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The maximum time for a swim is thirty minutes. Spitting into the water is forbidden, as is also the use of tobacco in the build- ing. Bathers are given wise instructions as to health. They are directed to keep moving in the water, to dress and undress promptly, and after bathing to take a brisk walk in the open air. Taken all together, the Brookline institution, as a combined recreative and cleanliness bath, is defending the sound sentiment engraved over its door: "The health of the people is the begin- ning of happiness."

J. A. Stewart. Boston, Mass.