Tokyo, Dec. 16.
Public establishments ' observing Christmas this year will have their Yuletide spirit dampened by the Metropolitan. Police Board, the "Miyako Shimbun" reported today.
Instructions that any delegation of Christmas in cafes, bars, and dance-halls will have to be quiet have been issued by the police, according to the daily. Special invitations to Christmas dinners have been forbidden, while operators of such establishments have been warned against buying new clothes for their women employees at Christmas. Dance-halls have been singled out for particularly serious supervision, the "Miyako" said.
Economy will have to keynote trimmings and trees, while all Christmas parties will be required to avoid becoming extravagant—Domei,
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