Show TO DEAL DEATH IN SI SILENCE LE NC E men seek devices device that will rho do away awal with the noise node now made by aeroplane nalle ol 01 c t hattle has hae always been von con KII indispensable part ot of warfare it lg Is however a thing unnecessary and undesirable the efficiency ot of a gunpowder weapon Is measured by its killing capacity the more noise it makes the fewer feer it kills the booming battery is like th aba rattlesnake audibly it warns of its ita presence the snake that lies low and strikes silently claims the most victims the maxim silencer Is intended to make guns less noisy and more useful in their specific field of 0 activity the quite noiseless tun gum would be more desirable than the wholly holly smokeless powder from thle lh standpoint of the warrior now comes the complaint that the military aeroplane la Is dep deprived of much of its usefulness because of the tremendous tre mendon noise of its whirring propellers at bight night when the flyers dart about above the dark ened camps their presence is in advertised to the ear in daylight they have to fly high to dodge bullets at night they midst woop down dorn low enough to gain accurate information were it not for the inevitable noise therefore the inventors are striving to devise a noiseless aeroplane it if noiselessness Is desirable in ware fare how much more Is it to be sought in humdrum times of peace the business of war its is to destroy life and noisa is a handicap the business of peace Is to prolong life and to make life happy and noise Is a still greater handicap cities are becoming saner they are by ordinance putting the muffler on some kinds of utterly senseless clamor but there remain many caco phonies that might easily be eliminated anti noise moise societies should find cheer and comfort in the fact that even war Is in falling in line for their ro ri form war would seem to be the final stronghold of noise and silent battles the he last dream of the optimist |