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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
The side frames comprise upper 
strips 18, lower strips 19 and vertical 
strips 30. In practice, for the sake of 
compactness, strips 18 and 19 are 
made in two parts which are secured 
together by clips or by removable 
bolts. The side frames are connect- 
ed to the base frame by means of 
spring hinges 22 which are shown as 
set upon brackets 23 rigidly secured 
to the side strips of the base frame. 
The end frames are made from a sin- 
gle strip of metal bent to form three 
sides of a rectangle. In order that 
they may be readily attached to and 
detached from the side frames and 
will be rigid when in place, feet 24 
are made at the ends of the strip 
and provided with recesses 25 which 
receive the bolts 26 by which vertical 
strips 20 are attached to upper and 
lower strips 18 and 19 of the side 
frames, as may be seen by referring to 
the diagram. 
The closing of the frames over 
graves when the box is lowered is 
effected by means of a closing rod 
29 at one end of the device. This 
closing rod is made in two parts so 
as to be extensible. In adjusting the 
closing rod to a grave, the set screw 
34 in the clip is loosened and the rod 
adjusted to such a length that when 
angle piece 30 engages the bottom of 
the grave, the side frames will be just 
drawn to the closing or covering po- 
sition, the end frames swinging down- 
ward into the grave. (Patent No. 
854,833.) 
THE PRIVATE COLUMBARIUM— A UNIQUE MEMORIAL 
The Wise Columbarium illustrated on this page is a fine 
example of the rarest form of the modern cemetery memo- 
rial, a private family columbarium, and is believed to be the 
only one in the country of such elaborate construction and 
beauty of design. The steady growth of the idea of cre-- 
WISE COLUMB.A.RIUM, BALTIMORE. 
mation has familiarized us with the public columbarium of 
which there are twenty-five in this country, 'for the most 
part connected with cemeteries in the larger cities. The mon- 
ument with a niche or other provision for the reception of 
one urn is also seen on rare occasions in some cemeteries, 
but the family “mausoleum” providing for the ashes of a 
generation, is unique and may be regarded as the forerun- 
ner of the most aristocratic form of memorial for those who 
believe in cremation. The growth of cremation is unques- 
tioned and the future may show some such structure as this 
as a common form of memorial. Memorials for the recep- 
tion of ashes, may well receive some share of the attention 
of monument makers, sculptors, and designers. 
The Wise columbarium stands in Baltimore Cemetery, 
Baltimore, Md., and was designed by Ernest Wise Keyser, 
the New York sculptor, who also modeled the medallion 
portraits on the facade of the structure. It has been care- 
fully studied in all the details of design and construction as 
its good proportion and architectural beauty well show in 
our illustration. 
It is of Barre granite with base . dimensions of -7-10x6-4 
and a total height of 10-4. The exterior is composed of ten 
pieces — the heaviest of which weighs 5 tons. The total 
weight is twenty tons. The columbariun rests on a founda- 
tion of concrete seven feet deep, weighing 33 tons. The 
interior is lined entirely with polished Italian marble and 
against the rear wall are built the marble niches or crypts 
of which there are twenty-one — in which are to be deposited 
and sealed the receptacles containing the ashes. 
The work was erected by Gaddess Bros. Co. of Baltimore, 
Md., and the bronze work cast by Jno. Williams, of New 
York. 
