Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-10

| hand, palm downward, M far ahead of YOU
| ~ you can, and then drive Il at arms length
downward aud backward TIL II has passed
the perpendicular. Then draw IL up close to
your side aud send II forward Tor tho next
/ stroke. The other hand should be thrown
forward just In front Of your face Inmerse
the hand, palm backward, aud arm 10 the
| elbow, and throw 10 vigorously back TN the
arm IL extended at full length. Then raise il
clear out OF tho water and bring It forward
Tor tho next stroke The arms should alter
nate In movement, that II, while the under
arm IL going forward tho upper should be
going backward, and vice versa The best
way 10 use tho ieet In the stroke IL n matter
OF opinion. bnd ] can got more power by
DRAWN my heels up ackward toward my
thighs, aud then, with the upper suriace Of
the feet aud tho shins turned backward, kick
Ing out hard"
You should, by all means, learn 10 swim
on your back and to float You can swim on
your back, using your arms like oars and
Keeping your ieet still, or drawing your ieot
up under you aud kicking out, or using
both. The advantage of using the legs or the
arms alone In that you got u rest Tor the uu
employed limbs. Some persons never learn
to float, and ain inclined To think that u "
impossible Ter some persons to- doso. IL you
lind your feet have tendency to sink spread
them Wide apart aud extend your arms for
ward along the water over your head. That
Will bring the centre of balance further for
ward and tend To keep your iect up. II your
i'Vt ilpat tuNllN your Hthu ubtN utt, PUT
your arms close Ia your sides and keep your
ieet together. Most people who have dini-
Guilty In floating find the trouble with their
feet An occasional gentle paddle with them
viii Keep thom aiioat II they show n tonden-
cy TO go down"
UNDRESSING UNDER WATER.
GLOW about undressing under the water?'
alt Is the most difficult thing to do In the
water, but every good swimmer can accom-
ll&h "a ttssn II
either ON your back or on your breast, with
one hand aud one ioot-the loft foot aud right
hand or tho right foot aud left hand. Then
put ON AN old suit of clothes aud an old pair
OF shoes aud jump into the water not over
your head. As soon rs you come to the sur
face strike out with ono foot aud one hand.
with tho unemployed hand take the shoe oil
the unemployed foot. You must keep them
under water, OF course. II you try to IN
them IN tho air their unsupported weight
Will send them under. Repeat tho operation
with the other hand aud foot Always your
shoes oil first You will find when they get
iull OF water that they will tug at you like
TWO pitileSs demons trying To tako you down.
You will have to decide for yourself whether
you Will remove your shoes while swimming
On your breast or ON your back. Experience
alone Will show you which way is easiest for
you. Alter you have your shoes oil, swim
on your back with your feet aud got your
coat aud vest OIL Your head may 90 under
occasionally while you are performing these
operations, but don't mind that Doa't get
Hurried, but keep right on swimming.
when you have your shoes and coat aud vest
OIL you Will be comparatively free. good
swimmer can keep aiOat a long time with
shirt aud trousers ON. Take oil your cuffs
and collar, ut course. 1t is next TO impossible
To get your trousers oil without drowning
yourself. The best thing to do ia to roll them
up To your knees You can do that while
swimming with one hand and one foot
Don't Imagine that you are going to hayo an
easy time doing all thus. It takes patience,
coolness and nerve To accomplish ii, but
when II IL dono you can swim long time
and make good headway"
SAVING LIVE.
every swimmer should be ready to save
life. Just how To do il IL tho question. |
don't think any detailed rules can be laid
down, but there are two or three general
principles. The first OF these IL to keep out
OF tho way of tho drowning mans arms.
Don't let him get his grip on you, or the
chances are that you will both drown. Get
behind him il you can and he can't get hold
OF you. Take him by the back of the coat
collar, or his neck aud push him in front of
you. great swimmer once told me that II
ever had occasion To jump In Tor a drown
ing man and no managed to get hold of me,
the best thing for me 10 do would be to start
for tho bottom ~ fast as | could. The drown
ing man always struggles toward the surface.
II he finds that the man he has seized il go
ing down he will let go of him. | can ot
answer for the truth ot the statement, as |
have never had occasion To test IL. 1t Ger
taiuly sounds plausible. All know, how
over, il this 1t would require man OF con-
summate courage To start Tor the bottom with
drowning man clinging around his neck"
And the reporter Hlied 10 the brim with
this interview hastened homo at his earliest
opportunity to give the lSrELLIGENCER
readers the full benefit thereof.