The Washington times., 1922-06-25
BY DIR. wv. HUTCEIINSO Oh
(Ennt Phyi Whose Scrabble Articles Heh Weekly Rea
How When and Where to Swim Never Throw Child Into the Water
So II Can Learn Mental Shock VIM Take Years to Get Over Sea
Water Best Health Restorer Cramps Due to Tired Muscles and
Bather Must Go Slow First Plenty Of Space Needed BY Divers
Be Careful Not to Go Ii Too Soon After Eating.

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absolutely excluded from an
bathing beaches or tanks or
pooh.
Thsrs y gpod reason Tor the
rule laid down by many sym,
nasiurns that everyone must take
hot shower bath With soap b.
fore entering the swimming pool
This showef-hath prelude has
another advantase: BY gradually
turning on the cold water in
shower one can very comfortably
"acclimats" oneself 70 the tenn
persturs Of the tank and b
spared that monsntary shock Of
ne fizst oSnpists 'dnokins..
Few. indeed. aks the spsrtans
who can calmly wAds cut until
they are above the waist before
they begin to swim. and II b quite
often desire TO ''gst II over with
~ wsli a. TO make Q dramatic en-
trance upon the scene that isaAs 70
. good many chance taking dives.
But. once the Introductory shivsr
10 ovsf. how wonderfully good Il
fseisi One Of the greatest charms
Of swimming 10 the beautifully COOL.
fresh feeling which the cold water
gives 70 the skin III over the hedy.
Il makes you sasp with delight
and take . big breath every tims
you splash into II. and you iong to
shout and yen just from the shssr
Soy of being alive.
REASON FOR BENEFIT.
One reason why the splash ana
tinsis Of the water on our sirin 70
% good for Il. In . shower hath or
tub. but BY far best In swimming.
II that the spiash ana bubble oe
the watsr upon the blood vessels q
the sirin drive the blood back to
the heart and q the sams time
suck frssh blood cut % the dsspcs
pefts of the body.
% that the blood vessels Of the
skin can oct % . sort Of assistant
heart; indeed. they have somstimss
bssn called our ''slrtn heart"
This b particulariy true of salt
winter. in which you can actually
fesi your slrin tingie and glow. An
hfs began IN the go and under
water. and whsn you plunge into
ssaIwatsr you ere ssttins baok 10
your old home.
Every one knows that Il 10 sasier
70 noat and 70 swim IN salt wAtsr
than Il II In fresh. because the salt
water n denser OF thicker and
gives more support, 10 cur bodies
II you want 70 sse bow Il doss
this, take IN sgg and . glass Of
water and soms sait. and n you
keep ON putting saitiinto the water
you win soon set It % dense that
the egg win noat In II. About two
teaspoonfuis to . glass Of water
win usually Be enough
Even the blood In your veins
II aaity. IKE the 80 water. which
Il extremely closely resembles. a.
scme Of you may have noticed
from its salty taste when You
have cut your lip or tongue.
Our best baths for the cure Of
heart disease. the famous had
Nauhsim" baths. consist prasti-
caify Of sea water &harged with
carbon dioxide. . sort Of marine
soda.water. +
And thsy cure b. their tinsains
stimulation of the srest network
Of blood vessels In the sirin. which
can hold nearly half thss blood In
your body. r
One Of the most dangerous aoci.
dents that can happen to yeu In
swimming IN deep water - to b
''taken with Q crarnp."
: This means that soms of he
muscles Of your body have ,heen
ovsrworlksd or used % heavily
that they have gone ON strike"
% 30 speak.
This prevents you from using
ths arm or leg attacked. either
holding 4 stfff ~ arAwing Il uD
into . hard knot, and may intsr.
fare % much with your swim
ming - to put you in danger Of
sin1ring. EE +
DANGEROUS CRAMPS
The most serious form Of
cramps 10 . spasm ee ths gTsat
muscles Of the abdomen, which
run down the front q your body.
from your lower rihs and the lower
end Of your breastbone to the front
of the sirdie bone Of the hips.
Thess muscies ere worked very
hard In swimming. helping 10 pull
the legs up toward the body rop
the ordinary Or frog stroks- and to
hold the body stiff a. . purchase
or fuiorum for TIE sctssors stroke
and the crawl.
And n they 80 into cramps they
may double You up snd make
swimming impossible. and even
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