FINDINGS OF THE EAR 



appalling volume of noise, made by the 

 bang, whang, clang, grate, grind, rasp, 

 jingle, whir, whistle, and clatter which ac- 

 company the manufacture and use of almost 

 everything used by man, from the genera- 

 tion of the force which runs cable cars to the 

 simplest device for sharpening a scythe or 

 a pair of scissors. 



One of the chief offenders against the pub- 

 lic peace is the automobile with open muffler, 

 whose blaring shriek, in season and out of 

 season, has made any public thoroughfare a 

 via dolorosa for the pedestrian, especially if 

 he suffers from any disease of the ear. But 

 movements are on foot to lessen these shocks 

 to the nervous system shocks whose evil 

 results have never been adequately measured. 

 Little by little, man is trying to banish, as 

 nature does, audible or other evidence of 

 effort from his works. 



Those who watch this gradual diminution 

 of noise from the operation of men's inven- 

 tions can no longer doubt that the time is 

 coming when man will have made his ma- 

 chinery and the streets of his cities so noise- 



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