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wo
woman t Me paysieal eqnal
t man. I aat soisg to put a stop
Jot-ever to all this twaddle about the
weaker sax. Yes, I ass a arss, be
liever in "Woman Suffrage."
So declares Mies Lily Smith, who
Is known up and down England as
the peer ot all lady swimmers In
Great Britain, and who Is frequently
referrod to as the "English Water
Lily." You may pick up your mom
1ng papor on any one ot the remain
ing days ot this month to read a
London dispatch tall lag of Miss
Bmlthls success la swimming across
from Dover to Calais, for she Intends
to try It before the first November
Dora makes Its appearance.
Miss Smith Is a suffragette, yet
does not advocate the throwing ot
satchets at Mine wis latere or the
mashing la et plate-glass -windows
la order to get the vote. Other
women may pursue the militant
sourse, evea her twe a thistle slaters.
If they wish, but by demonstrating
that the sexes are physically equal
Intellectual equality she takes for
granted she expects to be of better
service toward winning the franchise
tor her sex.
The distance betweea Dover and
Calais Is twenty-eight Miles, and
were It a question of distance alone
Mies Smith's task would be an easy
one, but the Channel waters are
treacherous, embracing as they do
many currents and counter currents,
Only two human beings have sue
ceeded in swimming across this bit
f water that has made the history
England what It Is, the first person
having succeeded having been the
famous American swimmer. Captain
Webb. He did so in 1876 just a few
Tears before he lost his life in an
ttempt to swim the Niagara Rapids.
In 1911, thlrty-slx years after Cap-
Oh, Yes; She Understood.
. L t,eacher l ona or the public
i? w" nSevorlng to tmpre.t
iubjct takei a verb In the plural.
-Remember thta." abe aald. "clrla
vr. boys are; a girl U. a boy la. Now
Jo you understand Itr
pvery hand In the room wai ratted
in assent.
"Well, then." continued the. teacher.
who can aire me a aentence with
lrl plural, remember?"
Thla time one band was railed, and
that belonged to a pretty little mils.
"Please, ma'am," she said, with all the
aesuraece of a primitive reasoning. "I
can sive a sentence. 'Qlrla. are mr
hat on atralg-Utr"
Not a Racehorse.
A man was attendlnr to his motor.
"Troublet" asked a bystander.
".iltu" WM tbe lcnle answer.
"W hat power car la itr
"Forty borae," came the answer.
ffMi seems to be the
with itr
matter
"Well, from the way she acta, I
ahould say that thlrty-nlne of the
horses were dead."
A 014 KtUef.
"Thank Heaven, those bills are got
H4 of," aald Btlklns fervently, as he
tor up a bundle of statements of ao
cvunU dated May 1.
Tll p'& eh.r 4,d BJ'kina.
Ob, no." said Bilkins. -The duplt.
cates dated June 1 have come In. and
X don't have to ketp these anr
Jenrtr."
TJbbbHIbM MsWB&HBPHHni HlBmBHBI
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tain Webb established his unique
record, the feat was again accom
plished, this time by a Yorkshire
blacksmith named William Burgess,
but between the date of Webb's suc
cess and that of tho Englishman's
swimmers Innumerable havo had
their tries at it, only to be helpod
out of the water before the French
shore was reachod. Not all ot them
were men, for at least two womon
have had their chances at It They
were Annette Kollermanu and Hobo
PHlnof. It Is seen, therefore, that It
the "English Wator Lily" crosses
successfully she will havo Just rea
son to be proud.
She has tried It once. On Septem
ber 11, 1912, she dived from tho gov
ernment pier at Dover and started
but with a strong stroke for the
other side and kept at It for six and
one-quarter hours, but then, like Miss
Kellermann, she was overcome with
seasickness and had to give It up.
Nevertheless, she had covered a dis
uses of twenty miles In that time,
which Is something of a record In
itself.
Honors have come to Miss Smith
and other members) of her family so
often, however, tha't their novelty
has worn off. Her father Is James
0. Smith, a superintendent in the
London County Council Fire Depart
ment, and wears many medals for
bravery and life saving. Two years
ago he made his way through smoke
and ammonia fumes in order to res
cue three men who were entrapped
in a burning refrigerating plant, and
for the deed won the plaudits of all
London. But be Is a man who would
rather not talk of his own triumphs
and prefers to speak ot those ot hla
daughters, for Lily's sisters, the
My Secrets of Beauty--ByMme.LinaCavalier
SUM!
lUMMER, that added 60 per cent
your Btock ot vitality; that
brightened your eyes and
melted away pounds ot superfluous
flesh, that gave your movements a
new
strength and freedom, has
robbed you, you complain, ot tho
beauty ot your arms. Even the one
who ordinarily sees only perfection
in you has looked with disfavor on
their coarsened brown surface.
