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Show I War on M" Z 1 I 1 J&jyofoe 82 Tl,clr j ! s k S Now York ha been waging war on awful nolle for many months, and with what result It la dlDlcult to toll, for ungodly sounds still prevail In that metropolis. Hut now lloston seems to be In the samo plight, and It would very much llko to know It tho nerves of that larger city havo been benefited I by those demands ot tho newspapers for less nolso In the conduct ot affair. Whero to begin, or what to do to mltl- I gato tho affliction, is n problem tor individuals in-dividuals to consider In all It aspect j Whether tho crash and bellow ot steam locomotives, tho clang ot electric elec-tric gongs, tho shrieks of steam whistles, whis-tles, and tho shouts of hoodlum, nro responsible for tho present condition ot tho ncnous syitem, or whether humanity In It superflno civilization, ha becomo oversensitive, must bo determined de-termined by study and Investigation of cause and effect. A Cambrldgo man, complaining ot this lncreaso ot nolso the oiuer day, said be had observed a difference between motormen In b's dally travel to town, for some rang the gong Incessantly, whero thero was really no need to sound It, whlto others keenly on tho alert, pressed tho button but-ton when somo object appeared in sight or a street waa to bo crruiod. Discretion and vlgllanco nro virtues to H bo cultivated by whoever fills tho ro- 1 sponslblo position ot running an eleo- B trie car. Now sboys burst llko cyclones - B , Into theso samo public conveyances, H shouting tbelr "papers" In tones that H mtgnt atartlo tbo dead, when It Is all I sufficient for tho oungstcrs to show B themselves to bo patronized. Ycttheso H nro minor grievances to tho rattle and whirl of elevators, nnd tho cries ot thoso who havo to run thorn. Goodness Good-ness knows tho monotonous fato ot tho "elovator boy" is not to bo envied, but all theso conveniences and modern Improvements hnva brought tn their train a heap of woes for mankind. It something Is not dono to lessen tho storm and stress ot this mechanical, electrical ngc, tho world will bo peopled peo-pled with glhbcilng Idiots. For thero Is ono pnlntul fact staring us In tho fare. With nil our Inventions and marvels for labor saving, no ono has been equal to inventing a sound raeo of men. i ethology has discovered how uv to rcraoio various organs not actually II required for living purposes, but It has M not )ct arrived at the nemo ot science) wncro nerves rnn he given protection H against tho dlro enemy ot crucifying H noises lloston Herald. |