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NORTH SHORE BREEZE avd Reminder 4 June 29, 1917. 
The wide expanse of sandy shore at Singing Beach, Manchester 
and you will cut through them. You will have little diffi- 
culty in keeping your balance. 
As you go out farther and the water level is above 
your chest, the waves are bigger and you cannot jump 
over them. It is better to dive through them, this time 
facing them. Do not be afraid, the water will always 
land you on your feet. As the wave approaches you, 
duck easily into the base of it with hands extended above 
- the head. You will immeditely rise to the surface ready 
for the next roller. 
When bathing from a rope take care to keep on the 
side of the rope toward land. As the waves break, you 
will be pulled away from the rope and your extended 
‘may be drawn under. 
hands will steady you. Do not cling to the ropes, but 
release your grip as the wave strikes you, otherwise you 
When the next roller hits you, you 
will be ready. If you are on the side of the ropes from 
which the waves come you are in danger of being forced 
against the rope and drawn under the surface. Even if 
the “ducking” you get in this way does no other harm it 
is apt to make you appear ridiculous in the eyes of the 
more experienced. 
Taking proper precautions for your own. safety and 
the safety of others, you will find surf bathing one of the 
most beneficial of the summer pastimes which make life 
on the North Shore so enjoyable. 
1. Don’t try to hold your head far out of the water. 
To do so increases the strain. 
out of the water is the nose for breathing. 
Annette 2. Don’t make hard work of 
duickly. The stroke should be slow and complete. 
Kellerman ee Try counting ten during each stroke. 
3. Don’t wear any more clothes than you need. 
hinder your movements and make the body much 
‘Many of the costumes I have seen along 
the shore are inspired more by vanity than modesty. 
4. Don’t above all wear a corset or a tight belt, for 
heavier. 
the Diving 
Venus— these hinder the circulation. 
have been traced directly to corsets and tight belts. 
5. Don’t swim after eating, nor eat for 
Tel ls swimming. 
6. Don’t go into the water unless the body is thorough- 
Some ly warm. Don’t stay in the water after your teeth 
commence to chatter. 
the first time or two. 
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the water seems warm. 
g. Don’t try to dive 
in your stroke. 
Don’t stay in the water more than fifteen minutes 
Then you may increase the 
time by five minutes each day. . 
tions are exceptionally fine, you should never stay 
in the water more than half an hour. 
8. Don’t go in swimming on a cold raw day, even it 
until you have perfect confidence 
Don’t try to dive in shallow water. 
‘All that needs to be 
it, for that tires you 
They 
Many cases of cramps 
an hour after 
Unless the condi- 
