New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-01
FLOWERS, SMILES AND RAIN
SACRED RITES OF MEMORIAL DAY
GRACEFULLY PERFORMED BY WOMEN.
THE PROFESSIONAL woMAN's LEAGUE BELIEVES
1N1uE HAPPY PART OF THE PROGRAMME
GRAVES COVERED WITH ROSES
TREES PIAANTE


GRAVES COVERED WITH ROSES
TREES PLANTED.
!. was raining in a most incorporating manner
At 1890 o'clock yesterday morning but al tha' pre-
else time nevertheless. the members OF the FRO
fessional Womans League put In an appearance al
the East Twenty-th!rd-st. ferry and. after waiting
twenty minutes for Iate-come!s. proceeueu
on their way to Evergreens Cemetery TO place
flowers on the graves Of deceased members In the
Actors Fund plot. The delegation consisted OF
Rosa Rand. Aunt Louisa Eldridge. Mrs. j. s. Fer
guson. Mrs. Albertine Perrin. Miss Sue Belle Mead
and Leopold Lane who, though a man. looks upon
himself as q kind of Quasi-nlenlber. and Is GER
,a,nly by his services to the League. entitled to
that honor He accompanied the delegation to
Evergreens last year. and is tower OF strength
at bazaars Mr.. Lane had provided himself with
a trowel and on his arrival lot Of cut flowers and
a DO, OF daisies sent by Mrs. John Drew were
handed over his At the cemetery the
party met by Mary Shaw. Mrs Edwin
Knowles and Nine. Cottrelly
About an hour and half was spent in the plot
Miss Rand in charge Of the work and IT was
on her suggestion that this beautiful memorial
was instituted.
The League has undertaken to decorate not only
its own graves but all those In tho plot, and last
year IT had them covered with ivy. This year
rose trees have been planted between each grave
They are Of all kinds and colors, and the firm
which placed them there has guaranteed TO keep
them In good condition and TO replace any that
Gle. Miss Rand was fortunate enough 10 secure
these at cost price. otherwise 1t would have been
impossible for the club to do so much. Her first
inquiries TO the price OF rose bushes filled her
with despair, about 50 dozen being the price
asked for them. and she was the point OF CIV
ing up her idea when gentleman who had over
heard her last interview handed her his card and
said II she would present II to A. Rothar Son he
thought she would be able TO make more salts
factory arrangement. The card requested the
Messrs Rothar to do as well as they could for the
bearer and they Ola SO. The beautiful rose bushes
were secured at 81 dozen. They will blossom in
July and August but will not be their best until
next summer.
Miss Rand wishes next TO put some large flow.
ering shrubs in the plot, and thinks she may do
IL this season. she has money left.
Quite a large fund raised last year. Lolita
sending 800 and Mrs. Barney Williams contribut
ing another handsome sum- so that II was not
necessary 10 ask for much more this year Some
donations came in unsolicited. however, among
them being so from Virginia Harmed Sothern,
who sent the money with the request that a bios
som be pu: the grave Of her friend Marion
All that had 10 be done YESTERDAY morning
10 place cut flowers on The eight members graves.
placed beside Miss Fries grave. When this was
done a few flowers still remained and Mss Rand
placed them Oh the graves OF other women In the
AUNT LoUIsAs WISH
The expedition was not al ali a melancholy one.
IN spite Of the nature Of the GRAND for Mrs Fer
The dead II is the living who most likely TO
need tears"
And then Aun, Louisa of the party and
Aunt Louisa is irrepressible. "She would joke on
her deathbed," say her friends. She and Miss
Rand got into quite arsumen. abou: cremation.
Aunt Louisa declaring 1t 10 be beautiful and
Miss Rand calling it horrible" But Aunt Louisa
does not much care what becomes Of her body. so
long as It is wrapped in the Stars and Stripes and
the banner IS allowed 10 float over her grave
i,rr
of Hose present but Mar Shaw could no; see
any in getting excited over country that
some one suggested that Aunt Louisa would
have 10 be buried in the Ac;oIG Fund plot whether
she wished il or not. The profession would Gelhanu
IT, and moreover, they would have 10 take me +,
Academy OF Music for her funeral Mrs. EldrldSe /
said che had no objection. bat she didn't want 10
lie in A row with the others. She wanted more |
prominent place ard she wanted them all TO come !
and drop a flower on her grave on Memorial Day: |
commented Miss Shaw. and everybody laughed. |
Aunt Louisa the merriest or al:
The graves of members buried out OF town were |
decorated on Sunday. There arc few Of tnesc-the |
ion: OF Mrs d. 7. Bowers. in Washington, OF Nrs.
LINDSAY NcGreeor IN i.Crchmont. ana the graves I
OF Mrs Margaret Manton Merrill ana Mrs. Char
lotte Gregory. In WoodlaWn"
OTHER GRAVES DECORATED.
The monument to the martyrs Of the PRISON ships
In Fort Greene Park was decorated yesterday by
the Daughters Of the Revolution. while the Woin-
ans Relief Corps Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public took charge Of the decoration OF the graves
o! soldiers of the Civil War in the various ce!nc-
terles OF Greater New-fork
WOUANS PAGE APPRECIATED.