The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-10-16
.or UNDERTAKING.

eal un'e late circumstances cant
/, in moo 200 for a funeral. which sum
" over sslndes A dozen carriages
Fual'y 'srals cost much less. For
Isuy "udertaker must put the BODY
20 the ...snd to the digging OF the
i'e' t"rnj,h camp stools, the coffin
ave. q . dozen other things, al a o, w trn !
I'D ,,oney. Carriages are worth ron
= ,o ''s7'' apiece according to the Dis
nee" u.o.ors receive commis.
-. from livery menP'
"ir nsonl, suppose. On a basis Of a
Z ea ,, i,neral. with twelve carriages at
|: ' via the undertaken would real.
ass than $50 for his time and
'.,h ys Surely. such compensation is
DO brooklyn undertakers ever send
liars to bereaved families. members
which are dead'"
.'vot that l know Of. That practice
.,,ishes to a greater or less extent in
Nv York. An undertaken who would
.t,pds on a deceased mans family for
y nurposeo Of plying bis calling would,
ai.l commit murder. The thought
. . man sending circulars explaining
nature of his business and giving
[.i,ss i to a refined mind a%trocious.
ba..;bIy. some undertakers carry on
yah practices in the districts inhab-
I'D b, the poor, but il SO I'm not in
to.,ession Of their names Not so
E,ny wears ago undertakers were con-
|'1or,d in the same light with hang
Many people have a horror Of
4 profession and would 90 blocks out
4 their way to avoid passing under
shops. OF late years such an
tinathies have ceased. and the high
members Of the profession now
themselves funeral directors
IBID YOU ever know Of a doctor aid
an undertaken in securing a
sase'y' was asked.
mot exactly. While I know Of no
in which a physician willfully
Tiled a patient SO as to furnish an
udertaker with a case, l could name
ANY doctors who recommend certain
odertakcrs to bereavcd families. Posi-
Y. the physicians whom l have refer
nee to don't receive commission, but
,echsnces are thatthey are reimbursed
y their trouble. Do you know that
individuals are fascinated by
nerals? For three or four years !
,ticpd that an old lady, attired in a
shabby dress, was often
resent at funerals of which l had
large. At first | thought she was a
lative or friend, but finally l became
rious and questioned her. LEARNED
she had a mania for attending
lerals. She keeps a record of the
lerals attended and the list when
t | saw her numbered $50. The old
" tells me that she has attended as
NY as three funerals in one day.
0 can cry at a moments notice, and
tally sheds tears at the funeral of a
lns girl. The queer individual
Ter notice comes very near to what
professional mournor is supposed
be. The mania for attending funer-
Is not confined to woman. One
n, with a round, chubby, good
.urcd face, is a frequent yisito. to
ny of the funerals OF which | have
lrge. 1t has q somewhat democrat
lg effect on most men to attend a
eral, and is liable to make them
and thoughtful"
What feeling prompts people to at
d funerals of persons with whom
y were rot acquainted in life?:"
Many have Il morbid
iosity in regard to the dead and are
III times haunting morgues and hos
us. Such men find comfort and
asure in attending funerals
Are the poor so lavish as formerly
heir expenditures in burying their
d?'
hardly think SO. In former years
las the custom Of poor people, and
re especially Catholics, to bury their
d in the most cxtravagant manner.
I'VE had charge of funerals in which
re were no less than two hundred
Widows have often sold the
$ from under them to give their
respectable burials. The GUS
Of having costly funerals Is dying
thanks to the efforts of the Cath
clergy, who have for years de.
need the practice as an injustice to
living, MANY families. Al moor ms