The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-10
CREMATION'S ODD PHASES.
WAYS ~ WHICH PEOPLE DISPOSE or
ASHES OF THEIR DEAD.
One widow Credited with Eating the A.hes
OF Her Husband Many Ashes Scattered
60 the winds-Dodies From Abroad 10 Be
(rematcd = Com plications 1hnt uann.n

In connection with cremation. but perha-s
the strangest ~ them all was the case Of Mrs.
Matilda francefort. Matilda ate her h.,-
band. wilton sounds clnnibali-'ic. but Ism,
In 1896 Mr.. francefort left his sphere 1,
usefulness In Brooklyn and his soul. II IL 20 hs
hoped. scared TO a better world. Az for l,
body, they took It to Fresh Pond and cra-.
mattel Il, Then his widow went after III,
ashes and took them carefully home win
her. All widows do not. Some don't ev-,
buy a niche Tor them nj the creinatory OF Day
storage for them n hscrilar.
But Mr.. Frauc'furt was different SLs
got the ashes Of the la'c Mr.. 7. and carried
them home In a jnpauued TN tov. Ike a "a
canister or a spice box. Perhaps that Ra,
what suggested to the sorroWlU. wi.oa 30
disposition She should next make or'ha,
AtHuy rate she decided TO eat them Their,
was mach to Ice said In favor Of this r,au.
1t was economical She wolli save the az
pen-e Of an urn and a niche and a monument.
by being oil that herself. Then. too, she ori
the dOar cremated had lived together .or
thirty-one years and she was lonesome VITA
out him. She was Informed that the asAe,
would enter permanently into her system ara
&c seemed TO be q clear case Of eating your
cake and having II too. Anybody could go
thai under the circumstances It was the only
way Of keeping the family together.
Having decided to eat her husband. ia
next question vas the manner IN which b,
should he served. Mrs. Francrcort wen, ovo-
his qualities vii a sorrowful helrf Hel,i
been a witty man: there wa n.vaya q -i'rv
flavor in lis conversation NT-. fraucc,,.s
| med" a note '~plc"
Then She deAcd anybody 70 say tina, IA.
had no. been the salt OF the earth Aru'. :
had a bit Of a temper Not" nUmh"r '.re-:
'I"ppcr. Bot then. he wa aINats -|r,s
- her Final mote sugar ,!rsr,} NJ.
tranccfort'~ po,t-Wor'om Specially shol.tu.
IN the coudimcut Inc NJ, /. determined
to take him a. seasoning
80 -ho put "a plnch. u him in hey co~ee 70
boiled ~hfd. A. luncheon he Went into 80
tea AMI contributed distinction - IL" .0IJ
ply ~ Mr.. frHnoefo'i's ashss went Gown n
more wars than one. Anl whp'eVe- '!e
gentleman may have dom ,u life. there e CUs
th'ng sure. b" never d ,ngr''d Will ms widow
when he was lead. though a lttle ~ nm
did pcrhnps 20 q long way
People Nho take t. cremation seem 10 hars
n fonInce- tor having tntlr ashes scattered
t. INC winia Iher" was ne hrst r.n v.p
end 4 the eighteenth century n Sou'tcrr,r
hy tho raue Of Lawrence l"ft n. r'st".t ,
b" crcmHtod. Ills sons built n furnace 49,
pecia!ly and the first orcuqt,on-no lLIiau--
took place % Anr'"rl'cn -oa
inEton Pa, and hi ashes were scattered
upOn the Hudson RIVER. IN'n 'N'T" was
tru"st Rosin. who. in 1877 stood on -" Lq..
bridge over the Mississippi, end poured ~
fathers ashes into tho stream below. Ia
both cases the dead men had asked 20 he'aG,
thrown adr!ft ~ Is said that Joaquin Miller
has made q similar request.
