Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-22
PASSES LOCAL BILLS.
Senate Quickly Puts Through
Three District Measures.
IN INTEREST OF HEALTH
Poisonous Cleansers of Hair and
Skin Prohibited.
CLOSES F0RTY-FIRST STREET
Authorization of Street Extension
Needed for Development of South
eastern Section Of City.
CLOSES F0RTY.FIRST STREET

Although the Senate transacted huei.;
ness for less than half an hour today. il
passed three District bills which had been
favorably reported from the District COM
mittee.
A bill to prohibit the sale of poisonous
dressing for the hair or skin In the Dis
trict received the approval of the Senate.
1t provides:
No person shall sell or deliver to any
other person any substance for shampoo
ing or cleansing the hair or skin which
Is liable by inhalation or by absorption
through the skin to produce poisonous
eHects, and the use of any substance
which contains carbon tetrachloride gas
oiine, benzine or benzole or benzine In
hereby forbidden. No person engaged in
the business Of hair dressing or sham-
pooling shall use any such substance in
said business.
Provided that nothing in this nara.
graph contained shall be construed TO pre.
vent the sale, delivery or use of any
substance aforesaid when duly prescribed
In writing by lawfully practicing physi-
can."
Urged by Commissioners.
In making a report on this bill Senator
Gallinger called atteption to a letter OF
the Commissioners urging its enactment
The District heads say:
A few months ago a woman nearly lost
her life, in the District of Columbia.
through the use. by hairdresser. of a.
toxic substance In cleaning her hair The
hairdresser seemed to be utterly ignorant
OF the dangerous character of the material
he was using Since that time a number
or cases have occurred abroad In which
nd
occurred as result of the application OF
dry shampoo. presumably similar in
composition to that which was used IN
the case in the District mentioned above
I'm the judgment of the Commissioners
therefore. the sale of preparations in
tended to be used for shampooing which
contain toxic substances of such nature
and In such quantities as to render them
liable to produce poisonous effecs should
be forbidden
To Close 41st Street.
Another bill to receive the approval oe
the Senate was that authorizing tho
closing Of 4ist street northwest between
Warren and Yuma streets. The con-
fronting squares along the block TO be
closed are occupied by the Immacula
Seminary buildings. and the school
structures have been erected ON them
The authorities in charge of the insti.
buildings and to develop the land under
the direction of skilled landscape gar.
dener.
The Commissioners reported favorably
on this bill, for the reason that it viii
ultimately add to the attractiveness of
that portion Of the District and for the
further reason that the street is not nee
essary for highway purposes, as access
to the city and to the car line on Wis
consin avenue is amply provided for on
other streets.
Streets Through Hummel Lot.
The bill to authorize the extension OF
23d and r streets southeast, which has
passed the House, was also passed by
the Senate.
1t authorized the extension of r street
from its present terminus near I'D street
to Naylor street and the extension of sd
street southeast from its present ter
minus near Naylor street to r street,
each with q uniform width of ninety feet.
The proposed extensions are through
what is known the Hummel lot.
Streets in nearby subdivisions have been
dedicated. as the result of the creation of
new subdivision and the extensions
proposed in the bill are regarded as nee
essary for the development Of that Sec
ton OF the District.