The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
PARIS LAUDs MRS. RICE.
Her Anti-Nose Crusade Warmly
Commended by the FIGARO.

Commended by the Figaro.
Paris, Sept. .8-A recent issue of LIE
Flgaro has long article praising Mrs.
Isaac l.. Rice of New York for her cru
saue against unnecessary noise. Mrs.
Rice is now at Bad Naudheim with her
children. HeVe in part is what LIE FL
caro- says of her:
OF all American women it is partic-
ularly proper to honor Mrs. Isaac Rice.
This lady deserves to be counted
among the benefaCtresses of humanity
She has put herself in the lead in
bringing about an admirable reform
which will soften and transform our
existence. The great inventors and dis
unguished doctors who consecrate their
talent and their genius to the better
ment of our destiny have undertaken
nothing more praiseworthy. The
prophets who announce prosperity to
our descendants are not more COM
PORTING. The apostles who point out
a new regime for our consciences are
not more beneficent The moralists
who teach us how to avoid the worst
evils do not contribute more to our
sweet repose.
Mrs. Isaac Rice is deserving of all
Difference and all gratitude She has
founded in America and she proposes
to spread through the world a league
against noise.
In New York she perceived that
there was much useless racket Being
an American and practical, she did not
dream Of replacing the citys tumult
With the delicious peace of country
sides and the enVeloping silence of sol
itudes; but she wishes the people. in
the clatter which torments the ears
of city jewellers, to make a difference
between the unavoidable and the nee
essary. Let us doubly honor Mrs. Rice
for pointing the way and not too radi-
cally.
with a special zeal does she pro-
claim this truth: If living in cities is
so dangerous, the danger does not lie
only in the excess of activity which we
display, nor in the atmosphere some
what charged with carbon, as the by
gienists say; nor in the 10000 oppor-
tunities for pleasure which present
themselves to us and menace US. Our
worst enemy-the one most to be feared
is noise
Yes declares Mrs Rice, 'epidem-
les which too often develop where HUI
manity is crowded together make
many victims. Cholera, typhoid fever
and diphtheria are terrible scourges;
but noise is another and still more ter
rible.
Yes, alcohol ruins our stomachs,
destroys the most robust health, i'm
pairs some minds and exasperates
others; noise drives US insane
Mrs. Rice has found among her
many supporters in the
professions. Her teaching has at once
found favor. People come to her and
applaud her crusade enthusiastically;
they have given to her the encourag-
ing assurance Of their support in this |
praiseworthy undertaking. With this |
encouragement she has redoubled her I
energy, and has addressed herself to |
he government. She has set forth her |
with that noble eloquence
which a strong conviction inspires, and |
which is favored by an incontestable |
popularity; she does not limit herself |
10 advocating safety, but has formu-
ated specific remedies. Her advice |
has been followed, and the authorities |
nave Immediately declared themselves |
favorable to her plans.
This is an astonishing outcome for |
4 heroine's adventure-that she has
not been prosecuted. People even say
10 her: Madame, you are right It is |
even credible that the strenuous Amer |
can, devoted as he is to hustle and
The gigantic enterprise OF modern in |
lustry, will soon enter an era of sub
lime silence"