How Women Swim.
> Tins majority of the fair pupils swim with their, arms only, and if they, (Jo kick the force of their stockinged sole's is lost on the air. , Instead of drawing the legs tip linger; the body as a good male swimmer does," the' feminine pupil bends the leg at the knee, so' t that. the lower parts of the limbs rise gracefully above the surface of the water ate every stroke and then drop back with a ,thud, as if part of the roof , of the ba th'- house t had ' fallen in. The effect of this innovation is most exhilarating, especially to- tho 'disinterested spectators. In proportion to their size women have heavier heads and smaller 1 -' lungs than men, and as lung po'rver haa.i much to do with a swimmer.'^ buoyancy q,' t ' woman has a tendency in the water to pitch,', head downward. Tho conformation of .tier/ body, too, helps this unpleasant tendencyV so that when she aggi'avates thejtrouble^.by kicking her heels out of the water shelooka like a duck diving for dams. ' > .'.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 402, 14 September 1889, Page 3
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179How Women Swim. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 402, 14 September 1889, Page 3
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