The Ogden standard. [volume], June 20, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 13

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! Igjggjjgl THE OGDEN STANDARD jSj I
. I I ' OODliiN CITY, UTAH, SATl.TR DA V, JINK 20, 1914, T ' I
if
a Bl MNA B. LAMK1N.
Physical Director, Y. . c. A, St.
Jxjuis, Mo.
The swimming days have come
a again the hottest of the year
There Is, however, one cool placi
.he swimming pool it is refreshing
and interesting to know hw many
L people are seriously taking up the
study or swimming, After the art
1 . has been mastered they are using
the swimming pool fr recreation.
m for health, for its coolness and for
the real pleasure which it means to
them.
IT innk in on our swimming pool
. ami like centers over the city and
' you will find hundreds of people
C taking a plunge or enjoying a swim
SWIMMING s N EDUCATION.
Every sensible person realizes
that swimming should be a part of
; everyone B education the boys, the
girls and the grown-ups. We never
know at what time we may le called
i upon io j.ut our knowledge In the
subject tO the test ur lack of
y knowledge mas mean b serious losa
of life. Life saving and swimming
' Instruction should be in the currlr
culum of all educational institutions
and all centers where an oppor-
! trinity could Be matde fbr Instr'uc-
U ti'ii Good swimmers do not fre-
i fluently drown as some one has said
I in a statement recently The people
j who drown arc often those W ho know
a little about swimming, but do not
know the art well enough to meet
emergencies. Some ' an take ' arc
b of themselves under ordinary clr-
stinccs. but lose their heads in any
emergency.
SWIMMING AS AN EXERCISE.
swimming In one "f the best cx
U erclse's for uniform and symmetri
es ral development of the body, as it
brines into play every muscle in the
body. It especially strengthens the
heart and lung muscles and the
back muscles, thereby giving
strength to the nerve centers and
giving poise to the whole body.
The majority of people that we
meet every day do not stand well.
Posture means the correct position
of the body and head, the correct
position of the organs In the body,
j The first .step toward better posture
, is to strengthen and lengthen the
muscles from the waist line over
0 the upper chest. Swimming does
just tbis thing and also gives a bet
ter head carriage I have recom-
mended swimming to reduce the
weight to the right proportions; I
hae recommended it to put on
flesh by averaging up the muscle
work over the body and thereby
strengthening circulation in all
parts; 1 hae recommended It for
many cases of weak hacks and
spinal curvature. In this last case
It ShoUld be taken under the dlrec
tiun of a physical dir 1 'or. who lias
diagnosed the cast end knows hal
, r. strokes need to be used in this par-
er(. tlcular instance. A swimmer's mus-
p cles become supple and pliant and
respond quickly to this form of ex-
' w: ercise.
.jjji Ike any other exercise, It should
1 be taken up gradual!., as one is lia
P t; ble to overwork the heart. Fifteen
eoJj or twenty minute In the water the
3 'w first few times Is long enough unless
' one Is exceptionally trong
sri The time ma f,e lengthened grad
ually to two hours. The ordinary
person should not remain in the
v iter longer than this Conditions
may make it very unwise to remain
even one hour. The temperature of
the water, of the atmosphere and of
poliS illustrating various
positions in swimming
and diving. At the left, top
The breast stroke. Right
Ready for a dive. Left
The overhead stroke. Be
low this Swimming on the
hack. Last photo The
trudgeon stroke.
the body all enter into this decision
SWIMMING As RECREATION.
A swimming pool Is without doubt
one of the noisy places, especially
If it is full of children You do not
need to ask them If they are bav
in a good time. Their faces and
their voices are telling you all the
time of the keen pleasure they are
ge'tlng out of it.
It is one of the sports that, taken
up while young, ran be continued
all through life and afford keen
pleasure even In obi age. it Is eai
il accomplished as it is not a mat
ter of strength but of form, it is
the ability to keep the body afloat
and to propel it with bands and
feet. Many who dread to lemn have
a complete change of ben i t when
they have gained confidence and
learned to propel themselves suc
cessfully. Diniwn SWIMMING.
Beginners should master the co
ordination of ihe movements before
entering the water at all. Some
have done this and have learned to
swim In one or two lessons. For
"Irlnd" swimming lie flat on a
Piano stool or box. practice the
arm movement first .then the feet,
then both oRfthcr About the nnlv
i uallficatlori 1 beginner needs 13
ontldence. lon't be frightened the
first time in the Avnter bj being
ducked."
SWIMMING METHODS
ANn STROKES.
One of the best methods used In
the belt. The belt which IS attached
to a rope or pulley is placed around
the beginner's waist and held and
adjusted by the instructor Wh"n
the lienlnner has mastered the
movements and the instructor sees
progress 1e being made, the belt Is
removed.
I find that tb" majority of peo
ple who swim use the breast stroke
more than any other and It teems to
be the best one to start with, but
no one should stop with the breast
stroke, but should learn at least
one of the other.? and more than one
Is better still.
The over arm side stroke or the
double over arm breast stroke are
ones which we say the swimmer
must master before he can be , lasssd
mm a first-d.'". "r Icntlfb' swimmer.
These two up-to-date methods of
propulsion through the water are
now recognized by the best swim
mers throughput the world both
for racing and for long and short
distance swimming.
continually working so that every
day the water is pure and clear.
