Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
PAJAMAS IN DRAW
WITH NIGHT SHIRTS
Vivid Sleeping Garments
Waved by Health Leaders
Debating Scientific Issue.

A vivid pair of orange and white
striped pajamas, and a billowing, old
fashioned white night shirt were waved
before a distinguished gathering Of
public health officials late yesterday
afternoon at the Willard Hotel, as a
public climax to the lobby debate which
has waged for days there over the rela-
tive merits of these two competing night
gapments.
They were Haunted as evidence in the
debate which came out in the open be-
fore a highly amused and entertained
group of State and provincial heaitn
authorities of North America. IheSe
men have followed the fight with Keen
est interest ever since 1t threatened 81
times to break up the seriousness OF
scientific discussions.
Glowing along through his argument
with the mock earneStneSS OF a crusader,
n tall South Carolinian, DR.. j. A. Hayne
hurled blasts Of his wrath against the
pajama as q foreign Importation. he
charged it with being the cause OF I'M
rest In America. He even Went SO lar
N to declare in facetiouS vein That the
decline and fall of the Democratic party
was attributable to its forsaking the
night garments of their granddaddles.
Declared Foe of Cotton.
THE nightshirt and the nightgown,"
he declared with emphasis, ARE the
foundation Of American civillzatlon ano
family life. The nightShirt consumes
more cotton.
"Pajamas. which are mostly made OF
silk. do not use as much cotton as
night shirts, and let me tell you tnat
pejamas are about to deprive King Cot
ton of his crown"
DR.. G. H. Bigelow of Massachusetts,
contended "pajamas are more mooeS!'
and more graceful, especially Tor sud
ing down banisters in case Of fire"
On a vote, the debate unof1cially was
declared q draw.
Sessions Close Today.
Sessions of the conference OF State
and territorial health officers with the
United States Public Health service,
which are being attended by the same
group of officials. were to close TO-DAY
in the willard. An outstanding recon-
nnendation this morning was q sugges-
ton to the Seurgeon general OF the
Public Health Service that ooaro
be Organized to draw set OF MIN
inum requirements for sanitary con-
troll Of bottled mineral waters. ms
followed an address by Dr.. w. ..
Frisbie. chemist in charge OF the ONCE
Of cooperation food, drug and IN
secticide administration, United states
Department of Agriculture.
Oflcers were elected for the following
wear Yesterday afternoon by the Con-
ference of State and Provincial Health
Authorities as follows: President, LIZ.
n. B, Beatty of Salt Lake City; vice
president, DR.. W. J. Bell, deputy MN
lister of health for the Province OF On
tario. Canada: members of the Execu-
tive Committee, Dr. c. w. Garrison OF
Arkansas, the retiring president; DR..
8. H. Osborn Of Connecticut, DR.. W.
r. King Of Indiana, and DR.. F. Z. Trot-
ter Of Hawaii.
Outstanding among the recommended
lions was that by DR.. Felix j. Under
wood for the Committee on Child n.y.
0ress to provide adequate Federal aid
for the States in . substantial con-
ttuuing program. He expressed the
hope that Congress in the future viii
provide such cooperation to protect the
health Of the whole people.
The Committee on Milk, taking cog
nizance Of an apparent dispute between
the distributors Of pasteurizeo and OF
raw milk, reported that III 1t can be
proven that the average American child
which has been fed pasteurized milk
shows about the same increase In
weight and the same general state of
health as the average American child
which has been fed raw milk, this will
be sufficient to convince the average
American parent that the public health
advantages Of pasteuriZation may &c
utilized in infant feeding without
dietary disadvantage"
The conference decided to ask that
Surg. Gen. Cumming urge makers Of
anti-freeze solutions to safeguard the
public from danger, when the public is
likely to use the solution as a beverage.
Plans are to ask that such solutions be
labeled as poisons and colored TO be
made easily recognizable.