Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-06-23
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Cnlerta:<ers Recommend Ecnnoniy wien
eve- They Are Consulted.

Especial lIOrftSllbIicHcei
Boston, June 2l.-"It is q fact"
said an undertaken Of this city 10 me
today, '*that tho desire for costly funer
ais is somewhat Oh the increase here,
notwithstanding the hard times, and
suppose ii every city III the country
There are plenty Of loen who save aHd
skilnp, 10th with Taga-l to themselves
and the members Of their families, all
their lives, who are not at 81: ecoIoln-
ical when there is g funeral il the fam
lily. This tendency is one which mast
confess ! 90 net understand, but st the
Same time il il ore which funeral dircct-
C1s do net seek to discourage very
vcl.clacntly. On the other hard, we do
not urge excessive expenditure Of money
at funerals 1t would hc III tie very
worst taste, and in the long r:sn such
urging would undoubtedly damage the
busineas Of any md; ;rtal1or. 4 great
deal is left to our own discretion, Of
course. The member of tho family CT
ti2C friend 10 whom tho 1uty q order
ing the caszct and making r!o-t'lary ar
ra,lgcnlCIts generally IS left is rot apt
TO try to bargain OyCr the matter. lIorc
often than otherwise our inatiuctinns
are simply to provide fittinsly, 2cccrd
ing to the locu1ls CT the family. 1t is
very rare indeed that we get moro def
mite instructions t}laa rot to 60 beyond
g certain EcT1re, and the experienced!
ti1ltlertall caD generally gange pretty
accurately tic a7}lC1ilt ho s}io1..a e2-
pend, ovcn if 4 su1a is not named, atete1
he has visited the house.
''Jt is nc: at all unusual for the very
poGz to 50 to IN c.l'oiisa fac iieycnd
their means IL b,.ryilag relations, to rtln
into debt which it will take years tc
liqrijlat4 in order TO 90 t!}o last thing
that Gun be done FOR the departed well,
ard III more t!oa,i one instance of this
sort which I remember ii My OH,r biasi
,l.ss I have lad to counsel greater econ
Olny t,l;.n was proposed, It :t1cs liGt
al.vavs 10 to counsel restriction Of OK
refsos i. s,1cli eases, fer tine people Gre
often very sensitive at such times. Ji
! late year; some Insurance companies
have i Introduced what may b. called Q
! fn;.cra, branch int, tl?cil nesa--t}aat
IS, agrccins TO furnish q funeral that
| shall cost give! sln foI the payment
of q snail weekly premium
''T!lc average cost Gf : funeral hero
these day? ccGia not give a,l csti-
mate | oss1l get np & very 1'aspccta5;o
funeral for SO CT $50, Tho cas'l"!
would TO imitation rosewood, oak o.
walnut; the body would lie ICED, some
/ thing CT & floral display co,1l9! be Elade,
tie burial lot bought. The f.r;svo dug
| and enc carriage i'I:l.2i: he'd. Some Up
| dcrtakcr3 would charge moro Io1 thG
same f,liecas' Yes, there j.: some cc1liIe-
tition among u.1l.art;sI1ers, tut Of course
It must Ije 3 ;3ecorGgls sort. Thoro arc
urdertajsers Who pay doctors commits
sicus fcr notifying tI"n, Of approaching
deaths, anl in many smaller cities Ill,
I 9ortahcrs and cGr0,lers make conl9)ina
tio,ls
''There is 4 tendency on the part CT ;
few Of the more sensible EcIao2s TO &c
duce some Of tie eXtravagancos. CT ftl3,'zr
ais, and the evening funeral is muol
more common f;l:2n it sv2:s d few year:
ago il is fer the sake Ct economy q
time that uiis custom has been intro
duce,l, however, for i is much easier
for busy 1acil 10 attend funeral il t}lt
evening than i'll the daytime. y
s. /. Johnson.