The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-24
Cotton in Ears
to Deaden Noises

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I, It seems very strange when there
Is peace and quiet within reach OF
all that there should be 30 many bitter
complaints about noises OF every sort
Nen are becoming irritable crnnks, or
are undermining their health with
drugs to bring rest and sleep to their
tired nerves. Az for poor woman,
she is fast filling sanasoriums with
nervous prostration cases, when she
Is rich in friends, and has money
enough to get an ounce OK prevention
Her poorer sister, with neither of
the ebove comm odities. becomes n raw
ing Iunauc and murders her husband
and eight children because she feels
she cannot stand another sound OF
their noise She cannot interpret II
ms merry prattle. Her husbands
soothing tones arc rasping that
penetrates her very soul and makes
the long pent-up incine.i,-a to scream
finally burst forth In hysterical raw
ings-
An Efficient Remedy.
Have you ever noticed the peaceful
expression OF those who are totally
deaf? Well. I only want to make
you temporariaily so by putting tiny
bit OF absorbent cotton in each ear.
kept from playing and making the
noise that is natural for children to
make. The mother can alt in the room
and watch them play casino and have
their disputes over checkers or what
ever it may be. and enjoy her sewing
or reading without their piercing
voices in the least disturbing her
equilibrium The children will have
"a happy home and the mother will
N,
OF course IL they get into fight
she has her eyes to see and stop them,
but itionly takes second to pull tho
cotton out Before going into the
street she can remove the cotton and
her rested nerves hear more acutely
the car bells and automobile horns.
They make more impression on her
than IL they had been dinging in her
cars all the day, and thus answer
their purpose IN protecting her
The Only and Simple Device.
In many towns when q person Is
very Ill sawdust is put down on the
street In front OF the door or the
street Is closed with ropes for a
block each way. The telephone Is dis
connected and even the door-bell is
mufaed. so as to make 1T quiet for
the patient. Even then the neigh
bors' children fall down and cry. Their
babies will get collie and scream. and
servants drop trays and fall upstairs
So the only and simple way to have
everything quiet Is for the patien.
to have cotton ear protectors This
state of affairs Is especially true in
hospital ward, where the sick are
tortured with the groans of the dying
and the terror-str!ckeu and hears-
reuding sobs and signs OF those about
to be operated upon Why are they
not all provided with little wads of
cotton? Is IL because 1T is too simple
and inexpensive a remedy, or is II
because they never thought OF such q
thing?
Alike suitable for All.
1t surely cannot be because the
vanity OF the sick tells them THAI
cotton wad in the ears does no;
look pretty. sick people are not
thinking of looks. And a little bi,
of flesh-colored cotton stuffed neatly
down into the ears never shows OF
course, II you take white cotton and
let 1t hang over the lobe of the ear
and half way down the neck that IL
another thing This simple SUCCESS
ton is alike suitable to the inventor.
the writer. the student. the tired
mother the busy housekeeper who is
trying to concentrate her whole mind
upon how to make ends meet, the law
yer studying out the details OF his
argument. and the presidential cam
didate who Is trying to select the best
and strongest planks for his platform
All they need to enable them to DO
their best work is little bit OF cotton
In their ears.
PAULINE F. ADAMS.