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Useful Points
Upon How
to Be Safe
in the Water
Told and Illus
trated By Little
Miss Catherine
Brown
LITTLE Miss Catherine Brown,
who dictated the important ad
vice and warnings for swim
mora printed on this page, is the flve-year-old
daughter of Captain Alfred
, Brown, the celebrated professional
swimmer.
Baby Brown herself. Infant though
she is, was a favorite swimming and
diving contestant at the last Sports
man's Show at Madison Square Gar
den, New York. Her story here is Il
lustrated with several remarkable
photographs of ber performances In
Long Island Sound near the home of
the Browns . at College Point As
might be expected, she gives her cele
brated father credit for much of the
swimming and diving wisdom she ut
ters here.
By Catherine Brown.
TIERE'S an awful lot of things
you have to know to be safe
and enjoy yourself In the
water. My father knows all about It,
of course. He's a champion swimmer.
He says I'll be a champion myself
some day if I obey orders, and keep
on as I have been doing since I was
three years old.
Before I begin you must excuse me
tor not being quite at my best when
the man took these pictures of me.
I Just couldn't help rubbering at the
camera and forgetting about my stroke
sometimes. When you're swimming
ou should 'tend to what you're doing,
even It yon are having your picture
iaken.
When I listen to my papa's advice,
the things to do seem mostly don'ts.
I'm beginning to feel that way about
it myself, so I'll tell you a few of the
very important don'ts right at the
Start.
k Don't be afraid of the water, bw-
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Little Catherine
Brown
Swimming In
the Ocean, Using
Her Favorite
, and Swift Side
Ktrntr
Position
Tartly on the Side, One Hand Reaching Over While tht
Other Begins and Finishe Under the Water.
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Illustrating the Wrong Position In Using the Side Stroke. Baby Brown Would Feel
and Look Happier Here Doing the Breast Stroke Which Her
Position In the Water Suits.
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laddie Stroke Usually the Most Natural Stroke for beginners, a
n oest nay ior a novice to Keep the Head Above the Surface.
oont take chances when you dont
have to. I'm not afraid the water
seems iriendly and kind to me and
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I can swim for miles without feeling
tired. But I never swim out more
than a hundred yards from shore un
less there's somebody nearby in a
boat to look out for me in case of an
accident
Folks who think they are perfectly
well sometimes have fainting spells.
They get them while walking on the
street, and you might get one while
swimming or get something els) the
matter with you. It Is best to be om
the safe side.
I never had a cramp In my life
I don't know what a cramp is, except
from hearing tell of It But I know
what to do if ever I get one, and I'll
tell you. Just as papa tells me when
ever he thinks of It You never get
cramps in the water that stop your
breathing, so you dont have to worry
about keeping afloat. The worst that
cramps can do to you is to scare you
and start you hollering for help.
Hollering 'for help is very silly. It
tes the breath out of your lungs,
vtnere you need it to float with till the
cramp lets go. When you begin to
kloae your breath you begin to take in
mouthfuls of . water, and
choke, and pretty soon if
you keep that up help would
be too late any way.
You only get cramps In an
am or a leg most always in
one leg. When you feel it :
coming on, Just fill your lungs
full of air and turn over on
your back, and kick out as
hard as you can. Cramps
don't stand much kicking
out; they let go quick, and
then you re all right again.
Cramps often come from
eating too much Just before
yo go Into the water. Papa always
says, never go in swimming for two
hours after eating a hearty meal. I
s'pose if you only eat a little you can
go in quicker but what'a the use of
breaking a good ruleT
You hear a lot about people drown
ing because they get caught in a
strong tide, or in an undertow. If you
get in that kind of trouble you're silly.
Don't you know that the ocean is
stronger than you are? Of course It
is. Nobody can fight the
ocean. You don't have
to Just say, how de do,
Mrs. Ocean, and go right
along with her. That's
the right way, always,
when you find the tide
too strong to swim
against By swimming
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Baby
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la the
Correct
Position
Before
Starting
the
Straight
Dive
Body
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across the current and taking things
easy, you'll get to land somewhere,
and then you can walk back.
It's the same with the undertow.
Lota of people have a silly idea that
the undertow holds you down. Papa
says that's nonsense. It just carries
you out fast until the next wave comes
in, when you can come in with It The
waves come in one after another Just
the same whether there is a strong
undertow or not. All you've got to
do if the undertow
gets yon is to go
along with It Then
you're in fine shape
to swim in on top of
the next wave
It makes me mad
to see the - foolish
chances that even
grown folks take In
diving. Don't think
of diving straight
down until you are
aura the water la
deep enough. Lota
of people break their
necks that way, or
get stuck in the mnd
at the bottom and
, drown. Unless you
know that the water where you are
diving is at least eight or ten feet
deep, the only safe way is to come
down with a splash, feet first and
uoo out just under the surface.
When you make a high dive be care
ful to straighten out before you strike
the- water, with your legs close to
gether and your toes pointing up.
Stretch your arms out in front of your
face with the hands together so as to
protect your head.
Next Sunday the littlest champion
will explain just how she would go
about Saving a 200-pound man from
drowning.
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The Breast Stroke, as Here Used by Little Miss Brown. Is More Restful Than Any
Other. la Correct Teaching, It Follows the "Dog Paddle."
Copyrlaht, ItlS, by the Star Company.
Baby Browa Illustrating the Wrong Way of Entering the Water la the Straight Dive. The Legs Should Be Straight
Out. and the Hands Together to Protect the Face from the Force of Impact with the Water.
Qrsat Britain Rights RMarved,