Accepted Plan.
Mrs Wilson has not as yet assented
to this plan. She was agreed with
her husband that since he lived for
eight long years in Washington as
President, and came from the White
House only to make his home In the
city, 1T is In Washington, or at least
within the lines of the District of
Columbia, that he should be buried.
So far as closest friends are aware,
however. she has not as yet had the
time or the courage to select the spot.
memorial to woodrow Wilson have
been discussed within the last few
days by those who were his friends
and followers in the days of his
leadership. There are many divergent
views among them, which have not
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