hud 1 have loved thee, 0. can! and my joy youthful ports was one thy 'And tt Troma boy ed"to thy' Biles For and 'ANd Uaid'my hand upon thy, mane, Tao here By Euzasern Peeve, "The best sport of the year, and
imining," said an athletic young mently so in the summer Indy of my acquaintance, "Yourself and some water, and yes, usually:
bathing suit are about all the Almost every other! amusement needs at least two or more. It's even Tea for Two.) True one may walk alone, but walking round Shangh not an unmixed joy. And then, too, swimming is independent of weather, no postponement is necessary, We think that @ good case has already been made out for swim ming, but s0 many other consider: tions come rushing to mind that it seems unendurable not to be able to give them voice. We know that. swimming like good wine, needs no bush but we feel impelled to pay tribute to its charms. To refer to an advantage mentioned above, that tone may swim alone. Some of those Who love solitude may object indulging in so popular a pastime, but we can only advise such ex: elusive souls to dive to the bottom of the pool and play around beneath the surface as much as they cun, that way avoiding crowds. On the other hand, should one love the companionship of his kind he should affect the shallow ends of all tanks, sandy beaches especially during the children's hours, To those who find that the ordinary costume requirements do not sufficiently occupy them let us Suggest the designing and displaying of bathing sults, capes, sand costumes, beach lounge robes and the like." Never before has there been so wide a range of material and style from the boyish jersey to the cretonne and figured silk overslips. We hear that chiffon has been used in Shanghai, but we cannot and will mot endorse that extreme! If one wishes to avoid Sunburn one may wear long sleeves and high collars and a demure little slip buttoned up the back—really almost a replica of a street frock. Since the Lido and Palm Beach set the fashion of spending the morning at least in a bathing suit nothing can be tov elaborate Then there are alvuys two ca in the swimmers: those who _swin to reduce and those who swim '0. gain. Both of them are convinced that they are gaining their hearts' desire and it would take more than scales to convince them to the eontrary, There are also those who swim to require an appetite and those who swim because every body else does. There are the almost profession re always being timed ani? who discuss the fine points of a Stroke with the seriousness of a theological argument, And th there are those who swim beea they are the original water-bab who love the spirit of poo! rivers and the sea and who above such inferior substitutes ming pools can offer. For ove= and above the physical cleansing of water, there is a spiritual revewinz ity soothing minis: ry
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