The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR FrNER,Ls.
Old women Of Eastern Penu,yivanis write Ont
distractions COVERING Every Detail.

READING, Sept. l5.-Nearly every aged per-
son dying these days In east Pennsylvania
has some directions written for burial. Not u
few 90 so far "a to name the preacher they
want, the teNt. the hymns. the burial place. the
pallbearers, describe the shroud. dwell on the
funeral meats. name the number OF carriages
and wagons. describe the grave and materials
10 he used, the casket aud lining, plate and
trimmings and inscription on the lid In fact
nothing is left unmentioned. even to the kind
of stockings aud slippers. (. said ono old lady
who has written out oil her desires:
Il have omitted nothing. Everything want
done is written down. | know how | want Il
they don't, IL write IL all down they will do
as [ say, and then I am sure. ] told one OF my
daughters that II she'd allow any flowers to
be placed near me, I'd PRen ny eyes I'D my
If any one has flowers TO give me, let them
send them in while | live. l hate to go TO a
funeral and see pallbearers who are enemies
10 one another. or who never knew the dead
person we'll. I know my best friends and !
want them to carry me when die, They are
all friends 10 one another, Not long ago
heard n hymn SUM at a woman's funeral which
! knew she never liked 4 In life, and never, helped
TO sing. There are funeral hymns don't
like, and that's the reason have named the
they'd sing 4 Would Not Live Always" /
would not ike that so well. There, are 80 many
persons who would like to live always, but
an not one Of those. Suppose they'd put a
white shroud on me. I despise white shrouds,
and that is why wrote down 4 gray shroud
last fall he had all the Specifications written
out in detail, even 10 the nails. Why shouldn't
We have all the specifications for our burial
My sister wa buried a few years ago and
when ] jorrneyed one hundred miles to her
funeral, TO my disgust found out the minis.
SPOKE to him i she could avoid q How do you
sS.%E h' Th sPtnI Is ir ano T ! H resso ma" Why So' p @p iS
should write out all their funeral desires before
thy die; ] was at a funeral we years ago with
FOR dinner for the funeral guests. along With
meats and pies My friend roundly, abused the
idea OF cooked beans for, a funeral and when
have written ont the bill Of fare for her funeral
dinner no such mistakes would have been made
81 want notS nnnsa hot F sSryTd ~ my cl .enT m,si dl 10
cold, and then there. will not he any such fuss
IN the kitchen Last spring was az a funeral
some Of tho preachers felt offended I. There
were six there They said people were too
eager to accuse the clergy Of being overly fond
GGf ar cG IiSerar S sSo " 1SEsr nT wfG,s s' II d SH1Ss' Sp a.
bless nv soul. whom she died. they killed a
dozen Of her iayorite hens and stewed them
out her desires before she died no such mlsora-
bio mistake would have happened. and the
chllGTIs"nS would hayH ! hH SGm ny,N Ioo 10 t ii IDA Gay oc,o
NfNNs INV NV " - - ~ Jill
who has a verv dark complexion. II she Is all
snrcad out with q shrOud. Of black satin.
Women should study these things, II a woman
has a long thin neck why should she have on n
low-cut shroud n n woman doesn't know
how 10 dress herself whom she IL dead, lei her
consult some person who has taste. and then
write down what she Is told, Dead people
should try 10 make as good an impression as
possible. for tho last look 81 friends. and
nothing should be left undone TO bring ont
the remarl, after the funeral Didn't she look
nice Nothing false should ever be ordered
for the dead. want white gloves. and ] have
50 written Il down. a friend Of mine has po-
sitivcly ordered a corset for her funeral When
sick her back gets So tired that her DOCTOR or
dcrcd her 10 wear a corset IN bed Well. she's
going TO wear one when she's dead II thew carry
out her written directions. There is no dan
ger that thew wont obey, The written re-
Quests and orders Of people who die are re
garded as sacred II ] order nv old family
horse 10 he killed NV heirs must do II MANY
people do this 10 save the dumb animals from
being abused Other old horses are pen
stoned and provided for, But what Il ordered
about buryipg the dead must be carried out.
even TO the Inscription on the RrRvcstones,
The old lady concluded bv saving: Il, like
many others, haye grave clothes all ready
made. hut we find out that II Is necessary TO
provide written Instructions. for funeral de-
tails, aS well AZ making a will TO bequeath our
prOpprty."