ENDOWMENT OF CHURCHYARDS.
ITo THE EDITOR. OP THE SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—The natural and pathetic interest in the grave: of our soldiers (shown by the letters on the subject week by weeks should rewind us that a large number of them in the aggregate are in the churchyards of England. These too should he duly honoured and eared for. Quite npart, however, from this special interest, cannot more be done to make our village churchyards in better keeping with the idea of their being the hollowed resting-places of our loved ones? Surely "God's acre " should be the most cared for garden in the parish. The cost of the upkeep of the churchyard usually collies out of the " Chureli Expenses " fund, and it comes lest in the order of thing: necessary. I write to suggest that a very small endowment. which could always be augmented in small amounts offered by !hose who care, would soon make a vast difference in the appearance of our burial-grounds. A friend hiss offered me SI to inaugurate such a fund in our own village, and the chore!. wardens have gladly fallen in with the idea. This .15, investel in some war fund, will of itself produce enough for one day's labour. A little more, offered, it may be, a few shillings al a time, will gradually meet the whole root of mowing, planting with spring flowers, and generally keeping the churrhyard to a state of simple but effective neatness and seemliness. Why should not the same process be set in motion for every chureh-
yard in the land?—I am, Sir, Se., BUR U. DE
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