Motor horns cause him anguish, mo
torcycles fret his nerves, jazz music
he cannot tolerate. But the growing
noises of the home fret him as much
as the inevitable racket of the streets,
the cafes and dance halls.
Those Mr. Rowland flails with his
pen include persons who slam t doors
Instead of quietly turning the knob,
and those who walk with pompous
poundings of their shoes. The man
who rustles his newspaper with
crackling explosions also bothers the
ear of Mr. Rowland, and so also the
man who puts things—books, chairs,
anything—down with a bang. He
loves, or says he does, the quiet and
gentle conversationalist, but he ab
hors those who broadcast their every
word. /
If noise keeps on breeding noise,
the writer declares, the prospect is
pendemonium.
So far nothing has been done
about it.
FEW PRIZES TO U. S,
American Exporter** Occupy Fifth
Place In List
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 6.—(By As
sociated Press.)—American exporter*
occupied fifth place in the number
of prizes that were awarded foreign
exhibitors at the Brazilian centennial
exposition in this city, which closed
late In July. According to official
ligures prizes were awarded to for
eign exhibitors as follows: France
685, Belgium 211, Portugal 201, Italy
180, United States 147, England 110,
Argentina 108, Luxemberg 79, Den
mark 47, Japan 45, Norway 22 #ind
Czechoslovakia 31.
There was a total of 9,926 exhibits
from foreign countries and 6.013 from
Brazil, of which 898 belonged to
state and municipal governments and
the rest to companies and individuals
of this country.
The official figures place the total
attendance of the exposition at 3.G26,
402, or an average of 12,723 persons
a day from the time it opened Sep
tember 7, 1922.
