Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-07

in her body and gee the horrld little goose
pimples that lie in rows down her arms
ike the chain of mountains on cOnten'
ent.
Bat the lessons begins. At first the
teacher gives her her whole attention, and
teaches her the three movements OF the
legs. Ones knee drawn up against tae
body; two, separated; three, etralgnteheG'
She realizes that most of them are made
above the water, but she can't help that.
She is doing well to make them at ali.
Presently the dreadful chill and sickenlng
of the water is gone and che rather b. g'ns
70 enjoy il, when the teacher pits a long
pole in front of her and tells her to drop
the wooden ball that she IS cliDglng to IN
order to learn the stroke with her hands
OF course she tries it, screams, gets her
mouth full of water and her heart is
humping away in her throat so sue cam
breathe. There is splsshing OF water,
a quick revcltion of the arms, and gen.
trail eommotion like that made by ferry
boat backing out of her slip, and she hos
both hands clutched about the pole with q
grio that the teacher cannot shake Oil.
The professor comes 10 the relief ottne
tired teacher The girl knows that her bare
feet are waving frantically in the air, that
her bathing dre:s is only an apology that
she is most dem0ralzed wrecked creature,
so far az physical appearance is concerned,
bat she is so mieeTable she doesn't MIND
it. His voice treasures her, she gains con
fidence enough to stretch her arms out
straight in the water, to sweep them back
with the palms outward, draw them against
her chest ard streighten them again to
the slow rhythm OF his measured count
ing
The whole ron of girls lied up to pull
leys are working in unison now, their arms
cleaning aud bare feet tossing above the
waves; the pretty girl in the ugly dress
walks slowly out to the end of the spring
board, pulls down her little dress, hxs'
her hair behind her ears, raises her hands
hight above her head and dives INTO the
water to come up again half way down the
tank, with glow of color in her cheeks.
She stops when the water ls shallow ana
reaches only 70 her neck to roll up the
sleeves of her dress tuck up the
trousers revealing q wealth Of pinky white
volupiuous lovliness, such as lillian loved
10 paint. Then che eurls her head IN
cunning. cuddling sort OF way against the
water aud swims away with long, smooth
sideways stroke. MALT the time under the
water like the Roine sisters, or floats CT
her back to rest.
1T is iust like wsl!zing," said The be-
witchiug swimmer, as she wrung the wa
ter ont of her long braids. You'll learl
the steps and scramble round any way
every way. until all ct once you feel thai
YOU are walizing, and you can't tell why
or how you do it, So with swimming anc
horseback riding. I couldn't learn tC
rise in the saddle from the teacher, bui
I went off in the park one day and sem
the groom ont of sight, and all at oncs
had it, and couldn't ride any other way
| learned to swim in Europe, and they arr
very much harder with you than they arr
here. You can't coax and cOddle CIR
in the water ifyou ever expect her 20 learn
You lust want to have her learn thu
stroke right and then push her in without
anv ceremony and let her paddle for her
self
The ten girls in the race came up TO tht
edve of the basin, their heads shiny like
ssals, and said that they took five lessons
last year and did not 60 in again until Thu
year, when they had been every day FOL
10 days. -.
1T ism teaching, but practice" SAID
the pirl in the curtailed green dress. M
one can do it for you; you just have to have
little nerve and start in"
The girls are taught frat to swim on thi
chest then on the neck; to float, tread
water, Jump from different heights, swim
with long skirts on, dive, swim under wa
ter. and to rescue Others from drowning
The basin in which they learn is 3ix54
feet, and has an increasing depth OF IRON
three to five feet, the water being constant
" changed and heated to comfortable
and uniform temperature.