Arizona republican., 1897-11-07
HIT AND MISS CHAT.
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The teacher of a class in one of rhe largest Sunday schools not so many miles from Phoenix took oc- casiom. alter the regular lesson had been disposed of recently to deliver a little discourse upon cruelty to ami mals. She told the boys that it was wicked to throw stones at stray dogs, and she informed the girls that they might do much to prevent the killing of sw5let little song birds by refusing in future to wi;ar feathers in lheir hats. Then she uielated 8. pitiful story about cat lthalt had been tortured by some naughty boys.
 "They placed poor Tabby's tail up on a block of wood," the fair young teacher explainsh, land then while two of the wick!sd boys held her head and two more held her tail, a fifth cn,e took hatche5 and what do you suppose he did? With one swift blow he cut the cats tail off right near the middle Just think how the poor animal must have suffe ed! If ore of you were to haUa a finger cut off, it wouldn't hurt you a bit worse than it. hurt the cat to have it's tail cut off
 
 realized what they were doing or they wouldn't have tortrnetd the cat in that way. But that is just the trouble. Too many of us do things that are calculated to give pain to others with out thimAing. If we would always stop and say lo ourselves, How would I ann about to ltreat this or that, one? thor,Q huo n hia world than there is.
 Now. who of you can think of something the Bible says that is par ticularly applicable to this case? Come, let US see which member of the class cam answer first.''
 Up went little Reginald B.'s hand, and when dirscted by the teacher to tell thIs rest what it was he said:
 What God hath joined together let no man put asunder."
 A Phoenix man said the other day: 'It is so we'll known that in this town there is so little outside the sa- looms to afford entertainment and shelter to young men who have mo homes in which to spend their even- ings that I need not recall it to you as anything sbaHling and that fact justifies my having given the matter some thought. Goodness knows, have the subject brought to my atten- tion enough. More than one sermon has been preached about it in Phoenix and one can scarcely go to a gospel meeting of any kind without hearing the matter discussed, yet I have never heard of any definite action being
 
 by the saloons in practical way I have often thought if I had the time and means I would experiment. with plan 1 have in mind My scheme would be to form a young mems en- tertaIinment club and rent room somewhere on Washington street. Some young man who would be will ing to work on a Smsull salary could be employed to keep the room open day and night-it should never ba closed. There would be a good fire, easy chairs and piano. A reading table would be supplied with all the territorial papers and one or two met ropolitan daiaies besides the best mag azines. I would make an effort to have musical entertainment as nearly all the time as possible The best 1luSlCiet1ISo Ol UlIc ltOWIl SuOulu D0 MI vited to come and play and sing and if thley refused to come without pay I should hire them. There are about half a dozen young peoples church societies which would be asked to keep standing committees to furnish music for the young mems entertain ment club and each night a band of singers would attend from one of LII minor details but this is sufficient to give you an outline of the proposition. You say this would take money? Of course it would. But my club would bel composed of citizens of the lown who could see the benefits Ito be de- rived and who would not be afraid to give up a dollar or such a matter every month ito keep the place going. r11Ih of cnv1cmltV fivn rnpni T,awirU O