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Show ii THE I'AlthllUIMI StNSlTIOt. t There Is a fight on In Ktv Yoik fe $' oily between Itsv. Dr. I'arkhumt and X & l'ollce Huperlntenderit llyrnea, anJ, to y r use tho somewhat haikneyed word! of lr I.uciua O'Trlgger, "11V a very r pretty quarrel as It stands" The ('-; doctor Is the paktor of a fashionable 1 church In Qotham and also president I of the society for thu suppression of I vice; In this lattor capacity ho has ''V been making the rounds of the dins, ijj dlvta and retorts of the metropolis, ' K dragging dark and forbidden deeds Si " from their recesses and exposing them to the light of thu noonday sun. Ho la pethaia animated by the purpoao of 'SK curtailing It he caunot auppreie, nud 'j understands that "showing up" Is a V meana of repression, It not of reform, I I as eQVctlve a any that can be mi- I I lloyed. 1'arllculnrly among thu fulleu ! women, to enumerate whom In Nuw ft Yoik would rtqulro a great row uf i W flturia, hoa the doctor betu laborlnt; and If none of them have turned away K from their loathaomu vocation, It hat M, not been for want of tut.li reformatory fjb Incentive as ixposuro may roduri'. , i The chief of the constabulary now fff shows that he can wield a pen as well l! aa a locust, and hu uonioe back at the f doctor lua trenchant aud Incisive m iii. I ner for some of thu htterM relleclluue upon him and Ills ajnilnlstratlon ol I f pollco I owerv. Ho IhlnU Kv. I'otk- J hurst ought to know by this time how 1 i , uncharitable tho world Is to that class I j of womeu, as well as lie does not , ,-A know the Its (On of the Mastir when il dealing with tho adulten.se. Aud thon i jL he wants to Lnow how miny auch ' Wa matures the priacher or his soclelj ' V have taken from tho street, aud given fm kheller to; he thlms that It la ou uvll that cannot he suppressed and muat not be licensed, therefore thn middle ground of compromise mist ha takon, that Is, It must be hidden from view where II will not corrupt the morals of tho growing youth,. This tho police are doing to the bet of their ability, aa he claims. Aa to thu Rambling evil, the superintendent uyi omowbit itcofllugly tint when preaching an I prirliu UI mnko men good, then gam bllng will stop; and he cpncludea with a severe arraignment of the doctor for hi methods In spatting nnd eprlng by rmntisof Aentsandlnforrnora, sme of whun Ilrnes declirrs are"asgreata setof soiiinlrels aauvir mialelarep utable man lnt huderlii,c the Nlr name of tho city where he makea his home." Tills might be termed tho climax of rbelor cal Indignation. Thus the muter etands at latest ad vice-. If the police pjwer nnd authority has been exerted to the utmost ut-most In thu repression of the social evils of New York na claimed, nothing more should be looked for from that source an 1 the superintendent Is J ustu rlo I lu coming to the defense of Ills department, de-partment, ir Dr. l'arkhurst nnl his society have, by the meana employed, iuducoj evo i one sinner to repent and turn from lila wayp, they hsvo done so much iood aril nro untitled to the credit of It, Thoro seems n consider-at consider-at le degree of sensationalism a desire to bo cmsplcuc.il i through tho work done and tho manner In which It la done,lhat thenby 0ularlty If uot irospcilly may be gained. The question aa to the plan adopted ptr le Is a Uo sldrd one-It one-It gaol Its fruits will so proclaim It; but It Is greatly lo bo to re 1 that at least some of tbo povlbto good m sy be neutralised ty the probable harm of creating a prurient filling through the exposure where none was felt belore of familiarising tho utile, by association, associa-tion, with practices and peop'o pre vlously uunollcrl If not unknown. Let us, however, hopu for the best; out of the turhilence eogendered hy ex pesureonune slJo and denunciation on the othir theio may como an lm-I lm-I roved oindllloi uf things something which both side to the controversy aro now bound to Invite aud make welcome. |
