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the location, surroundings and other details 
before determining upon a design. Such a 
course helped the cemetery, the lot owner 
and the monument man. He felt that a 
cemetery would be justified in giving its 
lot owners the names of firms that render 
such service. 
The question box furnished a number of 
subjects for discussion, one of which, ‘"Are 
revenue stamps required on cemetery 
deeds?” brought forth such a variety of 
proper planting.” Just how nicely this 
could be done, in fact had been accom- 
plished, was shown by views taken in a 
number of leading cemeteries. More than 
sixt.\- views were shown, all of them more 
or less suggestive of showing how not to 
do certain things in a cemetery as well as 
how they should be done to get the very 
best results. This address will appear in 
an early issue of Park and Cemetery. 
“Ancient and Modern Cemetery Me- 
typical Virginia shore dinner was served in 
the Casino. The menu was as follows : 
Olives Pickles 
Lynnhaven Oysters 
Clam Chowder 
Fried Lynnhaven Spots 
Softshell Crabs 
Corn Bread 
Smithtield Ham 
Corn on Cob Boiled Potatoes 
opinions that a motion was made and car- 
ried to get a ruling on the question from 
Washington. 
In the afternoon the members of the 
association were given a boat ride around 
the harbor as the guests of the Chamber 
of Commerce of Norfolk. Steaming up 
the harbor on the steamship Memphis, 
numerous places of interest were pointed 
out by the guide, one of these being the 
largest coaling station in the world. When 
the Norfolk Navy Yard was reached at 
Portsmouth the party disembarked at what 
is said to be the largest navy yard in the 
L nited States, and were shown the big dry- 
docks and machine shops. Here are in- 
terned the German auxiliary cruisers Prinz 
Eitel Frederich and Kronprinz Wilhelm, 
and near by is the Little German Village, a 
colony of little one-room houses construct- 
ed out of scrap lumber by the ingenious 
sailors. Each house has a style of its own 
and has been given some fanciful name. 
A little garden of annuals gives a touch of 
cheer to the surroundings and affords a 
pleasant reminder of home. 
The visitors were allowed to go aboard 
the Eitel Frederich and a number enjoyed 
the privilege of conversing with the sail- 
ors in their native tongue. The U. S. 
steamship Mohawk transporter! the visitors 
back to Norfolk after a pleasant after- 
noon's outing. 
“Planting covers a multitude of sins,” 
said Sid. J. Hare, of Kansas City, Mo., 
during the course of his interesting ad- 
dress on the value of trees and shrubs in 
creating landscape effects in cemeteries, at 
the evening session. Continuing, he said : 
“Mistakes and errors of many kinds in 
the cemetery can be hidden ’or screened by 
morials” was the subject of a comprehen- 
sive talk by S. B. Duffield, of the Vermont 
Marble Co.. Proctor, Vt. Starting in with 
some of the earliest Egyptian pyramids 
and obelisks, the speaker illustrated and 
described a large number of the world’s 
best known monuments, including many of 
the present day. 
Thursday, the third and last day of the 
convention, brought a decided change in 
the program. Trolley cars were taken at 
9:30 a. m. for a twenty-mile ride to Vir- 
ginia Beach, where an hour was spent very 
pleasantly. Quite a number availed them- 
selves of the opportunity to take a dip in 
the ocean, w'hile others were content to 
look on and breath in the invigorating salt 
air. Another trolley ride brought the party 
to its destination at Cape Henry, where a 
Tomato Salad 
Tea Coffee 
It need hardly be noted that with appe- 
tites whetted to a keen edge by the long 
trolley ride and the bracing air, the guests 
did ample justice to the toothsome meal. 
After posing on the beach for the con- 
ventional group photograph. President War- 
ren called the convention to order in the 
Casino for the final session. Papers were 
read by Dr. R. N. Kesterson, president 
Greenwood, Knoxville, Tenn,, whose sub- 
ject was “Starting and Operating a New 
Cemetery" (printed elsewhere in this issue), 
and Owen T. Smith, secretary-superintend- 
ent Oakland, Freeport, 111., who gave the 
result of his experience along similar lines, 
the title of his address being “Establishing 
and Operating Cemeteries in the Smaller 
lIAVINt; (tool) TIME IN THE SURE. 
Photograph ciiurtoHy of K. K. Unssell. liuffalo, N. V. 
