The Hillary Bell Monximent, Kensico Cemetery, New YorK. 
The accompanying illustration is from a photograph 
of the elaborate and artistic monument recently erected 
in Kensico Cemetery, New York City, by i\Irs. Hil- 
lary Bell as a memorial to her brilliantly versatile hus- 
band. The design originated with Mrs. Bell and a 
large working model was made under her direction 
and then carried out, entirely in Barre granite, by the 
Harrison Granite Company, of New York and Barre, 
\'t. 
The monument is unusual in design although sug- 
gestive of the Cromlechs originally found chiefly in 
countries inhabited by the ancient Celts and belonging 
to a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity 
into those countries. This example, however, is a 
very long step away from those old-timers in idea. 
form and execution, and breathes a spirit of hopeful 
devoutness as well as bears testimony to Mr. Bell’s 
attainments and to the loving thoughtfulness of a de- 
voted wife. 
The table, or horizontal slab, is two feet six inches 
thick, ten feet si.x inches long, and eight feet six inches 
wide, and rests on four fluted columns each one foot 
seven inches in diameter and one foot and ten inches 
high. The carved ornamentation consists of a laurel 
wreath, palm branch, open book, the artist’s palette, 
and the Christian’s cross. The symbolism of these va- 
rious features are understood to refer to Hillary Bell's 
several lines of achievement, — as well-known dramatic 
critic, writer on theatrical topics, and painter, and also 
the farther significance which legitimately falls within 
HILLARY BELL MONUMENT, KENSICO CEMETERY, NEW YORK. 
