The sun., 1903-11-14
DR.. Parkhurst and tho Resurreoted
Catacombs.

DR.. Psrkhurst and tho Resurreoted
Catacombs.
DR.. PARKKURsr has given. with his
habitual caution and reserve, this opinion
Of fats cr 'a.ns-spapt house.: ESQ.
There can be no homo in tho true sense Of the
word In ono Of those resurreoted eatsoombs set UP
on end with their tunnels used for elevator shafts.
Any sort Of house = better than nat. Lfe In the
apartment houses Is the reason Tor the increase Of
what may call imperfect monogAmy In this city
and for tho greater number OF unhappy marriages.
and divorce suits 4 tenement. hat or apartment
house ls no place for young wife or for young
family OF children. There 10 absolutely no homo
life about It. There u no opportunity for the sx-
ercise OF vomans . qualities"
There may be some misguided persons
that will refuse to accept decision ut
tered by DR.. PARKHURsT. In spite Of
his authority in politics and sociology
and the general arrangement Of the
world, they will insist that there are
plenty Of happy homes in flats. On ac-
count Of the impenetrability Of matter
and the tightness Of this little island OF
Manhattan, the tenement house, Its
better-to-do brother the fat and Its
wealthy brother, the family hotel, must
have the honor Of housing most OF the
Manhattanese. These are all tenement
houses Of various kind, as the Hon. JACOB
A. R11s says; but what Of ltP All houses
are development OF the hut, with the
cave, now going deeper into the inwards
Of the earth, as cellar. Can nobody have
home unless he has detached house
all to himself2 Even In a palace life
may be lived WE'LL said MARCUS AZURE
1IUs philosopher almost as we'll known
as DR.. PARKHURsT. So, even In fiat,
there may be homes.
In few years there will be few other
homes in Manhattan. A few palaces,
too "palatial" for their owners to dwell
in; and miles OF tar-seeking flats. II DR..
PARKHURsr had noticed the obvious
fact that few unfortunate millionalres,
listening to their wives or their architects,
have built or are building structures,
half museum, half-mausoleum, so grand,
gloomy, peculiar and impressive that no
body can live In them long, he might have
pitied those unfortunates who find out
too late that too much size and splendor
are depressing. But many, perhaps,
most OF the imperfect monogamists"
whom DR.. PARKAURsT pities and disap-
proves are not aware OF their imperfeo-
ton and actually dare to grin at his BAN
ming Of tho fiat and to be ridiculously
comfortable and happy.
We can't all be DR.. PARKHURsTs. If
we were what different face the world
would weari He must have house all
to himself. His great spirit would be
cabined in fiat. But there are hundreds
of thousands Of folks, whose temper Is
at least as sweet as his, who have their
homes in fats and manage to live credit
able lives and don't lie awake to weep
because they haven't whole house. 1t
would be bother or q nuisanceto most
of them il they had. Are there any more
unhappy marriages, any more divorces
in proportion. in fats than In honae~'
DR.. PARKHURsT Is oertain that there are.
DR.. PARKHURsT is always certain. Where
does he get his statistics3 Make 'em2
1t is privilege Of genius.
A fiat no place FOR "a young wife'i
Perhaps the young wives are the best
judges Of that. There are plenty Of them
in that place that looks 80 forbidding to
this censor; plenty Of bright. cheerful