The Dead Crusader

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson approved last week the plans of a marble sarcophagus in which the remains of the President are to lie.

At present, Woodrow Wilson's body lies beneath a six-inch slab of concrete and a three-inch slab of marble in one of eight catacombs in the crypt beneath Bethlehem Chapel of the unfinished Washington Cathedral.

For some time, Mrs. Wilson has been consulting with Cram & Ferguson, architects of the Cathedral, on the design of the sarcophagus. Recently, on a motor trip through New England with her brother, she called on the architects at their Boston office and accepted the final plans--a very simple marble tomb with a crusader's sword lying in relief upon its cover.

The sarchophagus is now under construction in Boston. When completed, it will be taken to Washington and erected in Bethlehem Chapel. It is expected that the President's body will be moved to its new resting place in about a month.