New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

p-ohablv il will be a LONE time oeiore
cven the most vigorous aeitator TOT epN"'
rirh+s~ will try 70 compete WIN 'nt MN
who live i'm the lifesavng stations ATOMS
the coast. the men who are ready ~ I'M
eo-cost storms % force their boats INTO '"e
cruel surf and pull 10 the rescue OF SOM
chin in distress That is life ana ne
-. Of beroism from which most women
shrink. A few miles away from those ne
savinr stations. however, are the peacneS
I'd summer resorts. where many ne IF
,os, IN warm summer afternoon IN tuli
v,ow of some hotel simply because there
wore no men near by 10 so TO the uniortu-
.o-.o-,e resrue After such acct
dor.s is II any wonder that the women
80 ssi5 IN themselves. We ought 10 De
shie 10 swim and save people from drown
go Resides these ineffective women who
rusb m the waterside and shrek Tor a man
when an accident occurs, there Is announcer
t,na Of woman. who can swim. and does 20
~ the rescue Of the drowning one. But 10
o,ots an account Of one Of these incidents:
.orbe frightened child chung 20 her arms
with the almost superhuman strength gwen
10 drowning persons. AT nrst u io"heu 10
,bose ON shore as though both would go
down. Then the brave cir, rallying ne"
strength. fought herself free from his grip
seized him by his curls as he sank TOT '"e
last time and started for shore. But the
struggle had exhausted her powers. she
could make no Roadway against the cur
rent. and had not help come just then --
In stories help always does come, but In
real life IL is sometimes TOO late. IN either
case. II the rescuer had known how 10 grip
Tho cbud's throat In the beginning 1t would
have been "a very simple matter 20 orlh-
the little. light child body safely 20 shoIe'
and this is what women are now oeslhNl"5
10 learn.
Tn Al Columbia University TWO hundIe0
Of the women attending the summer scHool
are mastering the tactics Of hfesaVins.
The work comes toward the close OF SIX
weeks course. for the majority at the
star, do not know how 20 swim. but they
learn very ouickiv-faster. SAYS the IN
structor. Professor George w. Holmes
than men do.
when they have once made mp tneH
minds 10 learn they take their meolclhe
r,anrullv." ne told the reporter.
.~yVooanfuuv'' would seem TO me the
Wore suitable word. for 1t has been FOUND
that the Columbia freshman VIII cut the
swimming lesson every time he can, ana
sometimes viii avoid the pool for a whole
half year. ..,.o.
III not the bother of undressing. ether
chat keeps him ont Of the pool SAID ITO
lessor Holmes He really prefers To loi-
low the Injunction o. the old NURSERY
,-vu,a. Mother. may I go ODD TO swim
YES my darling daughter, hang y'~'
-io+bes on hickory limb. and don go
mar the water swimming is more mat
,e- ~ nerve than of muscle ana l'a1 j.
-. v.o-,er generally make good swim
ners Do
..-rbe class ln tine pool al present ne
continued els largely from Caiiornla anu
~eV Yorj, They don't talk mucn' Dul ''''
40 vbar they are told. Bur you shoo'd see
- o.clork class. composed entirely Oh
ol,,,+,orr women. Ny, how they tam. h''
don't mind that. FOR they have enthusiasm
and nerve. toe. slc they learn .n no ''is
Al tine end OF the first five days All '"e
,,-o-nar could swim tre length or the po'''
dis+srce OF thirty feet First they are
,euqbt -he breast stroke. then the u"ue'
an, side followed bv the overarm. ooUO'e
o,..ra-rr and last. the crawl stroNe' uSee
O. racine Professor Holmes has iouno
,rst women get this last stroke more easily
,.or men owing .u part t1 the fact tha'
they can float better
Tho first lesson Boo IifcSaruS Us the hel''-
90 OF auproacn- --s--
won must not co iu front. said Proles-
,o- Holmes. though ID is not true. as is
often claimed. that q drowning person VIII