SPORTS.
Cnee iv was tenn:s, then it was golf, ant now skiing has won the
enthusiastic devotion of the sports devotees and outdoor folks of
Europe. They have clu^s to discuss the history and technique of
ski, and nearly everybody expects to get to Switzerland for at leasJ
ashert time during the '’season”. As for the ski themselves, in
spite of all the seriuos talk they cause, they are really as ”play
ful as kittens",Clair Price, a correspondent of the Jew York limes,
assures us, with all sorts of unexpected tricks, genial and other
wise, in their repertoire. Inci dentally, Jr. Price informs every
body who would he"strictly an fait in the European manner,that tne
plural of ski is the same as the singular, and both are usually
pronounced "she". Thus one may say, "I expect a lovely afternoon
with my she," and be -perfectlv correct. As for the nature of ur°"
dress,
himself
picture
raiment
pean skiing .-there are certain broad rules that appear to gov r* ^
The most'fundamental is the distinction which still obtains -,e -
tween Norwegian ski devotees and the hand of international siem
who gather annually in Switzee land. The Norwegians are sti^ ±
class hv themselves, so much so that is not in the best o io * ^
any ^ut the avlest of ski-runners in Switzerland to afopt t,or^.
It is held that a novice in Switzerland who suddenly fina
standi ns on his shoulder-blades and gazing up at a ^urrea
of sky and ski, looks sufficiently ridiculous in his own
without emphasizing his un-Norwegian pose by ^ P
of wooly Norwegian raiment. 0f
Also, it is not etiquette in Norway to rush to the a.siw..
a woman on ski who has fallen down. In ^witzerlan*, * to
they manage these ratters differently; the entir p ^
th- fallen sister's aid, and thus the simple scene is sometimes co.
plicated with concussions and compound fractures. . Y u
The instructor takes you up to the .op of a st -P ^ T -na^t
zigzag carefully in his wake, feeling that a fly were fuzzing pajt
you, 111 would ho lost. He also tells you that it is the worst of
form to tread on the back of another man's ski. °he
and ^all vack ^ive' yards”, he counsels. Nevertheless you ©• ** *
top Safely and‘ar< smiling broadly at the miles of scenery
you, when your ski suddenly flies out irom ^ ' 1 ^leQ that
is lost in the snow. It appears to he one of y.e ,fl ggpbnllow
the expected never happens. At the top of the slop ^ the
ing conversation customarily ensues. Instruc^o - . e»
slope together.'' You . "That's not a slope, it's a pr,cipice
Instructor- "It will he good for you." You- Bu. I am *he ~ol
a widowed mothe
Instructor- ”It will give you con
v0u- ”1 am beginning to dislike you. Lead on.
rum in e vou start cautiously down, the slope and ga-he.
the way to the bottom. But in ski-jumping you gather
on the short run at .ne -op, an..,
support of
fidence. ”
In ski
speed all
speed as quickly as possible
le
a
inp the surface of the
slope at the take-off, you come down in a
single swoop through the air.
keep your feet when you strike
If you are
the run at
a good ski-jur-.per you will
the botcom and, losing
speed up the opposite slope you will #nd your run ^a^coaef
which leaves you facing in the di potioni f.■ - -- -e*ee favora„ie
turn of luck.you will strike the run at the .ottox i^a.^ezplo-io.n
of arms and lens and snow. In an e ^e.i w it
breathle ss seconds. - - - • Li terary f.
a few
REVISED TABLE OF LODGE MEETINGS I IT HAINES*
Nasons meet 1st. and 3rd. Thursdays of each month at 7:30 P.M.
Moose #f£bfc 2nd* and 4th. Tuesdays of each month at-8:00 P.M.
■Red Men meet 1st. and 3rd Tuesdays' of each month at -8:00 P.M.