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Show "Mra." Not Put on Tombttone. "How often ono hear thu eprot-lion, eprot-lion, "HIih Juat got married beoiuto ah wanted In have Mr, put iui he tuniUliinn." No, thla aeema a ery natural atalement In the natural lla-teller, lla-teller, aaya the I'hlhidelphla Itecord, but. aa n matter of fact, there are few tombalnnea that have "Mra" on them, aa very recent Inlervlewa with grave-dlggera and church aeiiona hate ilemoiielraled, o the woman who In-tenda In-tenda plunging into matrimony with tie Idea that ahe la going In be known aa Mr Jnckon or Mra. Illnckaon after death had better healtntu before ahe take any deapernte atop. I.'veu afler death a married woman a only conaldercd vnrt of her hue band'a property, fur out nf aevernl bun dred toinhatnne Inveallgnleil none had (ho appellation Mr., whim every ono had "Sarah, wife of." or "Jane, wife of." When tho Invvatlgntor nuked nuk-ed an old aeilon well veraed on tonrV atono loro If there were any tomb-atonoa tomb-atonoa with "Mr." on them ho replied: re-plied: "Well, I've been aceln' lo tho buryln' ,rPntarrled"Tvomen'"fir"th" laat nfly year, but I nln't never aeen a tomb-atono tomb-atono yet that had a 'Mra.' nn It" |