The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-24
RIGHT IN THE
SWIM
BY Nat N. Dorfn,an.

Hy HIS II the time Of the year
when everybody yearns Ia
n be III the swim. No mates
how bard throat parched individ
uals rage against prohibition
when the thermometer fiirts
around the blood heat marx tber
All pray Tor water and pIenty
ok II.
The chief trouble, however 4
that most Of US neglect the gentle
art Of swimming until summer 4
upon US and then we are too
weary to learn. A ray of s,,n.
shine, however. comes n the FORM
Of an advertisement which sfafer
we can learn to swim by CORE.
spondence In our own EASY chairr
ct home. Well, lots OF giris havs
been taught by male, 50 thera,s
no reason why man can't do the
same.
Swimming Is like anything eIsa
The first hundred strokes are ~
hardest. There IL no reason ~,
earth why everybody Shouldn't -
ct home in the water, especially Il
they've lived in America since the
Eighteenth Amendment. All one
needs Is plenty Of nerve, and IL
some OF the girls had as much
nerve in the water as their daring
one-piece suits leads US to be.
neve they have, then our next
Olympic swimming team should be
made mp Of at least 23.456. 9SY
members Of the feminine per-
euasion.
Married men, above all others.
must be good swimmers since
they are always getting into deep
water. Why founder about, bene-
diets, when you can take q CORE
spondence course and in ten easy
lessons learn to swim out Of
trouble?
The correspondence course viii
prove Of particular interest to
those living in our inland cities
Tar from an ocean, lake or bay.
just imagine the advantage or
learning how to propeI your body
through the water on your own
back porch! Or the hammock.
II it rains, so much the better.
Then you can get a fairly goUu
idea of what water looks like.
If the roof leaks, so much the
better. You can then practice the
various strokes while asleep.
We don'r know much about
swimming ourselves. but ii
seems to us that If you intend
taking up this course you must
knock fear out of your heart.
Don't be afraid of drowning
Only in rare instances do the
life savers fail to find the body.
Another thing to be remem-
bered Is that you can go down
three times. You might as well
do it RICH. when you're drown.
ing, therefore. and go the limit.
Three times or nothingl OF
course, one of the lessons il un.
doubtedly devoted to how to cry
for help when in distress. The
rules and regulations for this cry
for succor are quite lengthy, but
IL you have a good memory you
might be able to tell your story
before you go down for the third
time.
If you haven't a good memory
don't take the course. A lot of
people holier Help as IL they
really meant II, In which case
they are cut of luck. No life
guard ever goes out after q per-
son II they really think he's
serious In his appeal for aid.
You've got to get q certain
information Of jocularity in your
voice to convince the life savers
you are spoofing in order to get
them to come after you. OF
course, 1t is not an easy thing to
get just the right pitch of good
natured fun in your voice when
you find yourself being swallowed
up by the waves, but then. that's
half the Joy in swimming the
thrill of uncertainty as to whether
you are going to be saved or not.