THE FUNERAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3965, 9 November 1875, Page 2

THE FUNERAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Te the Editor. Sin.—l am a very weakminded man, and Mi' Quick is a very persu sive one ; so in a moment of weakness I consented to become a member of the i'Mt.A Then the-o was a little out'SCfiption— T think I gavohdf a sovereign. I know I looked down the list, to see what others had given, and pm, down the smallest coin I cult with d<-c° ncy. Now I see by the advertisements thar tip.- Asso i;..tion Imr purchased a hearse. This is cheering. But I should like to have kouk thing more for my money. Wheie the moral influence of the •ss'-isiVi'in in'ri'pr'Ksiinr the cut and extravagance <i funerals ? tight we not to ~- eet and enc unge one another, and hive tea fights, or concerts, or dances, or something or other, so tli 't we may I'econie known to one another, and keep one aim. her i- countenance whtn we go t" a funeral in a ■ i lyc-i ek- ! al and colored c. ti>is? ('an w haw ihe he Re out for a ■ i y's :'ei^-uii';>• when n"t, wanted pi.fewona"ly? I suppose it i-a bright-colored vehicle - r>'i) picked out viih blue, or some hing of the kind Who is ihe secretary? I hope he will answer these questions I an, <*tc . A Party who has hecentlt lost his Mother in-- aw. Dunedin, November 9.