PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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are six cemeteries, Elmwood, Cedar Grove, 
West Point, Forest Lawn, Magnolia and 
Calvar}-, embracing about 250 acres. The 
grounds were laid out by the city engineer. 
There are offices and rest houses at Elm- 
wood, Forest Lawn, Magnolia and Calvary 
which cost about $7,000. All of the grounds 
are under perpetual care. The number of 
annual interments is about 1,800. 
Elms, cedars and oaks are the principal 
trees, and our illustrations show views of 
fine avenues of elms and oaks that are 
over fifty years old. 
E.xtensions have been made to Elmwood 
and Cedar Grove in recent years, the prin- 
cipal improvement work including road and 
lawn construction. 
FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, OMAHA BIRD SANCTUARY 
An account was given in our April issue 
of the efforts of the .Audubon Societies in 
trying to get cemeteries to provide for 
bird protection and the encouragement of 
bird life. 
broadcast, through the medium of the As- 
sociated Press, an invitation to all ceme- 
teries in the United States to turn these 
burying grounds into bird sanctuaries. Be- 
ing a member of the Nebraska .Audubon 
‘‘A/’ery naturally the biggest feature of the 
Forest Lawn sanctuary is the absolute pro- 
tection and genuine affection afforded the 
songsters, and who will ever know what 
balm these gloriously feathered friends 
H. S. M.A.XN. SEC.. FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, .\ND THE WREN HOUSE IN OLD WILLOW TREE IN FOREST LAWN 
BIRD BATH AT JOSLYN MAUSOLEUM. CEMETERY, OMAHA. 
In our .correspondence with cemeteries, 
the movement was heartily endorsed by 
many cetemery superintendents. 
We are glad to present here the story 
of how one cemetery has already taken up 
this work and make a real bird sanctuary 
of its grounds. 
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, has al- 
ready a well-established system of bird 
protection that was inaugurated through 
the efforts of H. S. Mann, secretary of this 
cemetery. 
The Omaha IVorld-Il erald recently de- 
voted a full page illustrated article to tell- 
ing of the work for bird protection, giving 
Mr. Mann credit for the work as follows: 
“To H. S. Mann, secretary of the Forest 
Lawn Cemetery .Association, belongs most 
of the credit for this great sanctuary. Him- 
self a lifelong lover of the songsters, Mr. 
Mann last fall addressed, a letter to the 
National .Association of .Audubon Socie- 
ties at New A'ork, suggesting Forest Lawn 
as a bird sanctuary and asking advice as 
to procedure. It is interesting to note that 
about three weeks after this letter was 
mailed, the National .Audubon Society sent 
Society at the time of its rejuvenation last 
fall, Mr. Mann discussed Forest Lawn as 
a sanctuary during one of the regular 
meetings of that society at the public 
library. His suggestion was enthusiastically 
received and on December 14 Dr. Solon 
R. Towne, president of the Nebraska Au- 
dubons, addressed the Board of Directors 
of the Forest Lawn Cemetery Asociation 
on the sanctuary suggestion and was cor- 
dially received. About a month later, acting 
with authority tendered him by his direct- 
ors, Mr. Mann wrote the Board of Educa- 
tion offering to furnish material for the con- 
struction of bird houses to be made by the 
pupils in the manual training classes of the 
Omaha schools to be later placed in Forest 
Lawn. This communication was tabled. 
Nothing daunted, Mr. Mann ordered forty 
bird houses from the boys of Fort school, 
and these are now seen throughout the 
cemetery sanctuary. Nineteen of these 
houses were especially designed for wrens 
and upon our visit a week ago to Forest 
Lawn we were astounded to find that every 
one of these houses were occupied, as well 
as many bluebird houses ! 
have given the wounded hearts gathered 
about a graveside at the Final Moment — 
in return for this affection? 
“Far upon the crest of the most com- 
manding hill in the cemtery is the lot and 
vault owned by Mr. and Mrs. George A. 
Joslyn. To the west are the scores of un- 
improved acres of fields and tangled under- 
brush. a veritable paradise for certain kinds 
of birds. To the east are the thickets of 
healthy trees, bushes and vines, well kept 
lawns and walks and roadways. This is the 
meeting place for all varieties of songsters 
and here Mrs. Joslyn, ever an untiring 
worker in bird protection, has erected two 
giant bird baths of granite in connection 
with the benches at the Joslyn mausoleum.” 
“Besides the cardinal, gorgeous guardian 
of the outer portals, we found ourselves 
hobnobbing with scarlet tanagers, brown 
thrashers, wood thrushes and catbirds 
which amicably shared the paths and road- 
ways with us,” says the writer in the 
Wnrld-II erald. Many different sparrows 
busily fluttered under foot about the green- 
sward, while white breasted nuthatches, 
chickadees, bluebirds, Baltimore orioles, 
