Show sound muffling now demanded in residence proper house construction will go a 0 long way toward solving the problem of children and grownups 1 living together comfortably tills this pr problem occurs in every household of which children are members when guests are being entertained the children usually are sent and are warned to be absolutely still test lest the guests he annoyed bythe by the sound of footsteps on the floor above even more distressing Is the mothers at tempt to ti keep her guests distracted while water Is qing ing drawn fo for baths or whit while tile the plumbing Is being flus flushed lied in the bathroom overhead even if guests are not present when father coines comes home with nerves all on edge from the racket of a days work in office store or factory the childrens noise is unwelcome disturbance tile the maxim that children should be seen but not heard often Is carried so far that they must be scolded and repressed into quiet so for the sake of the biddles as well as of their elders sound muffling Is becoming part of the standard definition of livability up to date homa builders i no now W demand q qualities of con st ruction which their parents would not have thought of thorough insulation Is the first of these qualities and sound deadening is the second |