The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-01
Annette KeIIermann Tells Times
Readers How to Overcome
: Fear In WaaS.
GIVES LESSONS IN AoUATICS
Expert IN Water Sports Wr'tSs
Directions for Learning to
Swim.
BY ANNETTE KELLERMANN.

BY ANNETTE KELLERMANN.
- many swimming feats AZ mil
Nons OF Americana have seen Inc
perform. I have learned stiil more.
and YOU will sec them In the now
william Fox picture. "A daughter
Of the Gods" In which have both
the honor and pleasure To be his
featured star.
Mr.. Fox suggested to mo that
thousands OF boys and girls. and
mon and women a. we'll. when they
So these feats. will have u desire to
attempt them. His natural inquiry
was: Why should they merely at
tempt thcm7 Why should l not
teach them to actually do them:
Perhops you do not know that
swimming lessons oau be taught on
dry land1
I have taught hundreds OF pupils
to swim In parks and miles away
from the water. and thea sccn them
make trips to the water and SWIM
from tie very outset
Lessons In Swimming.
You can learn to swim In a very
few lessons.
You require no othsr equipment
than the arms and legs provided by
nature.
You will have a bathing suit. of
oonrsc. and that Will be all yo" Will
need.
You cau lie on the floor. across =
chair. on the sand OF grtss In a
mark near home, or in your 'front.'
yard. and practice the strokes ! VIII
outline, and II were In the habit
VI inakihG bets / would WAGER thnt
nine out Of every ten OF my pupils
g seu I1.4 + O. sal$ 'Es st.h RSo' S5
Of course. the first principle Of
swimming Is based upon q correct
knowledge Of proper breathing.
Several thousand persons are
drowned In the United States each
year. and II IL not unusual to hear
q sap'f *. yiems 1 Tss neWs re
ports usually state that these ex:
ports were drowned because OF
cramps. The real truth 10 that even
those experts were Htrangied TO
death because they failed to breathe
vi ss:s., Sssz dsa .as rG my ss sS5R
tssr pupils receive these in the begin
s sre 10 ssfs s sr into he n. in lungs lss
quickly through the mouth and evrel
elowly in a steady how through I'VE
nose. BY persistent,v ora 'ticing the
following exercises even the mast
tiniid persons mar oec,me drown
proof.
How to Practice.
Those Of you who are near water
oan gain valuable expei .ente and
practice new with rega'l 20 or FER
breathing oy following these instrac-
tons:
Lie down In warm. shallow water;
place your hands on the bottom;
open your eyes and hold your breath
for a short time; open your mouth
and roll your tongue around for
minute In the water: then oxpel the
breath through your nose. making
bubbles. After doing this for a
time. learn to take your hands of
the bottom.
Then you NAV 20 oat into n little
deeper water. Grasp a rail or other
support II the warer more tina
four feet deep; II not. rend yo'r
knees and subnicrge yo A. hes. and
learn Rhythmic breathing in the Las.
pendic,ilar position
You should proceed In this man.
ner: Open your n tn very iittlc.
open you jaws wide; open yc'ir
throat end win' y pc ":e:. the bit
drawing the 81 mach In. out by
nushinr A. out: then take in a q cut
Next close your mouth. submerge
your head, either by bending your
knees n standing on the bottom or
by lowering the body II supported
by your arms. Excel every particle
nose. after which come TO- the sur
face promptly. Repeat this exer-
else twelve times. After YOU have
done this a dosep times YOU can
safely bob up and down in deeper
water until YOU are chilled or great
ly exhausted. but you cannot
Swimming Best Exercise.
Thousands Of parents and hun
dreds OF swimming teachers have
done one great wrong In trying to
teach children to swim. The old
fashioned method. still practiced by
the unthinking. of teaching children
to swim by throwing them into deep
water. with the idea that they will
learn to swim. Is cruel, tremen-
dousiy dangerous. and utterly futile.
Mankind. without special !nstruc-
ton or Individual practice. Is not
amphibious. Man learns swimming
easily. but instructor Is vitality nee
Girls now receive practically from
childhood the same athletic training
that Is given TO boys. They are en-
couraged to take part In all sorts OF
outdoor sports. and. thanks to a
constantly improving course of
physical education In our splendid
American schools. they now grow up
strong. healthy. and vigorous.
All that / am In form and figure.
all that I have become and all that
I have made of myself as sue
cess and as an artist. owe, first
OF all, to swimming. owe 1t my