The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-22
THE MAKING OF eRAvEsroNEs.
Assuages the Grief of widows and
Dries the Orphans Tears.
From the Chicago Herald.


my task in life is to dry the tears of
widows and orphans" said the tom bstone
artist as he leaned back comfortably in
his chair.
1t was cozy spot, this office. The
windows stood open, and a gentle breeze
stirred among the young foliage, whose
tender green made a pleasant contrast
against the cloudless sky. The wide road
that let past the house to the very gate
OF GraceIand Cemetery, was lively with
vehicles that contained mourners of
every degree, from the violently sorrow
full to the TRANQUILITY sympathetic variety.
The sable plumes Of the hearse trembled
In the warm spring sun, and one of the
drivers smoked his corncob with all the
decorous gravity the occasion demanded.
at is beneficient dispensation of prov
idence," continued the philosophizing
sculptor, 'tnat a good tombstone has a
most tranquilizing effect on sorrowing
widows. mention widows particularly,
although the effect is by no means CON
fined to them. Widowers are not exempt
Cases have become known to me where a
good-slzed, nicely polished headstone
causes sorrowing relict of the male gen
der to recover his spirits so rapidly as to
allow him to lead a successor to his de-
the lapse of SIX short months. Such
cases, in fact, are quite frequent. On the
whole may confidently claim that moth
ing heals wounds caused by death as
quickly as do those craven images of
despair tom bst tones. Here is a case in
point Early last summer Young, bloom
ing widow came to me to order something
nice for the grave of her deceased hus-
band. You know that q pretty wido.v
lOnxC oh n Inc - l.
well they know it. This particular one
was sumner, and no mistake! Says she:
WANTED TO AssUAGE HER GRIEF
'Will you please make me as fine a
monument as money will buy for nv dear
James. He was such kind husband to
me, so indulgent and SO liberal, and he's
left me good business and everything in
apple-pie order, | want to assuape nv
grief at his premature departure bv n fine
stone erected in his memory. Money is
no object" And she gave me detailed in
structions about it, and had to make the
inscription on the stone very strong
lndeed TO adequately express her
feelings, and she shed tears more tina
once while talking about him wall
the stone was put up, and it looks
very pretty indeed. You may see IL from
here-right up in that corner of the
cemetery, the white one with the nrn
on top, you know. She sent me her
check for $500 promptly, and the next
Sunday saw her paying q visit To the
grave Of her dear James. She looked like
Niobe-the picture of womanly woe. Well
10 cut IL short she was the widow az n
popular saloonkeeper on South Clark
street. and two months later she mad
married her barkeeper. She beat the
record. That was the shortest time
ever knew customer OF mine TO get o YER
II. hear she don't live very bnpniIv
with her second husband. He is ieaions
and spends too much money on races and
such. Put II down in a general
way, that all these Testimonials ~
GRIEF and bereavement, like tombstones'
statues, mausoleums, etc, have most
satisfactory influence on mourners' IL
seems ~ compose their feelings wander.
iullY. AND, 81 course. they have a rlpbt
U ieel that way What Is nicer than n
real me tombstoue' Except, perhaps' A
that is" "' s'''"H
~ course, 10 this estimate some allow.
anee must By made Tor The professional