PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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A HANDSOME SC U LPTU RED M EM O R I AL V ASE 
The use of the better quality of lawn 
vase as a monument has been seen in a 
number of cemeteries, but the use of a 
beautiful, sculptured vase specially mod- 
eled by a sculptor of wide reputation is 
so seldom seen as to make the one 
shown herewith of particular interest. 
It is not used exactly as a monument, 
but was presented to Riverside Ceme- 
tery, Waterbury, Conn., as a memorial 
to the late John P. Elton and his wife. 
It is of bronze and was modeled by 
George E. Bissell, of New York, in Flor- 
ence, and cast in that city by the “cire 
perdue” process, a method regarded by 
experts as peculiarly adapted to the ac- 
curate rendering of fine detail in model- 
ing. The vase is about four feet high, 
nearly the same width, and stands on a 
pink granite pedestal four feet high. 
The sculptor has been remarkably suc- 
cessful in both symbolism and execution 
of the work with such limited space at 
his command. Even the handles, repre- 
senting 'cherubs holding wreaths, are 
done with admirably decorative effect. 
Supporting the vase are four winged 
decorative figures in armor with crosses 
in low relief upon their breasts, in sug- 
gestion of the preparedness of the right- 
eous to combat evil. In form the vase 
is a quatrefoil, an emblem of the church 
of which Mr. and Mrs. Elton were mem- 
bers. Upon the sides are illustrated the 
Nativity, Crucifixion, Burial and Resur- 
rection of Christ. Much skill has been 
displayed by the sculptor in adapting 
the treatment to the limits of the sur- 
face to be decorated. In the Crucifixion, 
for example, there was no room for the 
more familiar upright cross. Tackle has 
been dispensed with also. Yet all this is 
made to emphasize the intimate dramatic 
intensity of the moment. A man with a 
lever to guide the foot of the cross into 
ELTON MEMORIAL VASE. WATERBURY, CONN. 
George E. Bissell, Sc. 
the hole dug for it, another man secur- 
ing the feet in place, and the soldiers 
elevating the cross from behind, throw 
into contrast by their business-like, well- 
disciplined stolidity the anguish of the 
figures of the Virgin embracing her son, 
St. John leaning over the figure and the 
Magdalen at the further side. The lim- 
itations of the low rectangle could hard- 
ly be more cleverly adapted. 
NEW CEMETERIES, IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS 
Uniondale Cemetery, Allegheny, Pa., 
is to spend $50,000 in improving a new 
division which will give eleven acres of 
additional ground. S. Youden is super- 
intendent. 
A new gateway was recently opened 
and formally dedicated at the “Old 
Burying Ground,” Stratford, Conn. 
The Kaneville Cemetery Association, 
Kaneville. 111., has been incorporated by 
T. F. Flenden, C. D. Ames and S. D. 
Hunt. 
Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, 
Tenn., is making extensive improve- 
ments in the grounds and bids are now 
being received for the erection of a new 
entrance and iron fencing. 
The Viola Cemetery Association. Vi- 
ola, lil., has been incorporated by J. E. 
Russell, Lucy A. Spicer and J. C. Ash- 
enhurst. 
A new office building has recently 
been erected at? Lakeview Cemetery, 
Bridgeport, Conn., and other improve- 
ments are soon to be made. C. M. 
Beecher is superintendent. 
The Greenwood Cemetery Association 
has been incorporated at San Diego, 
Cal., with a capital stock of $200,000 to 
develop an extensive modern cemetery 
to contain crematory and chapel of 
handsome design. Ralph Granger, W. 
R. Rogers and James E. Hasbrough are 
interested in the work. 
The Grand Forks Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Grand Forks, N. D., has built a 
new entrance gate and made other im- 
provements and is planning to erect a 
chapel and receiving vault. 
The Oak Lawn Cemetery Association 
has purchased twelve acres of ground 
at Reno, Nev., which they propose to 
develop as a modern cemetery. The 
Reno Development Co., which owns 
land near by, is threatening legal oppo- 
sition to the establishment of the ceme- 
tery. G. W. Perkins is president of the 
cemetery association, and Dr. J. L. Rob-' 
inson, secretary. 
The Paucatuck Cemetery Association, 
