Measures for Stamping Out Superstitious Practices With the framing of seven measures for the suppression of fortune-telling and superstitious practices by the Ministry. of Interior of Nanking, the death knell has been sounded on' people engaged in these lines of business. Should the mistry's proposals be put into effect, drastic steps will be taken against fortunestellers, all of whom are to be suppressell' within three The seven measures referred to are as follows (1) The Public Safety Commis sioners in the various cities and provinces shall, within three months after the receipt of this order force fortune-tellers im their respective cities to find other means of employment; (2) When the seven measures axe made public in the various cities the public safety commissioners and their subordinates #hall: eall a meeting of fortune-tellers at which the latter must be told the evils of superstition and superstitions beliefs and ordered to find other employment; (3) Should fortune: tellers fail to find other employment sitter the ¢x-piration of the specified period, they shall be removed! to iplacos where they may leam some useful trade: in the event of such: places being unavailable, or if the fortune-tellers are too old' to-work or are invalids, they shall be admitted 4o: benevolent institutions; (4) Fortune-teliers'falling to obey this order after the -expindtion of the specified.period ibe compelled by force to -obey; (5)_ The various ity: and. district governments shall from time to time Publish pictures, scogs, "proctamations, etc., in which the evils of superstition andi superstitions beliefs and the importance f'thehr suppress sion must be clearly stated; (6) The sale of books or literature tending to encourage superstitious ideas must be prohibited; and (7) No family shall invite fortune-tellers daring weddings, funerals, ete.
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