IN THE SILENT HOME.
The regular use of the oil-can will prevent squeaking gates, creaking locks and protesting chair castors. One or two rubber mats in the sickroom will cut out the noise of crockery, medicine bottles and glasses. A wooden base fitted inside the coalscuttle will deaden the sound of coal being thrown in during filling. A rubber rim which can be bought quite cheaply will entirely eliminate the clatter from buckets and bowls. Life is so noisy nowadays that for our nerves' sake we should endeavour to make homes as silent running as possible. Garden gates will not swing to with an irritating clang if some pieces of felt are nailed to or bound around the gatepost.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19744, 17 September 1927, Page 6 (Supplement)
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119IN THE SILENT HOME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19744, 17 September 1927, Page 6 (Supplement)
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