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the body; the knees turned out a. far %
possible.
In the second position the arms should
be stretched out to their fullest extent,
palms still downward; simultaneously the
legs with q powerful upward and outward
sweep are brought close together. the whole
body being In q straight line. eha :
In the third and last position the palms
are turned outward and the arms, still OK.
tended. are broughtlevel with the shoulders.
the legs remaining closed. .
All the movements must be powerful
and decided; particular attention should be
paid to the second position Of the lees.
they must be stretched as wide az possible
before being closed. as 1t Is from this stroke
that the impetus Is principally gained.
With systematic practice and the occa.
sional assistance Of a friendly hand the
breast stroke will present little difficulty.
Those DESTROYS Of acquiring the more COM
p%licated methods Of progression, such an
the Australian crawl. should consult one az
the most modern standard works In which
plates depicting the sequence Of movements
are to be found"
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DIVING STUNTS FOR WOMEN
A HEALTHFUL EXERCISE MUCH
NEGLECTED HERE.

Advice Frstn an English Expert-Mrs.
syers Tells How TO Acquire the Art
The Backward and the Swallow Dive
Hints Ab0ut Learning How 10 Swim.
Diving 10 n Of the most fascinating
aquatic exercises for women and there IL
nothing OF the kind more conducive to q
healthy. clear complexion than q good,
vigorous plunge into the water. Yet div
Ing Is neglected on this side of the water,
and OF the great number OF women who swim
well only very few know how to dive prop
erly. The reason Ia perhaps that while the
teachers give much attention to swimming
they say very little about diving.
One OF the latest TO come to the aid of her
sex IN this matter is Mrs. f. NJ. syers, win
ner Of the Bath Club ladies' characteristic
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one STENOGRAPHER'S FARM
SUCCESS or 4 YOUNG WOMAN
WHO BEGAN EARLY TO SAVE. 4

vegetables. Chick ems and Tenants Have
Established Her Financially In the
World and Sh, Has 200 Health a.
Well as . Valuable Rural Property.
when I started out to buy a home for
myself and my mother I paid down SIS
In cash. which left me just s. In the savings
bank q s~tenographer who has just An
ished building q house In q Jersey suburb
told the reporter who had asked how she
had managed to accomplish what she had
on a small salary. 1T was q shabby little
house Of four rooms on three acres Of land
half q mile from the station. agreed to
pay $l.t00 for the place at the rate Of SIS
q month.
AT that time I was getting sia a week
as stenographer In Q lawyers Office. My
mother demonstrated. saying suppose l
should get sick or lose my position2 My
only reply was that I didn't intend to do
either, and furthermore, that l intended
to put money In bank against the time
I should.
aThere were two things I didn't mean TO
skimp about and ] meant to carry out my
resolution as TO buying a home and putting
money in the bank. The two things were
food and car fare. 1 determined to be
liberal on those two. but to cut my corners
as closely az possible in every other par
ticulsr.
1T was the spring Of the year when we
moved In and the house was not in good
repair. Az there vas no money to pay q
carpenter / decided {, buy a hammer and
nails and zee what / could accomplish In
that line. After doing tho few jobs that
were absolutely necessary to make the
house habitable ] laid my hammer and
nails on a shelf and turned my attention
to o vegetable garden.
"There was plenty Of land. but az It had
been allowed to grow up In weeds for several
years II was hard to select q pieos Of ground
that promised satisfactory results without
first being gone over with O plough and
harrow. I felt that the money for that
work should 60 into the bank. The only
other way was TO do 1t myself.
As I couldn't either plough or harrow I
determined TO try a method Of c%ultivating
that I had once heard q woman from the
upper part OF New York describe as being
the p~leAsantest and most successful way
OF working q vegetable garden.
the soil OF my three acres was full Of
stones and contained some sand. I found
by experimenting that IL I was to trench
II with O spading fork as that woman had
described ] must select vet times In order
10 prevent the earth from citing through
the fork. Therefore my gardening began
In the afternoon on my return from work
after the first rain.
Il don't remember the exact date, but
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in England the last three years, apd one OF
the most graceful Of I'M divers.

