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owners of these lots, and as their friends 
have very rarely visited the lots and never 
when in the cemetery conducted themselves 
in anything except the most becoming man- 
ner, there was little, if anything, to attract 
attention or create any feeling of animos- 
ity. I think the policy of Forest Home in 
this connection was less noticeable and less 
likely to create comment than if we had 
refused to make the sales. Circumstances 
seem to me to govern the policy to follow 
in such cases. If, for example, the lot own- 
ers of Forest Home Cemetery had ever ex- 
pressed themselves on the subject, showing 
in unmistakable terms their objections, we 
would, I think, be justified, and, in fact, it 
might become our imperative duty, to ex- 
clude all such characters. The same policy, 
I think, would apply to colored people. I 
know that in some cemeteries colored peo- 
ple are considered very objectionable and 
the managements of the cemeteries are 
obliged to either exclude them or segre- 
gate them. We have a number of colored 
lot owners scattered throughout the cem- 
etery wherever they have found it con- 
venient or desirable to locate, and we have 
never raised any objection or attempted to 
influence them in the choice of location. 
No one to my knowledge has ever objected 
to the proximity of these colored people. 
I think, however, that our colored lot own- 
ers are among the most desirable of the 
colored population in the city, so that pos- 
sibly our experience might not be consid- 
ered a fair criterion. 
To sum the situation up, I believe the 
policy of Forest Home as it relates to the 
undesirable characters referred to need not 
be changed so long as the conditions remain 
as favorably as they have been. These un- 
fortunates must be provided for somewhere, 
and I believe in being charitable to all man- 
kind so far as we consistently can. 
James Currie, 
Supt. Forest Home Cemetery. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
We have never had such a question arise. 
We ask no questions as to character, etc., 
of our lot purchasers, and have never had 
any question from any lot owner in Lake- 
wood as to desirability of their neighbors. 
Arthur W. Hobert, 
Supt. Lakewood Cemetery. 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
The superintendent of an Indiana ceme- 
tery says: “I had occasion just recently to 
ask our attorney for an opinion on this 
same subject, and the answer was that you 
cannot refuse them the purchase of a lot, 
nor can you refuse them burial. They must 
be buried as well as the good.” 
MT. HOPE’S FINE NEW CHAPEL, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
The new chapel at Mt. Hope Cemetery, 
Rochester, N. Y., which has been building 
for the past two years, was completed and 
dedicated last summer, and is regarded as 
one of the finest specimens of architecture 
and construction in cemetery administration 
buildings in the country. It was designed 
by Architect J. Foster Warner, of Roches- 
ter, and cost $75,000. ’ It is Gothic in de- 
sign, and is constructed of Berea, Ohio, 
stone, with an interior of white pressed 
brick. It is arranged on the plan of an 
old English cathedra! and is rich and ar- 
tistic in finish and style throughout. The 
woodwork is of old English oak and the 
pews are of the same material and are ar- 
ranged to seat 200 persons. The pulpit is 
at the extreme west end and is of white 
Italian marble. The chancel has choir stalls 
of oak and is provided with a pipe organ 
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PLAN OF NEW CHAPEL AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