Tins system Of re-filtration as In
stalled bj a New York tirin has been
adopted n large number of pools.
It means the Installation of enough
j '
filters for the size of the pool and 'lLLi
it means The installation of a pump Jfl
i" 1 ik the 9 it rem the drain iifl
or deepest part of the pool and ir- ffl
cUlate It through the filter. Tho iH
water should be heated in the win- H
tef. The bottom of the pool should iaLI
! dragged every morning and ail JH
sedment taken out with a suction lH
in. 0 hine. All suits should be sterl' jH
Used before entering the pool and gfl
Very definite rules sovernlnc pro- Ml
lure at pool. Those who com- I
to such a pool appreciate Its ad- I; I
vantages and nallze that it Is a j H
safe place to enjo swimming. t
MARRIAGE JUST AS SERIOUS A STEP FOR MAN AS FOR THE WOMAN, DESPITE POPULAR BELIEF TO CONTRARY
PAIl popular nenei to me con
trary notwithstanding, marriage is
just as serious a step for the man
ag f,-.r tin- woman. There have
--"l been moments When hb- mind has
been filled with doubts far graver
Dtban those which assailed the bride.
A woman tbrllljng with love loses
all fear of the future. The man
knows that the happiness of theli
marrlage depends larcely on ins
own efficiency In planning and
making their Joint future.
a if the brldt n II that sh
jv exchanging Irteaponsiblc girlish
pleasures for Wifelj duties, the
I 51' groom knows be Is giving up ba he-
lot freedom for a hu and defer-
-Zd to ". 1 f 1 arid publli opinion
1 ride promisee to io.-, honor
Jl
and obe'. , yes but th. husband at
the very altar proves that he in
tends to bow to her wishes, her
preferences, when he subjects
himself to all the terrors of thin
public ceremony before scores or
hundreds of critical
Tii grown-up maJ creature in
born with a spirit of independence,
a linn belief In his Individual rights.
He mas love his mother and obey
her instructions, but be does not
like to be questioned about his ac
tions, when he h&s been away
from her. And the sensible mother
accepts but does not force confi
dences, lie h.is had to account to
nobody concerning his earnings,
nor I, in hours of rn rcatlon. Rut
when be marries, all this is apt to
bf hanged. In the average home,
the Income Is spent by the wife.
The aVeragS wife also demands an
acountlng of hours Which her hus
band spends away from home. The
accounting may or may not satisfy
her.
There is a cynical oid saying that
for women, marriage is the begin
ning of living; for men it is the
-nd. This l largely because the
girl is under the domination of her
parents, until marriage endows her
with a certain amount of freedom,
while the man who ha" been com
paratively free from parental su
pervision loses most of his free
dom when he becomes a husband.
The bride knows that In this day
of progressive womanhood, the
word "obey" in the marriage cere
mony is empty and Idle. The man
knows that domestic 'appinos Is
largely dependent upon the hus
band's Willingness to defer to the
wishes of his wife.
Such are likely to be the thoughts
winch float through the mind "f
the bridegroom as he stands beside
the clergyman at the chancel,
watching the white-clad tlui
moving down the aisle, straight
Into hi life, there t- remain so
long as they both shall live. And
Mich are the thoughts passing
thorugb the minds ot other men,
down there In the pews, as they
look at the straight, black-clad fig
ure behind the chancel railing,
waiting for the coining Of his bride.
The women are thinking of the
brides gown: the men of the
uio.roi-:- future happiness. Which
will it be?
The North mcrl an I rem b
Q 1 6 1 1 y .
There is a little corner of real
Krance tucked away on a m-oup of
Islunds lying off the south coast of
Newfoundland. the onls Krem h
colony in North America, and It
takes but a few days to get there;
and when yo.u are in St PierfS you
bear only French spoken and you
see nothing but French people and
French gendarmes and French
lie wspapers. and you get real
l- ren. b food. The islands of M
QUelOn ure one of the foreign
countries" referred to, and St.
Pierre is the lively little capital,
the other foreign country is Nova
Scotia, ami Halifax will be found
utterly unlike any home city of ours
with Its streets full of red coated
soldiers and Its shipping gay with
1 in iia .f Britain-.
Few touiists go t St. Pierre, Mf
quelori, for the simple reason that
not many have beard of tin- pUt .
The group Is so small that It hard
ly shows on ihe map. the tourist
'- hi les, it you inquire, have never
heard of if. and oven the railway
and steamship companies Whlcn
convey you to Canada and N
Brunswick and Nova Scotia Will
scratch their corporate heads to
confusion when you a.-k them how
. t to Pierre, Mlquolon. I ft
had fq to ll.1l1f.1-; I could JP I
out to reach St. Pierre.
Ureal pice.
Judge Hah In g ton. when leader of I H
the opposition in the New BruriS'- v H
wick Legislature, representing lh " H
county of Westmoreland, was once ? I
delivering a vigorous addrese in the H
House against some measure of the H
government, then led by Wr Blair.
Oh, that my tonstituents In West- H
moreland couM bear now!" I
e laimed the opposition leader in H
violent tones. Mr. Blair motioned H
to an atti "Open the win- H
dOWS." he