The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
BR00kHART@ MAJORITY DWInDLES
Lodge Services
Will Be Marked
by Simplicity
Final Honors to Senator Will
Be Paid at Christ Church,
Cambridge. on
Wednesday Noon.

Boston. Nov. 10.-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, who In life was a fig
ure apart from the mass of the ma
tons legislators. among whom he
moved with distinction. will have fu-
neral services in which old associa-
tions will be maintained TO the end,
and in which his simplicity of tastes
Will be preserved. The services at
Christ church. Cambridge, on We'd
nesday, at noon. with Bishop Law
renee, his college classmate. offici-
ating will be more nearly those of the
man for whom friends Of lifetime
mourn than of the United States SEN
ator who has passed after a notable
career.
Although it was suggested by Gov
ernor Cox that the bier be taken to
the capitol on Beacon Hill to lie in
state. the senator's family decided TO
make no change from the home on
Beacon street of DR.. Sturgls Bigelow.
his boyhood chum. where the body
has rested since a few hours after
death last night. DIR. Bigelow him
SCH - ftIlDuElN III anu IdHllOl at
tend the funeral. but the thought
that it was there the senator would
choose to lie. within a block of his
fathers home. prompted the decision.
Many Delegations.
With word that provision should
he made for the presidents official
representatives. Secretary Hughes.
Secretary Weeks and Captain An
drews. his naval aide. for Governor
Cox. and various delegations. the
family felt that opportunity for the
tributes that these delegations seek
to show may still be afforded in
Christ church. with its limited seat
ing capacity OF 420, at the same time
that the senator's personal associa-
tions are preserved.
Among the attendance at the serv.
Ices will be delegations from the ma
tional senate and house OF representa-
tives. from both branches of the
Massachusetts Legislature: commit
tees representing the town of Ma
liant. which Senator Lodge had serv.
ed as moderator for years: OF the
Massachusetts historical society.
which he had served as president.
and Of Harvard university.
II was at Christ church. which
lies on the edge of the Harvard col
leGe group Of buildings where he
spent his college days. that Senator
Lodge was married. the dav after he
was graduated. to Anna Cabot Mills.
and it was from Christ church that
the senator buried his wife In 1915.
Tributes Pour In.
Its rector, the Rev. Prescott Ev-
arts. will assist Bishop Lawrence.
The pallbearers will be DIR. Frede.
rick Shattuek. John T. Morse. ir..
Henry T. Walcou. James Ford
Rhodes. William C. Endicott. Clayton
Johns. George Maekay and George
p. Gardner. his classmates in college.
contemporaries in letters or friends
in other connections.
Tributes and messages Of condol.
ence poured in on the family today
from all parts Of the world Presi-
dent Coolidge sent his message Of
sympathy and made public a tribute
that placed senator Lodge as zone
of the great men OF our time Gov.
ernor Cox. in a formal proclamation
issued today. said.
"A great man has gone from US.
The character of his long public
service may be measured by the
highest standards. and il will not be
found wanting. He never
avoided struggle for the principles
which he embraced and he met such
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