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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents. 
WM. 8ALWAY, ** Spring Grove Cincinnati, O., President. 
T. McCarthy. “Swan Point” Providence, R. I., Vice-President. 
F. EURIOH, Woodlawn, Toledo, O., Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Eighth Annual Convention of the Association will be 
held at Philadelphia, September ii, 12, and 13, 1894. 
Resolutions Adopted at the Seventh Annual Convention 
of the Association of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents. 
Resolved: That it is the sense of this convention that all 
Sunday funerals be discouraged as much as possible. 
Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that all 
headstoncsor markersshould be limited to the height of the sod 
or the level of the surface of the ground. 
Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that vaults 
and catacombs be discouraged and if possible prevented in cem- 
eteries. 
Noticel 
To the Members of the Association of American Cemetery Super- 
intendents: 
The E.xecutive Committee has decided upon the 
iith, I2th and 13th of September as the dates for 
holding the Eighth Annual Convention of the asso- 
ciation in the city of Philadelphia. 
P'rank Euricii, Sec’y and Treas. 
Strangers in China have the greatest difficulty 
when meeting a funeral or wedding procession on 
the street to distinguish one from the other. The 
same red cloth coolies, carrying roasted pig and 
other dainties, appear in the procession, the same 
smaller coolies carrying cheap paper ornaments, 
and the same noisy turnout. And all this when 
some old person is being carried to his last resting 
place, as when the youngest and most beautiful of 
celestial maidens is being carried to the new home 
prepared by her husband. The crowd at the fun- 
eral is as noisy as at a wedding and the guests eat 
just as much. d'he only difference, indeed, be- 
tween the two is that in the center of one the bride 
is carried in an inclosed sedan chair, borne on the 
shoulders of some men, and followed by her brides- 
maids. In that of the other the coffin is carried 
and the mourners follow. Indeed, an English 
writer says that no event in the life of a Chinaman 
is half so important as his funeral. 
The Modern Cemetery is becoming v^cry 
valuable to superintendents. » * # j hope you 
will continue in your good work making it still 
more interesting and valuable. L. J. WELLS. 
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Chas. N. Snyder, Sec’y, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 
Philadelphia. No association can afford to manage a 
cemetery in our day upon the narrow conception of a single 
individual, be he engineer, landscape gardener and veteran 
grave digger combined — the Modern Cemeery shows 
him the true work. 
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H. H. Park, Pres’t Cypress Lawn, San Francisco. ** 
The Modern Cemetery is doing a great svork by educat- 
ing the public to the appreciation of burying their dead in 
a beautiful park instead of astoneyard. 
■Qep^rtment. 
The receipt of Cemetery Literature ami Trade Catalogues will be 
acknowledged in this column. 
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TO advertisers. The Modern cemetery is the onlv publica- 
tion of its class and will be found a valuable medium for reaching 
cemetery olliclals in all parts of the United States. 
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TO SUBSCRIBERS. Cemetery officials desiring to subscribe for a 
number of copies regularly to circulate among their lot owners, 
should send for onr special terms. Several well-known cemeteries 
have already adopted this plan with good results. 
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Contributions on matters pertaining to cemeteries are solicited. 
Address all communications to 
K. J. HAIGHT, H3i Dearborn St., Chicago. 
Cemetery Literature received: Rules and reg- 
ulations, Cypress Hills cemetery, Petaluma, Sono- 
ma county. Cal. Descriptive circular, with rules 
and regulations, of the crematory of the Cincinnati 
Cremation Company. 
Annual Report, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, 
Mass., 1894; Report of the Board of Trustees of 
the Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. , for 
1893; Charter, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, 
Lowell, Mass., Cemetery, 1894. 
A New Flower Vase. 
The accompanying illustration 
represents a new flower vase for 
graves made by M. D.Jones&Co., 
Boston, Mass, which displays some 
novel and useful points. The de- 
sign is attractive, and it is finish- 
ed in enamel white, which gives 
it the appearance of marble. It 
is equally serviceable for bou- 
quets or for sprays of flowers, 
while its shape admits of more 
than the ordinary supply of wa- 
ter. It is furnished with an iron 
stem and stands 10 inches high 
out of the ground. 
Its durability and reasonable 
cost should lead to the displace- 
ment of many of the fragile and less substantial 
ornaments now so largely used. 
It will be remembered by members of the As- 
sociation of American Cemetery Superintendents 
that the matter of the necessity of a fender on lawn 
mowers was discussed at some length at the last 
convention and left in the hands of a committee. 
One of the lawn-mower manufacturers who gave 
the question prompt consideration was the Philadel- 
phia Lawn Mower Co., of Philadelphia. In this 
company’s advertisement which appears on another 
page is an i lustration of a lawn mower with the 
improved fender which has been adopted for its 
simplicity and durability. This improvement, con- 
sisting of a steel rod, rubber covered, would seem 
to meet every requirement suggested in the afore- 
mentioned discussion. 
