Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
GOTHAM SSUNBURN
TO COST 81, 100000
Achieving of "Skin That Can't
Be Touched" Causes Great
Trouble and Expense.

NEW YORK. June II (N,ANAD.-'
New York is getting sunburned again.
The economic loss here on that ac-
count may be 81 100000 a year ac-
cOrdinC to the head of one local hos
pital but that doesn't take into con-
Sideraticn the troubles of the New York
Telephone Co, the big stores the
Health Department and thousands OF
employers, who according to Health
Commissioner Wynne, try to make a
Summer out of an afternoon.
Summer Monday mornings, employ
ers of young women say. have taken
on the melancholy though modern
aspect of the ancient wash day.
considerable proportion of the city, it
would seem, goes to Coney Island or
the RoCkaways and tries to achieve
tie sckin that can't be touched by any
one
Florenz ziegfeld, alone of the local
opponents of Americas Womanhood,
was complaccnt. If the young women
of the chorus under his tutelage get
out into the open, he is proud and
pleased They may even get into the
first row on that account.
Keep in Shade"
The Health Department had no
statistics available. but officials said
that they warn the city regularly before
the week end of the possible cOnSe-
QuenceS Of staying in the sun. Keep in
the shade is the announcement.
Get out in the sun" returned Mr..
Ziegfeld, and get a tan that will last
all Winter, such as that of my daugh-
ter. Patricia And this" said the au-
thOrity on feminine charm. is the way
to do it. Rub the skin that will be eX-
posed, with olive oil. and follow with
vinegar This process is effective for
tanning rubber, and it has a painless
reaction on the human skin"
Mr.. Ziegfeld said that there had never
been any rule against sunbum or tan as
far as the ladies of his ChOruSeS were
concerned If some turned uD with a
neat and comfortable tan for the Mon
day night production he was inclined to
favor them as opposed to their whittier
sisters who had stayed indoors over the
week end.
Idle Lose Pay.
w. J Wells. the general manager
Of one of the big department stores had
different ideas, however He said that
it had been necessary to post signs In
the dressing rooms Of the employees
Warning them that any illness on Mon
day caused by cunburn would result in
thu loss of pay customary in the case
Of other preventable troubles.
The result is agony for the sales
people Mr. Wells said. They 60 to
the beaches as usual and get fright
fully burned as usual. l have decided
that our warnings have not made any
difference, except that all come to work.
In another month those who go in for
that sort of thing Will be sufficiently
tanned SO that Monday will be little
different from the rest of the week.
But al about this time We anticipate the
usual trouble.
Records of the hospitals show only a
few cases CT acute sunburn a year. it
was said that some of these were as
serious as scarlet fever and that the
burns were often distiguring. Most OF
the patients are blondes and the sug-
gestion is given that fairhaired ladies
take their sun baths in moderate doses.
New Workers. Susceptible.
A house physician Ct one of the hos
pitfalls here explained that New Workers
were particularly susceptible to extreme
Sunburn because Of their indoor life.
Once in the open, they Go the usual
thorough and rapid job.
The telephone company, which adj
mits that a large number Of the girls
with a smile formerly were in very bad
condition from sunburn during the
early Summer. has apparently solved
the problem. 1t also has statistics TO
back its arguments. When young lady
is accepted as a potential telephone OPP
orator she receives a course in health,
conducted by doctors Of the company.
Sunburn is stressed as a devastating
dctrimcnt to efficiency The telephone
girls are not told. as the health C-m-
missioner would have it, to keep out
of the sun. Nor vet, as Mr.. Ziegfeld
urges to STAY in the sun and use olive
oil and vinegar They are told exactly
what will happen to them If they re-
main in the sunlight.
AS a result only 40 Of the 24,95S en-
ployes of the company in New York
City reported off duty because Of sun
burn last July, which was a particularly
hot month.
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