Show patent grave marker the expense of a funeral in a large city baa has grown to such proportions that the average man commits more extravagance in ill the act of dying lying than he ever did during life it has been suggested that a much less costly form of gravestone than itsu usually ally erected would meet all the requirements of affectionate remembrance mem brance and respect and the suggestion has been carried into effect in tho the patenting of a grave marker 11 this is simply a Ine memorial morial leaf it consists of two outer plates bent so sa as to form A i holder for leaves or tablets adapted to be suspended from a frame to receive e and retain objects desired to be kept as ine mementos of the deceased the tablets beneath the outer plates can be designed in any desired form and as they have slides of mica or transparent material to protect the tokens ay any object such as photographs 8 sketches etches k etc can be inserted for instance sketch of the life of the departed or a portrait or a lock of hair can be placed in the receptacle where it is securely protected from tho the weather and as it is covered jay by mica it will mill last for many years without bleaching 0 or r decaying now york commercial advertiser |