Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-22
Senate Bill W|ouId Stop
"Mixed'. Bathing andPut.
More Clothing on NymphS

the pugilists term the old "one-two,"
aimed at loves young dream and it's
accompanying vagaries, by Senator
Wilkinson, of tho Forty-ninth dis
trict. in two exceedingly specific bills
introduced in the state senate Tues
day morning.
One is against bathing by the
sexes-that is, not against bathing,
but against the two sexes inter
min8ling III aquatic diversion in
anything from pond to an ocean.
The other is for the protection OF
to say, character from thirteen to
sixteen years of age; to prevent girls
of that age from keeping company"
except with the written consent OF
parents or guardians.
Mr.. Wilkinson, it appears, is simp-
ly going to make 'em be good. lie
intends not to give 'em a chance.
peal to Mr.. Wilkinson. His unfav-
orite poem probably is Loves
Young Dream"
Also, Mr.. Wilkinson appears to
have been direfully scandalized at
some time and place by the bathing
apparel of the sexes, or perhaps
bill considers that matter fully: at
least as fully as the supposititious-
ly scanty bathing apparel can be
considered.
From the armpits to the knees"
declares Mr.. Wilkinson modestly;
and prescribes further that the
and that they shall not enter or
leave the water within 100 yards of
each other, and that the men shall
have masculine life guards, and the
women feminine life guards.
Might Hang Annette
Penalties for violation includes
fin fines rs Of f. from N $1oo ito 5000 at
each. inch the bathing suit is alb
breviated above the dimpled knee
something like $500 will be added to
the fine.
Annette Kellermann might be
hanged and consider herself getting
off light, at that; while imprison-
ment from now on might we'll be
the penalty imposed for some local
bathers.
Some of those who oppose Mr.. Will
klnson's proposed law assert that in
Japan, for instance, the sexes occupy
the same ocean and the same imme-
date section thereof in no bathing
suits whatever; and the Samoans
are said to be equally naive in the
matter of attire.
IDENTIFY regards the potential evils Of
spooning in the young as less than
those of mingling in creeks. oceans,
pools, ponds, and so on. The penal
ties provide fines of from $50 to
$1,000 and the same limit of impris-
onment-up to six months-for ANY
male soliciting or obtaining the pri-
waite company or association Of any
girl in this state between the ages
of 13 and 16 without the written con-
sent of the girls guardian or father
and mother
The Bathing Bill
The text of the mixed bathing bill
follows:
AN act prohibiting sexes from
bathing together in this state at any
resort, either private or public; to
provide for suitable bathing suits for
both sexes to designate the place for
entering the water; to separate the
portion of water each sex shall battle
in, and for other purposes.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same,
THAT it shall be unlawful for
in this state at any resort. private
Or public, such as ponds, lakes,
rivers, creeks or ocean.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by
authority of the same, that bathing
suits used by both sexes shall cover
the entire body from the armpits to
the knees.
Section 8. Be it further enacted
that public bathing resorts shall be
divided in such a way as will give
Dne place for males to undress and
dress for bathing, and one place for
females to undres and dress for bath
ing, and one place for the males to
enter the water and one place for the
females to enter; these points not to
be nearer than 100 yards to each
other.
Section L. Be it further enacted
by authority of the same, that said
bathing waters shall be divided by
a line, Or rope, supported by buoys
to designate the separation of any
such bathing waters, and that the
males shall battle in waters appor-
toned for them, and the females
for them, neither crossing.
Section 5. Be it further enacted
by authority of the same, that 1t
shall be the duty Of all managers
and owners of bathing. resorts to
keep a sufficient number of life
from being drowned. Such a number
shall consist of females and males;
the remale attendants shall watch
and protect the females, and the
male attendants shall watch and
protect the males.
section b. BE Ut further enacted by
authority of the same, that all
watching and spying shall be I'M
lawful.
'Section BE it further enacted
by authority of the same, that no
part of this shall apply to man and
wife, unless as referred to public
bathing resorts.
Section 8. All persons violating
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and pun