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the province of such memorials. What characteristic 
is typified by the lion’s heads is not quite clear in the 
writer’s mind, — perhaps mental strength was in the 
mind of the designer. 
It is certainly refreshing to come across a monument 
with so much beauty of meaning in the design com- 
bined with such technical excellence, and this unique 
memorial should go far in establishing a greatly needed 
precedent for the expression of worthy ideas in mon- 
uments. It is their one reason for being. 
The form of this memorial is also commendable 
since it is comparatively low and therefore modestly 
refrains from calling undue attention to itself, which in- 
dicates good taste, while for the same reason it does 
not detract from the quiet landscape beauty which 
should constitute that chief charm of every Cemetery, 
which indicates both good taste and good judgment. 
One feels that some very carefully considered plant- 
ing should add vastly to the pleasing effect of this 
poetic conception. Indeed, it must Certainly lack its 
highest possible charm until an artist in landscape work 
introduces the element of mystery and partial seclusion 
which can only be secured by correct planting, and 
without which the site is painfully bald and unsbel- 
tered. . Until this is done the monument as a work of 
art remains unfinished. Artists in stone work are 
coming to thoroughly understand, as do archi- 
tects, that sympathetic planting constitutes the “last 
word” in the satisfactory setting of their creations. 
Fr.\nces Copley Se.wey. 
A CEMETERY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 
FOXBORO, MASS. 
The Carpenter Memorial Chapel in Rock Hill Ceme- 
tery, Foxboro, Mass., is an attractive structure of rustic 
architecture built of rough waterworn rubble stone of 
odd shapes, which is native to that localit)'. The au- 
ditorium is about 20x40 feet, with a seating capacity of 
CARPENTER MEMORIAL CHAPEL, FOXBORO, MASS. 
100, and the other dimensions may be seen from the 
accompanying ground plan. 
Rock Hill is appropriately named from the character 
of its site, which is a rolling tract on a side hill facing 
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GROUND PLAN OP CARPENTER MEMORIAL CHAPEL. 
a small lake. The driveway and walks with one ex- 
ception are curved to suit the general contour of the 
surface. 
There are fourteen acres in use and nearly as much 
more is now being graded. R. G. Leighton is superin- 
tendent. 
POWER OF CONDEMNATION. 
The burial or other safe disposition of the dead, the supreme 
court of errors of Connecticut says (Starr Burying Ground 
.Association vs. North Lane Cemetery Association, 58 Atlantic 
Reporter, 467) is a necessity essential to the preservation of 
the health of the living. The private use of land for this 
purpose by a private corporation may be of public convenience 
and necessity, as that term is sometimes used, although not 
strictly a public use justifying condemnation of land for that 
purpose. But where land is appropriated for a burying ground 
by a town or other municipal corporation, or by owners of the 
land, being a voluntary association or private corporation, and 
the land so appropriated is open, under reasonable regula- 
tions, to the use of the public for the burial of the dead, it 
may become a public burial ground, and its use a public use. 
and the legislature may lawfully condemn land for that public 
use. Unless in certain private charters, the state [of Con- 
necticut] has not seen fit to authorize condemnation of land 
for this public use, except in cases where the land is needed 
for the enlargement of an existing burying ground. 
Land held and used for a public use, when needed for a. dif- 
ferent or inconsistent public use, may be condemned for the 
latter use ; but a statute authorizing the condemnation of land 
will not be construed as applying to land already devoted to 
public use, unless such application is clearly covered by the 
statute. For the same reason, land acquired for a public use, 
when, on account of its particular ownership, it does not at 
all or effectually serve that use, may be condemned. 
