The Archive · 1929

Etiquette Gf Clothes Philippines

Judge Demoted for Wearing Pyjamas in Court

Manila, Feb, 1.

District health officers must not pyjamas. This the dictum of Dr car in their otices wearing:

eeabe. Fajardo, director of health: The question of oficial clothes tiuelte is often an absorbing one inthe, Philippines, Recently 3 Judge of the court of first instance was transferred to a smaller province b cause of his informal habit pres over the court pyiamax instead of proper court Same three years ao Director of Vosts Topacio and Chief of Police John W. Green had a lengthy argu ment in the papers as to whether patrons of the post-office should be served unless they wore some thing more thas the undershirt and short cotton pants which so many of the poorer class, particularly the Chi hose, finally d the chunky police pear in town in his BN.D.'s., if he thought that was a proper garb, The challenge was not taken up, and the matter was dropped.—Reuter.

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