The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-10
MEN WHO BURY.
The Life Of an Undertaken Anything bar n
Sad One.

AN things considered, IN undertaker's
life is a very pleasant business"
The speaker was one of Philadelph!a's
best-known undertakers, one who for moro
Than quarter of century has seen the
bodies of many of her best citizens decenlly
inferred.
Il do wrong TO say an undertaken,
though" he continued, and some of my
younger professional brethren would take
me severely to task for doing so. We don't
call ourselves undertakers any more, but
funeral directors"
Is any special preparation necessary TO
become an undertaken"
Oh, yes; like every other business il
has to be learned. I was employed in an
undertaker's Office when boy, and though
afterwards tried another occupation went
back to undertaking, because l found IL
agreed better with my health"
Is it healthy vocationP"
There is no more so, because there ia no
confinement about it. An undertaken, when
busy, is constantly in the open air, going to
the houses of his patrons, riding to ceme-
teries, etc."
1t it profitable business ?"
The profits are considerable, but there
s SO much loss that very few ever get rich
At it."
In what does the loss consist fn
In not being paid for your work. We
are SO often compelled to get up elaborate
funerals, for which we know we will neye,
receive cent. You are surprised TO hear
me say that We are compelled to do 30. /
VIII tell you why. Say that am employed
by very wealthy and influential family.
AS it includes many branches, there are n
host of children and funerals are frequent.
Consequently their patronage is of very
great value. They not only employ me
themselves, but they recommend me to their
wealthy friends. Now almost every family.
no matter how wealthy, has poor relations.
These also desire my services. know thew
cannot pay me, but if do not go shall of.
tend the wealthy members and lose not only
heir patronage but their recommendation
ind good will, 80 must bury the poor onei
'or nothing and lose enough by them tc
more than counterbalance what make by
the rich ones.n
There are many different types Of grief,
are there not p
= Yes the grief of husband for his wife
is different from that of mother for her
child, while the grief of children for their
parents is different from TINT of wife for
her husband The last is the most intense
form OF grief, except that of mother TO,
her child, which it very closely resembles.
=" The grief of wife is usually muel
greater than that of husband, and botl
husbands and wives who make the loudesl
and most paroxysmal demonstrations of sor.
row are generally the ones who soonest con.
sole themselves with another coniugal part.
ner. Experience has convinced me, how
ever, that for man to marry within short
time after the death of his wife, or for n
woman to do so soon after the death of her
husband, is by no means mark of disre-
spec to the memory of the dead. On the
contrary, l have conc to regard it as tri.
butte TO their worth, for have noticed thu,
it is generally people who have had Happy
married life that soon marry second time,
while those whose marital relations have
been unfortunate as usually in no haste to
again adjust the matrimonial moose about
their necks. - hiiodelDhia Times.