Peiping, May 21.
Mir, Yuan Liang, the Mayor of Pel-ping, hag banned mixed bathing in the Municipal swimming bath on the ground that if is contrary to good morals, Mr. Yang Jun-tze, manager of the bath, said that the line between the sexes should not be drawn teo strict~ ly, otherwise accidents easily would happen. He added:—"Tt itis true that distance lends enchantment to the view, it is equally true that strict segregation of the sexes increases morbid curlosity.'—Reuter.
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