The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-10-05

bring II up, no directions being given
how, properly to do so. Anything moro
unlike what one has to do when con
fronted with the danger Of rescuing Il
struggling man IL is impossible to con
ceive, and hope the day Is not far
distant when public schoolboys will he
ashamed to accept u medal for such
silly competition.
When you swim up TO a drowning
man he will probably seize you by the
wrists. II you turn your wrists round
against his thumbs he cannot hold you
for second, and the fact of his losing
his hold ON you will probably swing
him round, so that you can then catch
hold of him properly and bring him to
shore. swimming on your back.
My readers should be little careful
how they practice this, because If they
try to hold on when the wrists are
turned against their thumbs the result
may probably be dislocatlon.
1t is not safe, however, TO assume
that the rescued man will remain quiet,
nor will lie If any water spashes on his
face, so the best way to hold him Is
to place your arms under his and
your hands on his chest. He cannot
then turn round on you and his head
is higher out of the water than when
simply held by the head. If lie seiZes
you by the head, which is the next
most likely part to be grasped, you
must put one arm behind his back anl
one hand under his chin. The arm be-
hind pulls him toward you; the hand
under the chin pushes his head back
ward and under water. He will let
go of necessity. If he seiZes you lower
down you must put your knee up us
high as IL will go, and you can easily
free yourself. All this is far easier
to do than 1t Is to describe, If only
learn.
If the drowning man has sunk you
will generally see by the bubbles in
still water whereabouts he is. Dive
down, and be IL noted that the com
mon idea that you cannot open your
eyes under water but must go down
with them open, is utter nonsense. Get
the body across one knee, and kick
from the other leg will bring you and
him to the surface. A man will not
clutch or struggle If he has once sunk
but there is no reason for letting him
sink. A man who has sunk is very
nearly dead. Be it noted also that 1t Is
"riscs three times" and II is difficult
to know how such very common be
lief can be so widespread. If you de
termne TO wait till your sunken mar
rises again you will have to wait til
the resurrection day.
So far | have referred only to rescu
ing struggling man fighting for his
life and lost to all sense but his owl
danger, but it may happen to many OF
us to be swimming with a friend who
| gets cramp or to soldiers to have tC
get wounded comrade across n river
The ordinary mortal would try tC
swim with the injured man on his
back and would assuredly fail. Bu
nothing can possibly be easier than [,
help another man who will keep quie
and has his wits about him. If he will
turn on his back and place his hand,
on your shoulders you can swim an,
distance with him without being in tn,
least incommoded. / am sure no on,
will believe how easy this is till III
has tried II.
No one can say he will never fin,
himself in the dreadful position o.
seeing fellow man drowning before
his eyes. At the expense of few hour
given TO learning how to save life an,
keep his own the position would not b,
so dreadful. Surely this is worth tn,
expenditure Of little time and yer.
little trouble, and surely this knowl
edge might with advantage be givel
to our boys at our public and privat
schools.-Hon. Sydney Holland In Bad
minton Magazine.