THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
m ILLIISTniTEII llimTHLI JmiBIIL OEtOTED 10 THE lOIEHESI EIF CEIIETEHIES 
R. Jf. I-IAIOMT:'. F'u.tolisheir', 
334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription fi.oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $i.J5. 
Special Rates on Six or More Copies. 
VoL. IV. CHICAGO, DEC. 1894. No. 10. 
CONTENTS. 
FUNERAL REFORM 109 
FORETHOUGHT NECESSARY IN ACQUIRING LAND FOR 
CEMETERY PURPOSES.... no 
*ST. ROCHS' CHAPEL, NEW ORLEANS in 
RUBBLE AND CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS n 3 
*PINE GROVE CEMETERY, WHITINSVILLE, MASS 114 
^CEDAR HILL CEMETERY. HARTFORD, CONN 116 
WOMEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 117 
CEMETERY NOTES ,18 
SUGGESTIONS TO LOT OWNERS.-CORRESPOxNDENCE.- 
ST. JOHN’S CHURCHYARD, NEW YORK n9 
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT 120 
‘Illustrated. 
Funeral Reform. 
The movement toward reform in funerals ap- 
pears to be in a state of rapid advancement, and 
much is being accomplished in educating the pub- 
lic in this important matter by the clergy. There 
is a ministerial association in north Chicago which 
has adapted the following rules: 
First, no public invitations; second, no funeral 
on Sunday; third, casket closed upon conclusion of 
service; fourth, service concluded at house, without 
any addition at the grave; fifth, only those accom- 
pany deceased to grave who are personally request- 
ed to do so; sixth, no expense incurred for carriages, 
flowers or other matters; seventh, no heavy mourn- 
ing. These are printed suggestions to all. 
There is also in contemplation a Burial Reform 
Association, which will undertake the conduct of fu- 
nerals at a minimum of expense. The association 
will be financed under a policy or certificate sys- 
tem, subscription or dues for which will be collect- 
ed at regular intervals, and when a certain amount 
is subscribed, a certificate would be issued entitling 
the holder to the grade of funeral prescribed by 
the certificate. 
Some of the religious organizations are being 
drawn into line on the subject, and the hitherto os- 
tentatious display attending the funeral occasion, 
will be relegated to the past, whence in the darker 
times of human progress all the follies and exager- 
ations emanated. 
In connection with this matter it will be inter- 
esting to note what the Fall River Philanthropic 
Burial Society, of Fall River, Mass., has accom- 
plished and is doing. Its object is to provide the 
funeral expenses on a sort of benefit plan. It start- 
ed without capital, has always been officered by 
working men and shows what honest and careful 
management can do. It was established in 1878 
and incorporated in 1879. 
The receipts for the half-year ending July 31, 
1894, amounted to $10,971.63, and the expendi- 
tures to $8,389.46, showing a gain of $2,582.17. 
During the year ending July 31, 1894, the receipts 
amounted to $21 ,175.42, while the expenditure was 
$i9>o 54. 32, showing a gain of $2,121.10 during 
the year. During the half-year ending January 31, 
1894, there was expended about one thousand dol- 
lars in improving the property. 
Eighty deaths occurred in the last six months 
costing $5,565.; during previous six months, 93 
deaths, costing $6,895. Since the establishment of 
the society there has been 1,032 deaths and an ex- 
penditure of $60,950. The monthly subscriptions 
from members range between ten cents for a four 
months old child to twenty cents for adults up to 
fifty-five years. The benefits range between thirty 
and sixty dollars after four months membership to 
sixty and one hundred dollars after two years mem- 
bership. 
The following are among the rules: All regu- 
lar subscriptions are due on and dated lor the first 
day of each month. * * Extra collections to be 
due when ordered to be levied. — Any member who 
is three months’ subscription in arrears shall be de- 
clared out of benefit, and if four months’ subscrip- 
tion in arrears to be excluded from the society. 
Arrears owing by deceased members will be de- 
ducted from the funeral allowance. — Every mem- 
ber shall have been a member of the society at least 
four months, and have paid all subscriptions or col- 
lections due within the said four months, before be- 
ing permitted to vote, to hold any office, or become 
entitled to any funeral allowance specified by the 
rules. — Any false statement as to age, state of 
health or bodily infirmity, at time of admission, 
subsequently proved, is met by expulsion from soci- 
ety and reversion of accrued benefits. 
