Triumphant Communist

Sweltering Deputies of the Reichstag last fortnight persuaded Vice President von Kardorff to relax his iron rule against sitting in shirtsleeves for the first time. Journalistic pressure last week moved

Herr von Kardorff to waive the anti-shirtsleeve rule covering occupants of the press gallery, and for good measure the visitors' gallery was permitted to take off its coat too.

Abruptly in socialite Berlin the idea seemed to catch on. For the first time in smartest restaurants and "bars" (nightclubs) males were seen to peel off dinner jackets and tailcoats, loll in boiled-shirtsleeves.

It was a Communist Deputy, Herr Maslowski, who started what has become a socialite fad of the moment by defiantly shedding his coat in the Reichstag a month ago, amid shouts of protest, cries of "Shame!"

Last week triumphant Communist Maslowski addressed the Reichstag in a brilliant blue sport shirt, is rumored to have a screeching red shirt in reserve.

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