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The New Zealand Government proposes to speed its war effort by standardizing certain articles of clothing. The hazards of such a plan were suggested last week by Lawyer G. M. Stafford of Sydney, Australia, in the interest of his profession.
“Standard pajamas, identical in pattern, cut and price, will prove a headache. . . . Frequently a co-respondent’s gaily-colored pajamas play a prominent part in a divorce suit. Evidence by a hotel chambermaid that she has seen a man in a room wearing pink pajamas would not help the court if all men were wearing pink pajamas.”
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