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Show GOING TO FUNERALS. Tho habit of going to funciila grows upon one so that It becomes rir. tually Incradlcablo If properly oncour. aged. Such funerals as thoso of Grant and Sherman aro grandly solemn. Mourning gives placo to morbid curl osity to witness tho spectacle and lis ten to the lofty strains of brass bandt in dead marches. Thoro is something deeply lmprosslvo about a military funeral. As for tho ovory-day funeral with Its real crepo and grief, nothing Is so growsomo. I hopo I novor shall ho obliged to attend any but my own, and tho thought of doing that is not cheering. I am willing to leave funerals fun-erals to thoso who dearly lovo thorn. New York Press. |