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of course, govern such details. A good fence or 
wall is a prime necessity, and entrance gates, lodge, 
chapel, etc., should be in keeping and as good as 
can be afforded. It is frequently possible to secure 
some of these features as memorials to those who 
are buried in the grounds, and it is suggested that 
efforts to secure such memorials form a part of 
the legitimate work of improvement organizations. 
In remodeling old grounds these changes must 
usually be brought about bit by bit, but if associa- 
tions prosecute the work with tact and discretion 
Department of Town Improvements for the Fed- 
eration, issued quite an exhaustive report of the 
work of eleven towns, of which Montclair, Rahwav, 
Plainfield, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Eliza- 
beth and Boonton had separate civic associations, 
while in Verona, Salem and Jersey Citv improve- 
ment work is a regular branch of the local Woman’s 
Clubs of those places. 
In \’erona the streets of the village have been 
lighted and a public library opened. This club has 
been engaged in such work since 1893. 
South Wall 
of Chapel 
Graceland 
Cemetery, 
Chlcasyo. 
Ampelopsis 
Vcitchii, 
Snowberry 
Bushes and 
other 
planting. 
'they are pretty sure to win success as well as last- 
ing recognition, respect and confidence. 
Those who contemplate taking up this branch in 
the spring would better take steps at once toward 
educating public opinion. The best suggestion we 
have to offer in this direction is a lecture or talk 
on improved cemetery methods and customs illus- 
trated by stereopticon views of the beautiful 
grounds that have made American cemeteries 
known the world over as the most appropriate and 
charming in existence. 
Frances Copley Seavey. 
NOTES. 
The women of New Jersey are way up in front in 
improvement work. It has been taken hold of by 
individual organizations and by the State Federa- 
tion of AVomen’s Clubs. As long ago as the fall of 
1899 Mrs. A. J. Newman, then Chairman of the 
Waste paper receptacles have been placed on street 
corners and in the yards of the public schools in Salem. 
This last feature seems to be a new and very excel- 
lent idea. 
The work of the Montclair Town Improvement 
Association is too well known to require specific 
comment. The society is one of the foremost civic 
organizations of the country. It has ten depart- 
ments of work each in the hands of a special com- 
mittee, and the effective work already accom- 
plished testifies to the character of the material 
composing these committees. A copy of the printed 
reports of the Montclair society should be in the 
hands of every young organization and would be 
found suggestive and helpful to many older asso- 
ciations. It is brim full of practical hints. 
An organized system for the disposal of house- 
hold waste has been established in Cranford by the 
Women’s Club. 
