The Ogden standard. [volume], August 22, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 13

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THE OGDEN STANDARD MAGAZINE SECTION
s ' 0i)KX (TTY, UTAH, SATURDAY, A HiTST L2, 1914.
I MET YUi e You Giri
imtfTrwn
rj. Between tin headwaters of th.-
Kenchec rover In Maine to the
mouth of the Columbia in Orr-m
there are a minion swimming holes,
according to the estimates of "Skin
ny" and -Spider" am) "Fat" and
I'Red," end the rest of the bunch.
Those kids may not be much on
geography," hut there is one thing
they know nil about and that la th.
k Invitation to ko to th ole swlmmin
l hole where they can dive head iirst
(off of the big rock "
Hold up two fingers to any mem
ber of the (,' iiik and no matter if he
is whitewashing fences like Tom
Sawyer, r If he is getting ready to
R to Sunday School with Aunt
Polly, It's all the same to the gang
ster. It's out of th shoes for hini
and lickety cut across lots and fields
to the pig creek down in the tim
ber where he will have opportunity
to show he ran swim further than
from here to the other side of the
hou?i'.
.And there is no greater incentive
to speed than the sign of two rm--ers,
because according to the rules
of etiquette in BoyvlIIe the last one
In Is sure to be mudded by the rest
of the kids.
But there's always one fellow
along who "can't swim farther than
nuthing.' anil v. hnse mother told
him not to go anyway, and, besides,
he got bellyache the last time he
went, and cried.
Thc have named him Johnny
Pear for shorl, because they heard
his mother call him that once and
p"or Jenny Dear is in (rouble half
the tune. Johnn Dear's ambitions
arc high as long as the water is out
of sight l iit dow n In the crick there
are. crawdads, and leeches and
water mo. cms ins. and Johnny Dear
is afraid some of the hie kids will
drac him out to the deepest part
of the hide where the water Is cold,
because a spring comes out of a
hunk near there, so Johnny Dear
Sticks to the bank and says he
doesn t n ant to go in.
"Aw, fraid cat, mollycoddle, sissy
kid." come the calls of derision
from Skinny and Patty and Red and
the- ;'ati!t.
"Aw. I hain t neither afraid."
says Johnny near and in despera
tion pulls off his clothes and wades
gingerly in
"Sk.f r.'d to dive. yell? Spider.
"Skeered to dive."
"1 hain t skeered. but T don't want
to." says Johnny Dear.
Finally Johnm Dear is ridiculed
into divine, lie makes a head fori -most
tumble off the peak of the big
rock and with his arms and legs
waving In th" air lands with a noiy
si In sh . l.elly (list. The water rls-.
nil around the luckless illver. His
skin smarts from the contact with
I
mm n w- M 'm
fi ''jl
th water. He Is blinded by the nnd swim wilh him out of his
water getting in hi.- eyes and depths and let him go.
cause he chose a shallow place In JOHNNl COMES uiv
which to dive the top of his hi id SWIMMING NOISILY.
1- brulaed from striking B r,M K J"hnn' does not drown. The
lohnny cornea to the surface blow- surprising thine is he comes back
liig water ike a whale to ,an,J swimming noisily if not
rtotten work." the kids all agree, gracefully, He paws up i he water
Johnny next refuses to pet out In as he 41 ga for his life. His eyes
th,- deep water Ills companions at open wide With terror and (hey re
fect take him by the ears and hair fill With Water until he cannot see.
The only thing he knows Is to swim.
ll- does not know his tormentors
are all around him ready to pull
him out of the water in case of ne
cessity. Johnny I earns from the
experience that he can swim. He
had thought all along he could not.
The chances from that day forth
are ten to one In Johnny Dear's
favor. When a kid once learns to
swim he decides there are other
things a fellow an do it puts a lot
of prhj.- In in;- he Ti and a big
swelling in his chest
There is one thins about klda
that can't be said about their elders.
Any boy with nerve can break into
the most exclusive kid circles In
BoyvlIIe. To a hoy a nick.-l looks as
big as a $5 gold piece if there is
nothing to buy with It but a nickel
ball. It Is when the hoy becomes
a man thMt he measures another's
worth by the size of his automobile
and extent of his bank account.
All a boy requires of another boy
is that he get into the sports the
crowd Is engaging in. Ir. matters not
if the sport la marble-, two-old-cat
or swimming, every boy to win the
respect of the others has to show
he is willing to dc th ? best he can
at it. Sometimes a. wealthy boy
with an automobile, and a store
bough, kite and a regular baseball
like tbey have at the league park,
can overawe Vjo other.: for a few
days by buying then candy and
tlvinj: thorn rides .n his automo
biles; but b? can't hoi I the leader
ship for long ir he hasn't other boy
ho.fi jna!Kr?H. The llrst thinr, ho
l.uoir; his f lbws xrl TfuK. to rido
in his i-u..omobl!e when invited.
"We don't want to ride in yoor
old mowing machine anyhow," he
n characteristic reply to tho care
free; cjiixen of Koyvtlle. the land
or-
AT TOP "Giving the
call." Center "Th'
Ole Swimmin Mole." Low
er left "Watch Me Dive."
Lower right "Chewing
Beefsteak."
that knows no ruler except the heat
all round athlete In the bunch.
The parent who deprives his boy
from the right t swim is making
a big mistake, according to the gen
erally recognized ideas of the day
Swimming I sl" h a beneficial ex
ercise that everyone should know
how. The Doyville plan to take a
poor swimmer out in the deep water
and compel him to ewim is a reck
less one. to say the least.
