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steep slopes or other parts of the enclosure unsuited 
for interments, and to a margin surrounding the 
entire grounds especially reserved for such planting. 
If these spaces are well chosen, carefully dis- 
tributed, and planted with art, the results will be 
so admirable that lots will find ready sale and the 
merit of the plan be demonstrated in the most prac- 
tical manner; for the public can be depended on to 
recognize a good thing when seen, although the 
mere statement of what constitutes a good thing is 
likely to fall on unheeding ears. Which brings us 
back to the point by suggesting that it is worth 
while to do something this fall in the way of well 
arranged planting to serve as a silent monitor to lot 
owners, exercising a persuasive influence that can 
not offend and may be productive of active results. 
In remodeling old cemeteries the best way 
to alter appearances for the better is by appro- 
priating a strip of land around the confines of the 
tract, cither by the removal of graves or by the 
purchase of adjoining land, and planting on it an 
irregular border of trees and shrubs. 
Such a scheme of boundary plantations serves a 
double purpose by securing charming effect.s and 
agreeable seclusion inside the grounds, and by 
screening the interior from the outside, often so 
changing the aspect of a neighborhood that what 
was formerly a defect becomes an advantage, In- 
deed, a cemetery planned and conducted strictly 
on modern lines is in no way objectionable even in 
a residence district and need not be so any more 
than a park. The feeling that the place where our 
friends lie in peaceful sleep is agrewsome, a fright- 
ful, or a ghostly place, seems unworthy of the civ- 
ilized plane on which in this day we, as a people, 
should live. It savors of the ignorance and super- 
stition that made the disgrace of witchcraft possi- 
ble. We should be beyond that stage. Ghosts are 
likely to be very unfashionable in the coming cen- 
tury. Even fairy stories are getting out of date, 
and we are threatened with the extinction of Santa 
Claus. It seems time that the iconoclasts who shat- 
ter the idols of childhood should repair the damage, 
as far as possible, by replacing the fairyland of im- 
agination by fair lands of reality. Is this done? 
On the contrary, there are comparatively few small 
cities — almost no towns — that have a park. 
In scores of villages the cemetery is the nearest 
approach to one, and as every community must 
have a cemetery while comparatively few can have a 
park, it would seem a wise thing to combine the 
two. This is true from the point of view of exped- 
iency, to say nothing of the teachings of modern 
civilization regarding the disposition of the dust of 
the passing generation. 
Of course, the highest phase of this subject in- 
cludes proper appliances for reducing the so-called 
dust to true dust, or ashes, clean and sweet, that 
can be inclosed in a small receptacle and quietly 
consigned to the family plot in the burial park. 
But those who are as yet opposed" to this method 
can surely find no legitimate objection to a park to 
replace the old-time burying ground which presents 
an appearance suggesting a curious and unbeautiful 
hybrid between a stone yard and a village of Prairie 
dogs. F. C. S. 
From an address delivered by President Loring 
at the Detroit meeting of the American Park 
and Out-door Art Association we extract the 
following: 
“One of the most attractive and valuable features 
of a former session was an address by Mr. E. L. 
Shuey of the National Cash Register Company of 
Dayton, O., which was illustrated by stereopticon 
views showing the great work which that company 
has accomplished in a section of the city which was 
as uiiattr,ictive and untidy as any of 'Ahich we have 
any description. 'Ihiough the efforts of tins cem- 
pany this section is now one of beautiful, ha; py 
homes, and the children who occi jty them aie 
grv)Wing up to be refined men and women. We 
who have studied the effects of such siirroundirgs 
know that they will live higher and more cultured 
lives than if they had grown to maturity among 
the scenes which surrounded them in the beginning. 
To this object lesson I am indebted for many 
thoughts which have stimulated me to increase my 
efforts in behalf of the more unattractive parts of 
my own city and of the villages in my state. 1 he 
good work which was begun at Dayton is being 
spread all over our land. 
“One of our first aims should be to encourage 
and assist in the formation of neighborhood and 
village improvement associations as it is through 
such organizations that the hearts of the people can 
be reached. Upon the invitation of such an asso- 
ciation, located in one of the most beautiful cities 
in Minnesota settled by refined and cultured peo- 
ple from the Eastern States, I addressed the citi- 
zens on Municipal Improvements and Beautiful 
Homes. My talk was illustrated wilh views from 
different cities, many of them kindly furnished me 
by the National Cash Register Company, showing 
streets before and after their borders were planted 
with trees and houses with no trees to shade them, 
and with no attractive surroundings, and the same 
houses after such improvements had been made. 
This city has many beautiful streets and private 
grounds which have been over planted, and to my 
mind this is nearly as bad as if there had been no 
planting done, sunshine and air being more neces- 
sary than shade. My address was w'ell received 
and resulted in an increased membership for that 
association of several hundred within two weeks of 
my visit.” 
