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The Diagram Shows Just how Little Catherine Brown
Swims the Breast Stroke. Diagram 1 Shows the Be
fining of the Stroke the Hands Together at the
Chin, Palms Turned Down, and the Knees Drawn up.
Diagram 2 Show the Second Movement- the Hands
Are - Shot Forward and the Feet Are Beginning to
Move Back. Diagram 3 Shows the Completion of the
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Forward Hand Movement, the Feet Still Moving
Backward. Diagram 4 Shows the Completion of the
Hand Movement, Each Hand Having Described a
Semi-Circle and the Feet Having Been Kicked Out
Sharply as Far Back as Possible. Diagram S Shows the
Finish of the Stroke with the Legs Brought Together
and Preparation for Starting the First Position Again.
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Five Year Old Miss Catherine Brown
Tells How Every Mother Can Teach
Her Baby to Swim in the Bath
tub and on the Piano Stool:
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IT? Ltd Catherine Brown. is aadoubt . ,
edly the greatest swimmer of hei ,
age. She la only Are years old. but ,
ehe has made a same tor herself u i
swimmer and , direr. Her skill and calm '.
confidence In herself ought to put to ' .' ' '
name other children and adults whose lives are constantly
Jeopardy because they don't knew how-to M.ihrr'-cki
- V In her naive way, little ; Catherine Brown declares. that Jier-. ;
father must he fooling -whe jnhe says some grownups cant swim,,- ; . ,
because "swimming is Just as easy as walking, and everybody in ,
walk!" ' ' '. :.-V (; " " ' j
Miss Brown is a daughter of Captain Alfred Brown, of College .
Point, L. U a professional swimmer, who won the world's long
distance championship In. 1S07, and last year broke the- record ; from . . ; i
the Battery to Coney Island, covering the distance in' hours 22 '
minutes.' ' ' '. .. ;
Last January little Catherine Brown gave an exhibition of her
diving prowess at the Sportsman's Show, fTew York. . For this her
father was hailed to court on the ground that the youngster's life, .
had thus been endangered. ' :
Despite the efforts of the Gerry Society, however, the Court re- '
fused to see any wrong in the exhibition the child had given, declar- ,
Ing that diving and ewimming were the very best sports 'children '' .
could indulge in. . The charge against Captain Brown wm ac- ,' '
cordingly dismissed. ' ' i
Here Catherine tells Just (how mothers ought to teach their ' " '
babies to swim as soon as they are blg enough to paddle around lo
a bathtub. . . , . ; .
By Catherine Brown,
V Baby Champion Swimmer.
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I AM Ave years old. I like swimming
and diving better than anything else. ,
Papa .tells me that some people
-grownmp people, too can't swim at all,
but I think be is only kidding me, because
swimming- in Just as easy as walking, and
"eVerybody can .walk. :
We matter how deep the water is I am
not afraid. , Sometimes when Alfred, my
brother, takes me out canoeing he tips the
csnoe over and we both fall in the water,
but that's nothing! railing In the water
doesn't scare me at all, because all you've
got to do is to swim around until the
canoe is righted and then climb in. If'
you are sear the ahore you can easily
swim ia. :.''..,
I don't remember when I first learned
io swim. It must be ever so long ago
when I was a tiny baby. Papa always
used to play with me ia the bathtub. It
was lots of fun. - tie used to fill the bath
tub up right to the very top and then I
used to get ia.
The water used to go hi my eyes snd
cars and nose and mouth and I didn't
like that very much, but papa said it I
would float on top of , the water the water
would not bother me at all. AH you've
got to do Is to lie perfectly still on, your
back, with your head almost under the
water, and yon stay right on top. it's
Just like lying In bed. It's lota of fun.
Then papa showed me how to swim. ' Of
course, you can't swim very- much In a
bathtub, but papa showed aae Just how to
move my hands and feet and when I was
only a little girl, two and a half years old,
he showed me exactly how to swim with
out taking me into the water at all 1
Papa used to give me swimming lessoas
in the parlor.. It sounds funny, doesn't
it, swimming in , the parlor-where there
isn't any waterf But that is what he did.
What do yo think we used for water?
The piano-stool!
' Yes, papa used to lay me on the piano
stool and then ha would tell ma Just how
to mpve my bands and leas Just as If I
was In the water. And it seemed Just like
I was In the water, toe, because some
times the piano-stool would turn around
Queer Germ That Makes Bread Ropy
pyR. GUY L. QUALL.S, Of tne Medial
I 1 Corps of the United States Army,
has been making a scientific study
of ropy bread, and has confirmed the an
nouncement that It ia due to the Infection
of bread with a disease gera called the
bsceilles mesenterlcus, or potato germ.
This germ produces a definite malady In
Ike dough, just as the typhoid baocillua
does in men.