You are right It is time to do
something about It for the brown or
freckled skin that did not look amiss
protruding from short pink or blue
linen sleeves will look quite other
wise against the delicate background
of your ovenlng gown.
Begin by doing what would have
protected your arms and saved you
much ot this mortification as to their
present appearance had you but
known. The dipping of the arms
into salt water at the shore has
coarsened the texture ot the skin.
This was because you did not take
the precaution of well-informed
house workers, who are careful to
preserve their good looks, rubbing
olive oil or mutton tallow freely
into the arms before they are ex
posed to contact with the water. By
doing this dish washing is robbed ot
its terrors. From this time keep
your arms as moist with oil or tal
low as formerlythey were with salt
water. Soon the . texture will improve.
Sunday Bee Magazine
France
Miss Lily
Smith
and Her
Slaters
Gwendoline
and Nellie
Who Are
Almost as
.Much at
Home in
the Water as
She Is.
frtv: - i i- , ' .A A,
Rose Fitonoff, the American Swimmer, oa Her Usmcc'euful
Attempt to Swim the English Channel.
Misses Nellie and Gwendoline,
well as herself, have' won medals
again and again for teats In the
water.
Lily had earned tho title ot "Cham
pion of all London" boforo she was
fifteen years old by vlrtuo of her
success In many competitions. Dur
ing her sixteenth year she swam for
five hours side by aide with Jabex
Wolffe, who -was at the time at
tempting to cross the Channel. Tho
young girl's daring on this occasion
was qulto disquieting to her father,
for though he knew that she was a
capablo swimmer he did not like the
Idea ot seeing her sporting In such
treacherous waters for such a length
of time.
He and his daughter were en the
tugboat that was accompanying
Wolffe, and when they left the Eng
lish shore bo one in the party sus
pected that Lily Intended to enter
tho water, eVen though eho was
wearing a, bathing suit Buddenlr,
when thoy were half way across, she
announced that she would try to
swim to land and dived overboard.
Both Bhe and Wolffe had to give up
the struggle, however, for a strong
wind came up and, blowing In exactly
the opposite direction than that fol
lowed by the current, kicked up such
rough water that for the most ot tho
The saline air, combined with the
salt water, may have Irrltatod your
skin, which is naturally sensitive. In
that caw uso no soap, but Instead
use a handful ot oatmeal or of al
mond meal when bathing your arms.
The sensitiveness will disappear and
the skin resume a silken texture It
you patiently apply this lotion at
morning and at night and as often
between sb circumstances permit.
Orange flower water 6 drams
Glycerin ounce
Powdered borax 3 drains
It your arms havo been sunburned
at mountain shoro or field, begin
promptly on your return from your
vacation, or before, to use a good
bleach on them.
This spread freely on the arms as
a paste gives gratifying results with
a tew applications.
Beat, until light, the yolk cf one
egg, forty drops of benzoin poured
into the. egg drop by difsp, and an
ounce of glycerine and an ounce of
rose water. After spreading this
thickly over the arms from wrist to
elbow, wrap loosely around the
arms a long strip of cheese cloth,
fastening the bandage at elbow and
wrist with safety pins. These shpuld
be allowed to remain on the arm
all night
Sonlo girls dislike "bother," though
I have noticed that they pay the pen
alty of thta dislike to take pains to
preserve their beauty, by either look-
ing unkempt, or at least less lovely
Copyright !.
to Win Votes forWomenf
How the Channel Has Baffled All but Two Swimmers.
Zl AlJU WPit v" Eagiih Cnljve Succeed. Captain Webb, (A). an American, First Accomplished the
q1, JO mL . P f IT'S 3 1 J?" Jb!ST br n Ensian,an. Annette Kellerman, (E) Care It Up After
I. Now cSr, SI r A ,WA..A . FoIei iVoIffe,,1,,u1',Enli,h Summer, (D), Cohered 17 Mile, of the DUlaace and Lily Smith, Who
It Now Going to Make Another Attempt, Once Camo Within Elf lit Mile of Reaching Calaii.
