The sun., 1901-06-23
sWIuMIyo LESSONS ~ THE TANKS.
Girls Getting Ready for the seashore BY Prae-
tice at the Turkish Baths

Girls Getting Ready for the sesshore BY Prae-
tice at the Turkish Baths.
Thi. ummer's girl will know how to swim
II one may Judge by the number OF young
women 10 be found In the Turkish baths
tanks at unnaturslly early hours In the morn
ins. practi ,ins fancy strokes or sometimes
taking lessons from an attendant
Oddly enough. these girls say they learn
moro quickly In the tanks than at the regular
swmminQ schools At the schools most
OF the teachers use cork noats or roney pei.s,
a' to gain confidence while they have these
don't bsliey. in the cork aosts: s.s: IS said I'D
New York women among her swimming
nHpil. They give some aid In acquiring
the proper movements but th9y isii ,h 70 vsrS rrS
bednning Once she has learned with a
belt she must begin and learn all over again
without 1t .,l h.,o,.
.oI Thi n,e Ss't ae.p .ay ws.e1 !: ss a hs
confident tss II shs strikes out In q tank she she.
st,mes esTss, 70 nave stretched rope half
way across the tank AND have ssh shown y from sno
,se es,nte steps s" By pushing tho foo, back
the steps as one starts. Once this has been
done successfully and the swimmer has oausnt
q
an important lesson, that is that the ase water
viii bear her up II the body Is properly po'sou; N~;
Women learn TO swim easily eh9T@sn Thsn vii vii
they ar: sdSy sSE en- snGSsS aHSSHrns ans ssy se
ienst very rarely. understand the impetus tna'
sends the body along through the Tatsr
They depend too much on the .ne han"s Mrb ap Sesi4ss
| being graceful, for 1t Indicates courage. coo.-
meas self-confdence and thorough enjoy
| ment OF the exercise. ,roce-
fully. but their leg moyements are wiia s,In sma
terrible To cure this have often had SWIM
mers hold on TO tho side rail- OF the i. tanS shI
tpHee'tS tpaHe The pupils feet in my hand. and move NOV,
| the limbs automatically In the proper un1v, y !,
counting for each movement, Aitct su'o.hhs ~
swims alone and finally masters tho mouoah,
The grace Of swimmer largely depcTnSSs TSs
on the power and sweep OF her s,tTSe ia :. beld
tocether while the swimmer counts one
slowly after bringing the finger tips IN touch
Nesting on the stroke for this one momen'
allows the body 70 dTye aSsoa s 'r" Tnmsn ' part
| he hands Immediately on touching them ana
thus waste force and reterd their prosress,
The palms Of the hands should De su1opeeo H.
| slightly tho fingers held together ana the
thhmbs close 10 the sides OF the hands Boys
will Ak their hands this way naturally IN NE rhhs
water, buta girl will spread her pt"T nnserS Ease
Should Characterize tho woman swimmer ipi iTpi
she /, not likely TO be powerful one 10 %
| hurry or fuss and nuster in swimming J;
| fatal The progress depends on the force ol
the kick and tho proper sweep SH ,ar =. me soSy
| ~ don't think il n good idea 10 learn divin q
in tanks The marble gooring" oneT .ersa 700 TOO
| diver Many women dive carelessly,, They
dive fat or else fall In sideways; stu water
is tho best place to practice diving rom
| aont or springboard placed in safe iocamtS
Learning to swim at tn, scashore !, din,,
cult because women are 80 hnmprred WIT
| the skirts that are worn with bathing SUITS
| The skirts balloon or else become .osgy ahd
make a weight that holds the wearcr down
| In the swimming schools the pupils are pro.
vidcd with one-piece garment loosely mace
| and worn without skirt
"Thc old-fa-hioned flannel suits were the
worst Of all They held water Ike a sponge
thickencd and grew heavy a. I"ad ana pe, pe,
| cams on shore The alpaca or brillinntlnt
that Is At present worn l3r ;shIs 6ash'ns nIatsria
-, bnthing drcsses silk and satin are In
| bad taste and are only worn for show.