THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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lection of glass vessels, which vie with those of the same period now 
preserved in the British Museum. One of these is described as 
shaped like a tall wine glass without a stem, and ornamented 
with loops of thick white glass. Another is a vase of slender 
shape, with raised figures and some Greek characters upon it. 
In one grave some fifty or sixty small beads were found. In an- 
other grave, in which part of a childs skull was recovered, were 
found several glass beads and some thin discs of bronze, deco- 
rated with a pattern composed of dots and perforated, as well as 
a thick ring of bone or ivory, which, it is conjectured, might 
have been a plaything, or possibly a teething ring. Most of the 
bodies, but not all', are buried from west to east . — Fwieral Di- 
rector's Journal. 
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THE GATEWAY AT HIGHLAND LAWN CEMETERY. 
The new gateway at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre 
Haute, Ind , illustrated below is now in course of erection accord- 
ing to the plans by Mr. Paul S. Lietz, the Chicago architect, by 
Heidenreich & Co. 
Its cost is set at f 6 ,^oo and the stone work is in the hands of 
the Terre Haute Stone Company. It consists of a circular tower 
containing a lodge, a semi-circular arch for a gateway and a 
NEW ENTRANCE, HIGHLAND LAWN CEMETERY. 
waiting room, together with iron fences and stone fence posts for 
approaches. The foundation is of lime stone and the body of 
the entire structure is of Buff Bedford stone with trimmings of 
Blue Bedford stone. The fence leading to the gateway is of 
^wrought iron with stone piers at given intervals. The letters 
“Highland Lawn” in one side of the main arch are to be made 
of wrought iron in rustic design. The gates leading to the main 
avenue will be 18 feet wide and the smaller gates at each side 
four feet wide. The waiting room in the large arch will have a 
concrete floor and can be used for a carriage entrance whenever 
desired. Handsome lamps will be placed beneath the arch. 
The roofs will be of slate and the towers capped with tiling The 
gate IS located 160 feet up the main avenue from the old fence, 
making it 200 feet from the center of the National road. The 
handsome iron fence will curve east and west until it reaches 
the present fence line and the approach will be laid out in a 
handsome manner. The frontage of the entire structure will be 
72 feet. The main tower will be 60 feet in height. The clock 
shown will be omitted for the present and the lodge will not be 
completed for immediate use. 
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The people of Columbus, Ohio, are discussing Sunday fu- 
nerals. Criticisms have been made that it is impossible to con- 
duct a private funeral in Green Lawn cemetery on Sunday be 
cause of the presence of thousands of idle curiosity and pleasure 
seekers. This charge appears to be unfounded owing to the 
stringent rules observed in admissions — only such as are entitled 
by ticket to enter being permitted to do so. This condition 
which is cjuite a prevailing one, emphasises the wisdom of those 
who are trying to do away with the Sunday funeral. Sunday 
must naturally be a day on which in fine weather the cemetery 
has peculiar attractions for those bereaved, as well as for those 
who can appreciate its restful atmosphere, and consequently a 
well kept cemetery will always be more or less occupied by the 
living on that day. Hence the desire for privacy and quiet can 
be far better satisfied on week days. The officials of all well 
regulated cemeteries are generally doing all in their power to 
discourage funerals on Sunday and the effect is becoming quite 
apparent. Already a diminution in number is recorded from 
many points. Ministerial conventions and unions are taking up 
the subject in good earnest, and undoubtedly the minister will 
appreciate the change. Mr. John J. Stephens, the superintend- 
ent of Green Lawn cemetery, who read a paper at the Minne- 
apolis convention of cemetery superintendents, is a strong advo- 
cate of private funerals, and believes a great reformation is un- 
der way in funeral appointments. While of modern origin, the 
reform will undoubtedly become permanent. 
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The agitation on “Funeral Reform” is another of the many 
striking evidences of the activity in enlightened progress of the 
present day. On the subject of costly burial the London Lancet 
makes the following potent remarks: The majority of intelli 
gent persons are more or less indifferent as to the disposal of 
their bodies after death, but it may be safely asserted that not 
one would be found to express a wish that his or her body should 
be preserved in a polished oak or elm brass mounted coffin and 
in a walled grave or vault. It is the result partly of tyrannical 
custom and partly of leaving all to the undertaker. The latter 
has been shorn of much of his former profits derived from the 
sale of scarves and hat bands and the hire of palls, plumes, 
feathers and other trappings of woe. The polished coffin and 
the brass furniture are the surviving relics of the “funerals com- 
pletely furnished” of a past age and are clung to with affectionate 
tenacity by those whose interest it is to have them continued. 
But the undertaker is, after all, what the public make him. The 
courage and persistence of a few individuals swept away the cost- 
ly and useless trappings of woe; only a very little more courage 
is required to substitute cheaper and perishable coffins for the 
pretentious upholstery exhibited in the coffin of the day. If the 
upper classes would set the example and make perishable coffins 
fashionable it would soon spread to the working classes, who are 
still tempted to spend upon a coffin and a burial money which 
would be much more wisely expended in providing additional 
comforts and even necessaries for the living. 
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A writer speaking of an Iowa cemetery some time since said 
that when creditable appearing lots were contrasted with 
neglected ones, there was lost not only a general attractiveness, 
but the moral bearing and influence; for properly considered 
there is an object moral lesson to be learned from a thoughtful 
familiarity with the cemetery. Beecher said these bodies, now 
lost to sight are but being transformed and fitted for the higher 
sphere of life; we shall see them again. Talmage speaks of the 
cemetery as a resurrection factory from which shall come the ra- 
dient and resplendent forms of our interred friends on the bright- 
est morn the world will ever behold. Nor is this mere sentimen- 
tality, but according to our Christian faith and teaching, a divine, 
as well as sublime truth fittingly expressed. 
