The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
SUMMER EXCAVATIONS.
Swimming Taken Up by Women.-A
 Useful and Beneficial Exercise.

fad. 1t is also a very useful and bene- | ficial exercise.
 l Archery is another outdoor amuse- l ment which is having a revival It is | essentially a woman's sport, and, like | croquet, will be much indulged in dur | Ing the summer. It gives its devotees I precision, self-possession and grace | ful figure. The revived game of cro- quet has also become very popular and lawn tennis. hockey and golf, and, | in fact all out of door games are being | pursued with greater 2est this season | than ever before. ,s1Ai sd1 3 Every one who has the opportunity I should learn to swim. In few sports | do girls start with a natural advantage over their brothers. but swimming is | one in which they do. A girls hpdy
 Is more buoyant than that of a boy, | owing chiefly to the smallness of her | bones. Swimming is a healthful exercise provided neither weakness of the heart | nor tendency to fainting exists. For
 expanding the chest, strengthening the
 muscles and improving the figure gen.
 erally 1t is unequaled. Bathing is one of the chief amussAients of the summer
 holiday, but of the many thousands
 who bathe there are comparatively few
 who swim. Those who merely bathe
 lose as least half of he pleasure of
 going into the water.
 The difficulty experienced in learning
 to swim. has no doubt, scmethin gto do
 with this, and a friend who can swim
 a little iS not always the best teacher.
 Balance has Q great deal to do with
 swimming, as 1t has to do with cycling.
 Some people possess this faculty nat
 urally. and these are quick to learn to
 swim. while others acquire 1t slowly.
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 if you are alone, and. after mastering
 the arm and leg strokes. remember that you must breathe regularly. For
 getting to brethe is one of the most frequent faults of learners. who, after
 the first deep breath, fear to take am other. and consequently sink as soon
 as tkc first breath is exhausted. An
 other fault in learners is holding the head too high; this leads to spasmodic
 breathing. Strike out slowly.
 Swimming, has besire its health giv-
 ing exercise and pleasant pastime, a
 great recommendation. It tends to in- crease ones self reliance and courage
 under difficulties.
 CroQuet has become one of the favor
 !te pastimes of the season, but as 1t is
 now played it is quite different game
 from that played a few years ago. The
 wide loops are now replaced with mar
 TOW Ouebs NOL WiuSE bHah tht5
 ball which must pass under 1t.
 After you are provided with the new
 style croquet set, practicing by your
 self 1t is possible to reach the high
 est perfection of the game. Select
 rather heavy mallet (say poundsJ
 and use it altogether, and you will be-
 come as thoroughly used to 1t as lawn
 tennis player becomes with his racquet.
 With regard to the position, 'side-
 wayls" or "crossways," you assume
 when making a strike: For the for-
 mer position you would stand facing
 the direction in which you intend to hit
 your ball, allowing your mailet to
 swing to and fro at your right side. In
 the ."crossways" position the Inallet
 swings to and fro in front Of the body,
 and the player stands along the line
 of aim looking sideways to the left
 for the point toward which you hit the
 ball.
 Some persons find themselves more
 at home in one position than in the
 other. In striking the ball after your
 aim is made. remember 1t Is necessary to keep your eye on the/ ball with
 which yon are playing.
 Croduet is most attractive to. girls when more active games are precluded,
 or for girls too delicate for more &C.,
 tive games. or for those who have not
 a sufficient number of companions of their own age with whom to play games requiring several participants. For all such. croquet supplies an en- crossing outdoor occupation.
 Golf is one of the most healthful forms of exercise-yes, quite the most healthful--for 1t combines the one per | feet means of physical exercise-walk- l ing-with the best conditions of atmos- phere and surroundings. It has an ad- vantage over every other out-of-door | exercise, as it exercises all parts of | the body equally. It Is delightfully sociable sort of game. too, though at certain points a rigid silence is in- stinctively felt by every one who is really interested in the game. and any one from the merest child in years can learn to play; 1t is in fact better to be- | gin the game early in life. There Is so much to be acquired in the way of de- veloping an easy swing that one has ! either to learn it easily through imita- | ton and intuition when young. or else | to be trained to 1t with much practice and labor when one has grown up. Every beginner starts playing golf with a brand new set of clubs balls, a | fine golf bag and all the accoutrethents | of the game which at first seem so ! Indispenaable, and which so often in the end-the clubs in particular--are unsuitable unless the assistance and advice of some golf enthusiast have | helped in their selection
 Five clubs-a driver, butter, brassy, a cleek and lottle-are all that any player acquires. The first trtal at golf is a surprise. It seems
 so fooIishly easy. The curious sensa- | lion of letting ones arms fly in the air and then experiencing feeling Of tull stop that can only be ikened to | sudden panic leaves one astonished | and breathIess as the ball, new and | white. and glistening, stands unharmed | nr ite neat little tee while a well-de- 1 yeloped trench appears dug in the earth | baeIde if But no matter what your | evnerience don't apologize for it, be- l cause extraordinary things always hap | pen to the novice in playing golf, and | if saves time, to say nothing, but to | go right on and try again. Alter sew | eraI attempts the ball IS nit ana tne | remainder of your first enoft at goli | is to follow up that drive with similar | ones. After the driving preliminarles | the learner has the task of finding her way out of bunker, or approachins l The uniting green and of determining l the shot to be played from a bad lie, | hut after the first successful drive. | which converts every player Into golf | enthusiast. all added tasks are entered | mon willingly and with wonder that | inc game was not taken up long be- | fore.
 Golf is a game in which a woman | must never lose her temper, never be | impatient. never regret while playing | me hole a mistake made in previous 7ne. never become recklessly extrava- l -agant of points because she began