' Often the yeast 1 the cause of Infecting
the dough In them. It haa teea found
to grow with the yeast plant, and ordi
nary bread-making heat does net destroy
it,
The entire bread supply of the Second
Army Division was recently Infected with
the "ropy germ." The bread had been
tcred in teats to cool and dry. At Drat
;hore was no change in it. After a day,
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however, the loaves, whea cut, gave forth
an odor like unripe cantaloupes, and a
few hours later, yellowish-brown spots
with soft, sticky centres began U appear
in them. After another day the loaves
were actually almost liauid in the centre.
. The cause of the trouble was finally
located in the yeast and the fact that
much of the flour used had been stored
on Government traaaporta, where It had
become infected with the rope-bacilli.
All sorts of methods of killing germs,
including lactic acid, fumigalton with
sulphur, formaldehyde gas and beat, were
tried without stoeesa. . A pint of a 10
per cent solution of vinegar to each hun
dred pounds of flour finally solved the
problem..and the army's tread, although
somewhat reduced In food value, was
servde.
,a bit and X would think I waa really going
through the water. ....
That was how I learned the breast
stroke. The breast-stroke is very easy
and papa says It Is the stroke everybody
should know, because It doesn't make
your arms or legs ache snd you can keep
It up ever so long. Of course, you can't
go so fast when you are swimming the
bresst-stroke, but yon csn keep in the
. water longer that way. When brother,
turns over the canoe 'and we are a long
way from shore all I've got to do Is to use
the breaststroke and I can get la all .-lent
even if it takes an awful long while, be
'cause you never get tired swimming the
breast-stroke. '
When I was learning the breast-stroke
oa the piano-stool I would start with my
arms and legs stretched out Just as far as
I could, my hands open, but not palm to
palm. Just the sides of the first finger of
each hand being together. My toea were
stretched out Just as far as possible.
Then papa would say "One" and I would
part my hands and make half a circle with
each one so that at the end my hands
would he at my chin in the same wsy as
they were when they were stretched out.
My legs would be draws up at the same
time by drawing up my knees so that they
would nearly hit the legs of the piano
stool. I would not draw my knees up to
gether, but Just a little apart.
Then papa would say "Two" and I
would shoot rdy hands forward again and.
at the same time, kkk out with my feet
Just as hard as I could Just as if I had
shoes en them end wanted to kick them
off. Whea I kicked out like that I would
keep my feet very far apart, as If I wanted
to kick one shoe off In one direction and
the other, off la another direction.
Thea papa would say "Three" and 1
would bring my legs together again as
they were at first.
I used to do this ten or twelve times a
day for ever so long, and it made my arms
nice and fat and I didn't get tired at all
like I did when I first tried it.
Thea when Summer came and pspa
used to go into tbe water he took me
along and, of course, Twasnt afraid at
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Catherine Brown. 5 Year Old, the Youngest Expert Swimmer in the
World, Showing How to Jump Into the Water Like a Little
Frog. Qa the Left She Is Seen Taking Dive.
all, because papa can swim Just like a
fish and he took me out with him Into the
water. When he let go of me, of course,
it seemed as if I would go down under the
water, but. then I remembered how I used
to float in the iathtub and I tried that and
it was very easy. It was even easier in
the water than It was la the bathtub.
Papa says It is because tbe sea Is salt
water and the bathtub is fresh water and
It is easier to keep up la salt water.
Then papa made me do my swimming
lesson in the water Just as I had done it
In the parlor, only, of course, there wasn't
any piano-stool. But papa Just put one
hand under my chin and counted, "One."
"Two," -Three" in Just the same way,
and before I knew it I waa ewimming all
by myself.
I really think papa must be telling a
fib when he says some grown-up people
can't swim, because It is so easy.
Then1 whea I could swim the breast
stroke papa taught me bow to do the
"dog paddle" and the "overhand" stroke.
They are not very hard and you can go
much faster, but they tire you more than
the breast-stroke.
Diving is the greatest fun. Of course
you've got to do It right or you get sn
awful pain in tbe stomach if your stomach
hits tbe water. But after Alfred and papa '
showed me bow to dive I wasn't afraid to
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dive oft anything, no matter how deep tin
water wss.
This is how I dive when the water is
shallow. I stand up perfectly, straight
with my hands at my sides, then I bend
my logs a little and draw my arms back
of my body and Jump forward, getting my
arms in front of my bead aa I near the
water, with my legs and feet close to- .
gether, and turning my hands upwards as I
soon as I am actually in the water. If'
you turn your hands down you go down,
but if you turn your bsnds up you ceme
up right away.
Papa ssys I will be a very good swim
mer If I keep it up. He says I will be ss
good as he is, but I guess I won't.
When I gave a diving' exhibition at the
Sportsman's Show I wasn't at all afraid,
because I knew I couldn't hurt myself.
It was lots of fun, but some woman said
I waa too young and papa had to go be
fore some Judges about it, but they said
it was all right and so I guess I can Just
go right ahead.
If you can't swim, of course, you might
hurt yourself If you dive; but if you csn
swim and dive I guess you can't hurt
yourself at all.
Any 'mamma or 'papa csn take their
baby as soon as rt is big enough to paddle
around in tbe tub and teach It to float
and swim Just like ma
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Little
Catherine
Preparing
for
Shallow
' Dive '