In England the last three years, apd n OF
the most graceful Of women divers.
"One need not be a good swimmer Ia
order to become ar expert diver she says.
the first attempts at diving should be
made from tho side Of a swimming bath.
Bending until the head is nearly level with
the feet, the beginner should allow herself
to fall into the water.
after confidence has been attained the
correct position may be assumed. In this
the diver stands erect, the legs together.
and with a strong outward and upward
spring. the arms at the same time being
swung forward with thumbs touching
and palms downward. she enters the water
In q straight line.
1T is important carefully to note the
correct position Of the hands. Many illus
~trations Of diving. and even medals and
trophies awarded for competitions. depict
the palms Of the diver pressed together In
the conventional medieval attitude OF
prayer, a ridiculous error.
'where ample depth Is not assured the
beginner should never attempt q high dive.
The expert alone Is competent to dive from
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piano box which I bought Of q neighbor
and six dozen chicks less than two days
old.
when this venture was well under way
I turned the work over to my mother and
devoted al my time to my garden SGa and to
out early In the season. This year was
ambitious TO raise enough potatoes and
other vegetables TO carry us through the
winter. By working steadily ! managed
not only to accomplish that but to sell
something more than IS worth during the
season,
Our venture In chicken raising that year
was not entirely a success. or the six
dozen chicks only twenty-five lived to be
large enough to eat and none Of them was
vigorous enough to keep for breeding.
aOur second attempt was made with
grown hens and proved more successful. 1t
was during the third year Of our residence
In u home that We decided on cutting up
the lot and building other houses for renting.
the place and who still held a small mortgage
on II had offered to take n acre in pay
mont for the debt. My mother questioned
him and learned that there was q demand
for houses to rent. II 1t would pay him to
us was the way VI reasoned 1t out.
we began the next season by building q
six room house on the corner OF the lot
furthest away from the house. To render
the new house more attractive to renters I
few fruit trees about It, When the house
was ready forfoccupancy there was nothing
to do but clean up, sod the lawn and let the
tenant walk in, As soon as our " house
was paid for the as q month we had been
our tenant and went to pay OF the debt on
the second house.
$50 soon a. that debt was satisfied another
;Iodse was begun and rented on h same
plan. Now we have i've good houses to
new nome which has only Just BEEN finished.
AT first people were only willing to rent
option Of occupying the house tho whole
year o five months for the same amount
sssy srsdpa nox o al ms s't ssnant out sr s's ser sa tSe
year around. They are families Of business
men and a. q rule take as much pride In
the appearance Of the place they occupy as
There have been several, however. who
adopted the plan Of engaging, a gardener
to attend to the entire tract. He plants the
vegetables and flowers desired by the
tenant and keeps the garden and grounds
The only thing the tenants are required to
'For the last four years l have been en-
ployed as lawyers assistant by the same
irrn with which I began and I receive q
salary Of 80 q week. II. however, ! hadn't
begun, 10 save almost at the beginning Of
my b<hsiness career and invested that e2S
. menth In D home I am sure I wouldn't
have The property I have to-day, and I |
doubt II ! should Do enjoying a. good health.
the regular work u OF doors strength !
ened my constitution and laid the founda- |
ton Tor my present vigorous health. Al !
II 10 no longer necessary from q |
financial point 70. M 10 work IN my garden.
stu keep up tho habit through preference. |
The eecfet d my suocaee n pess yvefence |
and beginning 70 save Of tbs osltset IL my |
~ I'd wa}ted POE . raiss In ny |
and afraid 70 launch out.
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1t was early in April. I dug trenches ten
or twelve inches deep and about four feet
apart in a spot near the back door. Into
these trenches I put the raked up rubbish
and compressed IL with the hoe. Then
added the little fertilizer which I found In
the poultry house and mixed 1t with the
soil.
in the first Of these trenches I planted
earlv a All this work was done In
the afternoon, as I devoted what little time
there was In the morning to helping mother
to clean the house. I didn't find the work
the least bit laborious, but IN easy daily
exercise.
AS the peas grew I drew the earth
around and over them until the trenches
were filed and level with the rest Of the
ground. The next step was to dig treuohes
between the rows Of peas. usually going
over them twice TO make sure they were
deep enough. l prepared them a. before
and In them planted the less hardy vege-
tables.
These second trenches were ready
when my neighbots begun to plant their
gardens and when my peas were beginning
to bloom. I levelled thu ground around
these plants just ~ I had done around
the peas. ! used q potato fork because
! had determined to begin at oncs to clear
sIhen the peas were finished. which I
think was about the first week In June,
I prepared other trenches in the ground
they had occupied and est out tomatoes.
Throwing the soil from. the trenches about
the plants was the only cultivation they
received. sprinkled about the plants the
wood ashes from our stove.
While the planting Of my garden on
. sI..ea pretty nsssr we ,,, ssre y ibs the s,rs entire Re
the fertilizers. I used there were no seeds
Of weeds and the constant covering Of
the surface did not give those In the soil
q chance to grow. In that way I kept q
clean garden without any effort beyond
AFTER the last vegetables were gathered
I began to dig trenches for the next pears
earliest planting and ~ ! kept at Il a. long
40 ! could stick the fork into the ground
Dsa,,y g an oo sSrs IT, .'. X Hfs re sa. se snd is sss sSGS
was thrown into these trenches, In that
way We saved the unsightly rubbish hear
and saved the labor OF removing It In the
spring: -..,,. =, .,.. Arr. ....o,
Ing was that We had to buy no vegetables
that summer, and We had enough potatoes
to carry US through January and enough
canned goods TO last W until the garden
came into bearing, again. From time to
time my mother cold o few bunohes Of tho
earliest varieties to our neighbour and at
the end OF the season the prooseds % The
for seeds.
besides doing that garden work during
our first summer / managed 20 use my
hammer and nails 10 such advantage that
the house became not only habitable, but
comfortable and fairly presentabie without
my paying out 2 cent Tor labor.
THE next spring ! felt that ] could afford
10 spend $40 and my Hnother and I decided
that chickens promised Tie best results.
I hired = man Tor one cay e up re
stock consisted Of Q broodef made Of an old
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The newest thing In diving is the 'swal-
low It Is made from a springboard or
very high platform. This most graceful
dive was introduced and perfected by the
Swedes. and considerable %gymnastio train
ing b necessary to execute 1t effectively,
The dive should be taken with the arms
extended laterally, the head and chest
raised and the back followed. the legs
close together. The diver with or without
q run throws herself upward and outward;
on nearing the water the head is depressed
and the arms brought forward. the body,
arms and legs being in a straight line.
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SHE LIKED THE SMOKING ROOM,
Unexpected Appreciation Of the Womsu,s
Ciub From Aunt Mary.

