Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19

Iy abused in all my life. You would have
thought I was a pckpocket instead Of the
man that had been up all night after saw
ing their lives.
mo. sir; these folks whose lives you save
might do the handsome thing for you il
you brought back a poodle that had been
lost, but they don't give you a second look
for keeping them from drowning. should
Judge it was good. deal owing to pride.
Half the folks you help out of the water
insist they didn't need your help, anyhow,
no matter if you spend half the day get
ting the water out Of them. It's this false
pride that gets lot Of 'em into trouble.
young fellow came out here one time
with real handsome girl. It appears he
and when it came to showdown he had
to make a try or lose the girl. He struck
out strong for about fifty feet and saw he
would have trouble getting back. Then he
lost his head and began to flop. He didn't
boiler, but we could see he was In trouble
and hustled out. We got there just in time.
Do you think that fellow said, Good, old
boy or 'Thankee, sir?' Not little bit. AS
soon as he'd spit out about pint o salt
water he says:
Had to Deceive the Girl.
"'For the Lords sake don't tell that
girl I amt a good swimmer. Tell her
had cramp. If you don't promise me that
I'll jump right overheard now We prom
ised, and suppose that girl thought he
was regular Wnale TOT water.
"You can always tell a good swimmer
from poor one from the way they start
to drown. A poor swimmer founders like
a fish on dry land. A good swimmer SIM
ply throws up his hands and quits.
an my time I have seen more good
swimmers drown than poor ones. One night
about ten years ago yacht capsized off
the beach. On board were three very
wealthy men, all expert swimmers and a
man who didn't have any money and who
couldn't swim stroke Strange as 1T may
seem, all three of those rich men were
drowned, and the poor man who couldn't
swim a stroke was saved. The three good
swimmers thought they would swim ashore.
They got tired out and had to give up the
fight It was impossible to revive any of
them because they had SO exhausted them
selves. The man who couldn't swim stuck
by the yacht until help came. He was suf-
fering some from the chill OF the water, but
that was all"
The Atlantic City life-saving corps is one
of the best drilled and best equipped In the
world. System is brought to high state
have to keep watch over thousands of
bathers. but have to be ready to give aid
to ships in distress on the coast. In the
height. of the season the hospitals for re-
yiving drowning persons are situated half
mile apart, little pagoda-like structures
covered with canvas. with physicians in at
tendance.
1--WE prefer the barrel for use in resusci-
tating PATIENTS" said one of the life guards.
ct have been here for two summers, and
have been making my salary go toward de-
fraying my expenses through Johns Hop
kins Medical College. Some OF the boys
here are students of Harvard, Yale and
Princeton. It is not unpleasant work in the
summer. but those who stay late in the
fall get pretty chilly patrolling the beach
in bathing suit.
An Amusing Incident.
"Of course we have more or less exciting
times Lut I think we usually see more
humor than pathos In It To me the fun