The Elbert County tribune., 1903-08-20

ans t&dhplt VI Nut course Sne aQhO-
Gates for the summer girl of 1903.
Rowing. says Miss Ashley decidedly,
is the thing. and as Miss Ashley is
the champion oarswuman of the world
the summer girl will do wen TO listen
to her directions
The pretty young oarswoman from
Hartford. Conn. who holds the cham
pionship 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 il.
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
tiania. Norway. where, when a yellow
haired. blue-eyed mite her father told
her she was more of a sea urchine
than a land-lubber.
AS a 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
SAiOhbtl Hti JOl Was
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
ize how pleasant a medicine this is to
take" exclaimed Miss Ashley the
other day. while she sat on the edge
of the pier and gazed lovingly at the
little shell lying at her feet, Il 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. II
is an easy medicine to take. Nothing
but pleasant exercise, which brings
about refreshing feeling afterward,
even when one is tired, for it is a
healthy tiredness.
Here is a lesson in rowing for the
broken down summer girl which IL
practiced faithfully will bring back
her roses make her a popular com
panion on moonlight rows-for a man
CARES u BO OUT III oHt Vi lLtSt
light boats with a girl who has no
confidence in them-and last but by
no means least, she will become one
of the most graceful and untiring
dancers in her summer colony, without
being a wreck at the end of the sea
SON
In the first place, one must always
be careful to see thai 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
TO allow the oarswoman to come up
on her slide and get the proper reach
of stroke
There is nothing like getting start
ed right, in boating as well as in other
things. The old saying that position
is. everything In life applies forcibly
TO rowing, for without knowing how
10 sit properly in a boat it is useless
TO try to learn to row.
ut is not an easy task for a woman
to row in a racing shell. There are
only few women in the world who
have accomplished this feat. But there
are women who can row a gig or
working boat. | would recommend
this style of boat for the girl who is
taking up rowing merely as 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
out the legs and take firm hold on
the handles of the oars, with the
blades fiat on the water. In this posi-
tion you can get an idea Of the part
which the oars have in balancing the
boat. They are what a balancing pole
is TO a tight rope walker.
Drop the handle of one oar In the
lap thereby raising the blade of the
oar from the water; then the other
oar the same way; then try to lift
both blades of oars frum the water at
the same time
Hold one oar with the hand resting
on the leg. then pull with the other
oar; 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;
there is really no necessity for touch
ing bottom, nor should the handles be
lifted to the height OF the shoulder.
There are pulley machines for that
kind of exercise. Keep the handles 0;