It all began by' a tuneless singing competition in the Chinese village nxt door at $30 am. The children of the village are Begin to. wonder the world than Chi The cicades added to the latest nection with the brain centres. In impression, also. Not to be outdone by Chinese precociousness, the termagant tribe unfurled sleepy wings and set up an accompanying din. By noon, it was to be their plan to make human speech—or Chinese ps for that matter—
Of course all this grew more and more disheartening in ensuing moments. The Chinese children kept up a chain of crescendo shoutting, the last one chiming in on the fading away note of the next to the last, so that such continuity of purpose was revealed as to leave no room for further hope. The children's voices, like the pattern of the wall paper in front of us, began to threaten insanity, as we maintained studied calm. ' Psychologists recommend activity at such tim Gradually all the things heard and read about the effects of noise upon the human mentality began to take shape. We were even impelled to get up and look for a cutting which we had snipped out of the daily press intending to read one day, and it and morning tea began to fact as sedatives.
"Between beats the heart rests, an instant's respite, "AMI the nerves and muscles of the body have some time when they are relieved of duty except those of the ear. This unjust arrangs-ment has been pointed out by a famous ear specialist who wants something done about it. the ease of ear inflammations it is thought that the vilyation makes complete rest—which would be helpful in a cure—impossible. Other organs benefit by rest. The ofos can be deprived for a time of all light stimulation with good effect. Internal organs are sometimes healed by fasting or complete rest la bed.
"To provide for utter inactivity fu the ear it would be necessary 10 construct a sound-proof room, That hard order to fulfil" Even iit to order at the top lot in the crowing of the roosters'and the tinkle of the next-door piano. Ear specialists believe that they could cure many the world's troubles with a sound. less chamber.""
'Unbounded' enthusiasm for this quiet spot recommended by ear specialists grew upon us as we read. The mess-mate was stirring by this time, "though the "sound proof room" sounded quixotic to her morning mood.
Do you hear that awful noise," she queried weakly. "Apparently we did, But the hour being early and minds being clear to middling in spite of interrupted intentions, we fell to making holiday plans. What was the quietest place that we hal ever heard about, Long ago tone had mentioned it only to the accents fall unheeded upon on unimpaired ears, Now it was all different. Why, of course! hadn't we thought of it before? Just the spot, on the very edge of the Wilderness, City noises going on day and night keep the ear drum and the tiny bones about it in a constant state of vibration. People accustomed to them sleep comfortably through normal night sounds because the nerves are adapted to something like a temporary discon-
And thus do small things change the destinies of the world! Or, ut least, if not of the world, of our own small part in it, which is"comparatively important whichever way You choose to look at these things. over the Chinese
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