Royalty and Danish Commoners Honor King Frederik at Burial

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 24 (AP)—The Danes laid King Frederik IX to rest among his royal ancestors today with pageantry, family love and popular affection.

Europe's ruling monarchs and heads of state walked behind the King in ceremonial procession while the people who loved him packed the streets to make their farewell.

The new Queen, 31‐year‐old Margrethe II, headed the mourners. She succeeded her father on his death 10 days ago. She held her blonde head high until near the end of the service in Roskilde Cathedral, the sepulcher of Danish royalty.

Then her regal composure crumbled. She reached for the hand of her mother, Queen Ingrid, in mutual consolation. Both queens wept as Bishop Erik Jensen cast earth on the coffin, draped with the King's standard and bearing his sword and admiral's cap.

Margrethe pulled out a white handkerchief to wipe her eyes.

Frederik's personality and likes were imprinted on the day's ceremonies.

He was proud of being a real sailor and his navy was given the honor of hauling his bier in procession. The United States, Britain and Sweden sent naval detachments to honor him.

During the Lutheran service his love of music was not forgotten. The orchestra of the Royal Opera, which he used to conduct himself, played one of his favorite pieces, the third movement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

The day ended as an intimate family affair. The coffin wash carried by naval officers into the chapel where his greatgrandfather, Christian IX; his grandfather, Frederik VIII, and his father, Christian X, already rested.

The last farewell was private. The widow and her three daughters, Queen Margrethe, Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne‐Marie of Greece, knelt beside the coffin. Standing by them were the late King's sons‐inlaw, King Constantine of Greece Prince Henrik and Prince Richard.

700 at Service Here

About 700 members of the Danish community in New York gathered at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church last evening for a memorial service paralleling the rites for King Frederik in Roskilde.

“Let our thoughts and love go to the mourners at Roskilde,” G.F.K. Harhoff, the Danish consul general here, said to the hushed crowd in the church at 51st Street and Park Avenue. He noted that the hymns and texts were the same used in the ceremony in Denmark. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Leif Volck Madsen of the Danish Seaman's Church, 102 Willow Street, Brooklyn.