The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-14

As the summer approaches the question of the dust and how it can be eliminated is one of vital importance not only to the men, many of whom have publicly ex- pressed their views in regard to it re- gently, but to the women as well, for it is they more particularly who have to deal with it in it's most aggravatng and tantalizing form.
 The housekeeper has her side of it; the woman with a big family has her side when it comes to the health of her chil- dren as well as keeping them clean and fresh looking when they are out at play in vacation time.
 The ''stay-at-home" club is especially af- fected by it, for from April (you might say) until the early gray November days, they must endure the dust and it's un- pleasant effects, so it would seem that it is ''up to a number of people to lend their efforts and express their opinions con cerning a question that is of so much inn port to so many.
 The zone question has been promul- gated and many of the prominent citizens of Birmingham have thought it an ex- | ! Others have objected on account of the amount of money it would require from property owners to carry out the neces- sary sprinkling process in order to make it effective.
 ! However
 Be it as it may, the women ought to have say so" on the subject, and SC l have asked a number of prominent wo1n. en to tell me their views regarding this important question.
 l ' In each case 1 have selected those who | live on prominent streets, where tho dust nuisance is greatest and to whom its expulsion means more than to those whC l live in more detached localities wher, there is less travel and in consequence less dust.
 In nearly every instance I have found that oiling the streets has made it's ap peal to those who have given the subjec any thought, and especially is this tru of the women who have travelled and wh, have seen the test made and the splendi, results that have been achieved
 MRS. A. o. LANE.
 In speaking of the dust problem, Mrs. A O. Lane said:
 ! In this case, as in every other, money if there is enough of it. can do anything l If we have the r' Jney to sprinkle tn streets as tn should be sprinkled, plen tifully and often, the dust can be easil, allayed. Of course, l live in a sectiol of the city where the dust and smoke ar very exaggerated. We really suffer nor from the smoke than the dust, because find that l can get rid of the dust, bu the smoke makes sort of sediment whicl catches the dust and makes condition very disagreeable. l have noticed in m. different visits to St. Louis that tn streets there are oiled. and they hay had splendid results from it. I believ oiling the streets here would prove yer. satisfactory, and it would certainly b of great benefit to housekeepers who hay to fight the dust all the year round i Birmingham"
 MRS. R. H. PEARSON.
 Living as she does on one of the mos travelled streets in the city (South Twen tieth), Mrs. R. H. Pearson was aske about the dust problem, and she said:
 Strange as it may seem, I haven given the subject a great deal of thought but since you have asked me, l will sa that have been greatly impressed whe | have been in California, with the splen did condition of the streets there, an they use oil almost exclusively. In tn matter of expense, which of course Ina to be considered in all things, I do nc