House & Garden 
PORTION OF THE MARZORAT1 TOMB AT MILAN, 
BY BARZAGHI 
First, we have the cemetery statue and 
monument. Some of vou no doubt will 
smile at this. I do not blame you. For, 
cemetery statuary is, in general, in America 
and often in Europe, a disgrace to the family 
which paid for it, and fit to make the dead 
turn in their graves. But if you go to some 
of the European cemeteries you will find 
many monuments, among the ugly, so fine 
that they are a positive source of consolation 
to the holder. Consolation is a “ sweet sor¬ 
row,” to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare, 
and dear to all of us in moments of disap¬ 
pointment when we need sympathy. And 
therefore, cemetery statuary above all should 
be not only plentiful but of the finest kind. 
As such, it could render a distinct service to 
the afflicted and become a source of moral 
help to any city. 
The proper function and wonderful possi¬ 
bilities of a cemetery have never been fully 
exploited. But, that it could be made so 
beautiful as to be a source of great mental 
and moral help to a community 1 am certain. 
The main requisite for it is that the statuary 
be fine and not absurd. 
MONUMENT IN THE C’AMPO SANTO, GENOA, 
BY FABIAN I 
Besides the consolatory statuary in ceme¬ 
teries we should have such public monu¬ 
ments which commemorate the sufferings 
and martyrdom of large bodies of men or 
important individuals as are involved in 
battles and in such catastrophies as the 
blowing-up of the Maine, for example, and 
monuments to a Lincoln or a McKinley. 
When we raise a monument to a martyr 
we honor him and, at the same time, find 
consolation for ourselves. Remember that 
the function of consoling is one of the 
most important in life, and in the past 
has been, and still is, largely the principal 
source of the spread and staying power of 
Christianity. 
But the most important function of open- 
air statuary is to stimulate the nation to 
activity. 
The Greeks were the greatest, most refined 
and intellectual race in history. They gave 
to mankind unsurpassed models for every 
form of art from poetry to architecture and 
for manv things besides. Their love for the 
beautiful was so strong that they strived to 
perfect not only art but their bodies as well. 
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