Show FUNERAL ETIQUETTE time was when a funeral procession was given tho the ri of way and ai all traffic suspended as it wended bended its way along the while people removed their hats and stood in mute respect to the dead but things 0 have chanod materially it in some atles the rush of the times has feces alippi clipping ng off some of 0 the so cm bales of a funeral with special refer nee ince to tho file procession to the cemetery and the remains of the departed lead are now given a bu buggy ay ride if 11 juch inch an expression might mi bo be permit od ed 1 dy by that is meant that the solemn march has been cian changed ged to a 1 trot dot in order to save time and it is not un an uncommon thi thing ng to see a funeral procession pass along tho the street at a lively clip this community has not como to hit hat r yet but the other customs enumerated at tho the beginning of 0 this article have long since passed jno 10 disuse no longer does a man who has urgent business hesitate to drive past a 1 funeral cortege on a trot without removing his hat bat or paying any attention whatever to the solemn procession accompanying the remains of ome person to their last resting place neither do people passing along the sidewalks show that deference that yc olden timo time claimed us a custom for only the spirit of curiosity actuates the passing alarco as the cortege goes by and now we have caught the spirit oi of the time to such an extent ctet even the street cars will not atop ivi hiie the funeral procession is crossing iu Rs KS track as was the case one day last week the city car came bowling along at alively ali voly clip with cla clanging nging gong signalling sign alling the drivers in ia MO procession that a breach must be made in the line in ia order to let the car pass A serious accident was wag narrowly averted as a plunging and rey rearing ing team iu the procession was finally finaly controlled after having tle life nearly frightened out or of them by tho the car which all but grazed razed 0 choir ar HOBOS as it went on its its way down he bo street this Is indeed a fast age and if wo v 0 o keep on at the present rate our solemn things like funerals als n ahl lil have to got gat the spirit or a special dispensation will have to be provided for their benefit V we Q wish to digress and condemn the action of the motorman who was operating the city car on that particular day last week however tor there was absolute absolutely tely no justification for him bim forcing a passage through that procession at the ho risk of having a vehicle upset and the occupants ocen pants injured the city car lids has not yet become so important that it must bendan endanger ger the lives ives of others in living up to its schedule there is much doubt in our minds as to the superiority of new customs over the old |