Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-10


city, the law requires that burial shall
take place within twentyfour hours
after death, and If the body is TO he
buried IN one of the cemeteries within
The city limits or placed in Il vault it
must he put not only IN the regular
coffin, but, i'll addition, in IL hermetic-
ally scaled lead collin, which fits close
~ inside the other, IL glass insert per-
uniting the face only to he seen.
AS soon us a person dies the room in
which the body Is to he laid out Is
transformed by the undertaken into IL
-'capilla. ardicnte," or lighted chapel
that Is, the room is darkcned, the walls
are all hung IN black, IN altar is erect
cd ut one end, in front of which the
body is laid, and the whole is lighted
up by from six to dozen large cun-
dies in heavy silver candlesticks three
feet high.
AS the time between the actual
death and the burial is so short there
is usually not time to send individual
notices 10 friends, so the invitation to
take part i'll the funeral services. us it
is called, Is printed i'll the papers in
the following form:
GUILLERMo PIZARRo.
thj f- Q. L. p. d.
date of dcath.)
' His wife. Mariana ". his children Man
ucl, Benedicta and Amanda, his mother.
FRANCESCA G.. Luvellc his father-in-law.
Antonio p. Valdez, his brothers Luis and
Carlos. his sister Maria. his brother-in-
law Jose. his grandchildren, unccs.
nephews. cousins and other relatives. in
wife you to accompany the remains OF the
deceased to the Recolctn cemetery, Fri
day. the 18th. at 2:30 y. IN.
In the Church OF the Holy Cross n mass
for the eternal reposc of his soul will DO
sung from to 10 q. m. the body being
present Tho family Will take part In
tho one at 10 n. IN.
The leave taking of the deceased will be
by card
Only invitation.
Q. E. L. ID. mean "Que ell paz
descanse" MAY he rest in peace.
If the death has been long expected,
SO as to give time to have cards print
ed, one about 3 by 6 inches, with n
mourning border thrce-puarters OF an
inch wide. with the same wording. Is
sent to the nearest friends, III which
case the words "Only invitation" are
omitted from the death notice In the
paper.
ices and the burial are distinct ccre.
monies. 1t not being the custom for
women to accompany the body to the
cemetery.
The expression, leave taking will
be by card" means that friends attend
ing are not expected to come up per-
sonally and condole with the family
at the funeral, but there Is usually Il
servant In black livery, furnished by
the undertaken. either Mt the house or
at the church. with silver salycr OH
which visiting cards can be placed.
In default of this. Oh arrival ut the
cemetery, OH one side of the entrance
gate is high wooden desk painted
black, and on 1t pencil and paper, and
fastened to one side n regular kind OF
letter box, also black, with slit In
the top.
Into this the card Is dropped or the
name written OH Il piece Of paper, and
these are collected by al attendant
and sent to the house after the funeral.
In few days, to all those whose
cards have been received as well as to
those friends who have written notes
OF coincidence, the visiting card Of that
member Of the family to whom you
may have addressed yourself is sent or
the card Of the member OF the family
Who may know you best with the
single word "Agradecido," meaning
'"Tbanks for kind sympathy"
The funeral procession of the well
TO do is preceded by a large, covered
landau, with glass sides, In which are
piled the floral offerings, and just be.
hind this comes the hcarse, drawn by
-four or six black. horses, with two men
OH the box In black and silver liveries
and wearing cooked hats.
The :heUrse is n huge affair, open at
all sides. the top or canopy being sup
ported by four life sized figures of
Philippians, carved out Of ebony, and
tits surmotiiltcd, by six huge plumes
two feet In diameter, made Of. black
Ostrich feathers. The coffin lies on
black cloth, with tile initials Of the
dead IN full view ut the sides, worked
lin silver.
The cemetery itself Is veritable
city of the dead, for, instead of hay
ing mound with q headstone OF mon
ument, regular little mortuary chap
iels, chilled "panteones," are built by
leyery lot owner, completely covering
1.-THE plot Of ground he holds.
These are of stone or marble, about
twelve feet high aud from five to