The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-11

6oOo 10 DC ~ UPON . uliis WncEe nc WHO
runs will want TO read. As valuable
and important adjunct to the library, II
10 the hope Of the association to soon
open . reading room. "Our public
school system has made our people gen.
orally Intelligent, and created taste Tor
reading. Free reading rooms, contain
ing the leading newspaper and
gun to be recognized - important
means Of public education, and
and free libraries. As means Of infiu-
encing the popular mind, newspapers
are certainly now more powerful than
book. Everybody::rcads . Newspaper.
the book readers are comparatively few.
and he will be surprised to learn how
business men) do not read one volume Q
nifty Of bright and cheerful room sup
piled with the leading daily and weekly
papers and magazines, "open to III
classes Of both sexes, day and evening,
50 that those who have but few mo-
ments of leisure ~ they 70 to and from
their daily toll, as we'll 6 persons with
hours at their command can use IT," II
this u the case gensrally 1t 10 especially
. n n onS oIn CITY. vhono. H. -
- u 10y 6p6h Tor our young min
to spend their evenings except the hquoe
and billiard saloon.
We know too well the fate OF those
who frequent such placs, and feel that
It II our bounden duty to provide % soen
- possible . better place. To no
worthier object can our moneyed men
give Of their means than to such
an entsrpriss, ., shall I'M.
nish them with an enduring moaumsnt
IN the hearts Of those who nay y saved
nom walking In paths Of vice, BY the
cultivation OF taste fer llteratur0 md
a interest awakened In good and %
cation have pressed the claims Of free
schools and free Libraries. let them also
urge those Of tree reading rooms, - that
soon al three may be found In every
village In our land. In carrying out the
original idea Of the Association, We now
hope to be able to take up with renewed
vigor our litsrary work, and to accomp-
lish some real labor - students. need
not tell those who have ever been real
students what ID the satisfaction Of ae-
qulring knowledge for knowlsAge's sake.
We shall endeavor, In course OF time
to form classes TOR time work In History,
Elocution, English Literature and the
Natural Sciences, which viii b both
pleasant and profitable. A. Q preeedeat
tor such efforts, we have the example Of
many similar organizations b our
own In the East and elsewhere,
which have been very successful.
Beside the foregoing aims, It 10 . pro-
ject very dear 70 my own heart, that
there shall b sometime connocced with
our public library, - IN additional and
valuable means q educating tho tastes
OF the CommunitY, an art nueoum. Not
only do ! desire to place good literature
In the hands Of the pablic, bat that they
may also hayo q Opportunity 70 see. and
hold IN inteeest u good pictures and
copies d the mAoterpSocos Of OlaluAry.
such 40 viii refine and eievate their
tastes. and hslp 70 dignity their lives.
MANY OF you viii doubtless consider
this an impracticable and Utopian idea,
but ] believe can present to you proof
to The contrary. The Ladies' Art xsso.
citation OF New York city, numbering
only forty-eight active members, have
lately had An exhibition Of original
oil and water color paintipgs and articles
OF heusehald deoofation IN hric-a-brac,
etc., to b sold ct auction, embracing Gil
numbers, 40 Of which were paintings.
Permit me 70 quots from an able and
Convincing article by Prot. Frsize, Of the
UniveSsity o. 4iohlgsn, to be found in
the Special Report q Libraries befQre
Wenti4ned. He says, sin relation to the
feasibility 81 founding art musspms In
the larger towns, when u shall b IN
dersteod how easily the project can
be realized, with what comparative
facility and at what modeEate expense
the objects toy IN interesting aud very
complete museum oaa b obtained. We
may hope that many Of our principsl
eiries will lay the foundations Of such
collections. Some Of the most interest.
ing museums In the world, those most
valuable at 9nps tor the artist, the scholar
and the tourist, consiSt mainly Of coples,
copies made In plaster or other material
Of the great masterpieces Of statuary, aud
well executed ooptes at the great painters.
To these are sometimes addsd c0llec-
tons Of sngravings and photographs. II
would require but . small amount Of
money necessasy tor the nucleus, or first
beginning OF . gallery OF the kind. and
an annual outlay stu smaller would ~
cure It, growth and somplstion. SQph
a Institution ones asla6lished, would
gradually accumulate by donston and,
otherwise. original works Of art q well
a. copies, ana It would also in many
cases become the depository Of historical,
archaeological and ethnogrsphicai oh.
jeots.
Most OF our principal cities are laying
out large Sums on PARIS and pleasurs
grounds lextravaRahce of which sort
however, cannot bs charged to our owr
CITY In the Management Of our com
modious and elegantly kept ~ park fol
the purpose OF aaording better opp0r.
tunities tor healthfnl rscrsation and en-
joyment. And here large share Of 1t
tsntion IL properly bestowed on art IL
the direction OF landscape gardening
Of the people 70! one-halt Of the year on
account Of our long winters. 0omo ele
waiting means OF enjoyment should b
afforded for the winter - well q tn
resource 10 the Louvre or the Londoi
needed, and when an tnclement sky for
bids Ill out door enjoyment, Sucha re
source. no matter II It be on
foundations LAID In every city. Such In
stituttous are inexpensive. u sstahliShsd
scarcely sppFscisbls addition toths sehoc
tax and Independently OF any nvnieips
action In aid Of such objects, Il Woul
sssm TO DO ono Of he most attractivs an
usetul enterprises for the general Eoot
, which could be presented to ths publ
.. shirt aud local patriotism Of the weslti
!. isr class OF citizens. How eaaaiy "a
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