Miss Lily Smith, One of England's Prettiest and
Most Athletic Suffragettes, Who Will Brave the
Treacherous Currents of the Channel to
Prove That Woman Is Man's Physical Equal
time the swimmers
could not bo seen by
those on the tug.
In her seventeenth
year Miss Smith made
the fifteen-mile ewlm
from Richmond to
Blackfrlars Bridge, In
the Thames. Sho was
pitted against thirty
four men at the time
and crossed the finish
line ahead ot twenty
five men, having cover
ed the distance In four
hours and nine minutes.
This was In 1907, and
that marks the data ot
the first swimming com.
petition in which wo
men and men were
both entered. She made
equally good showings over
the
same course In 1008 and 1000.
She first made England elt up and
take notice when, In 1910, she cov
ered twenty miles through rough
water in six hours and thirty-five
minutes. She started at Dover,
struck out tf Ramsgate and then
came back down the Channel to Deal
This was the most remarkable feat
accomplished In the water by any
woman up to that time and bore out
the prophesy made by that great
arms dally baths in this easily pre
pared arm tub:
Into two quarts t of warm water
pour two heaping cupful of oatmeal
and add a dozen drops of benzoin.
Plunge your arms lnt this bath to
the elbows, leaving them thus to
soak for five minutes or longer.
Into this bath some English wom
en who have beautiful arms pour the
Juice of a lemon to whiten the arms,
but It la more effectual to rub the
arma thoroughly with slices of lemon
after the bath.
After these baths rub cold cream
freely Into the arms, or use an oil
Instead. It la mere extravagance to
use your expensive face cream for
such purpose. Olive oil or cbcoanut
oil will suffice.
Have you hud a good look at your
elbows since yon returned from your
Summer vacation? Probably those
neglected parts of your body haven't
met your oye-for months. Hold them
up before the mirror and critically
inspect them. I thought so; you are
horrified. You ask h,ow long they
have been brown and coarse and
calloused? No one knows or will
tell, but those elbows can quickly
and easily earn you the reputation
ot being neglectful ot your appear
ance In other words, ot not being
well groomed.
Great Britain
by the Star Company.
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sportsman, Sir John Astley, when In
1876 Agnes Beckwlth, a girl still In
her 'teens, swam from London Bridge
in Greenwich, a dlstanco of five
miles, in one hour and seven min
utes. The Baronet said at that time,
"I should not have believed It pos
sible had I not seen It with myown
eyes. After this I can say that I am
sure the time will come when a
twenty-mile swim will be accom
plished by a woman."
Not content with merely doing
round until tho
starved elbow has
been well fed.
Treat the other
arm In the same
way. Then re
peat the process,
resting the elbow
this time In half
a lemon. This
will whiten them
as effectually at
the former pro
cess softened
them. Or should
they be perslsten
ly discolored, mix
'a teaspoonful of
powdered pumice
with half that
quantity of lemon
Juice and rub the
dlicolercd spot
gently with It.
Perhaps much rowing or golf play
ing or' swimming has forced the
outer bone ot the wrist to come into
unlovely prominence. Massage the
knob gently with cocoanut or olive
oil. Aa the tissues surrounding the
unsightly bone are ted, they gradu
ally fill out and surround the pro
truding bone, veiling it not qulto
hiding it
The freedom from long sleeves
Rights Reserved.
what had been prophesied, Miss
Smith decided to do something In
tho following year which would go
further than any prophesies made up
to that tlmo she decided to swim
the Solent from Southsea to the Islo
of Wight and return, a distance ot
twelve miles each way.
She trained faithfully for this
event all during the Spring of 1911,
for the proposed feat was a difficult
one,' having been performed pre
viously by only one swimmer, Horace
Davenport, who accomplished it In
1884.
Leaving Southsea on tho minute
of 6 o'clock, August 24, sho started
bravely on tho first leg of the Jour
ney, reaching Ryde Pier, which
marked the end of It, at 10:4G. Sho
merely touched the pier, and Imme
diately started on the return Journey.
When Within five miles of Southsea
she received a serious cut on the
knee from a submerged barrel with
which Bhe came In contact She did
not give up tho struggle, though the
wound bled profusely, but bandaged
the limb whllo still in the water and
then resumed her task. She kept on
plucklly for half an hour longer, but
the injured member proved to be too
great a handicap, and bo, against her
own wishes but acting on the advice
of her .trainer, Walter Brlckett, she
gave up the battle.
