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PARK AND CEMETERY, 
PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, OMAHA. NEB. 
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb., is the 
old city cemetery, consisting of only some 16 acres 
and situated on the summit of a hill, inside the 
city limits, and commanding beautiful views of the 
city itself and the surrounding country. 
The grounds are excellently well kept. The 
old style fences, curbs and other cemetery embel- 
lishments of by-gone days are gradually disappear- 
ing under the earnest solicitation and influence of 
Mr. Callahan, the superintendent, and with By-laws, 
Rules and Regulations remodeled on lines more in 
harmony with modern practice, this urban ceme- 
of the rules. While it is not practicable to bring 
about a condition of things in the cemetery that 
should obtain were we establishing a new cemeteiy, 
we must take it just as we found it, and improve its 
appearance so far as is practicable.” 
The illustration given herewith, while offering a 
fair general view of the landscape effects on the 
grounds, also presents a feature that should be of 
more frequent introduction into our cemeteries — 
that of a rest or shelter house. This is one of the 
appropriate subjects for memorials that has often 
been suggested in these columns, and ihere are few 
cemeteries of any area that do not offer attractive 
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SHELTER HOUSE, PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, OMAHA, NEB. 
tery promises year by year to become a greater or- 
nament to the city which it overlooks, and an at- 
tractive spot to its inhabitants. 
In the introductory remarks to an illustrated 
pamphlet giving By-laws, Rules, etc., issued since 
the Association of American Cemetery Superinten- 
dents held its annual convention in Omaha in Sep- 
tember last, is the following passage which should 
inspire confidence in those interested: “To some of 
the lot-owners these rules may seem arbitrary and 
may conflict with their idea of what is proper. If this 
be so occasionally, it is certain that a little time 
spent in making inquiry as to the reason for the 
rule, will result in convincing every fair-minded 
person that the future of the cemetery, its beauty 
and perpetuity depend upon the strict enforcement 
sites for such additions to their permanent improve- 
ments. In the instance illustrated the shelter-house 
appears to stand in a prominent location, and where 
the grounds occupy a commanding situation as re- 
gards the scenic attributes of the surrounding coun- 
try, it is highly desirable that suchs tructures should 
be erected where the finest scenery can be enjoyed. 
In such a case the shelter-house serves purposes not 
explained by its name. To those personally inter- 
ested in the cemetery it means not only rest but 
worship, for who could possibly take rest near the 
departed without the mind reacting in contempla- 
tion, and this would become worship actuated by 
nature’s choice surroundings. The modern ceme- 
tery demands that provision should be made for 
more conveniences of this character. 
