Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-08

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WHEN tie RTsiwoods Bioom.
Omaha. May b.-To tho Editor
OF The bes; The whole nation OF
Japan takes a holiday 10 celebrate
cherry blossom time. The redwood
trees now In bloom In Miller park
compare very fayorably with ths
cherry blossoms OF Japan. There ID
not q more beautiful spectacle than
Miller park today with these red
wood trees Ia blossom against Q
background % tender green and the
white birch trees with their delicate
leaves.
No man. woman or child In oma-
ha should mias seeing that beautiful
sight. within the next three or four
days everything will be AZ the height
OF Its beauty.
The little wooded island In Miller
park would lend itself most besu-
tifully TO classic dance and tho
banks of the LAX. would hold thou
sands OF people 10 enjoy Il.
Spring comes so suddenly In this
climate that II In worth celebrating
and there never was a spring as
beautiful az this spring. The frost
spared everything this year. The
city OF Omaha has provided free Of
charge To its people the most beau
iiful sight imaginable In Miller park.
We ought all OF us appreciate II
at least enough 10 20 out and SEQ
II In tho spring time. II you want
10 do the greatest amount OF good
take somc OF the shuilns out and
show them Miller park. You will
be amply repaid.
Omaha's Animal shelter.
Onawa. Ia. May Ito the Ed
itor OF The Bee: In the issue OF April
rs OF your good paper appeared an
article with the heariire animal
Shelter 10 Cost $4,000" Can any
one with n thinking brain imagine
such 4 vast amount OF money being
expended for such building I'm this
land OF ours, where 80 many little
children arc In need Of bread, and
enough to cover their little
bodies? And every day our papers
are filled with tales Of suicides. OF
men who are unable to support their
families. and have become discour-
,ged and heartsick. and given up the
,attle. because they cannot earn |
enough to support their little fam
lies. All living expenses are high. |
II we'll as rent and coal: and. work |
ls hard as no can, laborinG man |
an hardly support family. There
4 extra expense of sickness or hos
,ital bills: he gets behind and In no
way can he make both ends meet. |
fet intelligent people will plan and
provide and build q home for anil
nails for 10000!
Did you ever stop to think what
8 would mean to a man with fam
ly. or poor widow, II at the end
II the week you send them a sack
II flour or a half ton of coal, or
Johnny a pair Of shoes? Do you
tnow what q burden you would lift |
rom that weary heart: how their
aces would light up and they would
eel that life was still worth living
hat some one did care whether they
lad enough to eat or fuel to burn?
You say, "Oh. we take care OF our
,oor; we see that they don't suffer-"
3ut do you realize, my friend. how
many men and women there are In
he world that are too proud to ask
or help, and rather than ask WIZ
Ilmost starve? These are the peo-
'le that need your help. Hundreds
4 such families. no ooubt, in your
ity today. I hear some one, say:
II they are too proud to ask let
hem 60 without help" Put your
elf, my friend. in their place; see
that you would do.
Perhaps once they had plenty, and
tile did they think they would
ono to want: but circumstances
ave brought about this change
ong seige Of sickness. death or loss
( property-and they wake up some
forming to find they have lost all
hey had.
What are the headlines in tho
aper April 30-"100,00O homeless
eople in our southern states" In
he twinkling Of an eye almost.
vell-to-do people lost their all. A |