Word: dust
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...casual observer it would seem that a rearrangement of the lockers with a view to better sanitation and ventilation might greatly mitigate this evil. Crowded into small galleries, lockers are jammed tightly together, unventilated, dust-covered and filled with malodorous clothing. It does not seem too much to ask of the gymnasium authorities that the windows be opened and the galleries aired as much as possible, and that the lockers themselves be rearranged in order to secure adequate ventilation. Or even, if this last consummation be unattainable, they might be cleared out and cleaned at frequent intervals. Their present state...
...tennis courts, and further that the demand exceeds the supply. And this is in spite of the fact that many of them are unfit to play on; for their surface, if we may so term it, is rough and covered with a substantial dressing of fine dust...
Whatever pleasure one derives from a baseball game is greatly marred by the dust-storm one has to pass through in getting to the bleachers. The dust along Soldiers Field is several inches thick and when this is stirred up by machines and streams of people it becomes a menace to health and personal property. This could be practically obviated by making arrangements with the proper authorities to give the street a good sprinkling about two hours before the game. With the larger games coming on this should be remedied...
...statement printed this morning concerning the extreme unpleasantness of the dust near the Stadium is only too true. There can be no question about the discomfort and unhealthfulness of feeling one's way through the yellow clouds of powdered road-bed; and we wonder why, when it is a source of annoyance to so many, this unsanitary condition is allowed to continue...
...course the duty of the city of Boston to care for its crowds; and when the dust from a short stretch of road destroys the pleasure and threatens the health of so many, it is reasonable that the road should be either watered or oiled. Since, however, the city does not seem over zealous to take the initiative, and since the Athletic Association is in part responsible for the handling of the crowd, we would suggest that the association make some arrangement with the street department whereby the dust will be laid...