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Show Racing Deafens Chauffeurs. He had done in his 110-horse-power car a mile in 39 seconds. "Congratulations," said the young girl aa he got out. "What?" aald he. "Congratulations." He smiled and shook his head. "What?" "I said, 'Congratulations.' What la the matter with you? Are you deaf?" But again he failed to hear her. "In a few minutes." he said, "I'll be all right. I suppose it waa the noise of the motor or the swift going at any rate, I am enveloped In the most terrific tumult a roar like the winds of a hundred storms and I can't bear a word you say. "I am almost always like this after a race," he continued. "For fifteen minutes or so I am as deaf as a post. Then, gradually, gradu-ally, the roaring In my ears subsides and I begin to distinguish the sounds that occur oc-cur around me." St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat. |