Evening journal., 1916-07-26
and | Visit the Brandywine Swimming Pool
BY GENE BROWN.


to give any shark a chance to make
meal off of me-"
well, don't look so perfectly tragic
about it, Sue" said one in the crowd
as she fixed her cap more securely.
From all l understand, Mr.. Shark is
digestion"
AT which Sue laughed and said
Meany. I'll get even with YOU; see IL
don't and the two started a splash
ing party all to themselves.
say did chew ever see Annette
hellerman do her diving stunt in a
tve-foot tank of water? 7 don't see
how in the world she ever does it,"
said one girl with a polka dot cap.
Mmm--mmmm. my. / believe the
tides coming in" said another it's
up to my chin, look" and she pushed
a girl next to her. taking that person
unawares and knocking her off her
feet
And so the conversation is banded
back and forth across the pool and
II matters not at all whether you know
your next door neighbor or not. Cat
calls, Indian yells. shrieks OF laugh
ter and the sound Of much splashing
make a continual buzz and noise
which at times is almost deafening
The girls who know how to swim are
dandy about showing the girls who
do not know, the various strokes and
it is no unusual sight 70 see one float
ing another or swimming with one
across the pool Water wings are
used very great deal and prove a
! big help to the beginner Swimming
parties are proving quite popular
though they are for the most part
entirely informal and gotten up on
the spur OF the moment
Why, there's Lucie," said one girl
swimming toward a new conner They
met in mid stream and promptly
/ kissed each other
Ny your lips are wet. said the
first one.
We'll. you know how waters Wet"
answered Lucy. drily.
They put their arms around one an
Other and started 20 one step. How
ever, dancing in the water Is not very
often indulgcd in as TIE pool 81. usually
so crowded that there isn't room for
such diversion.
1t is an attractive and colorful scene
which the pool presents at night
with the electric lights making flicker.
ing paths of gold across the water and
catching the reflections of the multi
colored caps and flashing arms Of the
fair bathers.
The gong for coming out sounded al
$50 o'clock. There were many "Oh'si'
r, and "Ay pshaws." but when the gong
= sounds the girls know they have Ia
: come out, and while the majority OF
them do so reluctantly. there are never
any who break the rules of the bath.
J house. which no doubt accounts to a
I great extent for the successful conduct
ING of the pool
2 And then commences the wild
= scramble TO get into street clothes
and when, say, 125 girls endeavor to
dress in Y lighthouses a body can't
solve that problem and at the same
time tack on that well-known geomet-
ric sign, "quod erat demonstrat." as
our little school crowd used to pro.
e nounce il.
Say got any powder. anybody?'
. asked the girl putting the finishing
. touches to her hair.
ID Jaw you don't need any powder
you're married" answered one. "Tv,
never used any since got 'hitched.
! she added amid gales Of laughter from
i her little group.
And. anyway Ruth said another
you couldn't improve your looks any
I SO come on"
"All right. dearie. be ready in a
= minute was the reply.
Hello, Ella" said one large. impos.
ing brunette IN greeting to a friend
% who was anything but slim. Il didnt
know you were in. No wonder the
pool was so crowded. You took III
all the ROOM Laughter all around.
At this juncture Janis appeare,
dressed for the street.
Glory" she said TITS worth youl
life to try 10 dress IN one Of thos
lighthouses. Any powder on m,
nose| she Queried.
mo more than usual" answered
. heartlessly.
, by the way, Jean" she added
have you noticed the new bathing
, bags" I had They are very at
j tractively made Of rubber and prov
7 an easy and ideal way of carrying
ones Annette Kellerman suit.
D To Mrs. Charles Lockwood is du
{ to a large extent the success of tn
{ pool. All the girls are devoted t
{ her and she mothers them" an
looks out for their comfort in
marked way. She has been in charg
Of the pool on the women and girl
o days for a number Of years and sh
knows by name nearly ali the girl
+ who frequent it. The pool is ope
e every Monday and Thursday for We
S men and girls and for men and boy
q !. IL. l. 4.