Show teaching school girls to swim in the apparatus in use in ger wl many for teaching school girls bow to swim the pupil lg Is supported in such a position as to leave the legs aej arms free to perform the motions of a swimmer the body Is hung tn in a wide belt suspended from a overhead rail while the feet are attached to a pair of ropes running over put pul leys and adjustable to various requirements quire ments the pupils thus suspended are then taught how to perform the movements of the breast stroke until the action becomes inmost instinctive there thera Is a decided advantage in teaching these movI movements ments in su euc a way instead of in the water for the pupil is not distracted by the fear of a ducking it is not at all easy to learn the swimming movements even out of water vater hence the advantage of acquiring 44 this knowledge until it becomes almost instinctive before entering the water scientific american |