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PARK AND CCAETERY 
Uniforms and Grave Tents. 
The illustrations herewith display some of the 
features connected with burials at Woodlawn Cenie- 
tei')', New York 
City. The uni- 
form shown is 
worn by the 
grave-men at all 
funerals, and 
consists of pants 
and N o r f o 1 k 
jacket of black 
cheviot, with 
black soft felt 
hat. This is a 
c o m m e n cl a - 
ble feature in 
cemetery man- 
agement, and 
should be the 
rule rather than 
he exception, 
as it is. Even 
in many of our 
leading cemeter- 
ies the appear- 
ance of the men 
about the graves 
is a serious re- 
flection upon 
those in control , 
and is oftentimes shocking to that sense of de- 
corum which should prevail in a cemetery. 
At every funeral an open tent as illustrated 
is provided, together with matting and a few camp 
chairs. The tent is 14 feet wide in front, 8 feet in 
the rear and 7 feet deep, and the method of its con- 
struction, Mr. H. J. Diering, the superintendent, de- 
scribes as follows; For the frame, provide four 
wooden poles, 3 inches diameter; two 8 feet 9 inches 
long for the front and two 6 feet 9 inches long for 
the rear, well finished and with strong iron pin 
secured to the bottoms for sticking in the ground; 
the tops should have smaller pins. Take four 
pieces of galvanized inch iron pipe of the follow- 
ing lengths: 14 feet, 8 feet and two of 7 feet each, 
provided with eyelets to slip over pins in top of 
poles. This completes the frame. The covering is 
made from light water proof canvas cut to fit the 
frame. Sew sides and rear pieces to roof part; put 
in eyelets on the side, and iron rings on front of 
roof portion. The setting up takes only a few min- 
utes. Lay iron rods on ground to get position of 
poles; stick poles in ground, hook on the side and 
rear bars on top pins, slip the front bar through the 
rings on canvas before securing by the pins, throw 
the canvas over the side and rear bars and fasten by 
the eyelets and strong cord to the poles. To make 
the tent secure in stormy weather guy ropes are of 
course necessary. 
Cemeteries on the Insurance Plan. 
The idea of conducting a burial ground upon 
insurance methods, is doubtless a novelty to many 
cemetery officials. The notion is anything but 
new in Philadelphia and other cities in Pennsylva- 
nia, where the population is fixed and not migra- 
tory as in New York, Chicago, etc. Still the scheme 
is one worthy of consideration and can be made 
adaptable to any community. 
Providing a place of sepulchre for a family 
should require consideration, the same as providing 
a home for the living. Yet persons hate to think 
of the matter, till stern necessity compels attention; 
and when this dreaded time arrives, it invariably 
finds people financially unprovided to supply a 
suitable place for interment, such as our hearts 
could wish. By the adoption of the insurance plan 
this is avoided. 
The “modus operand!,” is evidently based up- 
on the lines of the old-time providental burial so- 
cieties, and is as follows: Burial lots are sold upon 
the installment plan, and the business is conducted 
upon strictly business principles. Solicitors, of the 
eminently respectable class, both male and female, 
canvass a district selling lots and collecting the nec- 
essary periodical payments. 
Should death of the purchaser intervene before 
all the payments are made, the company or associa- 
tion immediately gives a deed for the lot to the 
heirs, without any other consideration. But if a 
death occurs in the family before the lot is fully 
paid for and the purchaser be living, then he must 
make good the balance of his payments before the 
lot can be used for interment. 
Before taking a risk, the association requires 
intending members to undergo a medical examina- 
