Show Swimming 1 for ladle ladies J til tile TIIE MODERN 11 now ovy TO manipulate TILE THE VATER there is 13 a great deal said about ladies bathing in the season season and flud fash fashions lons ions in jn bathing dresses are announced as of the utmost importance when practically they are of the least possible interest the number of lady bathers at any se seaside sea side side resort being about one in fifty of the number staying there why ladies do not bathe is among the masses mashes of deop people who frequent summer resorts and who are many of them drawn partly by the expectation of seeing shoals 01 0 young women floating as sea nymphs in the water in the cos eos cobb fumes they have read about a co constantly recurring query why indeed ladies ladles vanh want to bathe they would ilke jike to knola how to swim they envy pavy their h husbands us brethers and lovers who c run down 1 for an occasional day or so and take a plunge into the waves the very first thing they determine to emulate their example and commence by trying a little dip alp at the regulation hour houf the next morning but they are afraid to leave the ropes and afraid to put their heads uner and afraid of the crowd ot 0 on the beach when they come out of the water and as the little dip is not very exhilarating in enact fact pact makes them feel chilly and an d shaky they decide not to croul trouble troubie yle jle tamel themselves ves about it any more this is really unfortunate for women who love iove water and who spend nd a sufficient length of time near t the he sea to render it most advantageous cadvan tadeous to them if they could take the tho full benefit of bf it bathing and swim ming unrestrainedly is ono one of the most desirable accomplishments for american America ii women it t would not only improve their physique giving them richer color finer proportions and more perfect contour but it would would impart a veru verv a capacity i for enjoyment which they seem to lack simply because b they lack animal spirits and animal strength the gaiety galety of eve evon even ii youn young 0 american amerlean women always seeman seem sn little littia forced a little hollow hollowaa a little unnatural their laugh ishike a society laugh upon the tho stage as if they knew their part and knew know the ha ha hat was to conle conie in bhore there but not at all as if they felt feit it or laughed because they could not ilot help it there is 13 nothing spontaneous natural or hearty binl in it in fact habit education society forbid the exhibition of natural un and hearty emotions ions lons I 1 tho the ancient philosophy of the stoics was wag not morer repressive o of all genuine ia arhl ro thie he custom sand tendencies of modern oel society ety A generation of what I 1 is S called culture is sufficient lo 10 freeze out every eveny indication of human feeling and renders its hub bub a and animate as they earn 7 while to ono one not to the manner born association with the howling bowling dervishes would beat bent be at times a welcome relief from society so society clety inanity and stagnation at times there is an effort made to escape este from fhe the deadness and is olat lone ione the skating mania was the result of oneff one of these periodical attempts and if an effort to make swimming fashionable on the part of ladies were to td result in nothing not liing more than a temporary excitement it would atwould still accomplish some good for once some women became experts they would find swimming too delightful and healthful a pastime to be relinquished d and ibe the next geine goine generation ration rallon would be the tiie gainers by it it is very desirable however that the task be made as easy and agreeable as possible and of the tho requirements to make e atso it so tho tha ordinary seaside is almost entirely destitute A hotel proprietor at newport or long branch would make a fortune as well as reputation by providing means by which ladies could enter and leave tho the water without running the gauntlet of a huli buli hundred dred eye sand sard also be taught bow how to bathe figat float swim anden and en joy tho water bistrong by strong elpe experienced riena i women swimmers the first birst is managed abroad by running the little bathing houses houe on wheels and bringing them in down to the edge of tho the water but it m might fight bedone be dono done by providing little transit houses with wheels and runn running izig them between the bathing houses and the wate reach lady being p provided provided with a little red flag fl ag which she could wave or wh whistle t le with which she could summon one when needed very many ladies desiro desire to be taught yet spend a whole summer at the seaside without entering the water indifference the want of proper guidance and instruction and the fear of publicity acting as the barriers to their first attempt saud gand sand strengthening enin 9 in them timidity timidity y until it 1 t becomes cowardice written instructions in are not of much value in art of the learning to swim but the following directions copied from an english magazine ai are a to the point and may assist assis t thos those c who are trying in this one ont excellent subject to equal men first walk out into the water above the knees and dip down or else throw the body in backwards which is the tho best way as it clears the hair from therace the th eface face and it comes first to the surface but the person instinct instincts instinctively i vely feels leeis for the ground with the feet fee t the shock is beneficial to the nervous R system having taken the first dip da gel ge i into water about as is deep as the length of the tile arm then sif sit doicie now place both both