The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

Pretty, clear-skinned, graceful and
healthy, Miss Tillie Ashley is a shin
ng example Of the course she advo-
Gates for the summer girl of 1903.
Rowing, says Miss Ashley decidedly,
| the thing, and as Miss Ashley is
he champion oarswoman of the world
he summer girl will do we'll to listen
% her directions.
The pretty young oarswoman from
Hartford, Conn.,, who holds the cham
| ?ionship against any one of her sex,
owes her prowess entirely to her de-
termination to show what a member
Of the weaker sex can do when she
makes up her mind to it.
She is not an American woman by
| birth, though she considers this coun-
try her home, and is proud to be re-
garded one of the nations feminine
upholders. She was born in Chris
| tlanla, Norway, where, when yellow
haired, blue-eyed mite her father told
her she was more of sea urchine
than a land-lubber.
AS child Tillie reveled in the sea
and the splash Of the waves against
her fathers fishing boat Many a
time she was allowed to hold the big,
clumsy oars of the fishing smack, and
as she grew older and her muscles
stronger her joy was unspeakable
when the big fisherman taught her
how to handle both boat and oars.
Not until within the last ten years,
however, did she learn the real
science of rowing.
IF the modern girl would only real
lie how pleasant medicine this is to
lake." exclaimed Miss Ashley the
other day, while she sat on the edge
If the pier and gazed lovingly at the
little shell lying at her feet, II think
she would save doctors bills and the
time spent in fretting over how long
| it will take to build up again. Rowing
is the best stimulant in the world, bet
ter than all the tonics in bottles physi-
clans prescribe for a broken down
system, and not nearly so costly. 1t
is an easy medicine to take. Nothing
but pleasant exercise, which brings
about a refreshing feeling afterward,
even when one is tired, for it is a
healthy tiredness.
Here is lesson in rowing for the
broken down summer girl which if
practiced faithfully will bring back
| aer roses make her popular COM
Qanion on moonlight rows-for a. man
never cares to go out in one of these
light boats with a girl who has no
confidence in them-and last, but by
40 means least, she will become one
Of the most graceful and untiring
| 1ancers in her2summer colony, without
| being a wreck at the end of the sea-
son.
I'm the first place, one must always
oe careful to see that the boat is prop
erly fitted out. 1t should be large
enough to carry the rower's weight.
The shoes that are fastened in the
boat must be placed at the proper
angle and at the right distance so as
10 allow the oarswoman to come up
On her slide and get the proper reach
If stroke.
| There is nothing like getting start
I'd right, in boating as well as in other
things. The old saying that position
is everything in life applies forcibly
20 rowing, for without knowing how
TO sit properly in a boat it is useless
to try to learn to row.
1T is not an easy task for woman
20 row in a racing shell. There are
only a few women in the world who
nave accomplished this feat. But there
are women who can row a gig or
working boat. I would recommend
his style Of boat for the girl who is
:aking up rowing merely as a sum.
mer's recreation.
"The outriggers, roller seat, and
shoes are just the same as in the
shell, but they are a great deal wider,
open shorter than the Shell and weigh
about fifty pounds.
In getting into a boat straighten
>ut the legs and take firm hold on
he handles of the oars, with the
blades fiat on the water. In this posi-.
Ion you can get an idea Of the part
which the oars have in balancing the
boat. They are what balancing pole
S to a tight rope walker. -
Drop the handle of one oar in the
:ap, thereby raising the blade of the
>ar from the water; then the other
>ar the same way; then try to lift
10Th blades of oars from the water at
he same time. '@::s 49,
Hold one oar with the hand resting
IN the leg, then pull with the other
BAR; next try the other oar the same
Way: After this pull stroke with
both oars, but don't try to put the
blades of the oars deep In the water:
here is really no necessity for touch.
ng bottom, nor should the handles be
fitted to- the height Of the shoulder,
There are pulley machines for that
LIND OF exercise. Keep the handles OF