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is also seen in several interesting modifica- 
tions. 
The general type known as the “exedra,” 
first developed in our public monuments, is 
still popular in many variations and for the 
more imposing architectural memorials of- 
fers many possibilities in the variations in 
treatment of the central member and of the 
wings. 
Some original and unusual forms, such 
as vase and seat monuments and cinerary 
memorials, have made their appearance, 
and have been effectively utilized where the 
desire is to get something entirely different 
from the conventional monument. 
The year’s best work in monumental de- 
sign has been not so much in the devel- 
opment of strikingly new and novel forms 
as in the refinement of the common monu- 
mental forms — the more successful applica- 
tion of the principles of good architecture 
and decoration to the prevailing styles and 
shapes of monuments. 
Probably no more typical examples of 
the successful use of the beautiful tablet 
form in ordinary cemetery monuments 
could be found than in the “Clemes” 
monument, executed by the McIntosh 
Granite Company, Ltd., of Toronto, and 
the “Knepper” memorial, by McDon- 
nell & Sons, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Barre, 
Vt. The first mentioned was designed 
by Robert D. McIntosh, and the “Knepper” 
was studied from a German design. 
The original was a prize design select- 
ed in a competition of German artists 
and architects, and the designer has very 
successfully adapted it to the uses of a 
modern American cemetery memorial. 
The beautiful architectural effect se- 
cured in the “Clemes” by the buttressed 
members at the corners, and the carefully 
studied top and decorations, will be ap- 
parent to any eye. Every line is harmoni- 
ous and every member executed in good 
taste and just proportions. To enhance 
the monumental effect, the work is cut in 
only two stones. The two bases are in 
one piece, 6-0x3-2xl-l high, and all the 
rest of the monument in one stone, 4-Ox 
1 -4x6-8. The work is twelve-cut and the 
panel is finished alike both front and back. 
The “Clemes” was cut by the McIntosh 
Granite Co. from Barre granite furnished 
by the "VVells-Lamson Quarry Co. and is 
erected in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. 
This memorial is of much interest from 
the point of view of original design, al- 
though not the largest or most expensive 
work this firm has erected. 
The "Knepper” monument is one of the 
finest types of the best art cemetery mon- 
uments that has been developed in Ger- 
many by art competitions and exhibitions, 
and secures its effect solely by the correct 
combination of architectural lines and 
masses. It shows how beautiful a me- 
morial can be made in this way with a 
minimum of decoration and a severe sim- 
MONUMENTAL TABLET DESIGNED IN GERMAN STYLE. 
Executed by McDonnell & Sons, Buffalo, N. Y. 
