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essentials. It will take some study to lo- 
cate them usually and still further study to 
improve them. Many ordinary views might 
make very good pictures with a little ad- 
ditional planting in the foreground, and 
many vistas have all the principles of good 
composition. 
Many times it is necessary to specially 
treat the viewpoints so that the visitor will 
get the best views in spite of himself. All 
views are more attractive from certain 
points than from others, and a picture is 
seen at its best from one single spot only. 
Ordinary viewpoints could be marked by 
openings in roadside shrubbery, by benches 
fastened to face in the direction of the 
good view, by bays in the walks, by sum- 
mer houses and by other methods. A true 
picture might have to be marked by a sud- 
den turn in a narrow walk, by a platform 
or the bench again. The true Japanese 
garden has its Perfect View Stone, its Sun- 
set Stone and others, specially located for 
certain effects, and in touring the garden a 
special route is supposed to be taken. Now, 
in my ideal cemetery, I will have just such 
stones and I will recommend routes for 
certain times of the day, and even, perhaps, 
have a guide for pointing out these views 
for the stranger. 
The design of the cemetery is usually 
left to a landscape architect, but probably 
in most cases his connection ceases with 
the completion of the construction work, 
and from this point the superintendent 
takes it up. The landscape architect has 
undoubtedly carefully planned his views 
and vistas, but a group of trees planned for 
this spot may die, another group may de- 
velop far beyond expectations, and so it 
goes. With such an uncertain quantity as 
trees and shrubs, the best of intentions 
sometimes produces indifferent results. So 
the superintendent must first get in thorough 
sympathy with the ideas of the landscape 
architect, so that he may complete these 
ideas; but besides all this, he must keep 
his eyes open for other opportunities that 
arise as the cemetery develops. In short, I 
would have you add to your accomplish- 
ments as engineers, horticulturists and 
business men, a bit of the artist. You will 
enjoy your cemetery a great deal more and 
will be bound to improve it. 
OMAHA’S NEW MODEL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY 
NEW CHAPEL CREMATORY AND RECEIVING VAULT, FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, OMAHA, NEB. 
Front of Receiving Vault Behind Shrubs at Right. 
No finer building for its purpose has yet 
been erected in this country than the new 
chapel, crematory and receiving vault just 
completed in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Oma- 
ha, Neb. In the architectural beauty and 
landscape setting of the exterior; in rich- 
ness of interior decorations; in permanence 
and in convenience of equipment for its 
threefold use, this building stands unique 
in cemetery architecture. 
The structure stands on a rise of ground 
facing the main entrance drive, and the 
site has been improved by skillful land- 
scape treatment in keeping with its char- 
acter. 
The architect has been rarely successful 
in the stately, classic design for both ex- 
terior and interior. His treatment of the 
decorative features of the interior — in de- 
tail, in color scheme and in the selection of 
materials — has been especially effective. 
The harmonious combination of marble, 
mosaic, ceramic and stained glass has pro- 
duced a warm effect unusual in buildings 
of this character and eliminated everything 
in any way suggestive of the somber at- 
mosphere of mortuary structures. The pre- 
vailing impression is one of cheer and not 
of gloom. The white Colorado-Yule mar- 
ble selected for the interior contributed 
richly in producing the final effective and 
dignified whole. 
The building in point of convenience and 
beauty is a model and is worthy the care- 
ful inspection of cemetery men throughout 
the country. In all its features it is far in 
advance of the usual conception of struc- 
tures of this character. It is a credit to 
Omaha and a source of pride to the cem- 
etery association, the architect, and all who 
assisted in making it the finest and most 
complete building of its kind in this coun- 
try. The entire exterior, including the 
front of the receiving vault, is of St. Cloud 
granite, with green tile roofing, the interior 
finish being of marble mosaic and bronze. 
The doors and frames for the art glass 
windows are of bronze. 
The plan for the interior decorations in- 
cluded the treatment of the electric light- 
ing, much of which is concealed behind the 
marble cornice line, as well as including 
four marble electroliers placed two at the 
front entrance and one right and left of the 
apse. 
The treatment is unique in that to the 
marble, which is of selected veined white, 
mosaic inserts of rich ornament in gold 
and mother of pearl have been added, while 
the main wall's and ceiling throughout have 
beed filled with mosaic ornament in rich 
and appropriate schemes of color, the main 
walls having additional symbolism of grow- 
ing trees, suggestive of the Tree of Life, 
with its flora and foliage filling the upper 
part of each panel. 
The windows are treated in an archi- 
tectural scheme of classic detail, so as to 
give abundant light to the interior and 
show effectively the rich scheme of color 
in the wail decoration, the highest note of 
which is found in the four standing angel 
