Show FUNE FUNERAL RAL hSUI FASHIONS the latest in nna robes for tho the dond dead an of the ftp nae Attend juit upon a funeral bludorn improvements la 1 I to not know of any other business in fix which lucli I 1 marve lolli chang 09 have aiken place in fit comparatively few years as m in ili that ol of undertaking said aid ones one of the leading men in fit the business to a reporter for ilia iho minneapolis polia tribune ton ten or a dozen doen years ago undertakers mailo mado all t their I 1 acir own coffins coffini t they evere usually practical cabinet quakers and in fit addia addit addition on to burying manufactured woodwork wood dorkof work of all tile tho finer hinds li as well it ai 4 coffins I 1 now tile burtne of manx I 1 fracturing fac turing cof coffilll fills has got luto into ilia liandi hands of if a few big concerns concern which have a trac practical monopoly they have their in the lumber districts and if nee essary could easily undersell silly any man inan alio would under undertake talce to manufacture on a benall scalo undertakers buy front from them thein at wholesale rates the arrangement is a profitable one for both hides bides many of these firms carry a 6 tock stock of coffins worth fifty thousand and 11 dollars T they 1 icy are arc represented by drummers who instead of carrying carryl ns ham hampler hamples ples havo have books elaborately elaborate ay with cuts of the styles 11 lias ila tills this now new arrangement reduced tile ca coat s t of burial the reporter asked no on 01 tho the other hand hana a faunl funeral oral costs more now than at any time within a half century nt at least wis was w is the reply As lon ion as people insist on using wooden I 1 e coffins a funeral will increase rither rather fl than lan decrease in cost thesis this is duo to ilia tact fact that fine timber be enines eninas scarcer every year now if people could bo be induced to uso use the earth to earth carth casket tills this would bo be different this casket la Is mida made m ida of rough rattan through tho the open meshes of which ilia nir air has free access to the rd remains mains causing speedy dissolution but tho ilia very fact that tho ilia body quickly us as with the earth Is sufficient to inalia this style of coffin unpopular A man whilo while living may inay prefer cro cre matlon after death but there Is something offensive in fit tile the thought of reducing tho the remains of a dead person to which causes living fi lends friends to from froin this method of di disposing posing of the dead I 1 suppose it Is ia a somewhat similar feeling which prevents them from f i om using tho the earth to earth casket aliis style of coilan costs from fifty dollars up according to tho the tri trimming mining used while it disappears quickly after being put under the ground it is strong and answers every practical purpose embalming la Is also rapi rapidly olly taking the fie place of the old fashioned icebox ice box tho modern process groces is a great improvement over tile old fashioned way of I 1 y r q t s keeping the dead and costs but very little more shortly after death a quantity of colorless liquid is injected into th the arteries and instead of making a 0 corpse look more ghastly as fee did it improves the appearance by preserve ing the natural expression and color and by tilling filling out the features in cases of emaciation Z do you have much trouble in col acting a bills was tho the reporters next j query J well wo we lieve some borne trouble you see ece it is just till this way people aro are opposed to any thing like economy or more properly speaking stinginess 1 in providing burial for a dead relative or friend some slomo member of the family faintly goes to tin undertaker and makes preparations for the funeral promising to pay the bill afterward the undertaker is told to do every thin thing in the best style und end the bereaved berc ived family is surprised at the size of tho the bill they believe that the undertaker is trying to swindle them thinking they will not dispute the charge and thus thua they f frequently re refuse to pay As a general thin tiling people who pay promptly have an understanding as to the exact cost of every tiling before completing the arrangements range ments in some cases tho the undertaker Is ia ablo able to collect from a mans es j tate but in many ciany tho the bill Is ia a loss to him tho the cheapest funeral that of an infant will cost nino nine dollars dollar while you can expend almost any sum you want one funeral for instance that of general orant grant costing over fourteen thou sand dollars one of the most expensive features of a funeral is the music a poor quartette costing at least one hun dr dred C d dollars very frequently the cost 1 is added to by giving tho the tf r a fee 1 if a man possessed of any pro property party lies dies without friends or relatives in tills this city t tho the public administrator gives him a funeral in accordance with his means the handle hand leof of a coffin lizs much to do with its appearance of these thero there are at least five thousand different varieties rie riet ties les the latest style being covered with plush or cloth similar to that used on tho casket funerals ion long lines i of carriages are not so much in now ilia alio money being expanded on tha coffin and tho the hearse it will to more advantage daiy diy funerals are becoming moro more rare all the time the evening being preferred because business men can attend cloth covered caskets aro are now more generally used than the rosewood or black walnut coffins were so BO popular for a time the cloth covered caskets are made of pine or ebony those for young people being covered with light colored cloth or with various delicate du licato shades of coffins for elderly per ww son ii are cawly lined with black satin the most durable wood is cedar metallic coffins which now cost less than formerly aro are mostly used when the death has baa occurred from contagious diseases or in warm climates |