" rv kteeb 7'B s$spn g'JWwT'-' V' kW"e -.'' -.r c, -, w f-i-frit r, JM"!'.!".' 'r.' - i 11 'MVV V' WM vv r. &&: w . Jgfr-m blHSTOAXJULYM1 r- -12 EVEJNING PUBLIC IiEDtmC PHILADELPHIA; " J, f -f Au V ai& fT- i t If & R' fe 1 1 fit' m sj-j. SB l$5 MM n JlIT PERFECT WOMAN OF SAYS SYBIL BAUER, CHAMPION TODAY IS VENUS OF--BKAmmm v . . - - - L i; "F Can V ? Beautiful But JVe Can Suggest Beauty by Possessing Health and Charm, " Observes Mer maid, Helder of Three Records TELLS TRAINING METHODS AND SWIMMING SECRETS 1 FOR BENEFIT OF OTHERS Gees Th rough Setting - Up Exercises Every Morning Before Breakfast te Develop All Muscles; Offers Magic Tonic for Scrawny Necks and Arms Dawn is dim en the dark soft water, Seft and passionate, dark and sweet. Leve's own self was the deep sea's daughter, Fair and flawless from face te feet, Hailed of all when the world was golden, Loved of levers whose names beholden Thrill men's eyes as with light of olden Days mere glad than their flight was fleet. Swinburne's Sivimmer'a Dream. rpHE FLAWLESS and perfect Aphrodite arose from the waves. The perfect woman of today, in an allegorical sense, comes from the water. She is the swimmer, the Venus of the beaches. "We can't all be beautiful," says Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, eighteen-year-old world champion backstroke. "But we can suggest beauty by pos sessing health and charm. A wise man once said that one had te be born with charm it could never be acquired. Perhaps he is right. "But health we can all have it, if we will work for it. "One of the greatest girl swimmers of the world was a delicate, under developed child. A physician told her te take up swimming, and today he is a perfect physical specimen. "Swimming is a splendid, all-around exercise and makes for perfection in figure. Other sports, of course, are also geed." Miss Bauer will be remembered in the East by her sensational wimming during the first of this month. July 1 the youthful Illinois Athletic Club champion, regarded as the leading woman backstroke wimmer in the country, started her Eastern assault by slashing three world's records. Miss Bauer competed in New Yerk in a 100-meter race and a fifty-yard race, winning both in hollow fashion and in record time. ill U1U iuii(j:i ua.ivai.Kjvc ..... .i.-j.j Bauer's only rival was Miss Dorethy Donahue, of the New Yerk Women's Swimming Association. Miss Bauer wen in 1:241-5, displacing Ethelda Bleihtrey's mark, set last year at 1:33 2-5. As she swam past the 100 yard mark. Miss Bauer was timed In the record time of 1:15 2-5, three fifths of a second faster than her own mark last August in Chicago. Beth races were contested ever a itraightaway course of 100 meters and it was Miss Bauer's first com petition in salt water. July 6 she again defeated Miss Donahue in a 400-yard swim at the Manhattan Beach lagoon. The time was 6 min utes and 38 3-5 seconds, 112-5 sec onds lower than the previous world's record established in the Illinois Athletic Club. Tells Training Methods and Swimming Secrets When asked about her phenomenal the te swimming fame something ac complished In about three years Ml-" Bauer will iletall te you her method of training and her secrets, which, if they de net lead te fame, will at least help thcr women te enjoy geed health and perfection of figure. "Correct posture and physical fitnes. te hand in hand," says MUs Hauer. "Swimming is the greatest exercise for both of these, of course, but there are riiiiu flint pierv one can take te strengthen the swimming muscles. person net used ie inn w.u-i Girls,, Can Yeu Swim? If you cannot, is it because you are afraid of the water or that you are net strong enough phys ically? If either is the case, here are a few pointers given by Miss Sybil Bauer, champion woman back stroke swimmer: Your diet should be whole some. Drink plenty of water. Raise the arms above the head and then bend from the tcaist, touching the fleer with the hands. Don't cheat; flex the leg mus cles and describe a semi-circle with the arms in touching the fleer De a let of walking. limbers up the muscles which nre net usually brought Inte plny.r' The exercises which Miss Bauer ad vocates for these who wish te first strengthen the swimming muscles are very simple exercises, which