The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-07
Wilson Is Laid
at Rest as Nation
Mourns Passing
Taps Is Final Note as Body Is
Placed in Crypt With
S mple
Dignity.

from rage One.D
that marks the eternal sleep of the
unknown soldier-a trinity of memo
ries that shall be forever hallowed
in America.
There was not an eulogy of him at
his bier. He had not wished it, In
HE he was eulogized and criticised
as have been but few of his prede-
eessors 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.
In life it had been peace he sought
--he put 100000 men under arms
and sent them into war seeking it
and in death at last he found it.
The last earthly door through
Which his war-worn body was borne
this afternoon was marked 1.-The Way
to Peace" The words We're chiseled
IN the cold stone, reminder that
death brings sometimes what life has
refused. The little chapel wherein
his body was consigned to time S
keeping was appropriately Bethlehem
chapel. On its walls and windows
we're depicted the life story of the
Rrince of Peace, all mankinds long
.<s4sgle for attainment
Never has a great American been
buried SO simply. Present. there
about his bier this bleak February
afternoon were only those his family
wished. There was none of that mad
scrambling and undignIfied hustling
for points of vantage that have mar
red solemn occasions in the past.
There were friends of a lifetime
there, his college classmates, his chill
dren, his intiinates. without regard to
rank or station in life. those who had
served him we'll III however humble
the capacity. and finally there was
the president of the United States
and a selected few Of the govern
Inent over which he long presided.
Only Reminder.
The presence of these latter was
the only reminder at the tomb itself
of the high place Woodrow Wilson
held. But not even the wishes of the
dead could quite remove from the H.
nal scenes the evidences that an event
Inomentous in the worlds history
Vas being written down.
Outside the great half finished
cathedral which is to be his final
resting place, stood thousands oil
people-oome voluntarily to stand
and shift restlessly in the sharp cold
and demonstrate that no ordinary
mortal was here being buried.
To these thousands outside came
clearly the simple scriptural quota
tions and prayers which constituted
the final services. The words were
waited out of the little chapel by ra-
dio to the waiting multitude and far
off were caught up and broadcast 10
countless others. The whole world
listened as Woodrow Wilson went to
his final resting place. And yet its
-oOsence was not felt IN the dimiy Ill
chapel.
Three miles from the cathedral the
business and commerce Of a great
city ceased as the casket was lowered
to its resting place. The chimes OF
Epiphany pealed forth their sorrow
full message that Woodrow Wilson
was being lowered to his grave.
10000 i'm Front of Home
Half an hour before the time for
the services TO begin a thronS OF
10000 people was massed in front
of the Wilson home and in the streets
adjacent to street. Along the route
over which his body was borne to
the cathedral grounds there were
other thousands.
Overcast skies and flurries of snow
had no effect in checking those who
sought by their presence to pay a
last mark of respect TO the former
president.
q The simple service began in the
library of the home in S street There
were present only members OF the
immediate family, led by Mrs. Wilson
and his daughters; the president and
Mrs. Coolidge, Chief Justice and Mrs.
TAFT and the honorary pallbearers.
drawn from among the closest init
mates of the former president.
+ There beside the black casket, dec
DRAFTED only with an American flag
made of red, white and blue flowers.
tile still air Of the room was broken
at 3 o'clock by the voice OF the Rev
james II. Taylor, pastor OF the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, intoning the
23d Psalm:
1.-The Lord is my shepherd; I shall
Mswant.
dI"He maketh me to lie down in
.efeen pastures; He leadeth me be
i-ide the still waters"
# Then the prayer by Rev. Sylvester
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