Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-27
MANY PLACES WORTH SEEING
Omaha is Surrounded with Beauty
Spots to Attract the Eye.
Art Galleries and Museum Collection
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stock Yards WIN Also Keep
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Parks in the summer. spring and fal
are the best possible places to while
away the hours in a pleasant manner
Omans has a park IN every direction from
the downtown district and street car
lines run direct to their entrances. In
the summer the parks appear as one vast
block OF green. In the autumn and fall
the parks are more beautiful than ever.
The beautiful green foliage changes color
until the park is green, yellow. red and
brown Tho tsll trees protect the sloping
green's and the lawns remain soft and
firm until late In the winter when the
frost eventually kills the last lingerln'
bit OF life. Squirrels roam at random
around Omahas parks and are never
molested. not even by small boys that
have propensity toward throwing
stones The driveways in the parks are
carefully macadamized and are kept IN
repair constantly. so that for the visitor
who only remains in Omaha a day or
two a motor ride through the parks lie
an enjoyable treat The driveways con-
meet at all sides Of the park and thread
through at every place, allowing COM
plete view OF all tho beautiful shrubbory
ana fouage Whlle PASSING
MILES ~ BouIevards.
Connecting with and running through
the parks OF Omaha are the boulevards.
The boulevards are still more or less In
an uncompIeted state and Omaha can
hardly boast Of boulevards until the
compilation OF the central boulevard
around and through the city and around
Carter lake, but that part OF the Central
boulevard that is completed and Flor
once boulevard are beautiful driveways
They afe excellent roads and riding over
them after they have been recently oiled
IL very much like riding on a trans
continental railroad. The homes that
have been built on the boulevards have
been erected by discriminating home
builders and were all planned to secure
the largest amount OF architectural
beauty. Parking along the way adds ef-
fectiveness 20 the contrast between boule-
ward and sidewalk. while along all va
cant lots shrubbery, trees, hedges. vines
and other kinds OF foliage have been al
lowed to grow 80 that in many places
olinging branches extend overhead and
shut out the sunlight completely.
Minna Lusa station.
For the convention visitor and espe-
caally the visitor from the smaller local
| ity, the water works pumping station is
q good place TO visit. II is not often that
citizen takes the time or trouble to
view the water works in his own town
and as the Omaha station IL very large
one. many take the advantage offered
and examine the one in Florence. The
huge pumps, the immense reservoirs. the
rip-rapping on the river. the mechanical
system. the chemical system. all interest
and thrill the visitor.
Two very interesting places for teach
ers to visit while the convention Is be-
ing held here are the public library and
the city mission. The public library is
one OF the best equipped In the middle
west and is purely Omaha's library and
is supported by the city and not by any
endowments. At the library. convention
visitors will find several thousand ref
erence books and innumerable curios and
collections The Byron Reed collection
Of old coins and the Manderson collection
OF indian curiosities are especially inter-
eating 20 teachers. During the eonven-
tion Of teachers the Art Guild will hold
an exhibit in the library. The exhibits
OF the art guild are held in the library at
various intervals during the year and are
always very interesting and pretty.
Mis- Charity InstitutiOn.
The City Mission is omaha's biggest
charity. Visitors to this city can ascer.
tain the methods OF a large charitable
| organization by merely making a short
visit one morning because their work Is
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but what something new comes up. Even
to the uninterested person the systemR-
tiEed work Of charitable organisation
cuiiar working methods.
While some visitors look for amuse-
ment or entertainment in a city others
look for something different That Is
why the stock yards in South Omaha are
attractive They would hardly be enter
tanning TO the person who saw them sew
eral times a month or even year. but
TO the person who never saw them are
fascinating affairs.
AZ the Packing Plant.
The killing OF the cattle. the cleaning
and dressing. the packing and shipping
are all new and unknown. The systems
employed are very different from the
| systems employed In other lines Of busi-
nesA Few people come TO Omaha and
fail 20 witness the packing industry IN
South Omaha.
Another interesting sight TO visitors
from smaller places Is the grain ex-
change when the members are on the
floor buying and selling. II viii be
difficult TO understand Just what the
members OF the board OF trade are try
ing 20 DO. but the way they do IL will
be sight that is very seldom seen.
The constant yelling. the commotion.
the hurrying messengers and clerks are
all fascinating TO watch.
smelling Plant.
Down by the river Ia the largest smelt.
ing plant OF gold and silver ore In the
world. Huge furnaces. the engines.
everything is wonderful within the
smelter and the manner In which they
bring clear metal from apparently dark.
black or light white rock is sight
that viii never be forgotten The smell
ter IA one OF the points that no visitor
should overlook
For amusement, six theaters furnish
an ample supply. Musical comedy.
drama farce. comic opera. vaudeville.
stock and burlesque are played at the
various theaters, 90 that no patron will