PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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STRAUS FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL TO TITANIC HEROES 
One of the finest public memorial 
fountains in the country was recently 
unveiled in Straus Park, New York City, 
in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor 
Straus, who lost their lives in the Titanic 
disaster. 
In its stately, dignified lines and just 
proportions, the architectural portions of 
the memorial have been carefully studied 
in relation to the pool and the beautiful 
bronze figure to form a remarkably ef- 
fective monumental composition. 
Simplicity was the dominating note 
in the idea of the sculptor, Augustus 
Lukeman and the associated architect, 
Evarts Tracy, of New York. Upon a 
low pedestal a bronze female figure rep- 
resenting ‘‘Memory” looks contempla- 
tively upon the pool below. 
A carved seat of granite bearing the 
beautiful inscription from Samuel, ‘‘Love- 
ly and pleasant were they in their lives, 
and in their death they were not di- 
vided,” back of the figure, completes the 
composition which is designed in care- 
ful relation to the lines of Straus Park 
and its surroundings. There is no hint 
of sadness in the monument, the domi- 
nating idea being that of peace. 
The monument measures 46 feet over 
all. The seat is 21 feet in length; the 
pool 34 feet. The work was executed in 
Green’s Landing (Me.) granite by Ad- 
ler’s Monumental Works, of Maspath, 
L. I. The bronze statue measures 7 
feet 6 inches and was cast in standard 
bronze by Jno. Williams, Inc., of New 
York. 
STRAUS MEMORIAL TO TITANTIC HEROES, NEW YORK CITY. 
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CEHETERY NOTES 
OBITUARY. 
Mrs. Alexander Miller, wife of Assistant 
Superintendent Miller, of Holyoke Ceme- 
tery, at Holyoke, Mass., passed away on 
June 10, after a few hours, illness with 
heart failure. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
Nothing adds more to the dignity and 
impressiveness of a park or cemetery 
than an artistic entrance. The front 
cover illustration this month shows a 
beautifully designed ornamental iron en- 
trance gate for Rose Hill Park, designed 
and produced by the Stewart Iron 
Works of Cincinnati, O. Both for util- 
ity and attractiveness it would be diffi- 
cult to improve upon this entrance. 
To the Members of Association of 
American Superintendents: In another 
column of this issue you will find a list 
of the papers to be read at the coming 
Minneapolis convention. There is no 
question box' on this program. It is hoped, 
however, that members who have questions 
to bring before the convention will imme- 
diately send them in to me in order that 
they may he arranged in the proper place 
on the program. Bellett Lawson, Jr.. 
Secretary. 
The Alton City' Cemetery Association 
recently revised their rules and regula- 
tions. The principal change consists of a 
rule that there shall be no more high 
mounds made over graves ; the maximum 
altitude being 3 inches. 
The old cemetery board at Ardmore, 
Okla., composed of Superintendent Rob- 
erts, John S. Owens, T. C. Bridgman and 
William Green, have resigned. 
William Kerber is at the head of a 
movement to open the streets through the 
old cemetery at Elgin, 111. 
The Senate Committee on Education and 
Public Welfare of Wisconsin, has recom- 
mended for concurrence the Hedding bill, 
