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PARK AXD CEMETERY. 
However, when properly treated with 
a chiseled or sketchy finish oiir Amer- 
ican red granites give the desired effect. 
It would be hard to find a more strik- 
ing illustration of the simple cross slab 
than the Harold Vernon memorial at 
Williamsburg, Mass. Devoid of any or- 
namentation whatsoever, even to the 
mensions . Die, ; base, 
4'-.3.x 1 -4x0-6 ; B base, 4-lO^.xl-ini/^ xO-9, 
3-Ox 1-0 around the top. Let us again 
notice how well the comparatively small 
base lends support to the large stone 
above. 
The Roberts slab: Not so interest- 
ing in outline as the Celtic cross, the 
interest has been given to the cross by 
fine pointing the background and this 
device made possible the introduction 
of a base. If there had been no con- 
trast in the surfaces, this detail would 
have suffered unless a bolder and less 
desirable relief had been adopted. The 
name panel is another example of the 
SIMPLE FORM OF LATIN CROSS VERNON MEMORIAL, WILLIAMSBURG, MASS. 
omission of the nimbus, the cross is 
nevertheless distinguished and satisfy- 
ing, though it is formed by simple 
square sunk lines. It seems hard to be- 
lieve that such an effective result may 
he reached l)y so simple a device. It 
is also worth noting that necessary 
economy played no part in designing 
this work as Mr. Vernon was a man 
of means and closely related to the late 
Marshall Field. Had the nimbus been 
introduced in this design, the cross 
would necessarily have been made much 
narrower, thus perhaps denying the 
work a certain bold freedom which 
gives an air of distinction to the com- 
position. This memorial was executed 
in Barre granite. The photographer of 
this work furnishes the following di- 
Latin form is nevertheless popular with 
some who consider it to be more inti- 
mately identified with the church. The 
chaste simplicity of the Roman cross is 
perhaps compensation enough for the 
severity and angularity which the Celtic 
form so largely overcomes. For in- 
stance, had this type of cross been used 
on the Vernon memorial, the result 
would have been quite uninteresting. In 
developing the Roberts design, however, 
the artist has largely overcome this dif- 
ficulty by several effective devices. He 
has “tiea in” the cross by a relieving 
margin. The gradually receding back- 
ground leaves the cross “flush” with the 
face of the border while it has the ef- 
fect of giving emphasis to the upper 
and important part of the cross. Added 
delicately raised letter emphasized by a 
picked or pointed background. It is 
well to mark that the absence of “bat- 
ter” in this composition has given, in 
the photograph, a feeling of greater 
width at the top than the bottom. A 
very delicate tapering of the sides is 
never harmful and quite commonly 
necessary in designs of this type. 
The PRATT Cross: It will be found 
that crosses of this type, frequently sup- 
ported by a base, are styded Wheel- 
Crosses or Disc-Crosses by some writ- 
ers. Peculiar to Wales, Cornwall and 
the Isle of Man, w'e find none in' Ire- 
land or Scotland. The Pratt is almost 
a precise duplicate of the headstone 
cross now preserved in the Chapter 
House at Margam, Glamorganshire, 
