Enquiries regarding the rules of the swimming bath elicited the answer that there was no compulsory shower bath or foot-washing before the swimmers enter the public tank. Indeed, the absence of such regulations was regarded by the attendant as an Jadditional indueement to join those enjoying the water. He seemed Jquite astonished to hear that most Public baths insist on such personal cleansing as a preliminary to using the large pool. "All the bathers wear Jdecent costumes, so there would seem to be some regulation concerning swimming dress.
Tainan has one other public swimming place—a much smaller, open-Jair bath, constructed out of part of the old moat, at the southeast corner of the city. "This bath has one advantage, in that it is fed by running water from the little river formed by the overflow of the same springs which supply the new tank. This small' swimming pool is over two miles from the Chihtehdl.
Tsinan is full of young men, students, clerks and shop-assistants.
providing a healthy summer re-Cleation for them one feels that the $45,000 needed to build this new swimming bath was money well spent and, judging from its popularity, the investment will prove quite a profitable one, although the entrance charge Is 50 low.
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