Show Little Peace in ill Noisy Household ouse to The tranquility of or a home Is dependent de pen pendent ent upon uron many things accordIng accord accord- In lag Ing to whether this peacefulness Is of oC the mind mint or the body It Is also ulso true that disturbance In either cither realm affects the other Unnecessary clatter clatter clat clat- ter for example Is anno annoying and distracting dig dis alike nUke It jars t the c nerves nCr and turns the attention from what one Is doing or diverts a n train of oft t thought ou ht which mn may be arriving at an Important decision or discovery er It Is not the ordinary hum of ot sounds which In lu certain localities lo- lo localities localities lo lo- which I Is bothersome but su sudden sud sud- den len racket t or a n persistent Introduction tion of an unaccustomed noise which permeates and Increases It Such hubbub ma may be bc Impossible to avoid ns as It Is present In ctt city streets nail and cannot be entirely eliminated In dwellings In crowded areas arens Sod Soci Societies arc are formed In metropolitan cities for tor the suppression of oC unnecessary unnecessary sary noise and thc they arc helpful In reducing the uproar In the quiet of oC the country such societies seem amusing to the But so peaceful Is the atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere Iii lif small villages es not on the through h roads frequented b by autos that lesser sounds than those usual i In cities clUes are noticeable The lowing lowin of cattle the sudden raucous cawing of or crows the bark of a dog are arc noticeable noticeable no no- and sometimes startling Even en to city lt dwellers who go to the country for quiet the calls of birds at nt sunrise Is ns as awakening wal as more strident sounds in a a city which Is never ne actually quiet There Is melody melody mel mel- ody thou though h In the notes of or birds which Is pleasant however er Interrupt interrupt- Interrupting ing It may be to slumbers Indoors sounds which are not essential es es- essential to any task or work should be l kept In abeyance as much as us possible pos pos- sible Cl Children should learn and adults remember to close doors not slam them The way to turn radiators radl radi- off and on with the minimum noise should be studied by parents and taught to children It Is 1 Ing InE ng what a clatter the turning of or the screw of oC a n radiator can make l If carelessly care care- essly lessly handled If It this comes In the night or early morning It ma may awaken awak en not only those In ones one's own apartment apartment apart apart- n ment but arouse those In apartments above e or below helo Kitchen sounds should be kept as ns modified as fiS possible It grates on the he nerves to hear henr the clatter of oC dishes and of ot pots and pans when being washed With this Is the ac ac- companying ln fear that articles will be broken or lr dented should they drop In the careless s handling There Is a n certain reluctance to recommend a n kitchen maid who Is noisy Homemakers Home Home- makers should tr try to quell In themselves themselves them them- selves nn nay any unfortunate tendency to tobe tobe tobe be noh noisy about their work O. O q a Boll Bell S wN W VT U J Ser |