purifying movement has spread to the areas bordering upon Shanghai, according to an announcement appearing in the Chinese press fon Saturday. Bare legs for women have been strictly prohibited, and those women who feel the urge to walk about the streets in pyjamas and slippers simply mustn't do it. It they do, the police will arrest! them. The regulations, promulgated by the Shanghai Magistrate's Offce, contain seven articles. They are:—
1.—That trousers should not shorter than four inches below the knee.
'2—That bare legs and feet are strictly prohibited.
'3—That hair must be sombed backward and the hair must not be longer than the collar of their: gowns, '4—Woollen overcoats without buttons must not be worn, '5—Walking on the street in pyjamas and slippers is strictly forbidden.
6—The new rules must be carried out in two weeks in the case of school teachers, girl students, women. government employees, and the wives of government employees and one month in the case of ordinary: women and girls.
'7—The police have the right to arrest anyone who openly defies the new rules,
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