I It's the Nearest H : . j., - ' .., . " '" ' JC" I.J to Flying the Hu- ,, .-,-. i &H$$$fBBB&mi ' ;.. f I j man Can Do, This P 'JHRHHHSHfeL '' ' ' I Sailing Through the -,-..., fcte fflHSHHBHlbw. B I Air from a Spring '."" . ffffEfi 'ttMHHHHHPk. ' A Board andThen Shoot- ; in g Through the Calm, I Cool Depths. H ----7 T IS as near flvlng as a person H (V " -" can get. Or course, one may H; take a little flight in an aero- K plane or make an ascent In a. Hj I balloon, but it 13 the aeroplano H j 1 or balloon which Is doing the H 1 lTy flv,nK a"d not the occupant o Hi the machine. In diving It h H tho person who is doing it and not a machine. I You sail through the air and then when you j strike the water there is the same motion and you can control your movements with the , natural case of a bird or fish. How often have you been In the air with abso- J lutely no support anywhere for your body: j Maybe you have jumped up once or twice an:l both your feet loft the ground at the same time. If you are an athlete this may not bo an infrequent occurrence, but to the ordinary person it is unusual. Now, in swimming one has almost the feeling of a bird In the air. U mght sound better to state that one has the feeling of a ilsh In the H water, but the bird comparison sounds bettor Ito those who know the delights of gently swimming, swim-ming, through the water, not racing or contest-Ing contest-Ing with anyone else, but just gently floating along. And one feels Just like an eagle far, far up in the air, apparently motionless, save how and thon for a few beats of the wings. Just floating along. That Is the feeling one has in swimming, when one can swim properly. And by properly l3 J not meant the correct stroke, exactly, but ( easily, with no moro effort, or hardly as much J es one uses in walking; when one can swim j and not .bother about whether he has the right J Stroke or not. but just knows ho is swimming ft and enjoying It and using very little effort, But It Is In the dive that one gets the real M thrills of flying, such as the swallow darting B through the air must feeL And It is all for 1 1 he brief space of a few seconds. j Hardly 10 per cant of the women who swim ban dive. Why? Because they have never I tried. And why have they hover tried' Be- J tauoe they ore timid about it. But It is 'easier to learn to dive than learn to swim. All one has to do to learn to dive correctly Is to try It once. Nine times out of ten the Orst dive, that Is, the straight plunge, prob- ' Hbly of 3 or 4 feet, Is made correctly. Somo- j times It is not Perhaps tho body fails flat on the water. But after one gets up her courayo I JMf 6 In,tfU phjnso 8h0 w,n P It uo tmtll she ha learned to dive correctly-that b, the straight plungo. at te' ' In this initial dive the effort is all In the I ?! , I l8wbnt Ver the water- " the arms Extended above the head and the hands meot- I ". or almost meeting. The diver leans over antll the upper part of the body Is on tho vorgn I bf overbalancing, the lower part and at this M I foment she must give a sllht spring, &nd m I holding the body perfectly rigid, strike the I 7",' Jh handfl rnUBt str,ke th tor first, I I Just In front of the head. In that way there II 11 " Bh00k' th hands ODOnInK tho water for I the head. Sometimes a person may dive a I , ttlstanoo of a few feet with the head hitting I tho water first, but this cannot be done from "" "!. aim me oeginner should never H H try It. i whri one has never dived the actual per- H Xormanco appears hard; there seems to be a M l hock about It. sut this Is wrong. It requires I e nUn!mUm oi effort to dive and there is no m f Bhock; One utrlkes tho water and inatlnctivoly m I ralees the .head. The. more quickly the head HI 1? ra,scd the "ouner one cornea to the surface. H I l.ter n haB dlved tW0 or thrce tlmes 8hB H a pwr.Jip Q-:onirol, tot. wTmnt under, & '1 water. If she wishes to como to tho suvfacu at once, she merely raises her head and per haps makes a stroko or two wun tlio hands: If she wiBhos to dive deep sho can keep tho head down but with tho hands still extended so that tho head will not strike the bottom of tho pool or stream. That Is oao of the important things for the beginner to learn always keep tho hands in advance ot tho head when diving directly down. It-one- jvants. ia--jrtunga -through 4h& .prater. Ui head una anus ,uu raised slightly and the body Is held In a horizontal posftlon. Ono can thus float through tho water and tho Impetus of tho spring will carry her many feet. Then when tho breath cannot be held longer or when tho body ceases its motion sho raises hor bead and hands and comes to the surface. "When diving ono instinctively holds tho breath and so no directions aro necessary along this line. Every, woman jtvha-xwJn,huldlcarn.4o divo. It doubles tho pleusuro. After that first dlvo one learns rapidly, and In a very short time knows how to dive lntc shallow water; how to dive deep down and remain under water; how to plunge through tho water nfter tho dive, and numerous other llttlo details. And thon sho Is ready to tako up fancy styles of diving. Thoso latter arolmado from springboards spring-boards and sometimes from a height. But It is easy after one learns tho elementary dive. And.JtsoJn.hix4l33n,;thj$Ug& - "-" ' -" JW' MwewpWKEpwgpWl and arms aro inclined downward the body appears ap-pears to bo suspended momentarily in the air Thoro aro backward dives, but these do not compare in grace with thoBo which aro niado face forward. There irf more effort and th offort Is too apparent The swan dlvo, especially, especial-ly, appears to bo porfoctly natural. This diving, an said before, doubles tho pleasure pleas-ure of swimming, and in most dives absolutel-no absolutel-no effort Is necessary. Thorerore, the woman .who ldmtaHi(iJenw,to. OtvAjnd, .-fUhjattt KIWIiTIWPWrPiii m 1 j iiaum. It Doubles the I Pleasure of Sim- ming and Every j Woman Should Learn 1 the Elementary Mo- -f tions, and After that :r It Is as Easy as Can Be ' t- ' H tho human body can assume more gracefoi t poses in a short space of time than under anr E other conditions. Tho swan dive Is probably ' I tho most beautiful of these. In this, after th ' spring from the board, the body Is In almosl horizontal position, with the head held up and ' tho arms oxtonded. .wide apart in front. Then as tho body descends the head Is lowered and ' I tho hands brought together to open a way for the head to enter tho water while the body ( I held rigid. . On account of the change In the position of ' l tho body It appears that one is In the air I longer than is really tho caso. f . i The scissors dive Is another that is graceful, j ' but cannot comparo In grace with the swan, ' r In the scissors one Jumps from the Bprin?. board straight up In the air and then the uppr b part of the body Is quickly bent down and thj IL head and hands enter -tho water tn a direct per- ! nendlcular position. .t the moment the ha 1 ' IPklL ijkV '"Site Y'"' - - - ntgtirii xMu&m . . , boforo, all It needs' Is tho plucking up of a llttlo JH courage for that initial plunge. After that it $JH will all come easy.. Ono enjoys It and there H ; V no danger of any Injury to' one There Is no .K -strain on any part of the body and there is no . Wt physical shock.,, j H Tho woman who swims has n, physical ad- vantago over her sister who cannot, and the IT' woman who can dive also has an advanlaC 1 over tho woman who cannot. 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