The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-12
A1ATJNG TWO NJISASCES,
Triumph Over p "Dust Person" and q
sCafpct heater"

To THE EpIToR % THz suS-Sir, ".
came to this unpretentious but quite toler.
able fat last winter to cut our rent /,
half. Five OF the seven rooms have win.
dowB on small inner courts. on which tbre.
Of the rooms depend entirely for light and
ventilation. with no other direct access 10
the air; but there are persons who throw
into these small pockets Of air all manner
Of dust, dirt and trash, sofling and ~vitiatine
the sospt air supply that they themselves
share in common with ten families.
Opposite my court windows every morn.
Ing In the week v Sunday a woman whom
I osil tho Dust Person" shook out her small
rugs, dust cloths and covers. and threw our
to empty ice reAm boxes. After bearing
this nuisance long enough TO wear out nv
patience aud my maid's I supplicated the
Board Of Health anonymously. dreadinr
the wrath Of the Dust Person"
There was no abatement whatever, and
I wrote again. After that the nuisance
I E:s CRY ,Rs i%} s.t PeIsaa- l. H.. Et 5. sSistH es shv xI,s
Sheer defiance and evil delight was castinR
out even the. dust swept OF her floors. SOFT
went on, and with warmer ,wcathor my win
%oS%ssda var. op 5ns m nov inSn | yentSrs sS Be Be-
address the Dust Person" very ID iilyc'
asking her not to throw out any dust. lie
soSSsry.% az - ! peas. .aa n g : ~
can stop mo, wsre amons the amenities
I Hstsn j mstsiy but not vithou. Som.
interest. especially whom she shouted that
shs had lived here eight years and thrown
e. s S.. s and n sSs . adu nSG'o fSen nt ! .: :tG SS:d
and wrote Jay, third letter 70 Ne Board Of
Health, straight from the shoulder. rebel
lousy and belllserentiy, declaring savssely
This. signed with my name and address.
an oliosr Il o Go Board Of Health bsors ~
% ns Id !sdfs %.s i na a: e oaP ios s9 e.. AZ: ab. : P S%%Sn::
He said hs had acted on both my former
letters. but each time the Dust Person
ii sse ms to ne that a personal inspection
plants should bo ordered By the Board Of
a summons served lf TIE law must take tihSS al
Dust Person but to I reut. WI Word q s ses
houses. for our courts arc now as clean and
fTssh a. as may ;: and the air is as pure and
th Nov su RI I.s .hs -c sSs aI R7sa Ter; d. no ets:r
tie iorsFolps episode. which vss we'll known
across my cIOtheSfnes n beat 10 almost
and dust came In my windows together. and
my lighting blood up ! mounted TO the roof.
declined natly to stop. and as ! still quietly
urged him TO put an end to all such annoy
ances In this house, as he vas the jan !tor.
no new. into a rag and told me, still beat
ing violently. ! could go and write a letter
to the Board OF Health.
.G'wan an writel-- he yelled. You kin
write. can't you? I amt a%-stoppin' you,
am 1? Cyan then an write to the Board
Needless, to say + beat a hssty retreat,
!~ndiEnant beyond all power of expression.
My husband was away on q short business
trip, and when the anne oficer called next
day to see IL his work on the. Dust Person
had been successful I told him shout the
i~nsolenoe OF the Carpet Beaten
! would not report him for a single odence
tn rug beating. hut solely for his unspeak-
able impertinenes; and I know that he was
SINCE then | have been the object Of
trivial and silly prosecutions from the
below stairs, " as far as their limited
allow. but what is such petty
annoyance compared to our enjoyment OF
good fresh air! am. well contented. and
II ever the air Is dust laden again it Will be
my ieuit and not the Board Of HeAlth,s II
l an "a sufferer Ms. 4.
NEW YORK. May II.