The times., 1897-08-15
LESS NOISE, PLEASE.

The inventor is wornan's best friend.
Size owes, for one thing. TO his tireless
BRAIN Certain immunity from noise, after
vainiy wasting the eloquence OF her pro-
test on her husband and children. Mt
only are inventors reducing the sum of do
mestic noise, but they are doing this so
cheaDly that the sweet cession is within
almost everybody's reach. At a slight eX-
pendituTe every door in the house may lie
supplied with some of the many excellent
door checks and springs, which close the
door without the slightest suspicion OF
slam, and for a few cents a stuD or
holder may lie secured which viii hold
In place the door when open any distance.
Thest little convenienceS ali OF them about
equally al effective do away with the
use OF bricks, blocks, wedges, sticks, and
even pokerS, upon which the women of
only a few years back were forced 10
depend 10 keep the doors open, ard
often to trip on when walking about the
room.
Yet another source OF annoyance to
women OF delicate nerves is the siamrning
Of window shutters, either open or shut.
Here the ingenuity OF the inventor has
been rewarded by several kinds OF hinges
and catches that insure against opening
or closing by the wind, and also there are
little aryangem to keep the window
open at any angle desired, the great con
venience Of which VIII be appreciated Just
at this time, whenit appears to be the chief
end Cf every man and woman TO manipu.
late their window shutters in such man
ner as To keep out the sun and let in the
air. For this same purpos may be us sedone
Of the many sash locks, which permit Of
raising or lowering the sash any distance
and securing it In position against the
attacks OF burglars. And, speaking Of
burglars, in this field the inventors brain
seems to have been especially prolific,
fer there are numerous little CONTINGENCIES
TO be used against their attacks, many So
simple that it would seem any child could
have thought of them. One which should
give even the most nervous woman d sense
ff security, when pressed against che In
side of ones door or windows is piece If
bent steel, one end slarpeGed 70 slip
under the door, tie other supplied with
teeth IN such a manner as to render i'm
possible opening it from the odtSile This
little affair costs the fewesB number Of
cents. and dozen may be carried in )na's
handbag without materially Increasing :ts
weight.
Then there are noiseless rollers for win
dow shades, and brooms that cannot be
heard in the next room, and that are
guaranteed against raising dust while
cleaning the floor to perfection. The la wn
mowers no longer make that Glitter -clatter
50 annoying TO the fatiguedor sick, or when
one was trying TO take morning or after
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CRATES on ones nerves to such an extent az
to cause them almostto foregothe pleasures
OF the beverage If thereby they may De
Insured against the sound Of its grinding
OF "A morning when trying to catch their
last wink OF sleep.
The making of ice cream, which formerly
was & trial to ones back as well as to ones
nerves, task to be dreaded, can now be
accomplished in a few moments, with no
test of strength and endurance, and with
a noise so slight that il cannot be heant.
across the room- Even ones nearest neigh
bors would never dream we were having
ice cream for dinner, where formerly the
whole neighborhood was acquainted with
the fact. So tits with the eentirelist of little
household machines used for grating, cur
ting, shredding, grinding, or pounding,
they are all SO contriyed as to cause the
least possible noise, the slightest ex-
penditure of strength and do the greatest
possible amount OF Work in the shortest
time.
Everything seems TO have been attended
60 by these eyer-thoughtful inventors In
their efforts to render more comfortable
the life of the housekeeper with not overly
fat oockethook. That is everything. with