Ther Fri. June 20, 1924 Wea 



Rev. Franpis'G. Peabody, D. D., told of 

 the service at Mount Desert. It wan an 

 added sorrow to the Cambridge friends of 

 Mrs. Eliot, he said, that she should die so 

 far away. Through the spring Mrs. Eliot 

 had eagerly desired to reaeh he r home In 



Maine, and the difficult journey was un- 

 dertaken more as a last resort than with 

 much hope of her recovery. The service 

 at Mount Desert was slmplo but deeply 

 moving, with city folk and villagers, old 

 people and young, prosperous people and 

 islandeTs and fishermen crowding the cot- 

 tage and its ample porches to testify to 

 the affection of years. It was a service 

 such as she would have wished, simple, 

 spontaneous and restrained, a natural ut- 

 terance. 



Thomas Mott Osborne introduced his re- 

 marks by saying that Mrs. Eliot had loved 

 deeply her whom he had Iqved moat. Mrs. 

 Eliot's friendship had been a great Inspira- 

 tion to, him, he said, and he counted it one 

 of his most valued privileges to havo known 

 her from the time he was a freshman at 

 Harvard. He told of her delight In music, 

 and of the pleasure which she gave by her 

 singing, .she had, too, the dangerous talent 

 of mimicry, but she did not use It for 

 ridicule and never to hurt the feelings. 

 Though a daughter o£ New England, she 

 had nothing of the grim seriousness that 

 often has cramped New England lives. 

 Gayety, humor and fondness for all 

 genuine fun colored her ilfe. She was one 

 who would not falter, whose faith was 

 deep, and who had the great quality of 

 loyalty. 



Following the addresses, the congrega- 

 tion sang "I Canr<ot Think of Them As 

 Deud," and tho benediction was pronounced 

 by Dr. Crothers, with an "Amen" sung by 

 the choir and an organ postlude by Dr. 

 Davison. 



