NOISE ABATEMENT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 95, 19 October 1909, Page 9

NOISE ABATEMENT.

«■ 1 A LADY CRUSADER. An American lady who is at present staying in London is making it her life's work to reduce the amount of noise in the . world, especially in the utreets of #reat cities. ' , Mrs. I. L. Rice is the wife of a wellknown American chess player. She is n dark, vivacious' lady of medium height. tie<- manner, kindly and gracious, is that o^ the competent woman of affairs. Mrs. Ricn's attention was first turned in the diruction of noise abatement by tho constant shriokinff of steamer whistles near her riverside home on the Hudson River. ( As a result she founded in 1905 the present. New York Noiße Abatement Society. Discussing London in comparison with other great, cities of the world, Mrs. Rice, who has travelled widely, said (reports ■ the Oaily Mail) : "Tho order of noifliness in which I place the world's chief capitals is as follows : Paris, New York, London, Berlin. "In. Paris there are .absolutely no restrictions on street noises. E\ery cab- " hor'so wears a bell ; many have several. » The cochers aro apparently always quarrelling, and throughout the night ehrieks of 1 ago ring out from every cab-rank. "In New York we liavo loss traffic than • you have in London, but our trolley-cars, which run on practically every avenue, are much noisier than "anything here. 1 London is a quieter city than it was when I was here a few years ago. The worst feature of London 6trects is the unrestrained use of motor-horns. Then, too, the extremely shrill whistles which are used to summon cabs at hotels, restaurants, and the large stores, are an undesirable fSature of London." j

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