The girls brought Aunt Mary into town
In the motor and stopped at the woman's
club to clean up. It was really to see this
famous place that he old lady, who rarelv
got nearer New York than the summer
home Of her family on Long Island, had
been eager to come to the city.
DO We dare show her the smoking room2s
asked one Of the younger aYou
know she never heard Of anything like that
In the woman's club In B~rattleboro."
Maybe she will be fearfnlly shocked.s
answered the other, and we'll regret that
we ever did IL. But just let's wait and ace
what happens at the moment
Aunt Mary was delighted with what she
saw. She was bubbling over with com.
ments Of delight on the trig maid in the
dressing room who helped her to remove
the stains OF travel by motor. She was
just az pleased with her lunch, grew en-
thnsiastio over the gymnasium q swim.
when the party stood somewhat abashed
before the IGOR Of the smoking room.
How convenient observed the old lady
with approval az the two younger women
exchanged surprised looks, @and how well
arranged for the purpose
That Aunt Mary should show 20 much
appreciation OF the smoking room was more
than the younger women could understand.
as she represented all that waB moet con-
veutional In the old fashioned view Of
women's conduct. She wal emancipeted
up to the liberation Of q womaa's club,
but that she should admire the smoking
room when she never failed to express her
disapproval Of that habit In woman was
beyond them.
$50 YOU see,' one niece said rapidly 10
the other as they walked away from the
door, you Bee, you never can tell
That night they sat after dinner on the
piazza discussing the visit to town
AOne thing / did not zee In the club
Aunt Mary observed, was any needles and
thread"
Needles and threadf' repeated her
grandniece. why I think the mazda
always nave them.
Il know DEAR Aunt Mary went on, sbut
I mean In the sewing room. mean that
nicely arranged sewing room. with the tables
and the comfortable chair. Everything
for sewing was there except any needles
and thread. Where are they keptfs
So 1t seemed after all that Aunt Mnry's
enthusiasm over the smoking room had
been founded on q misapprehenslon. Tea 70
seemed q shame TO destroy the Illusion.
ooh, I understand, Aunty.' answered
one Of her two escorts 10 the club, <the
s~mo-sewing room. ] suppose all the mem.
their needles and thread along with them,
I'm sure tie the rule they must do that u
want to sew thore.'
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backward until the balance h lost, the
body falling stifiy into the water. After
some practice the stiff posture should be
rela xed and q vigorous spring upward
and outward taken at the moment when
the body begins to fall. The toes should
Ire pointed and the bowlike position Of the
back assumed as shown In the out.
Diving from the surface Of the water Is
much neglected. II is q very useful &C
complement either In case Of life saving
or when 1t Is desired to bring some object
to the surface.
sThe exercise IL supposed to be quite
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02
/ DIAMOND DISPLAY GREW.
Increase Briliancy When . Woman with
Rings Boarded the Car.

