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Show ST. LOUIS CYCLONE CHLLAR8. Manr of Them Uullt Blnoe the Terrible Storm ot '00. St. Louis is full of tyclono cellars, sayB the St, Louis Ropubllc. Nearly all of them have beon built sinco that tor-rlblo tor-rlblo 27th of May, Otto of them has existed ex-isted longer than that. It is In the homo of Mr. D. L. Parrlsb, In Cabauno place. Mr. Parish was caught In iu collapse ot the old Belvidero hotel, on Washington avenue. It was a nover-to-bo forgotten experlonce, and when he began to build his home he mado up his mind to provide against all emergencies. emer-gencies. This is how ho comes to have a cyclone collar older than tho cyclone. While not a thing of boauty, Mr. Par-dsn's Par-dsn's "hole In tho ground" la ono ot comfort. It Is as deep as tho foundation founda-tion of the house and reared in tho southwest corner ot the cellar. Its walls are ot stone, three and one-half feet thick. Heavy crossbeams form tho roof ot this safety houso. Two windows win-dows aro outwardly, one to the south, the other to the north. They wcro protected by Iron gratings first, but Mr. Parrlsh very wisely has takon these out, In order to facilitate egress, should such a necessity occur, A heavy oaken door that can bo barred and locked makes the place burglar proof. The floor ot this novel cyclono house la cemented and covered with a soft, warm carpet, A comfortablo couch is fitted into one eornor. In another aro several massive sbelvos filled with provisions. These provisions are renewed re-newed every tlmo the sky clouds up suspiciously. Mr. Parrlsh feels perfectly per-fectly safe with his cyclone celler. "It Is very comfortable, and I am suro It the entire house blew away my cellar room would be intact," says he. "It is a protection for my wlfo and children chil-dren whllo I am away, and I .can bear tho thought of another cyclone calamity calam-ity bottor downtown by knowing that they have a place ot shelter. During tho season following the cyclone an architect friend of mine had at one tlmo eight plana ot houses on his boards, ovcry one ot which oallod for a cyclone cellar to match mine." Mr, Parrtsh's cyclone cellar is the coolest place in the house and serves another good turn In tho Parrlsh family, The little Parrlsbes are excellent amateur photographers, and use it for a dark room when It ia not otherwise encaged. |