Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-07
A BOAT RACE.
why Should not Women Swim "A
"Reminiscences of Lake George.
IFsom tie SeIv York Times. ]


had no end of promising pupils, and at New
port and Long Branch the number Of ladies
able to buffet with the waves was notably on
ing ladies xho are admir- able swimmers Many
! of these ladies, in case Of an accident, couIi
not only take the best care of themselves, but
they have gone as far ss to instruct themselves
how to save those ignorant of swimming. This
spring notable case occurred where q young
woman from An interior town in Massachusetts
saved lad Of seventeen from drowning, plung-
ing into swIft-running river, "accOutred as
she was" and diving twice under water before
accomplishing the rescue. 1t is worth record
| Ing that, the fact having been reported to the
off Gals OF the town where the Incl dent hap
peLed, il was proposed TO have 4 medal pre-
seLted 10 her. Taking the whole thing in a
matter ofsfact way, the young lady refused,
not wishing 20 attract any nOtoriety TO herseif;
| but the ladies OF the villsge-her weaker SIS
| tiers. ia bysical serse-in lieu OF a modest
| toll {, sCmev hat damaged by the immersion,
! gave the brave girl handsome dress and an
erti new wardrobe.
We are inclined 10 think that we could dis
| per Sc with tTife of bOIany, or physics, or
| chemistry, providing our daught could bet
| ter breast the waves. One pleasant day this
! sumner, standing among group of ladies on
! blowing freshly, when suddenly q lace shawl
! WAS " hisked Of pretty girls shoulders, and
| carried by the breeze into the lake. Now, had
! IL been a lily much desired by our lady-lOve,
! We might have, twenty-five years ago, wadet
! into the water first having assured ourselves Of
it's deIth), or, by means of long pole, obtained
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| the slip, and feeling provoked at the accident,
and our want of galIantTy, we watched that
dTO1 ming scarf, now drifting fully 80 yards from
us otis really dreadful" said the fair owner
of the lace, "there gees the hoIrid thing. II is
sadly out OF taste to mention what 1t cost, but
that stupid scarf cOst-dear mel all my savings
OF six months &c purchase at Stewards. Pro-
voking thing! I'm going TO have a good cry
over it. There now" and the speaker did in
dulge in few genuine tears. at was 49,"
she added, between her sobs.
"Was that all?" said another lady in most
unsymPatbeiic way, 81 declare l thought it was
cotton lace"
"Thatis remark quite uncalled for" re-
piled the loser of the shawl, "and is adding in
suit TO injury. There"
81 only did it, dear, to teach you to use pin
or something to hold the scarf with, and not to
wear expensive lace just after breakfast. But
what is all right, Madam" rather sharply
retoTted the aggrieYed one, considerably net
ait is all right, fer 1 am going to get your
shawl for you, since nobody else will, - and here
the speaker looked At Us. "Oh, you are ex-
cused; men Of q certain age are not expected 10
be heroic" and saying this, before we could stop
her, she had gone down the slippery boat steps,
had waded up to her waist, and now was out OF
her depth, and was swimming as Justify as
Sandwich Island girl toward the shawl. Pres
emily she was up to it, when she caught il, and
with a woman's coquetry, swimming with one
hand, with the other converted the lace into
turbsn, which she wound round her head Here
is sprsctical nineteenth century nereid for you,"
hand. In a moment She stood dripping on the
slip. "NOw, sir, will you be good enough to 90
to the hotel aud send me my maid? and here is
your scarf, my dear young lady; it is Bot much
hurt; you will spread it out evenly, and put il
between folds Of blOtting paper, with a weight
on II; and of course you will kiss me-H you
don't mind being wet-for having been your
Newfoundland, you know. Ii WAS real frOlic!
Catch colo? not a bit OF il. Learned the noble
art OF nstatiOn when / was years old. 1t is a
pretty shawl, and such rich, flowing pattern,
and real lace;of course l knew that ali the time,
for 1T had been cotton or imitation [ give you
my word 1 shouldn't have tried TO rescue it.
