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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
Baltimore; William Salway, Spring Grove, Cincin- 
nati, O. 
A committee was appointed to select extracts 
from essays that had been read before the associa- 
tion, and have them printed and circulated among 
cemetery officials throughout the United States at 
the expense of the association. 
The convention adjourned to meet in Richmond, 
Va., at a time to be fixed by the Executive Com- 
mittee. 
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AFTERNOON MEETING. 
Although the business of the convention had 
been attended to, there still remained an unfinish- 
ed portion on the program of entertainment, which 
proved to be a most enjoyable treat. From 2 
o’clock in the afternoon until lO in the evening 
the party was entertained on the excursion steamer 
Elizabeth, which had been chartered expressly for 
the occasion. Cramps’ shipyard was visited where 
more than three thousand men are at work. The 
massive hulls of the steel steamers St. Louis and St. 
Paul, sister vessels to the City of Paris and City of 
New York, engaged attention for some time, as did 
an inspection of the recently tested war vessel Min- 
neapolis, whose time of 23.073 knots broke all for- 
mer records. League Island, where the navy yard is 
situated, eight miles down the river was the next 
objective point, and here the visitors were permitted 
to go on board several of the old war ships and 
monitors. This unique feature of the entertainment 
was especially enjoyable to the visitors from the in- 
terior. The balance of the evening was passed in 
steaming up and down the beautiful waters of the 
Delaware. The Camden band of eight pieces discours- 
ed sweet music, and singing and dancing were in- 
dulged in. A luncheon was served that would have 
done justice to a Delmonico, after which, ex-presi- 
dent Salway and his wife were invited into the cab- 
in, where they were given a most pleasant surprise. 
In a few well chosen remarks. Mayor Westcott, of 
Camden, expressed the appreciation in which the 
ex-president was held by the members of the asso- 
ciation, and as a token of their esteem, presented 
him with a handsome diamond ring. The surprise 
was a complete one, and for the moment Mr. Sal- 
way’s vocabulary failed him, but he soon respond- 
ed in a very happy speech. 
President Simonds then presented Mrs. Salway 
with a handsome cut glass olive dish from the ladies 
of the party. This delightful excursion and the 
ride through the cemeteries on the previous day 
was provided by the proprietors of West Laurel 
Mill, Laurel Hill, Cathedral, Greenmount, Fern- 
wood, Knights of Pythias, Mt. Peace, Mt. Vernon, 
Hill Side, Westminster and Cedar Hills Cemeteries. 
Convention Notes. 
Richmond in ’95, Cincinnati in ’96. 
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Messrs. Khedemeyer and Painter are to be congratulated on 
the successful outcome of their arrangements. The entire pro- 
gram was a complete success. 
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Father Nichols was an active participant. Long may he 
live. 
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Enrolling twenty-three new members surpasses all previous 
meetings. 
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A successful exhibit was made of the Scherer automatic bu- 
rial apparatus at West Laurel Hill. 
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Philadelphia has sixty cemeteries, and the best of them were 
represented at the convention. 
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One who believes that the Schuylkill river is contaminated 
with seepage from the cemeteries, says that Philadelphians are 
“drinking their ancestors.” 
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G. L. Transue, of Easton, Pa., extended an invitation to 
visit his cemetery, which was accepted by quite a number of the 
superintendents. 
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The visit to Dosoris had to be abandoned. 
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The association entered its ninth year with a larger mem- 
bership and a larger fund in the treasury than ever before. This 
means progress. 
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“Cemeteries should be considered as features for the living 
rather than for the dead. We select the most beautiful spots we 
can find, not because the dead can admire their beauty, but to 
charm the eye of the living; to make us feel our dead are resting 
where we find a pleasure in being, and not that they are in the 
solitude and gruesomeness of the graveyard.” — O. C. Sunonds. 
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“A good, all-around cemetery superintendent is a many sid- 
ed individual who should possess many requirements, not the 
least of which is a sympathetic nature. — J. G. Barker. 
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Among those present at the convention were: *John G. Bar- 
ker, Forest Hills, Boston; G. W. Bechel, Riverside, Defiance, O.; 
J. F. Boerckel, Springdale, Peoria, 111.; J. M. Boxell, Oakland, 
St. Paul, Minn.; *R. B. Campbell, Holy Cross, Fernwood; J. Y. 
Craig, Forest Lawn, Omaha; G. W. Creesy, Harmony Grove, 
Salem, Mass.; *H. J. Diering, Woodlawn, N. Y,; *Jobn C. Dix, 
Riverside, Cleveland; W. H. Druckemiller, Pomfret Manor, 
Sunbury, Pa.; Mr. English, New Haven, Conn.; *Frank M. 
Floyd, Evergreen, Portland, Me.; Geo. Gilmore, Maple Grove, 
Uhrichsville, O.; C. W. Hamill, Mt. Olivet, Baltimore; *Mr. 
Haskell, Portland, Me.; A. W. Hobert, Lakewood, Minneapolis; 
J. R. Hooper, Hollywood, Richmond, Va.; Philo King, Maple 
Grove, Ravenna, O.; *Bellett Lawson, Oakwoods. Chicago; W. 
J. Lockwood, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N. Y.; T. McCarthy, 
Swan Point, Providence; A. McKerrichar, Glenwood, Washing- 
ton; C. Nichols, Eairmount, Newark; *G. M. Painter and W. J. 
Phillips, West Laurel Hill, Philadelphia; C. D. Phipps, Frank- 
lin, Franklin, Pa.; George Renshaw, Elm Lawn, Bay City, 
Mich.; *G. E. Rhedemeyer, Harleigh, Camden; J. Reid, Mt. 
Elliot, Detroit; T. B. Robinson, Woodlawn, Des Moines; Henry 
Ross, Newton, Newtonville, Mass.; *W. Salway, Spring Grove, 
Cincinnati, O.; *Henry Schroder, Mystic, Conn.; G. Scherzing- 
