Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-28
MORNING. NOVEMBER 28. 1888.
eOMmUNICATaONS.
That Ancient Museum.

That Ancient Museum.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Now that G. C.'s political grave has been properly strewn with flowers and his friends have properly oondo1ed; now that court morning has been declared of, and all good Democrats are smiling as usual; now that the c. O. P. is safely and snugly in power once more, and the other Is in it's customary ep" position, censoling itself with the tsrmiRa- tion of responsibility; and now that our own dear State House bobs up serenely from the subsiding turmoil, as fresh as daisy, and as if nothing had happened, permit suggestion de bene ease State House which should be hailed with great joy by Democrat and Re- publican, by Town and Gown, and by all lovers of the Beautiful.
 New Haven needs a quiekening sense of beauty. New Haven has many beautiful men and few beautiful women, and some of it's citizens live in reasonable beautiful houses Its surrounding hills are beautiful. Its park has natural beauties which arti6ce cannot spoil. But the town itself is not beautiful and therefore does not administer to the sense of the Beautiful. The Green is positively ugly. A large proportion of the population of the city walks through the Green at least once day. Think of the effects on their hearts and minds if the green were beautlfull Some years ago lovely sketch was made by D. t. Mitchell showing how easy 1t would be to turn away ugliness from the green and to cover 1t with beauty. The sketch was hung in public places and introduced to the New Haven public by the New Haven press. The only observation evoked was that the plan. if adopted, would lengthen trajsct of the green by from two to five seconds. That killed it.
 How is the value Of 8 sense of beauty to be made apparentG If the Waterbury watch were a pretty watch very few others would be sold. If New Haven carriages were made on lines of beauty, the lines of utility would be appreciated the world over. No more labor is required to make beautiful object than to make an ugly one.
 The architecture and gardening of city parks is of all arts the most valuable to a community. No person can be so dull as not to be affected by 8 beautiful bit of park. And as all must take the park all must take the dose. Unless Connecticut manufacturers can introduce the element of beauty into their wares they will soon have to yield to the pro tected West with it's raw materials at far closer at hand. The Consolidated" IS already looking to Ohio for it's carsl
 Still, as usual, am wandering from the text My proposition is to do away with tive square corners and to introduce curve tc begin with. What follows will be seen.
 Let College street be shut up between Chapel and Elm. Lead roadway connect ing the two corners and embracing the State House. Let the land with the new roadway and the college fence be held in common by the town and gown. Let the town contribute it's S3O, 900, and the college put up an equal amount. Let the State House be repaired and let it ever be maintained as free public art museum; Town and college contributing equally to it's support and sharing ln ltf management.
 In all seriousness, why not?
 Enough written to start the idea. Volumes at hand in it's favor D. CADY EATON.