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SEPTEMBER, 1914 
EDITORIAL 
VOL. XXIV No. 7 
Co-operation For Better Cemetery Art 
The address of Mr. Currie before the Monument Dealers’ As- 
sociation, and the account of the work of Lake View Cemetery in 
Cleveland, printed elsewhere in this issue, offer valuable sugges- 
tions to every thoughtful cemetery man on one of the most 
important tasks of the modern cemetery, namely, the harmonizing 
of the monuments with the landscape. Progress in this direction 
involves the designing of more artistic monuments and their place- 
ment in appropriate landscape surroundings. This work demands 
the enlightened co-operation of the best men in the monument 
craft and in the art of cemetery development, and the matter 
printed in this issue is evidence of substantial progress. The Na- 
tional Retail Monument Dealers’ Association convention, before 
which Mr. Currie spoke, marked in many ways advancing stand- 
ards in the monument craft. In addition to showing the highest 
quality exhibit in the history of the association, there was pre- 
sented in the chief addresses and in the monumental work exhibit 
a striking tendency toward better workmanship, more artistic de- 
sign and less duplication of stock forms. The exhibit showed 
an increasing number of examples of the application of good 
proportions, tasteful decoration and artistic lines to small cemetery 
monuments, and the dealers who visit these annual expositions 
are coming more and more to realize that they can sell the bet- 
ter designed monuments, for better prices, if they will talk artis- 
tic, original design instead of square feet, size and height. There 
has been real development along this line during the past few 
years, and if those who have charge of the cemeteries will co- 
operate with those who are striving to create more artistic monu- 
ments, the possibilities for the future are unlimited. The ceme- 
tery authorities can help toward higher ideals by encouraging the 
general public to see the difference between a beautifully propor- 
tioned, well executed memorial and a pile of stone bought at the 
smallest price. The right tree in the wrong place can be moved 
in the fall and the wrong bush in the right place can be substituted 
by something else, but the monument must stand as it is and 
where it is forever. Therefore, if the best results are to be ob- 
tained, the design of the monument must be given the attention it 
deserves. The moument dealer and the cemetery should work 
together more efficiently than ever before in a united effort to 
reach the goal toward which we are all striving — the perfection of 
cemetery art. 
Editorial Notes 
The Massachusetts Forestry Association has announced a unique 
“Town Forest” contest under the provision of which the associa- 
tion will plant to white pine half of a hundred-acre tract that may 
be set aside by a town that meets the requirements of this contest. 
An interesting pamphlet describing the contest in detail comes 
from the secretary of the association, Harris A. Reynolds, 4 Joy 
street, Boston, Mass. 
Henry B. F. McFarland, former Commissioner of the District 
of Columbia, has written for the Washington Herald a series of 
seven articles on the building of Washington and the establish- 
ment of a permanent system of government that have been re- 
printed in pamphlet form under the title, “The Nation’s Relations 
With Its Capital City.” The pamphlet is being distributed by the 
American Civic Association to further legislative plans for the 
beautification of Washington. 
The Park Commissioners of Rochester, N. Y., are asked to give 
up control of baseball, golf, tennis, athletics and playgrounds in 
the parks to the new Playground Recreation Commission. When 
they were served with a request from the commission to transfer 
to it the control of all athletic and recreational activities in the 
parks there was strong objection by some of the commissioners, 
and the jurisdiction of the Park Board and the new commission 
is to be officially determined. 
For the first time in the history of Dallas, Tex., the Park Board 
and the School Board will combine in the purchase of property 
for play park purposes. 1 he Park Board has agreed to pay for 
half of a tract of land adjoining the Colonial Hill school, and the 
School Board will pay an equal share toward its purchase. The 
lot in question in the Colonial Hill school block is 225x407 feet 
and will cost $28,000. The two branches of the municipal gov- 
ernment will pay $14,000 each. The land adjoining the school 
campus will be made into a play park for the children at the ex- 
pense of the Park Board. 
Holding that Emancipation Park, Houston, Tex., is a charity 
and that a deed thereto creating a perpetuity is not in violation of 
the law, Judge Norman G. Kittrell, of Houston, recently handed 
down a decision in favor of the colored people of Houston in the 
case of the state against the trustees of the park. The property, 
ten acres, originally belonged to the Wellborn family, but was sold 
in 1872 to the colored people of Houston for a park, the consid- 
eration being $800. About six years ago the state brought suit 
against the trustees of the estate to escheat the property. The 
contention was that the deed created a pepetuity, which is in viola- 
tion of the law of the state, except where the grantee is. a charity, 
and the judge’s decision above mentioned fixes the bequest as a 
charity. 
To the citizens of Newburgh, N. Y., the most pleasing feature 
of the visit of the American Association of Park Superintendents 
was the tribute paid to the memory of Andrew Jackson Downing. 
It is a trite saying that a prophet is without honor in his own land. 
But this was not true of Downing. The genius of that great man 
was recognized in the village of his birth, and the shock occa- 
sioned by his untimely death while trying to rescue passengers of 
the ill-fated Henry Clay left an indelible impression on the people 
of that time. It is still talked of by old residents. The possession 
of the city in which it can take justifiable pride is the municipal 
park named after him. It is one of the most beautiful pleasure 
grounds in the United States, and its management has never been 
tainted by the suggestion of graft. 
Park Commissioner Ward of Manhattan and Richmond, New 
York City, wants $35,000 for additional benches in the parks of 
these two boroughs. There are 9,856 benches in Manhattan’s 
breathing spots and Mr. Ward is asking for 15,000 more. The de- 
partment has noted that the demand for benches this year is con- 
siderably above the normal excess. The department, moreover, 
has a fairly incontrovertible case when it shows that no benches 
have been provided for the parks of Manhattan since 1906. In the 
meantime, this borough has grown from approximately 2,183,210 to 
2,538.616 — an increase of 350,000 possible sitters for whom there 
has been supplied not one additional seat. 