You see'-this was addressed to me-"a woman
sw1ms at first, with all her clothes on, lighter
than man, but after awhile it's rather heavy
work. But really think had married a Turk,
and my Jealous lord had put me in sack into
the BOsphorOus, he could not have drowned me.
BY the way, LADIES' should not like you to
mention it'll am very unhappy. / am married
to a man, fate has so ordained ii, who can't run
or swim, or play cricket or shoot, exceptin a
most languid way. am, then, his natural pro-
tector, and he knows it, But 1 am chsttering
here. Pray now run to the house and send my
servant" on that we hurried up to the hotel,
and that important functOnsry, the lady's
maid, soOD sped on her errand.
" My mission on this earth" said the lady TO
US that eysDiDg, "ts TO induce women to i'm
prove themselv by means of physical culture.
Why did not Canon Kingsley lecture on 1t when
be was here, for no one has written so sensibIy
on the subject? WOmen's rights movements fail
s1gnally i'll this particular. How are women who
are slw avs HMM and ailing 10 take any higher
position in tie human family. tell you, much
as We may despise materialistic idas, and hold
alott he immAterial brain over lobbyists are
| too often trumps. Now to the case ia point: 1
should by no means have gone overheard after
| that young lady's shawl If had not been in my
morning dress. That, yOu say, is a non sequitur,
/ but Our actions are mostly relative. a precious
/ scoldiDg received in lieu of reward from my
! lord ana master, and perhaps deseryedi il. But
! don't you think If more of the young women
could swim, or even walk decently, or shoot DO VS.
! and arrows, or skate more, they would be better
7 of Nnn nuy a drn naVRr- he
! written by intelligent women which have sick
! headache and dyspepsia sticking out in every
line OF course, now it is too late to cure them,
| But suppose in early life, If only two energetic
! male friends, her brothers, had tucked that
! intellectual girl under their arms, and clapped
on her feet pair OF thick sOled shoes, and taken
! her spin of three or four miles a day over the
/ felds-dOD't you fancy that your person would
have been wonderfully improved physically and
mentally"
| "Of course we do ;" we replied.
Are You not rather stronger in the theory
| than in the practce?" the lady rather mali
| ciously inquired. "You write about these mat
/ tiers occasionally, suppose; but do you carry
| them out in regard to your daughters?'
owe can criticise a three-legged STOOL" we
replied, "but, if our life depended on it, could
81 will tell you what will do. Tomorrow
| morning will wager you just pair of gloves
! that can take my husband in boat, and you
! may take any lady you please, not under ITO
lake" ''- wan ~" ~ -''' -'''' Nv '-'
How could we decline the wager? That eve
| ming, however, We telegraphed to New York for
| pair of 6 I gloves. We came in glorious sec
| ond. We might have won had our young lady
| cOxswan trimmed boat, but she insisted on see
! ing the reflection OF the clouds in the lake. as
| surfing us it was a RHdnce she was anxious to fix
| in her mind, in case dTess-pattern of similar
| hue was ever put before her. We were beaten
| a good many boats lengths. Our competitor
| had every advantage. The lady's dead weight
| her husband-sat motionless In the stern, read
| ing book. He had certainly been well trained
| PRESIDENT WooLsEY UPON THE GREEKS AND
! YALE CoLLEGR.-At supper party OF the old
/ Yale boys in New York, lately, ex-President
| WOosey made a speech, saying, that there was
| something in the results of Greek culture that
| he had enjoyed more than any other study OF his
/ life-that the Greeks had in all respects but one
| been more favored than any other nation, that
| their sense of beauty, proportion, fitness had
| alone enabled them to make a great record
without conscience. Rome, on the other hand
without having such high aspirations, had eX-
! erted more permanent influence. 1t had con-
! science enough to make laws that would work
| Greece could not. 1t was strange to realize that
! only one-tenth OF the Greek citizens could read.
! But they all could criticise Sophoces and
| Euripides, and it is a question whether a nation
cultivated through the ear to that pitch was not,
| Wh vel tiua cd Ga npa