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PARK AND CE-MRTERY. 
THE ARCHBOLD MAUSOLEUM, SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY. 
patriots during the War of the Revolution, which old 
and honorable landmark has most appropriately been 
preserved in its natural condition . 
The board of trustees, which finally recognized and 
seized this opportunity to honor their ground by be- 
stowing the present title on it, honored themselves no 
less than the memory of Irving. 
Sleepy Hollow should be made the ideal “rural 
cemetery’’ as outlined by Strauch — nothing less is in 
keeping with the origin, the natural beauty and the 
history of this spot so steeped in memories, in poetry 
and in dreams. Frances CoplEy Seavey. 
SIMPLICITY IN MONUMENTAL DESIGN. 
Although many of our manufacturers continue to 
produce monuments by the haphazard assembling of 
various members rather than by any rules of artistic 
grace, there is a growing sentiment against such pro- 
ductions by the people who appreciate and demand 
a line of work that few dealers are prepared to supply. 
The manufacturers, as a rule, are making monu- 
ments like the manufacturer of boxes or barrels, hav- 
ing as a sole object the desire to get all they can out 
of it without regard to the question of art in the 
design. 
This can, however, be combated to a large extent 
by the local dealer giving some study to the art of 
designing, or by calling on a professional designer 
for special designs and executing them as in the good 
old days by the skill of his local help. 
It is all nonsense to say a local shop cannot com- 
pete with the large manufacturers. It is possible the 
local dealer cannot execute a large order as cheaply 
as the well equipped power establishment ; but by buy- 
ing rough stock by the car load and executing the 
work as suggested above, it can be done, and each 
move along this line will aid in checking the growth 
of the much berated trusts that threaten individuality 
in every line of business. The local dealer, being in 
touch with the taste and sentiment of his customer, 
can readily determine what character of design will 
