Evening star., 1927-11-10
TRIBUTE IS PAID
MEMORY OF WHITE
Late Ambassador ExtoIled
by KeIIogg-Mrs. Coolidge
in Cathedral Audience.

Tribute was paid today to the mem
ory of Henry White, former Ambas
sador to France, at a memorial ser
| vice in Bethlehem Chapel of the
| Washington Cathedral. attended by a
| distinguished array of Government
officials and diplomats.
Mrs. Coolidge was in the congre
CATION.
! These members of the late Ambas'
sadors family were present: Mrs.
Henry White, his widow: Mr.. and
Mrs. John Campbell White. his son
and dauyhterin-law, and his daughter,
| the Countess Seherr-ThoSs. and her
daughter, the Countess Margaret.
Recalling Mr.. Whites service to the
! Nation. Secretary of State Kellogg
| said: There have been few Amer.
| leans who have more generously and
whole -heartedly given their lives to
| the service of their country" Citing
| the fact that Mr.. Whites service was
| almost exclusively under the Depart
ment of State, Mr.. Kellogg said that
| he gave himself to his country from
early manhood until the end with
out ostentation. without self-seeking,
! with the sole desire TO serve"
Accomplishment of Task.
"Mr. White accomplished success
fully that most difficult task of repre-
senting the United States abroad tact
fully, with dignity. with answering
loyalty and without losing a single
trace of his fine Americanism," Mr..
Kellogg asserted in tracing Mr..
Whites career.
President Roosevelt, the Secretary
pointed out, had shown his apprecia-
AZ Mat fyrrfr h inn
Ambassador to Italy in 1905. Mr.. Kel-
logg said that the late Amba ssador
was his personal friend. eulogiZing
him as "a man of outsta nding char
acter, thoughtful of others, kindly,
! strong for the right. above petty
meannesses and jealousies of life; that
he recognized the worth and dignity
of the individual"
Mr.. Kellogg closed his tribute in this
language: 1T is fitting that the ashes
| of Henry White will find their resting
! place in this great cathedral. 1t was
the paramount interest of his later
years, not only because of the artis.
tic beauty of the design. but because
he knew that in the Nations Capital,
| to be fully representative Of the Ma
| ton there must be something to ex.
press supremely the spiritual aspira'
| tions of the American people, the faith
| that is in the heart of every man.
Henry White himself represented
many of the finest traits Of America
and, because his Christian faith was
the most profound of these traits. 1
like to think of him as resting here. as
being almost a part Of this, the Wis
ible expression of reliance on the
Power that guides the destiny of our
Nation"
Tribute BY Bishop.
Bishop James f. Freeman, also de-
livering a memorial address, said: mo
| word of mine can add to or take from
his distinction. His record is made
his honor is secure.
I'm the chronicles of this Cathedral
the story of his life must ever stand
as one of its brightest annals. TO
those of us who have had this privi
| legged fellowship with him he has left
| a legacy of transcendent worth. His
noble life and deeds require no enco-
MUM from our lips. They are regis
tered with Him who reads the hearts
and weighs the virtues of mankind.
We shall cherish his memory and the
name of Henry White will through
the years that lie ahead be associa ted
| with this mighty temple, of whose
| ideals and purposes he was the elo.
quent and high-minded exponent"
Attending the ceremony were Chief
Justice Taft, Sir Esme Howard, Am
bassador Honorio Pueyrredon of Ar
gentina, the Belgian Ambassador and
Princess de Ligne. Ambassador Davila
of Chile, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Mrs.
Frank c. Kellogg. the Speaker and
Mrs. Longworth, Associate Justice
Butler Senators Gillett. Bruce and
Hale, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Rep.
resentative from Massachusetts; Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Cary Grayson and
number of others prominent in the
| life of the Nation.