Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 10 | Skating Etiquette Calls for Consideration

Skating Etiquette Calls for Consideration By JOAN DURHAM I Sticks and and stones may very well break your bones bones if if you scatter them over a skating rink Never skip them over areas that will be used for skating advises Diane Cummings figure skater author author author au au- au- au thor of Figure Skating As a Hob Hob- by If the area isn't completely frozen she says your sticks will sink into it and make ridges in the ice that will trip other skaters If they perch on top of the ice they're even worse Dont Don't Act Like a Dub Miss Cummings has some other dos do's and don'ts for skaters I Dont Don't ask a top to join you if youre you're just beginning That's just as bad as asking a first bracket tennis player to take on a dub Dont Don't race around a crowded rink Not only are you likely to knock others down down you'll you'll scare them to death Dont Don't wear racing skates on a public rink unless youre you're sure the management doesn't object Racing Racing Rac Rae ing skates are longer and sharper than other skates and often are forbidden as dangerous f t Dont Don't skate against the traffic On most rinks skaters are urged to travel in a counter clockwise di direction di- di Occasionally a a. gong may be be rung to reverse reverse the the direction so skaters wont won't get dizzy Wear Vear proper skating apparel Short full skirts a sweater or a jacket long cotton lisle or silk hose not wool wooD and dark wool or silk pants for women Dont Don't wear ankle straps Have skates properly fitted and you wont won't need them Keep neep to Your Side Skilled skaters usually are requested requested requested re re- re- re quested to keep to the outside o of public rinks figure skaters in the center and beginners in between or or in a separate section To figure skaters If you start star your figure skating in one spot dont don't move on to clean territory and mar the ice for others To hockey players If the pond ifs Is small dont don't play all over th the place Leave some room for beTo be be- ginn ers f- f To the novice Dont Don't call figur skaters skaters- fancy skaters They'll spot you as one of the uninitiated right Bright ight away