The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-14

ideas of their own, the bathers IN
Honolulu play and romp too much
and thereby bring down upon their
defenseless heads the reproach OF
persons who want them regulated.
At Honolulu they have life guards
whose duty 1t is to be ever on the
alert to aid bathers, who need help
in the surf. They are fine looking
native men, are usually fine singers,
and in the dull days when nobody
gets into any trouble with the waves
what better acts could these hand
some natives do than to sing their
fine Hawaiian melodies and teach
comely American women how to
swim correctly. The newspaper
shows that this has been done, only
at times, but that they were IN so
much demand that they were show
cred with smiles and welcomes IN
swimming lessons, for many hand
some danes of the fair skin wanted
to forget their former modes OF
swimming and learn the new and
better way, and were ambitious to
learn it exactly right and quite
thoroly, never firing Of being shown
and Of rehearsing with the teacher.
These handsome danes would bring
fine limousines down to. the shore
and would reward the swimming
teachers by taking them on lovely
drives to see their own fine country,
and would sometimes be gone for
hours during the period Of duty for
the life guard, and even tho nobody
needed the guard, some ungrateful
kiljoy would make complaints and
ask that the lifeguards remain on
duty or have his salary stopped,
since it seemed to be only an incident
of his Joyous career anyhow. Of
.ficers to whom the life guards were
responsible have explained that
they did not know the guards were
off for rides, and this was met with
the suggestion that the guards be re-
uuired to wear crimson bathing suits
SO they could at all times be easily
| checked up, and thoughtful ole
man of Hawaii wrote for publication
saying that perhaps the complaints
were being made mostly by aget
persons anyhow, and that while hi
agreed that handsome swimmers
need not be paid salaries for having
a good time, it might not save the
world from itself to rave around or
| the kiljoy plan He suggested the
good old remedy, plenty Of whole
some tasks for everybody, but ever
this piece of wisdom overlooks thu
4 fact that the world has always hat
idlers, and that a certain percentage
of men and women seem to hav'
| been made to ride while others wall
and carry. Such people are not al
out on the beach nor in pink tea
nor yet in the movies; they exist il
dry towns, in inland villages ant
other places besides bathing resorts
| People who feel disturbed abou
existing conditions in the worl'
H might do well to remember tina
they are themselves free to do a
well as they wish--to act as morall
as they wish and as proper as the
wish, and it should not matter s.
very much if individuals here an
there are beside hemselves-the
will come to themselves sooner o
later and become normal if they ar
capable of it. Remember that tn
French revolution was whirl o
queer things, only there were no
so many and such easy means o
uttering protests at that time. Thes
things will subside in the main, ant
more people will be doing what the.
want to do and without the disturb
ing features we now notice.
A good while ago, there was Ger
tain prominent nam named Soloma7
who was hale fellow well met, an
he tested out all theories he wa
interested in, and they were nume1
GUS, and he was good enough an
frank enough to think them owe
afterwards and comment audibl
and anybody can read up on the1
now by turning to the sayings
Solomon in the Bible. They ar
given so fully there that we do ne
consider it necessary to repeat thel
here nor to apologize for referrin
to the playtime of the bathers {
Honolulu. 1t is all part of exis
ence in this world, and we advis
not getting sweaty about it.