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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
Every cemetery should be governed by certain rules and 
regulations, which should be printed in pamphlet form for distri- 
bution among lot owners. While this has been done in most of 
the large cemeteries, where the rules are very much alike, we 
will, for the benefit of the smaller cemeteries, publish in this de- 
partment such rules as commend themselves for general adoption. 
Contributions are solicited. 
It is very gratifying to note that the manage- 
ment of the principal Catholic cemeteries of the 
leading cities is in harmony with the progressive 
ideas now prevailing in cemetery work. The fol- 
lowing extracts from the Rules and Regulations 
governing Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, O. , re- 
cently received from the Rev. G. F. Houck, mana- 
ger, will testify to this: 
No fence coping or enclosure of any kind will be permitted 
on burial lots Boxes, shells, stone, toys and similar articles 
scattered upon the graves and lawn are inconsistent with proper 
keeping of the grounds and will not be permitted. 
Hedges, wooden or metal head boards, wooden trellises, 
chairs or settees, wholly or in part of wood, and large vases or 
urns, other than of stone, marble or durable metal, are prohibited. 
Tablets or crosses of wood, being considered detrimental to 
the general appearance of the cemetery, are strictly prohibited. 
Only one monument of proper design, material and work- 
manship may be erected upon a lot. Monuments shall not be 
erected at single graves, nor upon lots of a less area than 128 
square feet. 
No marble or granite tablet set in a socket will be allowed 
in the grounds, and no head-stones or grave mark must be set 
above grade. Grave marks may be of any form or thickness, 
but must be set horizontally. Graves will not be mounded to ex- 
ceed three inches above grade after the ground is settled . 
No monument shall be placed on a lot containing less than 
128 square feet. 
Inscriptions for monuments and h.&zA-sX.oVi^'s,, stating more 
than names and dates, must be submitted to the manager for ap- 
proval . 
The bottom of the lower base of every monument must be 
squared sufficiently to allow it to rest firmly on the foundation 
as no wedging will be allowed. 
The soliciting of contracts or orders lor monuments, head- 
stones, memorials or any other work will not be allowed in the 
Cemetery. Signs, notices or advertisements of contractors, stone- 
cutters, undertakers or any other persons will not be permitted 
on the cemetery grounds. 
Graves will not be mounded to exceed three inches above 
grade after the ground is settled. The sodding on graves must 
7 iot be remoz'ed . 
SUGGESTIONS REG.ARDING FUNERALS. 
1. Christian hope and tender resignation ought to prevail 
at the burial of the dead. Christian thought on such an occasion 
should instinctively dwell on the immortal soul, not on the cor- 
ruptible body. Hence the simpler the burial of the dead, the 
more Christian, the more Catholic it will be. 
2. The pomp and display so common at funeralsspring from 
mistaken respect for the dead, and are intended as signs of honor 
and affection; hence the long line of carriages and the pagan 
display of flowers. True sorrow avoids ostentation. Simplicity 
in funeral arrangements is therefore to be recommended. Let 
the casket be modest, the carriages few and let flowers be omit- 
ted, except in the burial of children. 
3. The friends of the deceased can best pay their respects 
to the memory of the dead by accompanying the remains to the 
church. The family and near relatives should be allowed to in- 
ter their beloved dead in private. 
4. Another abuse, only too common, is the Sunday luneral. 
LInless imperative -necessity obliges, as in contagious diseases 
and in times of epidemics, funerals should not be on Sundays. 
Public sentiment, founded on the best of reasons, is opposed to 
them, and in many cities they are prohibited, in Catholic as well 
as in public cemeteries. 
I’F* In Calvary Cemetery no interments will be allowed in 
the forcnooji on Sundays, and it is desired that as far as possi- 
ble no interments take place on that day. 
We ought to add that Mr. F. Enrich, of Wood- 
lawn Cemeter}-, Toledo, O., was entrusted with the 
laying out of Calvary Cemetery. 
•d CEMETERY REPORTS, h- 
W'e have received the report of the Board of 
Trustees of the Greenwood cemetery of Brookhm, 
N. Y., for 1893. Much work in the way of im- 
provement was carried on, and some adjacent lots 
purchased to prevent unsightly surroundings. The 
damage caused by the storrh of last summer requi- 
red an outlay of some $5,000 for repairs. The 
trustees completed the work of removing unsightly 
hedges enclosing burial lots, and it is the intention 
the present year to remove all dilapidated struc- 
tures enclosing burial lots unless the owners give 
proof that they themselves will attend to it. 
A close privet hedge was set out some 500 feet 
long to serve as a screen to the plant of the ceme- 
tery. 
The General Fund for the Improvement and 
Permanent Care of the cemetery now amounts to 
$i ,608,703.62, the year’s addition being $106,- 
794.36 The Trust Fund for the Special and Per- 
manent Care of Lots amounts to $375,658.91, 
$ 1 9,065 being added the past year. 5,263 inter- 
ments were made, making a total of 276,577. The 
receipts for cemetery lots and graves were $194,- 
952.05; disbursements for labor and openings of 
graves and care of same, $118,201.55. The aver- 
age number of men employed was 224, and of 
horses 32, 22 of which were owned by the cemetery. 
* * * 
The report of the Board of Trustees of Forest 
Hills cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Mass., for 1893, 
states that the past year has been as financially 
prosperous as any pre-vious one. There were 108 
lots sold and 927 interments made, making a total 
to Dec. 31, 1893, of 27, 120. Special attention has 
been given to the improvement of the grounds. 62 
monuments have been erected, and 314 headstones, 
tablets and markers. 3 iron fences and 2 curbings 
were removed. An average of 77 men were em- 
ployed during the year. 