Swimming teachers Rid best re
sults by taking novices Into ehal
low water, and, after leaching them
the simplest strokes tke them In
water shoulder deep and have them
try them out It is easier to swim
In wafr should.! deep than In the
shallower water. The shallow water
interfere with tho motions of the
novice who Is apt to kick against
the bottom with his toes, expert
swimmers declare.
Sometimes an exce tior.ally tlm
oroun swimmer is taken out in
tiM-ii w iter w here he h-;ir:s In "
wm. but he har haj considerable
experience paddling around in sh il
low w.ter fired, as a rule.
BROAD OR SIDK
STROKES FOR WOMEN.
While t Is true that giria and
women may learn the alternate
ovc rrs.-m s-trofce. ther is loo iiidc'j
SBaQLaaflMBaiBaBiaflSsSBV
I
U. the old awlmmln'-hole! Where the crick so still and deep ffl
J Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, B
Of the angels lookin" out as we left Paradise; B
And lt'a hard to part rerever with tb oftl swlmmm'-nole. m
AH thA r,ld swimmm'-hole! In the happy days of yore If
J When I ust in lean above It on the old sickamo're, ' M
Oh it showed rio- -i face In its warm, sunny tide ' B
That gnzed back at me so gay and glorified, I
It made me love myself, as 1 leaped to caress I ri
afy ehadder smllln' uj. at me with sich tenderness I
n1"1" ,hrm aay9 I"'' gone, and old Times tuck his toll
U Prom th old man . hack to the old swirnmln'-holc.
J Oh, the old swimmin'-hole, In the long, lazy days &
You could tell bs the dent if the heel and the sol.!
They was lots o' fun on hands at the old swimmin'-hole. M
rap HERE the bullrushes growed and the cattails So tall, I IH ;
3$ I AnA t,lc sunshine and shaddcr fell over It all, B f
And It rnottb-d the wort.-r vith amber and Kohl. H
Tel the plaii lilies rocked In the ripples that rolled; j
And the Bnake-feeder's four gauij wings fluttered bj B 1
i Jdke the ghost bf a daisy dropped out of the sky. JRl
H Or a wounded ipple-blossem In the breeze's controls iflf
As it . ul acrost some orchard to'rds the old swimmin'-hole M t
lh U BwlmmIn'-hoIe! When I last saw the place M
1 The scenes was .di . hanged, like the , hange In my fa., ' I I
The bridge r the railroad now crosses the spot Ifif t
Whore the old divln'-los: lays sunk and fergot. B I
And I stray down the banks whare the tree- ust to be 1 iW
I But never apaln will theyr shade Bhi Iter me! B 1
And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul. jgf I
And dive ofr in my grave like the old swlminln'-hole. H
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PlHIOTOGRAPH5 CLINT MURPHY i
unif-rrj; t-r rJami3Tni FpZasfa LCid
action tj make It hj appropriate
movement ror women- Tho "broad"
or tho "side" strokes are much
letter for women, -v.m though tliey
are harder to learn In both of theso
movements the arms are kept un
der trie water all the time, and there
Is no rolling of th body. In other
words, theai strokes are moil grace
ful and gentle.
Tn learning the broad .stroke, rest
the hands on the bottom In shallow
water and practice tho leg move
ment first. They are bent and
brought up toward the body with
the heels together and the knees
apart, then straightened and spread
Wide, then brought together
Straight. Next elt in water shoul
der high and practice the arm
movements. Hold the hands to
gether la front of the chest, palms
down, extend them forward aj
arm's length, then with palms
turned back spread them sideward,
then return to chest. The difficulty
In thla stroke is to combine the arm
nnd leg movements, fee some sup
port and otart with the arms and
lees bent, then spread the legs and
it the same time extend tho arms
forward, then hold th arms there
while you bring tho legs together,
then bold the legs together as you
spread the arm- sideward, then
lend arms and leg"-, aj?ain. It will bo
observed thai th. leg motion is dono
llrst end tho arms follow.
The "side"' stroke Js used larjrely
by men nnd advanced women swim
movement 'f tho uoper arm.
movement of the uppe r arm,
whereas the women in op it undt'.-
UKler. As In the broad stroke, prac
tice tho logx first. To do this, hold
the ImwIv suspended sideward, then
tht' tuj tar, i hriui3tl .lci tawaaifl
the chept as tho bottom leg is bent
back as far as possible, then tho top
one reaches forward and the bottom
one backward straight, then they
are brought together .'raight. Now
try the arm movement alone- Start
with the arms bent and hands at
chcet, then extend the lower one to
side horizontal and at the same tim
' Xtend the upprr one downward to I
thl-h close to the body, then swing i I
the lower one straight down side- ; m
ird to thi thigh and at the same
time the upper one is bent toward
the chesl ind beyond the hed if
Most beginners work too hard, j
using up energy unnecessarily. jl
Watch a uooil swimmer and you will i
notice lhat he makes his movements
wide md str-inc. but never Jerky and fc
f-i-'t. as beginners invariably do. I
Alter each strike the swimmer floats f-
:.s h" slowly prepares for the next f
stroke. B
1'or a Rainy Dav T!
The careful husband had given I vfl
his wife some money to put into the l H
family sinking fund, but she had j iS
spent it. Two or three days later fl H
she asked for more. 1
"Didn't I give you some last Mon-
day?" he Inquired In the well
, iH
similar clrcumatancea i
"Ves. but I sp nl it." tB
"-pent If I thought you h ;
laid It away for a rainy day " P
r did, Henry," ahe smiled sweet- I
lv "I bought a raincoat, an um
brella, rnd a pair of rubbers with II
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