bNuuAb Wv -.
A pay as you enter car speeding down
Madison avenue was entered by a some
what emphatically dressed young woman
with fair hair and a pretty. dolly sort OF
face. No sooner had she sat down than
she pulled of her silk gloves and began
arranging the waves Of hair between her
hat and her forehead.
Then she readjusted her necktie and pin,
looked at the watch pinned on her shirt
waist, brushed a fly from her ear. rubbed
her lips with her handkerchief and. in fact,
in one way or another kept her shapely
fingers conspicuously before the eye Of
her fellow passengers.
1t Is possible she was trying to show
of the beauty of her hands, but more likely
she want sven thinking OF them. The
fact is she had on all her eight fingers an
astonishing array Of rings.
There was q stone like an Alderman's
headlight as q guard to her wedding ring
and one almost as big on the same finger
OF her right hand. There was q hoop
with alternate rubies and diamonds and
another with emeralds and rubies.
There was an opal surrounded with
briniants and @ plain thin cirolet with a
large heart paved with rubies. A couple
OF huge pearls and q monogram Of seed
pearls and b%rilliants were notable items.
It looked as IL there were from sixteen
to twenty rings altogether.
They simply fascinated the other people
In the car. Men and women alike stared
" tn open mouthed wonder. The young
woman ga8ed out Of the window with q
faraway look in her eyes. She clearly
meant to convey the impression that she
didn't know there was any one else In the
car, but her pose was not specially con
vinoing.
After a minute or two her performance
seemed TO affect the other passengers like
a hypnotic suggestion. A prosperous
loo king fat man squirmed once or twice
In his seat. then raised his plump right hand
to his solitaire stud. displaying another
good sized sparkIer on his little finger as
he did 30.
When he had made sure hat the stud was
In fast, he turned the ring on his finger.
rubbed IL, looked at IL In one or two lights.
then suddenly realized what be wal doing.
took a furtive look around the car and
opened q newspaper to hide his confusion.
Ip the meantime another woman, an older
one. had also taken of her gloves and put
them into her handbag. She fingered her
screw earrings for a few seconds, felt the
two handsome rings that she wore and then
hurriedly put her gloves on again. blushing
crimson as she caught herself.
A young man fixed the pearl In his necktie
and played with the seals on his fob. Every
one In the car who wore any iewelry either
toyed with it or gazed admiringly at It. and
In some unconscious way invited attention
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q simple affair. but some practice 10 neces-
cary in order to effect II successfully. The
correct method b to take a deep breath,
then suddenly to depress the head, elevate
the body at tn 0 hips and simultaneously
make q powerful stroke with the legs and
an upward stroke with the hands.
sTo rice throw back the head and push
of from the bottom or take a strong stroke
with the arms and legs
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a height into comparatively shallow water
without risk.
"When the learner hAs mastered the
forward dive the bach dive may be at
tempted. This, though no more oompli-
Gated, is considerably more difficult.
sThe diver should stand firmly on the
extreme edge Of. the bath or springboard,
and with her back to the water and with
arms raised above her head. bend slowly
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N ths ftsrsnssa TsrsseofN, tsss ~sss vses
tropical section Of Australia which b - %
opened up fer ssttlennsnt nsw tAsttA has ben
taken over from South Australia ~ ths Cen
Hsss ssaais Sss sSssSs y s an 8 s sss .assa1ssssa
'. I~psssfsstson does 'nos fsdssssS ssy Dr..
s sSS,s .ss s1Sis es 3 ydEs
sss's sssEiss
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From tAs Modrss kfstl.

