How to Swim

Everyone should learn how to swim.

Perhaps no one factor has contributed so greatly

to the current popularity of swimming

as has the sensible bathing suit.

It should not be too daring,

yet bold enough to allow freedom of movement.

In the privacy and safety of your own home,

and with the aid of a piano stool...

...we learn the basic strokes of swimming.

Breathing is of first importance.

For, after all, we must breathe, you know.

Study carefully

the synchronized movement of arms and legs

in the overhand, or windmill stroke,

compared with the sleek glide of the Australian crawl.

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The sidestroke is actually the basic stroke

for all advanced methods of swimming.

of the breaststroke.

This is used by pearl divers,

lifeguards, frogs and so forth and so on.

Should the swimmer become fatigued,

it is restful to swim on the back, or float.

However, this has one disadvantage

in that one cannot see where one is going.

Having mastered the theories of swimming,

let us select some well-guarded modern bathing resort

and try our wings, so to speak.

First of all, we must learn to dress

in the average beach locker.

In addition to actual swimming,

it is well to remember that as many, if not more,

healthful benefits can be derived

from relaxing on the warm dry sand,

and basking in the health-giving rays of old sol.

There are still a few who are foolish enough

to eat a hearty meal

immediately before going into the water.

To avoid the possibility of being stricken with cramps,

one should wait at least an hour or more.

Uh, cramps, as you know, are muscular contractions