The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-08

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Almost every person who has not
learned how 10 swim will, in the course
Of his life, have occasion to regret it.
Swimming is such useful art that it
should be learned BY every one, and it
is well-mown fact that no one ever
forgets how TO swim after the stroke has
been once acquired.
The best thing for learner to do is
to first acquire confidence in the sus-
tanning power Of the water One Of the
best plans to do this is to walk into the
water until it reaches your arm pits;
then, turning about, strike out for the +
shore. keeping your feet well up from
the bottom Iigid perseverance IN this +
course will in a short time enable a
youngster to feel himself afloat, and at
~all fours, delight equal to that ex-
perienced by the child who first feels
that he can walk from chair to chair. II
the beginner is timid, the aid Of judi
cious friend, himself a good swimmer,
would be desirable. The friend could
hold up the young swimmers head
when he strikes out, by the tip Of his
finger to the tip Of the chin, and who at
the same time will show him how to
strike off and how to manage his hands
and feet.
In striking Oft, the learner, having
turned toward the shore, should fall
upon the water gently, keeping his
head and neck perfectly upright, his
breast advancing forward in unison with
his legs. The back cannot be too much
followed or the head too much thrown
back. The hands should be placed
lust in front Of the breast, the fingers
pointing forward d kept close to-
gether, with the thumbs to the edge Of
the forefngers; the hands should be
made rather concave on the inside,
though not too much. In the stroke OF
the hands they should be carried for
ward to the utmost extent; they should
next be swept to the side at a distance
from, but as low as the hips, and should
then he drawn up again, by bringing
the arms towards the side, bending ths
elbows upward and the wrists down
ward, 80 as 10 let the hands hang dow
while the arms are raising them to th'
first attitude, and 50 on.
The legs should be moved alternately
with the hands They should be draw
up with the knees inward and thu
soles Of the feet inclined outward
They should then be thrown backward
as widely apart from each other a
possible. These motions Of the hand
aud legs may be practiced ont Of water
t, and il would be well to do 50 and be
come familiar with the motions. Whei
in the water the learner should draw il
his breath when his hands are descend
I ing toward the hips and expel the al
y from the lungs when beginning tn
:. stroke with the hands
Diving is one Of the greatest amuss
ments connected with swimming, and I
dive is the first ambition Of the youn
% swimmer. Ia learning to dive the hea
" should be drawn slightly down towar
g the chest, she arms stretched forward
The knees should be bent trihe and a
oblique plunge should be made, takin
care not 70 keep the body too stiff tn
diver must avoid striking ON the breas
the general consequence Of fear, G
turning over so as to come down on hi
back or side, the consequence Of luml
ing or pushing too hard with the fee
After entering the water, the hea
should be thrown back. the face town
the surface, and the back hollowe,
which will make you rise to the su
face. If you have gone a considerahl
depth and do not rise fast enougl
III strike out with your hands, pressiu
H downward, and You viii immediatel
" ascend
nc In jumping or leaping from grel
. heights. the legs, arms. and head are
"' be kept perfectly rigid. and the pup
e must no. allow fear, or the strange SCI
10 sation felt in the bowels in leaping fro
great heights. 20 induce him 10 sprea
z! the arms OF legs or to bend the body.
1T To swim under water IS to swim Il
ei usual way only taking care not to con
We too near the surface if the svimm'
NJ observes that he is coming too near Il
" surface he should draw his head towai
y his chest. which viii depress his bod
~ 1t Is wen 70 accustom yourself to kee
~ ing your eyes open under the water,
~ least IN those beds Of water that "
" admit the light, as Il win enable &
~ swimmer 70 ascertain what depth
~ water he Is IN.
rHET SAN rHE POINT.
Our native Indians are known {
their almost solemn gravity in {
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