hands palms downwards on the g ground round then stretch stretching out the dight right leg lez brin bring it to the tc surface n OW t the he leffien leff left leg len 11 placing them both together to ether the w weight II 11 ht of the body larus is anus thrown on he ibe arm arms which may mar b bend 0 ild a little but abut dont donl mind that now yow raise naise eli ell birin bring 11 jt slowly 0 to o the su surface ilace irace and put it at right angl angi esTrom the tho body phen then do the same with tho other the center of or the body sinks a little deeper than the extremities the body is now on the top of the water a and nd if a all nil 11 this has been slow ly and methodically methodic allyS done dolc without flurry or splashing the water it will stay there till you choose to alter your youn 0 ur posit position ion iop the ul want in bof of conal confidence euce luce or perhaps the knowledge that oil on the first time of trial you have actually succeeded has otten the effect of making a beginner sink in this case it must be tried over and over again until you feel reel ali all is isri isrl right glit when this first position in floating lias bas been acquired a variety varity in placing the arms may be tried stretching them along the tho 0 side clasping the hands above uhe he head crossed on the breast or han ban hands s rais rals I 1 ed into the air but this ast last art call can be done for but a few moments as the face sinks under water it will be found that when float floating fiig for a any ny little time the body is apt to turn toone to one side a slight padd paddling 1 with the hand in the water wl will 1 1 restore tore toro the equilibrium I 1 twill be remembered that the face only is kept above water and as the eyes are arc perforce directed upwards swimming in ln on the back Is rather a blind method of bf proceeding Iti it is there thero foro included under the head of bf orl ornamental na swimming take tate care not to keep up too long without with out seeing where you are goin going aa as the swell of the tide may carry you out a little way possibly out of your del dei depth tb and rk yet yeb krowl knowing g POW mow how tp Pi aLay glay T nay nav I 1 be bd the alwo etwo WU of many swimmers give it as a rule in kearnin learning the hand stroke that the arms should bo be stretched out in front then made to describe as large a circle as possible now this is incorrect the an aas aws s should be merely used to direct and the legs to move it along move them more fr from 0 in the elbow than the shoulder and the palms of the hands turned slightly outwards to learn the stroke this time kneel down stoop forward bend the elbows outwards place the hands near the surface of the water then raise one leg on a level with with the hand band leaving the thc other foot on the ground then try the stroke as above stated it will be found round easier to rest the foot that is on the ground on the boea and drag it a little after you change from one toa ton to nother another but the tilo liand hand stroke will seem seen quite easy when you havo have once or twice tried it there aro are two methods of doing the leg stroke the way usually recommended is to take a frog for a model and exactly copy its movements that is to say strike out the legs together as far apart from each ther as possible and then draw in the feet to meet each other but keeping the legs still from tol toi touching it is the drawing of the feet boget together or latter jatter portion of the stroke that gives the tha impetus to the body that moves bovea it along the second method is faster than the other and generally preferred by those who know now it in in this the legs are stretched out straight behind then cross cros one foot over the ibe ether and keep them so to all the time throw out the tife knees sideways and bring them together again to do both hand stroke and leg stroke together when the arms are thrown out se separate arate the knees from each ot other herand anu ana throw them thern out and then draw in hands and knees together with regard to taking breath it is best to draw oreath breath as you move the hands bands and knees outward outwards but a little practice will soon enable you to jud judge ge the hight right moment to do so swimming on the back may may be liked as a change but as it necessitates a continual movement of the head to bee see where you are going it iiii Is rather troublesome the arms are stretched behind the head and sweep the water towards the feet the legs are jerked up wards and then thrown out As you need not move the arms at all but the elbows being bent benl a little outward rest the hands lightly on the waist move the heelas beelas directed above and at the same time let the body hody glide through the water in a sinuous manner moving it from side to side keeping time with the lega leps to swim on OKI the side lie on one sid side e say pay the right now move the right arm under the water asif as if it were an oar that is draw it down towards the feet the le ies legs les 0 s are kept well apart the right foo foot t being near the lett leit knee strike out as if kicking away the water waier with rather a jerk erk hand and feet together this is a rapid mode ot of getting along but it is tiring and in cannot n ot be kept up so long as plain swim ing the arms can be changed as each gets tired Toach to achieve leve levo the motion lie on the haek hack gather up the knees on the chest then by a downward movement of or the hands as its if paddling turn the body now like a ball round and round making it rotate rapidly in the UL water it is very simple but still these little things give c confidence and make on one 10 at ease case in the water y N Y gra gfa P |