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we may not hope to balance the thousands that are 
dens of squalor, filth and vice. 
An informal Flower Mission might very well be 
made part of the summer work of each Improve- 
ment Society. There need be no irksome machin- 
ery about it, but let it be understood that each 
member who visits the nearest city will carry flow- 
ers for distribution among tenement house children. 
The regular Flower Missions in large cities are usually 
only able to supply the Hospitals and various public 
institutions. Improvement Societies are formed to 
benefit homes, and it is proper that their blossoms 
go into the city homes of those to whom the sim- 
plest flower is a treasure, a wonder and too often 
even a curiosity. 
If out of this custom there should grow another 
— that of each year bringing some of those pale hu- 
man flowers that bud amid the malodorous air of 
tenement districts to gain color for their cheeks and 
minds by a few weeks’ visit to the country in sum- 
mer, who shall say, that would be outside the prov- 
ince of that modern outgrowth of a true love for 
one’s fellowmen — the Improvement Association. 
Surely the names of such should be inscribed 
abreast of that of Abou Ben Adhem. 
May tJicir tribe increase. F. C. S. 
ASSOCIATIONS. 
The American Park and Out-door Art Association, 
Program for Detroit, Mich., Meeting, June 27, 28, 29, 1899. 
The Hotel Cadillac (rates $t,.oo per day and up- 
wards) will be the headquarters of the Association, and 
general sessions will be held in the ordinary and Turk- 
ish room of the hotel. 
Tuesday, June 27. 
9:30 A. M. The Convention will be called to order b> Pres- 
ident Charles M. Coring, who will deliver his address to the 
meeting. Hon. William C. Maybury, Mayor of Detroit, will 
welcome the association to the city. The reports of the Secre- 
tary and Treasurer will be presented and acted upon, together 
with other business. The following papers are assigned to this 
morning's session. 
“Boston Common.” E. J. Parker, President Quincy Boule- 
vard and Park Association, Quincy, 111 . 
“The Relation of Reservoirs to Public Parks.” F. L. Olm- 
sted, Jr. , Landscape Architect, Brookline, Mass. 
1:30 P.M. Boat ride. Steamer Sappho, to the “Venice of 
America,” St. Clair Flats. On the return trip there will be a 
short session on board the boat, at which the following paper 
will be presented: 
“The Parks and the People.” R. J. Coryell, General 
Superintendent of the Detroit Parks. 
8:30 P. M. Talk in Art Museum by Prof. A. H. Griffith, 
Director, on “A City’s Debt to its Citizens.” 
Wednesday, June 28. 
9 30 A. M. The election of officers for the ensuing year will 
be held at this session. After the election the following papers 
will be read: 
“Utilization of Vacant City Lots for the Poor.” John Mc- 
Gregor, Detroit, Mich. 
“Finger Boards and View Points.” Charles W. Garfield, 
President “Michigan Fruit Grower,” Grand Rapids, Mich. 
“Out-door Art in School and College Grounds.” Prof. W. 
J. Beal, Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich. 
1:30 P. M. Trolley ride to Water Works Park. 3:30 p. M. 
Trolley ride from Water Works Park to Log Cabin at Palmer 
Park. 8:00 P. M. An evening with the stereopticon. The fol- 
lowing papers will be given, illustrated by lantern slides of pic- 
tures taken in different parts of the country: 
“Park Landscapes.” George R. King, Cambridge, Mass. 
“The Improvement of Factory and Home Grounds.” This 
subject will be illustrated and presented by J. Horace McFar- 
land, of Harrisburg, Pa., J. H. Patterson and E. L. Shuey of 
Dayton, O. 
Thursday, June 29. 
9:30 A. M. Closing Session. Reports of Special Commit- 
tees, action thereon, and other business. The papers assigned 
to this session are : 
“Interesting Children in Our Highways and Public 
Grounds.” W. W. Tracy, Detroit, Mich. 
“Park Nomenclature and .Accounts,” G. A. Parker, Sup- 
erintendent of Parks, Hartford, Conn. 
During the morning of Thursday opportunity will be given 
to obtain a bird’s-eye view of Detroit and vicinity from the top 
of the Majestic Building. 2:00 P. M. Drive on Boulevard and 
around Belle Isle Park. 7:30 P.M. Informal banquet at Skat, 
ing Pavilion on Belle Isle Park, with band concert later in the 
evening. 10:30 P. M. Return to Detroit by ferry. 
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The New Haven Convention of the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents, 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
The thirteenth annual convention of the Association 
of American Cemetery Superintendents will be held at 
New Haven, Conn., on Sept. 5, 6, 7 and 8, with head- 
quarters at Warner Hall, 1044 Chapel street. Street 
cars from the railroad station pass the hall. The hotel 
accommodations are ample, and the local committee 
assure the members that everything will be done for 
their comfort and the interest of the association. The 
rates are; American plan, $2 to $4 per day; European 
])lan, $\ per day and upwards. First class furnished 
rooms at headquarters can be secured at $i per day 
without board. Members desiring to secure quarters in 
advance will please communicate with Mr. F. A. Sher- 
man, Superintendent Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. 
F. A. Sherman, Chairman. 
In the church of St. Andrew, Dowlish Wake, near 
Ilminster, England, which was erected in the thirteenth 
century, is a monument to the memory of Captain Speke, 
the celebrated African explorer. It is a sarcophagus of 
serpentine marble, and upon the top is an inlaid brass 
cross. Around it, al-o inlaid in brass, is the following 
inscription: “Sacred to the memory of John Hanning 
Speke, second son of AV illiam and Georgina Speke, who 
died Sept. 15, 1864, aged 37 years.” Over this is a cir- 
cular arch, upon which are carved the emblems of the 
Nile— an alligator and hippopotamus. Above is the 
bust of the deceased, encircled by a lotus wreath. In 
the recesses are military badges, and a quadrant en- 
circled by a belt, upon which “A Nilo Prieclarus” is 
engraved. Immediately around this monument are other 
memorials of the Speke family, the earliest of which, a 
brass, is dated A. D. 14S4. This part of the church was 
originally a chantry chapel and a piscina may still be 
seen in the south wall. 
