The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
CREMATION WINS FAVOR.
WOMEN AND THE CHURCH ALWAYS ITS
BiTTEREST FOES.
III Despite Their Powerful Opposition. This
Mode Of Disposins Of Bodies Gains Many
More Advocates Each Year Noted Men
and women who Have Endorsed the Proc
ess New York to Have Another trcmatOry

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More Advoeates Each Year Notsd Men
and women who Have Endorsed the Proc
ess New York TO Have Another trcmatory
A new cremation company has been formed
in this city. Az for the old one. II II full Of
6nsiness and is paying dividends That
shows which way the wind blows During
last year about six hundred bodies were
ncinerated at the Fresh Pond Crematory
The directors Of the new company expect
by Introducing improved methods TO more
than double the mum Der OF incInerations.
Henry Kuehnr was for years the man who
bur ned the bodies sent to the Fresh Pond
Crematory. lie Crenated almO-t four thou
sand bodies during fifteen years NJ" has
transferred his services to the new company
and expects to break records of all sorts
He has invented a new furnace and retort.
or oven. As the unInitiated call IL Whereas
With the present furnaces II takes from t""
70 four hours to consume a body. 1t j. promised
that in future the work can he done IN half
an hour.
When Roh~rt q Ingersoll was cremat"d
st Flesh Pond the people who attended IN"
incineration had 10 take Il whole day oN
In the first place II Is a long journey ont 70
tho cfenatory The fun. al pa .ty did not
reach ths:e until noon 1Ae-" was 4 delay
then about getting into the building owing
TO the arrival Of anothe" funeral AZ tho -am"
time. Ms inge-soll and her daughtar took
refuge In q nrirhho~tng hotel The spuahhlr
which broke out between certain rival "oacl-
men brought the matter down almost to the
level Of a f-ee-for-all fight The Booty wa,
finally placed in the reto t and certain friends
sat Town to wait for the ashes. There wa
60 be no possibility Of mistake or deCeutton
about their delivery The friends proposed
to -eo that the correct ashes. and all of them.
wee given over To them
But they lat there for hou's and hours
Col Ingersoll was 80 large \ man that the
tirnr necessary for the compl@t" incarceration
OF the body broke almost all records II VA
four hours before the body was reduced -
ashes and longer .till before the a-h"s wor"
signed. scaled aud delivered ~ n" frIrnde
Hitherto a m ton ha- really hung on
for three DAYS First, application hat 70 be
made 10 the cremation COM any. arrange
nents being made for the burning az N" body
on the following dav Second. the body was
taken 10 the creratorv, placed IA IN" retort,
and lott there On the third dav one could
call for the ashes Under the new regime.
according 10 one Of the directors, you can
coll IA up over the phone in the morning.
briny the body over Immediately. ana m an
hour 30 home with the ashe-
OF course. no body j. ever Crematod without
the preseutation Of a Physicians certificate"
of death, the permits az the Health Buard and
the payment In advance of the incinern ton
fee This important TEN J. laced hts55 tor
adults and S2S for children under ten year-
There are more voluntary cremation IN IN"
CITY Of New York than in any other ats in
"a. -. II hi 81 -Y.
upers and unclaimed bodies from IN" hos
ital- and the morgus are cremated IN a ruhA"
there are more lnclu"rrtl"u@
than there are in New York But th"rc ar"
not as many voluntary cremations
Cremation societies ha We found out. 80 th"y
say, that women and the church are their tNo
chief enemies. Louis IAnge. president of
one Of these societies. says that men often
CO me to him and tell him how they pin. to be-
crenated after death, how they have lahored
with their loving wives to br.ns them around
to the same view and OF how dubious they Zee
about the future The burning question with
these men seems 10 he how To get the wife
70 agree 10 the burning They -ay hell b"
sure to bury them II they happen - .N. first
The CONVICTION "a man may have that h" wont
lie easy in his grave under tho a" Circumstances
doesn't help him much but appai"ut!.,
In tome cases his un"a>lu"~- reaches the
widow For Mr. Lance says Tat women
often come 70 him ana ;sy ,,.,,nl u,,,.,
to be creinated. but ]. ba.ell persuaded, put
hun in a grave, Now want him ii,interrel
ana cremated
Hard is the way of the transsressor,"
comments Mr. lAnge
e.. and eApeGslye. too Think Of having
q cemetery lot and a granite tplub,'un, inf
the exchange and barter column 1t would
be a VOLS. 81 Git than that Of the "widuwrr
who would like to exchange ii lady, ridInH
habit Tor ANYTHING useful
The crematiouist, speak with deep feeling
Of the effects oil this feminine HutIpituy
1ley have even issued a pamphlet dealing
v 9Th the matter and containing H." following
one thing women on ght not 10 do that j..
~ cad hes about our method Nome pre-
siuIly to make Couvc'safiuu. Others VIII
evident malicious intent From + uumtc.
OF such cases one recent "a nIle may he cIt"i
here. with proof Al hand The persons rucu-
TONED are well known, hrt the real cllplI.
q woman, remains a usual under cover
VI " a friend 81 MIN" Informed M hv
" noh table. that the body If a Mrs Z NJ
her recent Cremation at Fresh Pond hat
been di-robei IN pr"'enc" Of III" m"gru"r-.
fe,a-t ~ "' '''
II my ,eply 70 Mr W ! called MS ,'or,a
wen n a pin" mmnnh t.,- a NV a'lSt,Ga''n,ys ,mi' n",
trL"n from Mrs Is body. but tHlt She Ind
t"cn. as all bodio, are undor the -t~irt
" - ~ TltNl. f'HH' 'I'lld''l 'lN1 n size
vsS h'ou ght there
To this Mr. \ answered 10 A. follows
Nr " handed m" VrV- -ptuov bat lrH~tir
lotte'. wherein Won severely ~critiri-" NV To-
ua'Es on q certain Cr"wa''or Tie it,' u.s..
u at ~" si>ie- ~ IN" deo"H-"d related - INV
fnwl" inst what ! told Mr. ~ uo"ul,. rr-t
q at the t0dv was dl~-oL.d sa"oud. hint Il
was pu' into the retort IN az Irr-thu'ir man
ner Knowing Mr. " vol. ! rrI,af. =,
him what ! had been t0ll. stating that
Cremation worked that WHr. 70 would rrp.l
favorable sentiment ~ thi- NJ " IN
formed you and elected vour strong .%r'fnr.
which. in turn, caused mo 10 thorpu giIv -ift
the whole matter and - ask Oh" 81 those
present al that cremation FIR rlrr",' pa
ttculars The result Of his invest gatior F.,
that the incidents. as originally told ne. have
not taken place. AMI TINT N'u are T~"'focily
right IN calling N. matt UUt~re ifvol care
to u-e that word hcli"N" ~" story T. No
pTodrCt 81. the imagination = -" women.
hystc,ical rom. srie', without dc,"rv NJ -
Mr. B's charitable belief docs not, IN
wipe ont tho ~tp-y Tho above
Statements Al" not tod th"i ~"
ba -"t an sNp"rl"nr" in q thDI~aud ,rrmut.ou
,e, wh.-e woman w1> CONCERNED
When II comes - tn" prher ull. F"i onamv
OF cremation. thee i also 4 pamphlet flI
Interesting explanation SAYS Vi llugC
There il no doubt that. y u"Nt sunday
every pulpit IN the land should pronounce
In our favor. crematior- would .u,ren-a IN
number BY leaps AMI bound, tn" at tIln
the Christian Church.. however. i, dis
Vet we have Friends in = ArI
among the Denomination, nrI
in the place pf honor. ure 'hr