Another case II tn" anne kind vas that y
William Petersen AuIlahy, an officer n ~
MEXICAN and the civil var. IL, BODY Va
cr"maJoi at Fresh Pond In lSas and tho widow
Her husband had asked her to scatter thrri
abroad on the fret windy day after h!s re-
nation. She waited until q gallo was blowing
and then in the. prcsepoe of some OF her lu--
bands frond, held the ashes ont nv hana-
fnIs and let the wind whlrl them away,
At Rrombnrg. GERMANY. in lso7. the eshss
Of ono Robert Arors we're .vli Al ruh,i1
auction FOL, 1915. The purchaser was not :
member o. inG fsaL mfn,s ialn.i Ia,
ing who wantei The ashes badly enough 10
rar sS,6 for them. 1t would seem. toe, thu
for e. - would hardly have been offered -
Il re f"rnnlns 81 Arbi. Sage Richardson, the
writer who died ir Ttqlv. were brought % thi,
country 10 Nc Crou1fod. They woe ir"i'-
from ~" sock and was cremated on tho
K e. , Firia';, BODY Wa Is. pl, o 9,Tso 70. n, lhsoG,
Islands and was buried there. II Wa a long
time before h"r friends got The money -
p,thc- 20 bring TIE remains t. fh!s C%ol1'r",
but Y was analiy done. and th"v wc~n oro-
mated AZ san Francisco Mr. M''tnv, -
whose EFFORT. the carving ont - Mis- Iields
Frarcisco >, Boston in a handpag allied witt
flowers The ashes. wer" finally buried -
Fi.ldS mother
Egmq, Abbott: the singer, was cremgt-t
the gown IN witch the bod wa, lNrne,,
I wa an imported gown =, silver ,nnt ro.4
it- cost at s5.Or That may nav" io"n :
triae j. SR, but the gown was certainly worth
\ peculiar cnse was that Of J 2 Davis eri
~ ~ WIZ ira i h gt was q o"ili.rnia mtagna.r'i
usual s'2e. because no intended 20 have l'
own mingled with his wlie's when be SHOULD
whcao L tdid die it was in PHILADELPHIA. art
he body. n" had no sooner eTbalmc. q:
or, mat" It So b" cromnted IL Then =
was inr'rnGtei 70 -eof on nc oshe,. hp' US
he declined To do until his bili for emhRlm.rs
and or"mauu: had been settled
In. III" iu"artlne, trouhl" over. tho dad
mars will bed broken cut in california 81
peculiar stat" of affairs came 10 pass IT.,
urn with the wlfe'S ashes-which ra''el
a." husbands ashes we're held in PNi'adolplA
a. ,"cln'y for the nndortakcr's bin
Aprpp6S Of California Crempi.ons. 'Hor.
TTne That ~ nurrnrt tho. young ruurI'ra'.
! h" oreW,ato~ies IN Suu Francis" vern y
sgu"a'nish that they refused 1" burn 80
body AMI the father had 70 take II 10 lasRterl.
IN" medical men of the State had hoan aocr
Interested IN the Young man and vorc UrN-
- have the brain for examination -
fanny was det"rulucu they should not get.
- ,tl.' rather cid not let The coffin ont 81
i-ht uitl he saw II placed IN the rcrort 2
thn Ia>udenn CTemntory
i't EilWlIN haV" sometimes been Crnrr'o.,
oul NE. prl(" Instance of this KIND was wtrl
a u j LONDON woman hrd n pet YorFEaf,
'elfl"T' named Murk"". Crema-.d ami 80
is!"r placed in n tS.uuu urn
Branch ~ of the tgarmHksrs' In formation |
I mon - az IA" Labor lvCcuIn IN last Tu.r',
On the top Of "a desk there I.. or Va
l"l iphE ago. a novel exhibit II wa p r.
'''lou o' ii'ren rUl> ami one urn, C,rf1ia.
h' ashes. OF ,iNf""i members OF the ur..r.
"a "a NuN!' a!OuI -ldC of the bowling ..
IN the Anon clubhouse there IL a SuI.r
v.."'i.ou u' the ashes IL dead Ariprif,.
li"'"n b"'trHrI, one OF the Dp>iurIr'.
credited with carving her hu-laE.s
ie,gS an q cNsWols bag SUSPENDED frur
chain around her neck As the o.. -
rom d iu!I grown body weigh from tire,
10 ''' pounds u is doubtful u the s!-o-
al 'i"d nor" th1n "a sWall glY.p!r ui tr-
husband with her IN that way ii D., uy >
I'hl' tnUugh Tor s~grN.Nry
10 carry the ashes 81 the uelai.,I
NIih 'h'm Whenever idoy travel.
What the Mig ~" Meant.
F5ow re inuth's Comagrtou