PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ABOLISHING SUNDAY FUNERALS 
Four more cemeteries have joined 
the procession in abolishing Sunday fun- 
erals. 
Three large cemeteries in Pittsb.urg 
and Allegheny have joined the move- 
ment and soon none but some of the 
church )rards which still exist within 
the limits of the 'Greater Pittsburg will 
permit interments on Sunday. In the 
Homewood cemetery and in the ceme- 
teries of Highwood and Uniondale 
in Allegheny, Sunday funerals will not 
be allowed after May 1. The trlistees of 
the Allegheny Cemetery are considering 
the question, with the proability that 
they will sonn fall in line. 
The following are the official notices 
of this action : 
Highwood Cemetery, Brighton Road, 
Allegheny: “After May 1st, 1907, no 
interments will be permitted on Sunday, 
except when necessary to ■ comply with 
the regulations of the Department of 
Health, or in cases of absolute necessity. 
By order of the Board, 
William B. Jones. 
Superintendent. 
The Homewood Cemetery, Pitts- 
burg: “On and after May 1st, 1907, 
no interments will be permitted on Sun- 
day, except when necessary to comply 
with the state laws, or in cases of 
absolute necesity.” By order of the 
board, Thos. Wightman, President, 
David Woods, Superintendent. 
Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus O., 
isued the following notice and had it 
published as a display advertisement in 
the daily papers of that city : 
NOTICE. 
Sunday Funerals Prohibited. 
The following resolution was adopted 
by the Board of Trustees, Green Lawn 
Cemetery Association, March 28, 1907. 
Resolved. That on and after the first 
Sunday in May, 1907, and until further 
notice, no interments will be permitted 
in Green Lawn Cemetery on Sunday, 
except the burial of the bodies of such 
persons as may have died from con- 
tagious diseases, and which under the 
rules and regulations of the board of 
health, require immediate interment. 
The object of this resolution is to 
preserve, as far as possible, good order 
and proper decorum in the cemetery 
and to prevent, as far as possible, the 
unseemly and offensive gathering of 
crowds, who by the exercise of their 
idle curiosity, at and about the open 
graves, interfere, seriously, with the 
rights and privileges of those who 
mourn and who, at the same time ren- 
der themselves ' objectionable, by de- 
stroying the privacy and sacredness of 
the burial service. 
By order of the Board of Trustees, 
J. B. Wilcox, Secretary. 
PROPER INTERMENT METHODS 
M. Jensen, superintendent of Mount 
Olivet Cemetery, San Francisco, writes: 
“There has been some discussion among 
the cemetery men on the coast as to 
which is the proper way to inter man 
and wife, in grave 1 or grave 2 as 
shown in the accompanying diagram. 
V/e inter husband in grave 1 and wife 
in grave 2.’’ Accompanying are a few 
answers from cemetery superintendents : 
“Referring to the accompanying dia- 
gram, grave No. 1 is the right hand 
grave and proper location for the hus- 
band's interment. It seems proper that 
a couple should be buried in the same 
relative position taken in the marriage 
ceremony, i. e., husband on the right 
hand. This is usually followed in ceme- 
teries where attention is given to de- 
tails. We, of course do not insist on 
this, but suggest it and the custom is 
almost invariably followed. 
Ed’w. G. Carter. 
Supt. “Oakzvoods,” Chicago. 
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“There is no rule about the matter 
so far as I know. Perhaps tlie com- 
moner custom is to use grave No. 1 for 
the husband, but we have troubles 
enough without offering advice in such 
Nonument 
head 
head 
Graxre 
1 
Crave 
2 
FRONT OF LOT 
matters, which really make no differ- 
ence.” W. N. Rudd. 
Prest. & Supt. “Mt. Grcenzvood,” Chi- 
cago. 
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Mr. Rudd also adds, assuming that 
this diagram represents the full size of 
a small lot: 
“I think it is almost a crime to allow 
monuments to be erected on such small 
lots as the one shown. Two simple 
markers not ove'r 12 in. high, preferably 
8 in. at the foot of the graves are all 
that is needed ; then when the lots are 
all sold and filled the cemetery will still 
be something more than a stone yard. 
If they must have monuments let them 
buy lots large enough for properly set- 
ting them.” 
Our custom is for the wife to be to 
the left of the husband ; therefore the 
husband would be in grave No. 1. 
Thos. Wallis. 
Supt. “Rose Hill,” Chicago. 
Our custom is to bury the husband 
in grave No. 1 of your diagram so that 
if a double headstone were used the 
inscription would read “Father and 
Mother.” 
This is not a rule, however, and the 
wishes of the lot owners are always 
considered. Geo. L. Tilton. 
Supt. “Graccland,” Chicago. 
CEMETERY LEGAL NOTES 
A bill has been introduced into the 
Legislature of Missouri to amend the 
law so that cemetery associations in 
St. Louis may be taxed for street im- 
provements. 
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A bill has been Introduced into tbe 
Legislature of Pennsylvania to repeal 
an act which prevents the use of any 
land for a cemetery, the drainage from 
which goes into a stream from which 
water is used for domestic purposes by 
anr^ municipality. The bill is said to 
be introduced at the instance of West 
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, 
which has recently purchased some 
land which this act would prevent them 
from using. 
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The village of Miamlsburg, O., has 
been enjoined by Judge Brown in the 
common pleas court from taking the 
land of the old cemetery at the corner 
of Central avenue and the canal Ijy con- 
demnation proceedings for a site for a 
new city building. The grounds on 
which the judge stopped the proceed- 
ings w'ere that the land had been dedi- 
cated as a burial ground and must be 
disposed of by statutory procedings to 
properly remove the bodies and reintc>r 
them before it can be appropriated. 
