The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-01
STOP ALL NOISE;
LENGTHEN LIFE
This Is the Suggestion of a
WeII-Known st. Louis
NeuroIogiSt.
GIVE NERVES A REST
SoUEAKS OF STREET CAR AND
AUTO HORN SUPPRESSED.

81 Louis, July 3l.-That the majority
OF people would live TO be more than
lVO years old in these days of scientific
comforts II nerve racking and unneces-
sary noises We're eliminated is the be-
lleI or DR.. Charles II. Hughes, one of
ue city nationally known neurOlO-
glsJs. who has written a forceful pro-
test against needless noises TO Chief
of Police Young
DR.. Hughes in his letter asked Chief
Young If there is not some way Of
stopping the revelry Of unhyidled motor
car-lunacy on the streets when sensi Bile
people are tryin gtO Sleep" He asked
why a motor car should go through
the streets roaring like lion, wheez-
ing like an asthmatie or shrieking like
woman in pain, a child in distress
or an infant with the collie.
The suppression of unnecessary
noises said DR.. Hughes, would pro-
mote the public health more than any
other agency. With modern comforts
and quiet people would live beyond the
century mark and would not be hur-
ried TO their graves by neurasthenia.
The noises of civilization are more
than a nuisance. They are a peril to
the public health because they rob peo-
pie OF restful sleep. No one in the
crowded section OF cities. these days,
gets as much sleep as he ought 10 have.
The people who are renOVating the
slums, seeking 10 give the residents Of
tenement districts fresh and pure air
are doing good work, but they would
do greater work If they would give
the people more rest
"Restful sleep is quite as essential as
good food Every adult should have
at least seven or eight hours of per-
rect dreamless, rebuilding sleep; but
with all the noises OF the city, this
seems almost impossible.
To rob person of sleep is as much
thleVefy as 10 put your hand into his
pocket and take his money, for ade-
quate sleep means money, health and
life 10 the man who must labor in
order 10 live. The coming generations
VIII pay as much attention TO pro-
noting rest to the citizens of the COM
monWealth as TO guarding them against
poisonous micrObic influences
THE unnecessary noises of modern
times are turning the nation into q
multitude OF sleep neurasthenics. Men
become nervous wrecks and are at a
loss 10 understand why until they re-
fleet on the few hours OF sleep they
get from day 10 day.
The worst noises at the present time
are the automobile horns, the street
cars and the screeching of factory
whistles.
- Factory whistles should be entirely
eliminated. Who can defend the chorus
of whistles that the manufacturing es-
Ia adjustments turn loose morning, noon
ana nlghtt Then there are the church
bells; they have outliVed their useful
ness. People nowadays do not need
TO be called to worship by laundering
peal from half a dozen bells, for GER
tainly everyone can afford a dollar
watch. The shrill screech of the aea-
nut vendors wagon also ought to be
suppressed"
DR. Hughes has an international rep
utation as a neurOlogist, having been
a member of the teaching staff of every
medical college in St Louis and a we'll
known writer on his speciality for more
than thirty years. Years ago he was
superintendent of the insane asylum at
Fulton, Mo. At present he is editor OF
the Alienist and NeurOlogist.