The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-21
CREMATING THEIR CHILD.
TIE CHEMIST FATHER BURyIyG THE
BODf IN ms OWN WORkS.
Exploding some senseiess Rumors that have
been Anoat-u"w the Ashes orthe ChiId are
TO he Preserved-M hat Both Parents say.


been Anoat-Uow the Ashes orthe child are
to he Preserved-M hat Both Parents say.
Certainly | have no objection to telling
you about the cremation OF our child" This
| was said by Mrs Julius kirs'hner. seated in
| her pleasant homo AT 3O7 East Fifty-sNth street
last evening. Two healthy. happy children "a
boy and n girl, aged respectively & and TO-
| played about the room-the dining room Of a
nicely furnished fiat Over the mantcl was n
motto God is Love- The table was being
| spread for supper by q domestic and while tho
reporter waited to see Mr. Kirschncr. who wns
momcntarily expected. Mrs Kirschmcr. who
may be dcs 'ribcd rs plump. fair, and 50. spoke
| composedly Of the cremation.
" am sorry the mother said. that the re-
port has been circulated that the child was ere
mated on account Of family differences on re-
| hgious matters. We have no uuarrcs. My
husband IL the kindcst Of men. the hest Of faith
crs. and we lead here u contcntcd. happy life
Indeed my husband il too kind. He il Kind To
II fault TO his wofkmcn. kind TO his children,
Kind To every one. II IS cruel and unjust to say
that he has done this. or we have done il from
any hard feeling. or for want " feeling for the
child. We had all the affection that parents
could have for child eight days old. and did all
We could for 1t. Some osslis or busyhodics Of
ncighhors have probably circulated the rumors
We made no secret Of it. We had a regular GER
tiilcatc Of burial and an undertaken. and the
n"ishbors were asked hcre 10 see the body and
came in We at first proposed to put il into the
Lutheran Cemetery. hut. MY husband chose to
have il crematcd. and consented"
But are there no religious differences be-
tween YOU and your husbandw
Well. don't care 10 speak u that He was
DESTROYS Of cromating tn" child. and consent
ed That is all there is about It. My husband
/ l.uaN Il z Al.
To- the conclusion that he would like 10 hc burn
Ell that way himself There was an elderly lady
who lived with us who came to the same concu.
sion. and Meta there, our girl. thinks it is the
| best way; don't you. Meta"
" Yes. think It is the best way the girl re-
Piled.
" should be. sorry to have stir about it in
| NE nap,rs Mrs. kirschner continued: not
| th"t W. have anything to cunccal. hut it l. an
| moving to have people gossip. But ~ to its
being heartless or cold blooaed any one who
| knows OF our haupy homo will never accuse III
of that. Mr. kirschncr is man OF means. he
provides u with every comfort and no ono
VINO could see MN would over accuse him VI an
unkindly thought
Have you preserved the ashcsf"
| Yes. Mr.. hiischnor has preserved them. hut
ne has not yet brought them home. He in
tends To enclose them in n beautiful vase ap-
propriat"y inscribed. and We shall keep the
vnse IN our paror ~ n memen'o Of our dear
child. Why not l. that not botierthnn tu have
II consumed bywormsY l. II not a. well as to
hay" body roughly aud ,arel,sslv handled hy
the undertakes II was always ropusive To
ne to see now they seem to be clad when they
have "A CORPSE 10 bury"
Are you not afraid Of eossring noghhors ?"
Why should W. he fearful of what people
say W" mind our own business and have no
our doing with our child's body rs We have
son III 70 do. Perhaps should feel different
WIN larger enid. or nErown person. But |
could not see anything worse In cremation
,tah IA me asani praetiee Of giving child
takcr Tor burial. We have made no secret of
our cremation and have heard no open pro-
TT from nelshhYrsi But here comes my hus-
band. and he will tell you moro about IT,"
Mr julius kirschn.r. the father Of the Gre
mated child. Is aruddy-faced. robust German
ah"ut 90 years OF age. with pleasant. genial
iace-a man whose amiability Of temperament
II Tue sirlslhg I'ht ia his character. Although
hirscbner docs not speak English fuently. so
spcaks English charmingiy, acted as inter.
chemist. and had caused the cremation of tho |
chili IN, his own laboratory by his own work
for the manufacture Of utramarine blue |
ana therefore had ut command n fur |
lie said that the body was enclosed in an iron |
rrtort pushed quickly into the flames. and n |
mAutiul white color without the slightest Of |
i"usive smell Al n low heat. he said. the pro- |
duct OF IN" body would 10" sUphat" IL ammonia /
.Ndr oi carbon. and sulphate II hydrogen. and |
We smell would he insianetnc0us. But. in this |
duef of theconln huston WIS water. rarhonicacid |
sullhurous ncid and little ammonia and the |
eumnustion almost Instantaneous.
but have you no religious scruUes against |
No, II is still dust to dust We are hut re-
turning 10 the practice II tho Greeks and Tho |
Romans. What could Ire more afieci,ona;. than
tn preservation Of the ashes - the dond ever |
WIN ", us day 10y day IN our homes There is
ashes Of her dead husband thnt he might really |
De- one iiesh with him. Who shall say that |
nshrs OF ny 'hlld t" giving II w forever 10 the
u,,v u
should like To- show the bin Of an under
tker ioT iqnrral beside the blu Tor cremation.
rematdn SSta That Is the sG Sr @ arr G t
f"r "a" adoption Of cremation hy The poor
Bat Mrr kirschncr continued, that was
not our reason Tor cremating our child"
No, certainly not. my dear; any one who
knows us would know that; but 1t should be
cYnslderati9n Tor the poor, who are 50 often
Mr. Bernard kolb. the undertaken who sun
Piled the coffin, says that all the arrangements
were made for the funeral and he got n permit
"trry. But he WIS ordered t. take his coffin
AWAY, and when he asked where was the body,
he was told it had been cmhamed under the III
matter 10 the Board Of Health, as he believed
was his duty. He thought that "A permit 10
bury would not authorize a man 10 cremate a
body. He understood that the reason for the
1r nation was the fact that the father WAS u
Lutheran md the mother Of jewish relation
snlb ana that they had compromised By having
The following is the on a report Of the case
ns transmitted to DR.. Day. Sanitary Supcrin-
91g' ns eono5 ne 70 ' cHGr ea the
Mhn died On Nov II oi Hundi,c aud rrarnsinus The
ma was eisht DAYS old. amt was attended nv In
L. stern OF NJ East riAu,h street The niih,r
VINO resides at 3u7 Fast Ilfly .ixth sirrri'
anphcd to kolb nndcrmtcr, Of 10 sccond
avenue, VINO obtained Terult tn bury th,'
child. and provided a coffin M That turpo4r The a.
th"r suh-c qucnty objected and with the ai, ice Of h
ply srinn. ercmned tn h"l, nr is hy procession
enc mist ana mhnliactures ultnnnrne blue lie voun
iarN comic ssed that he had placed the hoy iu an IRON
Hack and inserted this in furnace his factory lie
nuW has the aslts IN his 3. secession.
Respectfully submitted
ALLAN MoLANt IiAHilIoN. sanitary Inspector.
Very Neatly Expressed.
b., H., IN ,.,go Mines