This was a. remarkable perform
ance because the Solent waters are
even mdro dangerous and flow with
greater speed than those In tho Chan
nel. It was her showing on this oc
casion that won her the confidence
of hor friends and the praise ot her
compatriots, and from then on she
has boon regarded as a fit candidate
for tho cross-channel swhn. She was
still fresh when she was forced to
leave tho Solent on account of her
Injury, and this in spite of tho fact
that she had swam nineteen miles.
That Bhe Vould have finished and
In good time had sho not met with
the barrel, there Is not the least
doubt
During that swim it was her lot
to pass very close to H. M. S. Thun
derer, which was In the Solent The
officer on watch earned a little no
toriety for himself by ordering a
fcont manned and lowored and having
It row around and around his ship
when eho approached. He was under
the Impression that Miss Smith was
merely swimming from shore to tho
Thunderer, and he was determined
that she would not be permitted to
"land" on the vessel. Hence, he had
put out a boat to keep her off. When
those who were accompanying her
on a tug shouted through a mega
phone and, told Miss Smith's real
intention, the boat was called In and
every man on the Thunderer camo
on deck to glvo three cheers for the
plucky English girl.
Miss Smith's next accomplishment
In the water was a swim from Worth
ing to Brighton, a matter of twelve
miles, which she did in four hours
and thirty-five minutes, coming in
only six minutes after Jabes Wolffe,
C)PA.VIS CVEICKMCYCRi
Mme. Una Cavalieri, Whose Arms Are Among
Her Greatest Charms.
If that be true,, do not use one of the
coarsening depilatory powders on
skin already coarsened by Summer
exposure. Instead, aid the process ot
whitening the arms by bathing them
in equal parts ot peroxide or hydro
gen and wltchhazel. The peroxide
gradually whitens the hairs, at the
same time weakening their roots, bo
that ultimately some ot them will
fall out
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who swam In competition with her
Not all of Miss Smith's triumph
were won In long-distance events,
nor were they conflnod to competi
tions held In England. In 1909 she
went to France, and at Rouen suc
ceeded In capturing third place In a
competition Involving eleven men bo
sides her, the one woman. In a 1,000
metre race hold over a course in the
Seine during that same year she led
tho way right from the start to the
finish line, and was followed by all
the other competitors in the race -eighteen
ot them, and all ot them
men.
In all, Miss Smith has won seventy
three medals for her prowess.
The Channel swim, which she has
triod once and which she will try
again, has beon attempted many
times by Jabex Wolffe, whb Is fre
quently her trainer. Wolffe once got
within three miles ot tho French
shore, being1 forced to leavo the
water.
Annette Kellerman was tho first
woman who ever made the attempt
and who wan qualified to make It
Seasickness brought about Miss Kel
lormann's withdrawal after sho had
been in the water over four hours
and had travelled over twenty miles.,
"Seasickness will bo the greatest ob
stacle to all women who attempt tc
swim the-, Channel," she announced
at that time, and. she 'was evidently '
correct for Miss Smith was troubled
with maj do mer when she tried it
last. year, and she has never before
been bo troubled in any of the long
Bwima she had made.
Will Miss Smith end man's suprem
acy in tho water 7 Sho will not)
bo tho first woman who has at
tempted to do so at least In 1901
Mme. Isacescu, an Austrian woman,
Bwam forty-eight miles in the waters
of the Danube and did it In eight
hours and ten minutes. No man has
succeeded so far in equalling ' that
record. Mme. Isacescu became fa
mous after that and was looked
upon as one who would, without
doubt be able to swim from Dover
to Calais if she but made the at
tempt Her friends' and all those In
terested In swimming in Austria
urged her again and again to try it,
but she would not do so.
fnM?8ckw,th'meot,oned
established some records that have
mover been lowered. Over a ten-mjlo
course in the Thames she swam In
two hours and forty-one minutes.
Sho swam twenty-five miles In the
ocean and took only nine hours and
thirteen minutes to do It Her record
I J twt"?.ty ,mUeB waB Blx hours
and twenty-eight minutes.
u &J?iBr, cord held by a woman
S ual ? ?Ua? Ann,e Johnson, an
English girl, who. in 1899. succeeded
!niema,n,nLunder wator for three
minutes, eighteen and one-fifth sec
onds. But If Miss Smith succeeds in
crossing the Channel her record will
eolipBe all others held by women
and mainly for the aid and glory of
woman suffrage.
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