EFUm tHt Au1FSo &0tA
AZ present the minimum rate OF pay Of .,
teacher in Governments schools In Travancors
rupees jss,I. Ia dpysranspf sSheois,
sppoiassa q my GSvsfnsssns sSSss 8 ~
than this salary.
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Fur thoss who do not relish ths .tsonay
Tie ohoice Ssswssp lie Fan Rivsr sssspssss
and the outside line TO Boston. And thsrs
also ID the. opportunity d goln& dlEsce
trolley eip Wtn b found ths lsass expsnllve
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accommodate perhaps elk tents. and Of q
third plot at nth street and Sedgwick
avenue in The Bronx with room for fouI
or more tents. This encourages us TO be
lieve that by next spring we shall have
secured enough land to resume the work
OF planting gardens. but for this summer
at least the association will oonhne ito work
TO giving tent privileges to worthy families
unable to pay rent and to showing that
1t is perfectly possible to live in a zen and
be comfortable.
Once the poor find this out there will
be less extreme poverty. I believe, and less
congestion in some districts OF Manhattan.
In cases where It Ia impossible for q family
TO buy a tent We provide the tent for
their use free Of charge.
One Of our tenters 10 q man who earns
the muniioent salary Of $3.50 a week and
has a wife and three children to provide
Tor. A family consisting Of mother. two
daughters and a son are trying tenting
because the older daughter 10 the sole sup
port OF the four. the younger girl and the
boy not being able to work. The boy,
who 10 threatened with tuberculosis. Ia
getting we'll. His sir weeks OF living In the
open has put him In q condition to 60 to
WORK again.
As sar as possible we shall try to pro-
vide for all worthy applicants for tent space
and tents. II we can't place them In Man
haitian perhaps vi car get them living
quarters out Of Manhattan. The other
day we sent a family over to New Jersey.
paying partly for their tent.
Last spring in Buffalo and In Bridgeport.
Conn. the relief committees organised to
study the problem Of helping the unem-
ployed during the last SIX months decided
to adopt the scheme Of vacant lot garden
ing, encouraged. I understand, by tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-06

BUTTE. Mont. Aug. 6 Results
"wednesday
Five fuflonRs Cardinal won. Moss.
back second. Godfather third Time.
1s02.
Five furionNs -Pimkin won. Glen.
dennlng second. Mrs Matthews
third Time. i02
Five furlonRs ollie Ward won,
Marie second. Sir parry third
Time. 1908
Seven furlones Ruatilng Blk
won. Lucy Marie second. Free
Knight. the Hear. third Time.
Hsik
Six fnriongn Western won. Rus
elmo second. fiarha third Time.
1.l5
Mile ard a sixteenth silyerHkin
wnn. HiCauifap second. Belden
third Time. 80.
Mile aud a sixteenth Nahouas.
nar wnn. kcuoYa second. Lady All
ella third Time, 1861
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PUBLIC PICKS THE
MEADOWS WINNER 3

Of lengths nom Pedro The latter
sat tho pace all the way and ran a
good race, having no trouble In
sstslug second money from Cadi'
49,. Green Seal failed utterly TO
run his race. and finished a bad
last
Fcrn l.. proved herself a iemark
ably game fiily by Eettink off last
IN the five and half urlong sprint,
running over her field and then
standing drive the length OF the
stretch. She Just did beat Kerry.
wha had all the luck of the race, q
nose on the post iiurlcigh, the
once great sprlnter appears not to
be himself and third place was the
best b. got.
Instant a high.olaas lilly from
the tlildreth barn. had no trouble
in winning the twoyearold race By
three lengths from fair field Nov
goruu WAS second and Angloiace.
at SEQ 60 L furnished surprise by
fplahing third
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LIVE NEWS FROM MEADOWS
~ eEFucsG.

Mace was the best the Maple sta.
ble's sprinter could get
Rob Cahill. the New York book
maker. Is a familiar figure Ia the
rims nowadays
J. @. Cody dug up a $1,000 bank
roll yesterday. with which he In.
tended 20 cut In aud make a book
II took Cody so long % dig up the
roll huWeye that he got % The
Meadows too late 60 hang up his
slate IN Yiew of the fact that ev'
cry bookmaker lost yesterday. the
nld.timars hardness was probably
the best thlng that ever happened
to him. Cody will be- on the block
saturday without iait a. he has
bought an alarm clock.
n. Roland rode two winners yes.
terday. as dld also A Harris The
ether winning jockeys we're Walsh
aud I.ycargua.
Instant. the Hlldrcth nlly. was
the medium % quite clean up. BE-.
ing backed from a high price ~ ,
10 I down 90 : 10 a. post time
This my ran well nj New York
and had only 10 run back 90 her