The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-10
rcLlt OF GOOD SWIMMERS.
vtl.c Chances In the Water They
 Wouldn't on Land.

vti.e Chances In the Water They
 Wouldn't on Land.
 "Y a gcIerally sec tackled Co the end ,i o., newspaper dispatch announcing 'lc drowning oi some man at tho bath i-. leach. He was an export swim, u.y. said Captain Mullen. the life guard at Colonial Beach-a raddy. strarFiug. former man-o'.war's man-- who has snaked nearly 200 drowning u,. and women ou; of the water at various scashore resorts. And the statcmeut Is true in a great many cases | know that fully eight out of ten of thc men l have grabbed just in time have ttCn first class swimmers The gcod swimmer of course takes more chances than Che man who Is only fair swimmer or the man who can't swim tall Hc Is inclined Co show of. It seems queer thing Co say. but all the same it Is true. that punches of young vumrn un the beaches are responsible for many Ot the surf drownings.
 "Tbe good swimmers among the voung fellows in bathiug want Co dis play their skill advantageously for the ttnclt ot the girls, and they take chances that wouldn' ( take. and 1 was practicallv born m the water
 "Thev ply no attention whatever Co ,idal couditiuns 0r Co anything else and, engaging iu all sorts Of fancy work for thc btuedt of the oulookiug girls, they grt away out beyond the breaker line. lt Che tide Is ag inst them on the return trip and they have Co work hard to make the teach a sudden fear takes possession oi them aud chills their blood and rattlcs their brains, and then if somebody IS not by Co handle them it Is all over with them. AZ tue beaches where the surf Is very heavy and the nudtrtow extremely trcacaerOus. par. ticuiarly along the line of resorts on the New England coast. l have often warmed vCnture.Ofne vCuug fellows Go have a cArl and DIG uustr any ciTcum- stances Co 30 beyond Che breaker line. They haye griuned in ny tAce-a couple of girls lviug around, 0t Cuurse-and they haze then jumped iu and done ju.t ttS thing warned them no, Co do Ot course 1 hayc always bad Go go m after them wbcu they lst their cheeps of di,trt.. VI ut. and often ! have bad hard ,Lolgh t.me getting them. lt makes mc .l.c Co have Co @ after a mau vhHu haSc taken tuo pains Co warn.
 Another thing that c1,d swimmers flil Co take into account i- Che liability of something happening Co them in the water that Is lu,t a- liable t1 happen Co them when tuty are dressed. ashorr and violently gNgrt.uc themselves.
 "A mlu who ieaj- J ,,lguagy life goes down Co bathing leach after cn. during l.r. season C beat. aud be jumps iu aud Tuml, sy.uud tuc water with just as much couhd nee a, he pos ses>ed when be wa, sua,l boy with timber muscles. lf be- gets 60 twiJch, be p.obably pay- no attention Co it. and by ti.e time Le tegin~ co realize that his heart Is m trouble he is pretty nearly h not Quiye ggucr.
 "Mort expor, ,wimmeys drown owing Co heart f,uulr hm anybody has any Idea of Then again. u,a. often drink a lot of stuH just tctorc going into the surf. and tbe,c stand a worse than even uOuey chance of getting cramps ] don't care how fine a swimmer a man t. be can't do business iu ,he water when be tcc0mes cramVgd. l used Co be fanny and a smart Alec in the water before l went into 'hr life guard busi- nesS and am just a, fond ol showing ai as any of thc rest Ci the boys but fl you watch me rigbt hard for solid . month. even down bere at such a com ! parat.yely calm and safe beach as this, . you'll perceive that I don't take any . chances by trying Go swim, with my | ears for propeliiug power, down Co Fort . Monroe or Go pat Cn any other kind of 1 hills of that slri. Washington Post .