The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-19
"CITIzENsHIP" DISCUSSED.
Unstghtly Advertisements Condemne

by e. Hs Chandler.
citizenship was the subject of the
address delivered by e. H. Chandler
under the auspices of the Mems club
IN the United church on the Green last
evening. A large congregation listened
attentively to an address which con-
tanned many unusual remarks and sug-
gestions.
Mr.. Chandler, who is the secretary of
the Twentieth Century club in Boston,
alluded to large advertisements, such as
those displayed by whiskey concerns,
as things which are aesthetic nuisances.
He stated that when a bad smell per-
vades the city, all the people arise and
complain because it is a nuisance to
the health and comfort of the commun-
ity. But" said the speaker. 'how
much greater should be the protest
against the display OF lewd, obscene
and unsightly advertisements which
shock even the most convertive and
contaminate the minds of the young"
Mr.. Chandler stated that our cities
are aesthetic disgraces from one end
of the country to the other. as a re-
suit OF the bill-boards which are dis
played to our view. Il would not enter
into discussion Of the question as to
how much these big concerns should
advertise but the manner is very mate
rial, especially when that manner be-
comes Objectionable and inflcts itself
upon the better tastes and refinement
of our people. We can vet learn a les
son from the wicked city of Paris
which municipality compels the adver~
tiser to pay for his advertising in pro-
portion to the size of the letters which
he displays in the advertisement"
TRUE citizenship demands that peo-
pie should not protest one minute and
sanction the next. The people who dis
claim most loudly against the yellow
journals are often the first to purchase
them.
Among the rights of citizenship is
the right to a return from the profits
Of gas, water and street railway fran
chises; the right to an honest expendit-
ure of the public funds and the right
to be properly represented in the man
agement of those corporations which
receive from the people their fran
chises.
1.-THE duties Of citizenship include
those of voting and of being able to
vote intelligently by recognizing that
national politics and local politics are
often so inconsistent that to vote the
same way in both is to display ones
lack nf qualification; it is the duty of
man to curtail his individuality to
the extent that by so doing his indi-
vduality is not lost, but that it fits into
that of his neighbor; it is the duty of
citizenship to sacrifice profits and pleas
ures for the good of others, if neces-
sary; and it Is the duty of man not
to gain for himself at the expense of
his neighbor.
THE failure to recognize these rights
and duties is what makes it necessary
for the so-called crank (really the man
who has the best interest of the COM
| munity at hearD to go to the legisla-
| ture and there compel some of the So
called pillars of our churches to deal
fairly and squarely with his fellow
men. Much of the social unrest at the
present day is due to the failure of
| men to recognize their duties toward
others.
I'VE ought to consider the aesthetic,
| the physical. the moral and spiritual
welfare Of our fellow men. Let us
plant our flowers where others may see
and enjoy them; let us willingly pay
! our share toward the construction of
| good roads for the assistance and en-
| ioyment of others even though we
| pavar ride. let IlS willingly hear orr
| share toward the maintenance of our
| public schools even though the children
of others are the ones to be benefited
and let us do only those things which
/ will influence our fellow men to see in
us the spirit Of the Master. Without
this very general assistance we will
| lack that community of interests which
Is so essential to a peaceful ana pros
| porous city, town or nation"