Show HOW TO AVOID DROWNING J Do 90 Not Become B me Excited d ai ad Plunge About Chicago Post Nine persons out of or ten who ilO r wn might avoid it it If they did not become excited exalted and plunge around in a vain ef effort effort effort fort to save themselves The first im impulse impulse Impulse pulse of the when he finds himself suddenly immersed is to get et out of the water as soon as ever he can Straightaway he bogies begins floundering g about striking out wild wildly with his hie hands kicking kickin just as blindly with his hi legs and he be sinks Sinus Once under he be becomes com corn comparatively comparatively or oi wholly quiet and the buoyancy buo ancy brings him to the surface Per Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps haps he renews his lila struggle h ho h surely gasps for air a But he had bad his nis mouth open OP when he be went down he gulped water ashe ashie as be went down he be probably failed to hold his breath all aR the time he was down and now DOW there is js little room left for air all His lungs are arc no longer playing th the r part In keeping him afloat 1 they are like a rubber life preserver with the air let letout letout letout out His lungs as 3 well ell as his flounder floundering ing hig arms and leg arc re now noa noW against him Down he goes again more quickly than before and by bV this time his only hope bos ho hoof of salvation lies in some exterior help If that is not at hand h nd he drowns through I his own on efforts he takes his life lite just justas I as af surely sur ly as does the man who standing 1 before a mirror presses a revolver to his temple and put puts a bullet bullot through his brain Mere Here Is In a certain t way to insure rescue in ordinary or water accidents As you are failing Into the water and andas andas andas as long longas as your jour our head ad is i abo c the thc th sur surface surface surface face draw dr draw w in air through the nostrils Do not under any circumstances cir open your mouth to breathe through you are in the water If you OU do you ou will ship water and thus lessen the air space which Is so 50 Important in the emergency If IC you vou go completely under hold your our breath until you ou rise You Y u win n be under only a few seconds although It may rua seem an eternity but no matter how bow howlong long PU are under hold bold you OU Your salvation depends fex ends on 01 it your our breath Erga Ev n though your temples and ear car drums seem about to burst hold your breath 1 s When Then your head bead shoots out of water perhaps your our body down to the waist will wilI come out outdo do not I Implore you ou release all your our breath Exhale as slightly as s 1 possible You will get sufficient relief r and at the same 8 me time Um not empty your lungs which you ou must not do so long as you OU are In danger Follow by taking In all the air you ou can By this time you will be settled In tn tho the water so soto s sto to speak with your Jour nostrils above the surface and you can proceed to help your our lungs and the buoyancy of your body to keep you afloat Do D not nold your jour body bod straight up and down Get on your right side In 10 what is known as r surface Your feet will wUl then be about of ot your jour height below the waters surface Then steadily and without any whatever reach out straight and ana as far faras faras as possible from the side with yom year hand and bring it down almost almest al st te to the iba hips At the same tima Um work the left hand band on the surface e of ot the tb water gently WentY reaching out from and pulling in toward tue body j While you are thus oa Ig g your hands tread water with your feet fact Tread lug ing water is as easy as rolling off of a log It corresponds to the mark time ume et ef f th tho soldier it Is i Jn in fact the swimmers way war of ot marking nine me Bend your our right leg a J little more than slightly at the knee W up the lower halt half about six 5 inches T ann ana then thrust threat the leg down gently until until It is straight Repeat with the left leI lee and alternate making at the most sixty movements to a minute Be sure that you yo tread gently This Is highly Important for tor if It you thrust down hard you will kick kicka a hole bole in the water and Lind nd send yourself into It and under |