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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
of clouds and sky, of what we include 
under the term "landscape,” means far 
more to people in general who live now 
than it did to people who lived a few 
generations ago. How can we hasten a 
still greater— a very much greater ap- 
preciation of nature? This is a puzzling 
problem. I have sometimes thought 
that a wealthy man or a group of 
wealthy men or of men not so wealthy 
but with an idea and a spirit of self- 
sacrifice, might found a cemetery in which 
the development of beautiful landscape 
should be the controlling thought. A 
mere description does not appeal to 
many people but they would be impressed 
with a concrete example, and then the 
idea would spread. Let us hope that 
each member of the American Associa- 
tion of Cemetery Superintendents will 
do something to help along the good 
work. Wm. Morris says, “Art is a way.” 
Let us strive to develop cemeteries in 
a rational and beautiful way. 
ECHOES 
Continued from page 170 
the past two years. The largest num- 
ber in any one day was 141. 
Supt. Currie and Secretary Pirie 
of Forest Home were untiring in ses- 
sion and out in keeping the machin- 
ery of the convention working with- 
out friction. The “pay as you enter” 
style of convention is a success, 
thanks to the convention committee. 
Jos. Bomgardner of the Bomgard- 
ner Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O., ex- 
hibited cemetery trucks, a mauso- 
leum elevator, a casket lowering de- 
vice, etc. Mr. Bomgardner's ceme- 
tery appliances are widely used at 
leading cemeteries. 
Trade exhibits should become more 
of a feature. They can be made ed- 
ucational by affording opportunities 
to manufacturers and others to dem- 
onstrate their devices of one kind and 
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