Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-20

He was picturing the beauties Of one
of the ultra modern New York apart
ment hotels to man who was listening
alphabetically. The latter greeted the
mention of feature after feature as If Ii
were old stuff to him.
Suddenly In the midst of the song OF
praise the rhapsodist put forth the fol-
lowing telling line: And when you get
up that high there are no mosquitoes, no
flies, no dust, no noise"
| No noisel
Living In an apartment higher than
the Washington Monument top. one
would be rid forever OF noxious insects
and that most noxious of man made
insects, noise. the greedy sapper OF
nerve force.
| Noise is nothing less than creeping
insect, or rather brood of creeping
insects, that attacks a human being
| through the ears.
Noise offers from others Of its ilk
only by the fact that 1t Is invisible. 1t
| is, in effect, sort of microbe which
has secondary effect on the blood
! stream.
The first place of attack of the nasty
bug Noise Is the vital nerve fluid. This
| 1t does by gaining admittance to the
| system via the ears. The ears have too
long been regarded as queer appendages
on the sides of the head only.
Ears are much more than that. Ears
are the organs through which some of
the most exquisite sensations of this
world are transmitted. The sounds of
beautiful voices. both spoken and sing
ing. come to us by the ears.
II ears did no more than bring us
certain sweet voices, they would be emil
nently worth while. In addition. they
make music possible. Without ears or
their equivalent the grandest orchestras
that ever worked away might play from
now until doomsday without raising so
much as a reaction from human being.
Imagine what effect radio broadcasting
would have II there were no receiving
sets to receive. The broadcast music
would be there. just the same, but no
one would know 1t.
Noise Is too little regarded for the
menace it is simply because 1t is so
prevalent that city jewellers come to
look upon 1t as ordained, something
which always has been and always will
be.
Yet nothing could be farther from
the truth The plain fact is that city
life Is becoming noisier and noisier year
by year, and little effort is being made
by any one to curb 1t.
The lid is off in so far as noise Is
concerned. Yet another plain fact Is
that within the memory of many sensi-
tive persons urban dwelling was almost
as quiet at night as any country village.
In the old days one might go to bed
and to sleep at 9 pm. If one chose,
without being forced to listen to a
neighbours radio or party" These
latter are but accent points. however, in
the general increase of clamor. They
deserve attention only as part OF the
stupendous whole.
And lest any one think that sleep is
altogether a thing of the past. INDUCED
in only by old fogies, we take pleasure
in citing conversation had with one
of the most vigorous Army officers IN
the city at the present time.
This gentleman declared that he goes
to bed every night in the year at
o'clock and gets up at am. Whether
he sleeps or not does not make so much
difference AT least eight hours in
the horizontal" he said. One wonders
II this was not a concession to the i'm
possibility of sleeping the entire time.
owing to the tremendous racket which
| would-be 'sophisticates" keep up all
around him.