Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-08-02
GOOD ADVICE To
THOSE WHO SWIM
TIMELY HINTS BY ONE WHO
KNOWS.
CRAMPS ONLY A BUGABOO
And No One Need Ever Drown From,
an Attack it He Only Keeps
His Wits-Porr Swimmers Warned
to Keep Near the Shore But Ali
Should Learn the Art.

Every summer the number of neo.
pie who practice swimming to a
greater or less extent is increasing
The bathing accommodations in the
lakes are not all that they should be.
Out there is promise of better times
coming for the youth of the city. This
much is certain, every boy and girl
should learn to swim-learn for safety
and for the fun Of the pastime, for
no sport is more delightful than n
merry, confident founder in the cool
ing, buoyant waters. But deep water
is dangerous, hence the advice of a
veteran swimmer may be timely.
THE first advice I would give
bathers," he said, els, don't get far
from the shore Swimming is one Of
the hardest exercises in the world and
a man must be well used to it.
No matter whether he is fit as
a fiddle to run five-mile race in
record time, let him be careful how
ldr he tries 10 SWIM.
Every muscle is used when a man
Is swimming, many of them that are
never brought into play in any other
way. This is the main reason why so
many fellows get into trouble every
year. They feel good and strong and
when they get into the water they
swim and swim until they get tired.
Then, when they try to swim back
again their strength plays out. The
next day the newspapers have another
account of An Expert Swimmer
Drowned
Getting ratified is another thing to
guard against. Nine times out of ten
1t has more to do with people getting
into trouble than anything else.
Whatever you do or whatever you
are, keep cool-keep your nerve. A
man can stay afioat hong time If he
won't get ratified, no matter what's
the trouble with him.
Don't be afraid of cramps Is an
other thing that all swimmers should
remember. There has been so much
said and written about cramps that
people are scared to death when they
feel little cramp coming on in the
hand or toe. Then they lose their
nerve altogether and give up, where,
by being cool, they could have made
their way to shore in safety.
ct ~ nf n1o - hot Is,
taken away by this fear. l won't say
that cramps are not slightly danger
Gus, but they are never SO bad that a
swimmer can't take care of himself
Swimmers, with any kind of ability
ought to be able to swim any reason
able distance with any kind of cramps.
The ones who are not good swimmers
should always hug the shore and not
take any chances.
Cramps are brought on by swim
ming So when you feel one coming
on stop using the leg or arm where 1t
is located. If you turn over on your
back and float awhile that will give
the cramp chance to go away, but
even if it doesn't it won't prevent you
from swimming slowly and getting to
the shore.
"Most people think cramp spreads
gradually until 1t goes all over the
body from a little cramp in the toe.
This isn't so. 1t is always confined to
the leg or arm where it starts. This
is proved by the fact that it goes away
when you quit using the leg or arm.
whenever you hear cramp stories
someone is sure to mention stomach
cramps. They are supposed to be the
most dangerous kind. You hear
where people are doubled UP like
jackknife and then sink like stone.
Now, as matter of fact, in all my
experience never had stomach
cramp or saw person with one.
Its nearly always the poor swim
mer who gets in trouble, for he Is the
one to take the greatest chances.
Good swimmers always travel in pairs,
SO they can aid one another in case Of
trouble. You often see the head OF
one of these poor swimmers bobbing
about way off shore. although we try
our best to keep them in, and when
one OF them gets into trouble he is
usually so far out that he is gone be-
fore we can get at him."