Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-04
Funeral DIRECTORS.
srArEANoI INTERNATIONAL cONvEN-
T,oNs TO BE HELD THIS WEEK.
ru,,v 400 Delegates Expected to Be In At
tendnnoe-Thc First-Sam"d D""s 20
Assemble on Tussday Morning.

Tho Virginia Funeral Directors Assoc Ia
zion will convene in this city at 10 O'CLOCK
Tresdav morning at tho Exchange HOTEL
and on Wednesday morning the Interna-
.,on,l Association will assemble at the
samo place.
Fully two hundred delegates arc ex-
,,oc,ed IN attend the international Conven-
ton. They will be accompanied oy many
ladies and gentlemen. who come mere SIN /,
n,v 10 visit Richmond, and any number OF
funeral directors who arc not deiegatsos,
hnt who come along to derive the oenen'S
of tho meetings. ..,,.rts CON.
s;s,iny of Messrs. Joseph W. Laupe
9nha,rmanN. +. II. Christian, J. l.. Suther,
land G. J.. Billups. and }. W. Blbey. WIN
Gee that the visitors are properly entef-
tanned and cared for. l.. ~
Ihe obiect of these conventions ~ the
;mnroyement Of methods to be USED py
funeral directors throughout the county
anu ,hs extension of general knowledge
of tho profession.
TUE OPENING.
Tho international convention VIII open
on Wednesday morning at ~ O'Clock WIN
nraver by Rev. DIR. X. L. Kerr, after
wb,cs ms Honor Mayor J. Taylor E!lyson
will deliver the address of welcome. ne
work Of the body Will then begin, ana the
associatlon will be III session Two uhSs.
The stale association Will complete us
business on TUESDAY.
Tho officers Of the international organi-
zation are: President. X. Il. Bringnurs,'
of Philadelphia; Vice-Presidents, J0hh Is.
MCINTYRE, of st. GATHERINGS, ONT. iholnas
&. Roche, Mobile, Ala. and h. Is. McA'9y'
Of san Francisco; Secretary, john IL
Sbarcr. Alliance, -. Treasurer. Charles A.
Miller, Cine matt.
rhe following are tho officers OF the
Sta. Assoclation: President. Joseph W.
J,nbe Richmond: NIce-Presiden's- John
w. Brown, Hampton; II. ID. Olver, Nor
folk: ". -. Duiguld, Lynchburg; H. VI.
uanlrick. stanton, and George W. hirt/.
nj Winchester: Secretary, l.. I. Christian,
Richmond: Treasurer, James Perley,
Char ottesyiile.
ZEN THOU SAND NE,ihERs.
The international Funeral Directors As
socigtion has now been IN existence ten
years and represents thirty-one states md
Territories and the Dominion OF Canada
TIE total membership OF the state organi
ze,ions is moie Than ten thousand and the
number Is annually increasing oy hun
drrds.
Nlf.lliil lIaS bfiE flfi f1NAN'.i ~ ii2 10
four annual conventions of the lnterna-
tlonal Association aud now boasts Of q
mem Dershlp OF over one hundred.
Each ; ate with a membership OF one
hundred Is entitled TO .hree delegates IN
the national convention.
TIE MUSICALE.
While the visitors are here they will be
shown every courtesy by local directors
and the Committee of Arrangements. On
Wednesday eycnln. -aIScG' Will nt
Gwen them ia the entertainment hail OF
tue Exchange iiO'el. T. will be- und r the
management If Professor Leinhardt. and
Will b. a success in every way.
Tho committee Will Oh thursday morn
in taae the LAD. ACCOMPANYING tho
partv ior drive. All the points Of III
ieresr III and around TIE city will be
shown them. and a number Of tobacco
and other factories will De VISITED. In the
afternoon thcre VIII bs i general carriage
! drive over Richmond.
DowS liz RIvEG BY MOONLIGHT.
The steamer Ariel has been chartered
| FOX Thur, ily night. and a ride down &
Dutcn cap VIII be given the guests ty
moonlight. Arrangements nave been
made Is which tie Gap Will be brightly
Illuminated and the pictare Il WI, present
I W. iIt iI'4 |'f uuN~Nil u 81 itI .H| 80
On Friday the en- tire ATTY y llgoto New
port Sc" a-l GA Pom, sitting tie
ship-yaris nd S).!i r.' Rome
The neal .U.rtsrs 0t the funeral directors
VII hc al iAe fycla..c Not-i. wa q
pr Ymisos 90 Ue footed frol the NUN er
t. esia.4s and ccirrun'rau-nS Hr. L.
CHRISTIAN and other M oer- o. TIE c'ln-
mfftee are rec n. asking that rooms
ami accommodations bo engaged.
.iood Ihat the AS ciatI.n las Accom-
p.i.hru.
! DR.. Forman. a distinguished New York
| phy.ic.al, III Al AIdress delivered before
| the Couy enlion e the New lo,k state n.
/ ueftakcis Association. h,.i at .oaratosi 4
/ June iast. nld tnis % say.
4 moment ago / spoke OF the funeral
director d. to-day. | snail not presume 10
aftemrt = descr ptiou OF the undertaken OF
the remote past. I. IS quite unnecessary
! ID - hac1 far her than INV earliest memo.
res OF those TO whose care We entru, ted
the romans OF our Il al. Inc cheerle
! parsonage, with somOre vlsage, lace IS
eloquent and reassdrlng IA tnOugh the word
funeral" was written all over II IN large
/ caplta.s. cner, lAg rom tho gloomy atmos
| pAere Of Ls dolelII storcAOuse OF sopuichTa