Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-25
COMMUNICATIONS.
Gentleman andLady.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: stYer rale gintilman, SOFT, " was recently remarked by an employe who had been paid to his satisfaction The genuine article would not recognize itself if compared with the character conceived by this ignorant but kind d-hearted savage. In this instance and in ehe estimation of the judge here above deliv ering his opinion the sum of seventy-five cents given or withheld made or marred the gentleman. This judgment was quite as correct and well founded as many others we daily hear expressed and are obliged to no- tice.
 It is pity that true men and women en- gagged in respectable and honorable labor do not of their own accord and by their own good sense perceive and recognize that newspaper and other talk about 'fsalesgentlemen" and esaleslady," or the ''lady in the kitchen" white or black, are false and unworthy of their self-respect and tend to make them appear ridiculous If they do not do so, they may rest assured that no assumed ve- neer of title or manner can deceive anyone but those as ignorant as themselves of what the titles of gentleman and lady really mean. With increased education, refinement and experience they may begin to realize the grandeur natural, social and moral, that at taches to these much abused characters
 They may then, perhaps, comprehend how difficult it is for any man or woman in the
 
 sustain such comprehensive and much embracing title. +.
 The Addition to the North Church.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER; Several letters and news items having ap- peared in the papers adverse to the proposed addition to the North church, it may not be out of place to submit the following consid erations on the other side of the question: The site on the Green was originally grant ed to the church as one of the Institutions on which the welfare of the community depend ed, and no definite was assigned, simply l leave given to build an edihce sufficient for the needs of the society. Had the society so wished it might have erected a building 1 twice the size and no one would have ob- jected. The proposed addition to the build ing is only such as is called for by the mod ern requirements of 8 church, and the socle- I ty, in taking the ground necessary for that addition, is simply using up, so to speak, l the right that was implied in the indefinite ness of the original grant-the right to take what was needed for the reasonable requirements of the church. The proposed addition to the North church is therefore not l to be considered at all in the same light in which proposal to erect any new building for any new purpose would naturally be looked at. The church stands where 1t IS, not in virtue of certain number of square
 feet of land having been deeded to the society,
 but because the community was willing that
 the Second ecclesiastical society of the town should have it's meeting house on the com mon green; and it is merely the legitimate ! carrying out of the spirit of the original concession to allow the so- ciety from time to time to make it's meeting house conform to the needs of the day. This does not in the slightest de-
 gree open up the question of the right or ad- visibility of the city's granting land on the
 Green for any other purpose. It does not
 create precedent, as no new title IS given in this instance.
 The three churches on the Green form one of the most attractive features in the beauty of New Haven, giving, as they do, that dis tinctively New England look to our central 1 square which is it's greatest charm. But the | church edifces can only be maintained if
 the congregations using them continue | to flourish, and one essential condi-
 ton of their prosperity is the possession I of such accommodations are needed for
 the church life of to-day. The addition pro posed to be made is, according to the archi- 1 tect's plans, in admirable keeping with the I present building and would enhance its pie l ruresque effect as an ornament to the Green, while the small portion of ground it would
 cover is, as it happens, less used and less
 seen, even, than any other part of the square l w