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Show I RAUCOUS HORNS FRAZZLE NERVES f Accessory Men Fpvoi Move I io Standardize Tone and Make It Pleasing lH The mucous, menacing; tones of the 'H present automobile horn will tnliih TH from our streets If agitation agalnfct gl them if u Inn Ita point. Almost-every . Wt dny newspapers print letters from m- VwLri djgnani pedestrians who maintain tbai rtHfl the strident clamor of the horn is re- nlj sponsible foi accident because bgpf'l fureri arc startled 1 the: H voluntarily dart in front of the ap- - h ..M "Whefl I cross nn uvenue." said one ' mad, who is not usually regarded us a I psychopathic specimen, "and i hear "ik- of those yawps .it ni en I'm bo disturbed th:it 1 don't know willed I way I'm joiner. Lot's httve warnings, bj all moans, but W h can't we have! warning! which don't paralyse the IVerves of the person warned'.'' n KB l-osi i i i IKWS The movement foi leas strident nai if indorsed by .i L, hTemln- jw v munai hi Motoi I . . . . 'Jr " v Manufacturers' association, an or- .JNa sanitation which counts unions, Its members many of the leading makers I .ff-o 01 automobile horns. rilVR There Is no douot that 1 h- raucous; . jljf horn is something of a danger, re- jL marked .Mr Hemlnway, "especially In 1 ) the hands of an Inexperienced or enre-l 'i) a less operator Nor can the unplcas ' JTM an! results be dunged entirely to the fjjSm nerves 01 the person :r. the street 11 ; ; 1 s little n lui. irii. in Boston 1 save u M woman so fright n d 1 1 sudden lla rJA from a horn thai she fainted at -f2H crossed the street, l for one should ' uc m favor of some concerted action ; fVB to standardize the moi..r signal and y " make It as pl . ini to . 1 . - I x possibli At present thi - oil e of 1 hi .uito horn seems to be i hanging f BULB is AM IQ1 mi i. V The old-fashioned "honk-honk" in-' struraent, operated by u ruiber bulb g has passed out of existence no for as' 'J pleasure cat 1 concerned Ithotigl 19k. a. . remaii do jBmm English 111. 111111. ictuivra atlll exploit this 1qH horn, but no American manufacturer Smm would think of offering It as part -,f "t$K !?' rart regular equipment The -S8m hand operated raucous vibrator Is bc- '(Ssffl inc: s,lH', s'' by .1 similar device at-lached at-lached to the motor or to the batter- , J lS. The volume produced by this hoi 11 T4J depends somewhat on the activity or &s$H lhc ",otor an,l when the car Is "pot I ' racing the sound is nor disagreeable although it Is far from musical. |