Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05

Pajamas as medium of emancipat-
ing the male from conventional Summer
clothing excite no popular enthusiasm,
judging from newspaper comment on
the exploits Of w. o. Saunders, Eliza
beth City, N. c., editor, who paraded the
hometown streets in gaudy night gear.
and, after being arrested by the chief OF
the mayor and took his innovation to
New York.
Dear Mr.. Saunders, do you smoker"
asks the Detroit News, with the further
list of pertinent queries: If so, where
in those pajamas do you carry tobacco,
pipe, cigarettes, cigars or whatever you
use? Where the lighter or matches, or
both? Have you a bank account?
Where do you carry your checkbooK?
Where do you carry your coin, your ollls,
your keys. your pencils and pens, your
toothpicks? Where do you pack your
unanswered letters, your unpaid bills.
your occasional receipts? Where do you
wear your handkerchief? Where do you
lug your wallet, your club memberships,
your motor registration, your postage
stamps. your calling cards? Where do
YOU carry your flash? We demand an
answer. You confess to wearing the
run-o f-mine pajama. which. We are sure
Is equipped with single pocket. LITTLE
too big for packet OF cough drops: put
not big enough for an apple. Where,
then, did you stow your equipment? In
your hat? Or did you carry a reticule?"
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There are plenty Of approved
methods Of almost approXlmatlng the
liglltness of pajamaS without going to
extremes" advises the Providence
Journal. Not that there is really
anything to be said against the pro-
priety of pajamas and other garments
of the night In such a conversion to
public daylight wear. Rumor has 1t
that many women have been seen IN
pajamas at seaside resorts this Sum
ner. and one does not need the visible
evidence to be assured that such sar-
torial fad might provide distinct &C
ceSSion of modesty as compared with
the prevailing vogue in feminine dress
= There are still few lines which
the average man will not cross, and
we feel confident that pale blue pa
jamas in public are among them. So
it is to be feared, If that is the way to
prise of Mr.. Saunders will stir no APP
preciable impulse Of masculine emu
lation anywhere in this land Of liberty"
The success of the metropolitan en-
terprise is questioned also by the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with the
statement: What with its own flag
pole sitters, greased-pig catchers, long
distance piano thumpers and dance
marathoners, 1t was inevitable that
New York should see nothing new IN
the neglige. Besides, it could see
better any day in trip TO Coney
Island. 1t Is tribute to the country
in general that its interest In the freak
ish seems to be pulling. The pajama
man might as we'll go home and go to
bed"
MANY varieties Of thin Summer
clothing are Just as comfortable as
pajamas, and much more presentable."
contends the Louisville Times, while
the Hartford Times offers the judg-
ment: THE reform in mems clothing
is a splendid cause, but 1t must be
guarded against being made ridiculous
by extreme enthuSiasmS Tor outlanoisn
innovations. Men are nothing II not
clannish, and there will be no progress
In our attempted emancipation from
superfluous clothing unless we proceed
gradually and carefully and in solid
formation into the day when the lords
of creation shall wear what, and only
what. becomes them.
"Unwitting man." remarks the AStle-
rather dumb, while the women ap-
propriated all the best ideas Of the
boldest males for comfort in garments.
The sailors unconfined neck becomes
the style not for men, but women.
The Scotch highlander's rolled stock.
ings and short skirt were adopted not
by mankind in general, but womankind
everywhere. In his fear of being called
womanish, man probably will allow
his hair to grow long to distinguish
him from the woman with the bobbed
looks. All through the ages till late
years, It has been the man who has
projected his chest and proclaimed the
right of life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness. Now woman seems to be
the only freeman, and those revolving
men in pajapas and bathing suits