Mr. Lansbury and the Parks The recent deputation of the
Sunlight League to Mr. Lansbury may have some result. On Tuesday he said that he saw no reason why he should not grant the request of the League for facilities for sun-bathing on the banks of the Serpentine. The doctors all tell us to let the sun shine upon us as much as we possibly can, but if we did so in a practical way in Hyde Park we should find ourselves in conflict with the police. Mr. Lansbury sees no objection to putting up shelters for the purpose. He also advocates mixed bathing in the Serpentine. We agree. At present women do not bathe in the Serpentine at all. It is ridiculous and tantalizing to turn from our illustrated papers, with their pictures of unembarrassed sun-bathers at Deauville and elsewhere, to the emptiness of the Serpentine on a sweltering day.
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