Show dipley AT FUNERALS ante mortem request of genry enry ward waid Beecherl that hat thera be no funeral I 1 ornamentations no draping drai jing in black and that none iii ot emhe the family faintly should assume su the toppings pud and the suits of woe has been literally fulfilled instead of the cust customary mourning flowers and crape lilies of thib valley 1 white roses anda bound with white ln instead stesa ot otI black ick bands appear a at t the doors and wherever required in the house douai this is peculiar and striking but because of that it peed not be condemned as beecher himself said what 46 i the sense af of ostentatious arief grief over a stepping from this tn is life e into a brighter and better one sure hure enough when when one I 1 inks of it arant where la Is the sense the tyrant custom and a desire to comport with the feelings le elios of the bir bereaved as much as possible are perhaps all that k kep f e what mr beecher termed the MR barbarous practice in vague at all the views of ef the late Vies president ident Brig bigham bam doting yoting you UR and president george A smith were smilar to those entertained by br mr be beecher deher in to diamay at funerals |