Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
HOW IS FORGOTTEN
|. IN DEATH BY HOBO
FRIENDS He AIDED
Paid PaIIbearerS Officiate at
Simple Funeral Serv-
ices Here.
Ex-HARVARD STUDENTS
PAY TRIBUTE AT BIER
Only One Representative Attends
From Knights of the Road" at
Rites in All Souls Unitarian.

Apparently forgotten in death by the
countless knights of the road" he had
befriended and championed during his
lifetime, James Eads How, millionaire
hobo" was carried by paid pallbearers
from the All Souls Unitarian Church
here today after simple funeral services
When the body of the man who de-
voted his lifetime and fortune to aid
ing the down -and-outers" was brought
into the church, there was but one
representative of the hobo clan present
to do him honor. In all, rs persons, in
Guiding newspaper men, sat through
the simple services read by the Rev.
DIR. Robert B. Day.
After the services were over not one
of the thousands he had befriended In
life was present to carry him to his
last rest. Instead, six paid pallbearerS
stepped forward and carried the casket
TO an undertaking establishment from
whence the body will be taken to st.
Louis for cremation.
AS the minister read from the
twenty-f1fth chapter of st. Matthew
For / was hungered and We gave me
meat: was thirsty and We gave me
drink: was stranger and ye took me
init was his friends of college days,
not the hobo benef1ciaries of his kind
ness. who listened with sorrow written
on their faces.
HI. b. Learned Attends.
One of those present was H. B.
Learned, vice president of the District
of Columbia Board of Education, who
recalled after the services that Mr..
How had been well known athlete at
his alma mater. Mr.. Learned also re-
called that Mr.. How had later been
graduated as Unitarian minister at q
theological seminary.
H. B. Hastings of Boston, who was
in the same class with Mr.. How at Har-
ward University, also was at the serv-
ices. Both he and Mr.. Learned ex-
planned they had attended to pay
their respects
Among others at the services was
Frank B. Conger, who was secretary to
Capt. James B. Eads, grandfather of
Mr.. How, when MIR. Eads was engaged
in building the famous Eads jetties at
the mouth of the Mississippi River. So
far as could be determined, Louis How,
brother of Mr.. How, was the only
member of the family attending
Harry H. Johannes, jr., Of Baltimore,
connected with the Humanitarian Assoc
citation, represented some of the ufl-
fortunates Mr.. How had aided. Several
others attending did not wish to say
VIII they WCTeb Uut I1ufCdJeQ bLley fldu
beer interested in Mr.. How's work. One
woman when asked her name replied:
II am just an old friend-a friend Of
his father and his grandfather
DR.. Day Pays Tribute.
Dr. Robert B. Day, who ofaciated, de-
clared in his prayer:
This man in his life has set us an
example of loving kindness. May all
those whom his kind and generous
nature touched be uplifted.'
DIR. Day also read passages from the
ninetieth Psalm, the ninth chapter of
st. Matthew and the fifth chapter of
Ecclesiastes Music was rendered by
John H. Marville. soloist, who sang
Lead Kindly Light and other selec-
lions. The poems They Safely Walk, !"
by Robert Orr, and "Tolling of Bell.
also were read.
Mr.. How died in Staunton, Va, Tues
day at the age Of Sc.
TRUST FUND IN DOUBT.