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expended by Napoleon in making Paris the 
most beantifnl city in the world have been returned 
many times over by the tourists who flock there to 
feast on the varied attractions and advantages growing 
out of the comprehensive a,nd enormously expensive 
undertakings of the last Emperor. These instances, 
affording as they do, examples of the commercial bene- 
fits accruing to a great city and a small one from art 
as applied to civic improvement, remind one that the 
splendid plans that have been formulated and are al- 
ready taking concrete shape, for making Washington 
the world’s most charming and distinctively beautiful 
capital, will undoubtedly result in like commercial ad- 
vantage to that fortunately-placed city. But, to return 
to Kingston ; H. F. S., a writer in the Kingston Daily 
Whig, directs attention to the fact that the front doors 
of the city — the wharves and railway stations — are in a 
shape to repel rather than attract strangers, and sug- 
gests a general cleaning up, the formation of generous 
expanses of greensward, planting vines to cover un- 
sightly old walls, shrubbery to screen unattractive fea- 
tures, and trees at suitable points for shade and for 
beauty. We find ourselves almost dangerously puffed 
up with pride and delight on seeing our own 
original motto, “Leave the world a pleasanter place 
than you found it,” quoted by this writer in his (or 
her) effort to set the subject before the people in the 
best light, and we are led to still further felicitate our- 
selves because the campaign of outdoor art carried on 
for years by Park and Cemetery and Landscape Gar- 
dening is alluded to in complimentary terms. For these 
blessings we here and now return hearty and apprecia- 
tive thanks. May the Kingston association live long 
and prosper amazingly. Frances Copley Seavey. 
Official Correspondence of the Associations 
A. P. & O. A. A. CONVENTION. 
Editor Park and Cemetery. — Permit me to suggest, through 
your columns, to persons who will be attending the annual 
meeting of the American Park and Outdoor Art Association, 
to be held in Boston in August, that they should look over 
the park systems in such cities as they have not visited before, 
not forgetting Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Washing- 
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, cities in New Jersey, New York 
City — taking, of course, the Riverside and Morningside drives 
in connection with Central Park, and Prospect Park, Brook- 
lyn. In Hartford, Connecticut, the influence of good land- 
scape work in the different parks will be observed on the 
grounds of private citizens and about many factory and public 
buildings. Visit Hartford by all means. Respectfully, 
E. J. Parker, President. 
NOTICE TO CEMETERY OFFICIALS. 
The sixteenth annual convention of the Association of Amer- 
ican Cemetery Superintendents will be called to order in Bos- 
ton, Mass., on the morning of August 19, 1902, and in all 
probability will last four days in order to carry out the pro- 
gram which the executive committee has arranged. 
There will be sufficient papers of interest for the literary 
part of the meeting ; informal and thorough discussions of 
subjects pertaining to cemetery work will bring out compre- 
hensive ideas and statements that will be of much practical 
value. 
Cemeteries, parks, and other points of interest will be visit- 
ed under competent guidance, which will enable all in attend- 
ance to witness the practical workings at each place and 
afford opportunity for e.xchanging ideas and methods. We 
learn much by comparison. 
We ask you to join us in advancing the interests of this 
association and to strengthen the same by your co-operation in 
sending your superintendent or other representative to this 
meeting. 
We suggest that this is a good time for an annual vacation, 
for such is our profession that it requires the closest and most 
faithful attention at all times. 
We ask you not only to grant this vacation, but also in 
addition to bear the expenses of your representative, because 
we know from past experience and expressions offered that 
your cemetery, in common with others, will be benefited in 
many ways, and your representative will return stimulated 
to greater activity and usefulness in his chosen work. 
We wish to emphasize and make it clear that this associa- 
tion is not organized for profit or for pleasure, nor as an 
intelligence bureau for applicants for positions. Sociability 
and harmony are not and should not be lacking, but para- 
mount to all else is the advancement of interests and the ele- 
vation of the character of cemeteries. 
Managers of cemeteries will be well repaid for the expense 
of sending their superintendent or other official. Many cor- 
porations have already done so with results admitted to be 
satisfactory, and those who have not are respectfully re- 
quested and urged to try the experiment. 
Frank Enrich, President. 
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As is well known, the sixteenth convention of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superintendents takes place in 
Boston, commencing Aug. 19th, and continuing four days. 
Arrangements are nearly completed to make this convention 
a grand success. The committee hopes to see a full attend- 
ance at our city by the sea. Those who have attended our 
conventions well know the benefits obtained. They have 
caused a stimulus all over our country in cemetery manage- 
ment. Every cemetery has been cared for better by the influ- 
ence of our association. If this meets the eye of any superin- 
tendent who has never attended, let him by all means take 
steps to attend. Many superintendents cannot afford to pay 
their expenses to and from the different cities, and their com- 
missioners or trustees should not expect them to. From a 
business standpoint they should be sent and their expenses 
paid. All large business houses send men abroad for ideas. 
Every superintendent that attends returns to his home with 
broader and better ideas as to his duties, and he sees oppor- 
tunities that he did not see before to improve himself. 
Let the management of every cemetery look at this in the 
right light and not call it a junket. Send your superintendent 
and reap the reward. No man can shut himself in himself and 
not become narrow minded. Our work is broad and needs 
study and thought. The final resting places of the mortal 
remains of our loved ones cannot receive too much attention. 
We love the grounds wherein they lie. 
Let us strive from day to day to better ourselves, and when 
others take our places let there be no reflections on us. The 
praise of our lot owners is always given when we deserve it. 
We hope to shake hands with every member in Boston, and 
with as many more new members. 
William Stone. 
