Arizona republican., 1899-03-12
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As 1 listened to the interesting lee-
 ture by Bishop Vincent Thursday
 night or Tom and His Teachers
 was filled with the hope that some Of
 the parents of Toms" whom l
 see frequently in Phoenix res
 taurants were present and ab-
 sOrbing what the bishop said.
 Bishop Vincent would have the boy re-
 ceive the best possible home l training. The boys manners. and par | ticularly his table manners should De above reDr0ach, so that he may not be 1 placed at a disadvantage in the pres
 encc Of company at home or when l he is company" in some body else | home. How often on such occasions.
 we see well dressed and good looking boys covered with embarrassment. It is the duty Of parents to train their I'boys to be gentlemen. A boy whc
 starts cut in the world with an equip
 nlent of good manners. if nothing else, has half the fight already won. That | a good many parents have been neg lcctful Of their solemn duty to their sons is evidenced every day at some of the restaurants in Phoenix. If you doubt my assertion drop into one of the best patrOnized eating places some day about noon and look about you. You will see dozens of young fellows eating with their knives and sprawling over the counters or the tables Some of them act as if thew would feel easier if they used their fingers instead of knives. The idea of employing fork except to steady" their food, never enters their minds. Some of the res taurants, possibly out of deference to hi Cf not take the trouble to supply plates, the food is heaped upon platters ard the people eat from the platters
 CrCe in while a person who was brought up to regard a platter as hay ing distinctive use, calls for plate and then he is made to feel that he is putting Cn airs. One can not hetp thinking as Ee views these evidences of barbarisIn. that there is a crying need of missionary work in this broad land.
 Why is it that the city sprinkiing carts have to make rivers of the streets instead of merely sprinkling them? The object of sprinkling the streets, as I understand it, is to keep down the dust; net to make them a trough of mud. As the work is done now q freshly sprinkled street is dangerous to 2 bicycle rider, andlin these days when so many ride the wheel, the riders have rights to he respected as well as others. A buggy or carriage fresh from the barn after being drawn over two or three blocks of newly sprinkled street looks as though it had had a long trip over a muddy country road. Moderation in all things" is 9 good motto to adopt in connection with the street sprinkling.
 It will be remembered that Phoenix Q few months ago was enthusiastic over the Globe road proposition and took the initiative in pushing a. move mert intended to make reality of the project. The enterprise was lost sight Of because of the Spanish war and the impetus given to shipping by the high prices in California. The project las been brought to a satisfac- tory basis recently and Mesa is work ing hard to push the road along. Moth ing has been heard from Phoenix on the subject, nor has it's great, genes- ous heart beat any faster because Of 1t. Fehaps it will, however.