The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-03

SWIMMING

|t8 SWIM
l8 By Frederic
Il s7ece1ecszscscs1s1scateess
The public is beginning to dip its
toes In the somewhat icy waters that
EspIash upon the sands Of Reyere
Beach. Mass AT Coney Island the;
IcrSwds that take their daily plunge
/ are steadily increasing and wiz soon
amount TO that surprising figure OF
10000 people going for a.salr splash
at single time. for greater numbers
batne at Coney Island than at any
| other place in the world Auanuc
| City Is already o6eri0g the swell OF
It's surf TO the millions that go there
each season and masquerade for
time as sons and daughters OF Nep-i
tune.
The beaches from Florida to Texas;
offer their auurements TO a whole
public during the summer months.
and are In no wise repe1lent In the
winter. AT Santa Monica. on the Pa
cific. and ut a hundred other beaches
where the waters are tempered ideal
ly by the japanese current, men.
women and children are coming ev-
| cry day by the tens OF thousands for
an indulgence in that sport thai
throws down the gauntlet to them all
for popularity
! But these beaches. where the peo-I
iple swarm like merry tadpoles about
the edges Of a frog pond. are but the
fringe OF the mermaidian garment IN
which Columbia decks herself for
summer sport Every river OF the M
terror has converted itself into a;
chain Of enchantment that issues an
invitation that few are able to resist
Every lake has become one OF, ma
, lures natitoriums. The smallest
brook that penetrates into the Quast-l
ude Of the farmers COW pasture may
!, be made to fill swimming hole. bor-E
dered by friendly cattais. and be-
come as gratifying to its patrons asl
were the luxurious baths OF Athens
where her great men alternately
swan and argued their phi1osoph1es
And still theseopportunittes FOE
swimming are supplemented by the IN
Vulnerable baths that are maintained
coast. In the crowded tenement Sec
lions OF great cities are swimming
| tanks, filed from morning to night
with masses Of humanity In the
smaller towns are the natitortums,
often maintained as business enter
prises and charging a fee for use
| But wherever there is water which
few months will witness an accept
ance Of the invitation
| The almost universal appeal OF
swimming is probably due to the faes
that it takes the swimmer entirely
out of the realm in which he ordt-
inarfly dweIls. In the water he lives
lin new element There he man
tains himself by a skill that is en-
ployed only upon this somewhat rare
occasion. Usually he passes from a
warmer into a colder, more brac1ng-
more celebrating Surround1ng-
tClothes, convention, class. are dis
=icarded in the democracy of the bath
ing suit or the absence OF it. 1hs
business man who mas worked for q
day or week in hot once over r,
desk. or the 1aborer who has lald
brick In the sun, may leap from
river bank into cool, clear water and
ished his fatigue as he does the CRIME
The has accum ulated at his tasks
Athletic sports are measured By
the recreation they 9i-e and the
physical benefits that follow in their
wake. a benefit that accrues to ali
who swim is that which comes from
the sport as an exercise Physlcal o lie
rectors pronounce swimming one OF
| the sports that best serves the pur-
pose of developing well rounded
land proportioned body To SWIM
one uses practically all his muscles
The arms and shoulders are little eS-
ercised in many ca1lings, and swim
ming is particularly beneficial IN de-
yeloping these. The legs are likely
Ito get exercise where other members
sdo not, but they are well taken care
of in swimming The body Is called
upon to do its share in every act OIL
swimming. And. finally, swimming
Stands in a class all by itself as De
yeloper Of the chest In addition 10
supplying breath in the course Of
vigorous exercise. the chest is here
called upon to lift the weight OF
water that is placed upon It Yet
twithal there is not a motion IN
swimming that wrenches OF strains
a muscle in the body and the MAJ
who has taken no exercise Sor years
NAV revert to his swimming with Ut
tie danger of making muscle sore.
Swimming as an exercise has some
peculiar advantages to particular
classes. In the first place 1t Oilers It
self ideally to that Individual VINO,
Of them all. needs exercise most-l
| the fat man. Nature has given tne
1 fat man an advantage over the tnin
1 man in this one form OF exercise.
The specific gravity OF fat is less than
that OF lean and the fat man may
! therefore stay on top o. the wafer
with much more ease than may rne
thin man. A man whose corpulancy
would make him impossible as a.
tennis player may still be an expert
\ in the water.
likewise has woman an advantage
over man IN the water. Her spec1nc
! gravity is much less than his. TINS
\ =. S,,o - 4l,a fact that she