Show T C Cearn L earn to wlm wim Offer Attracts Many Entrants Editors Editor's Note TIlls This is 15 the second see sec ond or of a series of ten articles on how to swim They are written by bytho tIe tho famous twins or of NewYork New York year old girls who hold the junior long distance title Dy By THE TWINS FOR NEA Service The first step in learning how to swIm is to overcome tear feal of the wa Va ter ler Tire best way to do this of course Is to grow used to the water ater while still young Mother lother used to take us swimming when we were tiny ba ba- bles bies But we ve never nevel were afraid of the tle water It is a mistake to take any child Into the water who is afraid Give him a a. sand pan pail and shovel and let hinl dig around on the beach and before lie he knows It ho he will be wading It Is onI only a step clear into th this water Our advice is not babies how how- ever We want to try by to hell bO boys s sand and 1 girls and adults snake make up UI their minds to l learn swimming DONT DON'T USE FLOATS FLOATS' I If starting in u a pool stIck stick to the end emt until you u can on lage G 5 f Learn earn to Swim Srm 9 i Offer Attracts Many Entrants Continued d from page 1 1 swOrn Yim under your oWn power N Never V l' l lUS US Use water wings ry Iry to duck and play ball bal or tag in tile the water until you roh dont don't mind going und under r. r Wallow round around and barb to like tile the feel of ter You never can learn to swim it i you rou dont don't go under far farenough farenough enough to wet your hair hall Dout hold YOUr nose either Take a deep breath hold It I. I duck to a squatting position come UP exhale If I you rou roudo do thIs easl easily slowly and tr try to it i. i you ou can grow used to water without being arId And Andou you ou should learn to keep leep your eyes open too Many persons fear to open their eyes In keeping they erol thus I develop eloP another kind of fear for sater t Vh WhOn n you ou have learned to duck down and up again without being did all ld Or out ot of breath try the dead mans man's float foat Stretch out upon Ul the top of the water face downwards downward hands out in front face under wat water r. r with wih breath held TIre The easiest wa way to do doit doit it is to start from the sIde aide of tire tie tank and kick off with wih your our feet A BUOYANT FEELING FELING Stretch out your arms as u take a deep breath and push yourself froth from the side if I you hold your body out t taut ut yot yot will find that you float foat across acroca tile the water easl easily You will wi have to try It i many times before you ou can push more than halway across the tank But this gives yoU yoUa a feeling of that is essential essen- essen tal to anyone who to swim S Try this dead mals malis float foat for fOl only a few seconds th first time Just to get tire tre position Then repeat re- re peat trying to get a deeper breath breth and stay afloat longer Never ever strain yourself trying to stay afloat lon longer el later than you can easily That i come nut But the minute you accomplish a good dead mans man's oat float you ou have learned leare several valuable things needed in iii swimming buoyancy the feel ot of water on the face fice the to hold the breath getting scared and a sense sene ot of easy tile the water Si S Come on in kids tile the waters water's fine Day b by da lay tire Ule entry blanks In Intile n tile the Swim Learn Lean to campaign sponsored by The the Red fled Cross and the city recreation de- de keep pouring pouring In There Tere Is it a wide diversity in ages reflected on tile the blanks Some chi chi- dren as ts young as four and a half hal years crave to become water adept The blanks also indicate that there are plenty ot of youths and girls from 10 1 t to 17 years old who do not know how to swim flush In your entry blanks The The first lessons wi be given ghen Monday July 30 30 and tile the lessons will wI continue for two weeks S Fond parents are ae calling The Te gram daily daly seeking assurance assurancE that children ivill be perfectly lafO afe at the various swimmIng pools On Wednesday when his pal was downing Lowell Southam harvard avenue proved pro how valuable able knowledge of swImming Is by sa the life le of lois his friend The time may come when your led Imo knowledge e or of swImming s wl vill sara a a life le Learn how to swIm NOW OW |