will net cause tee great a strnin In the begin ning. They may be performed by per sons who have never been in a swim ming peel or a gymnasium. As one becomes supple they arc increased gradually. The leg exercises given above should be done about eight times with each leg and eight times with both. Along with the exercises she stresses the Importance of plain, wholesome diet. Highly seasoned feed is bad for the digestive organs, as are also tee het or tee cold solids. "Drink plenty of 'water," Miss Bauer advises. "Water should be sipped nt the meals. It stimulates thestoin thestein ach. It assists In the digestion of starches. "Anether geed exercise is te raise the arms nbeye the head, and then bend from the waist, touching the fleer with the hands. This is an exercise that Increases the abdominal muscles, mus cles which play a great part In swim ming." Miss Bauer bent ever, knees straight, ' and touched the fleer with the tips of her fingers. i "Don't cheat," she admonished, "like this," then bending her knees. "Flex the leg muscles and descrlbe a semi -circle with the erms in touch ing the fleer. It Is difficult nt first. but, as the muscles become limbered up, it may be performed without ef fort. Take Exercise Gradually, Is Miss Bauer's Advice "Don't try te de tee much in the beginning. Take the exercises grad ually, Increasing ns the muscles become mere flexible." Miss Bauer lists walking as a geed all-around exercise, open te anybody. "Walk te ami from work or unci unci eut In the country Sunday," she ad- Sybil Is shown here giving correct position te stand urally from the hips, with very llttlchands'cemb around te the chest "with uf SWIMME 4 knee action. Take light, firm steps and don't swing the arms. "Just because you have lcf school and (Jen't have te attend gym classes don't become lax in your exercise," she advises young girls. "When girls nrcempleyed In offices they leek upon exercise ns' tee much vxcrtien. They get up "in1 the mon. men. lng feeling stodgy and dull, and figure It is all a part of the 'dally grind.' And a physical instructor will surprise them by infenrtng them that it is a lack of exercise. "Every morning before breakfast I go through my setting-up exercises. They nre designed te bring Inte play all the muscle groups. Fer developing the arm and chest muscles stand firmly, the weight evenly distributed en the balls of the feet, heels together, tees pointing forward, chest up, shoulders hack, head erect and arms parallel with body. "New clench the fists, double the arms, holding them close in te the slde Then sheet them upward until they nre straight nbevc the head, hands open. Five or ten times will de. Then alternate, stretching the arms te the sides nt right angles te the body. "This exercise works magic for scrawny necks and arms, and it is also beneficial for the fat woman If kept up consistently." Then, as might be expected, Miss Mailer casts her vote for swimming. "Yeu may indulge In it winter graceful, scooping movement, which Is necessary te hurl the body through Mic water. Tire hands then meet again Jin front of the chest 'and sheet 'upwatd te the first position. "Next practice the leg nievcmcnts,,the body en n footstool with the .leas'ex- tending horizontally, the fetjt together,! iue ones ngia. "The feet-are new thrust back J and out at the .same time. ' k ' Draw Tees Up te Offer , Resistance te the Water , "Frem thls..posltlen the knees are swept forward and apart,- the -feet still together, In the squatting positien.1 Then thrust Jhe , legs back and out, 'in the horizontal position again.' .Before tak ing the last movement, draw 'the tee's the second and practice it faithfully, j combine the' two positions ;and practice', en the footstool. ' , ' ( "Hike swimming bet-of 1. But' of coursciethcr womenmayllke.,eth'er, sports. Se 'I say practice the Bpert you Uke.besfi Seme wemcn'"hnye. taken up bewllng.i It Is a bit strenuous for' the woman who has. allowed' herself itef ' become sluggish and Inactive, "but1 It lst. excellent for one In geed physical con dition. . c , "But don't let .you'rvprevIe,us-inac tivity deter you. Gct into' form. new. "ler swimmers I want ! te i speak of one essential thing. That ,ls breath-. lng. Ne' person can.be n geed swim- mcr without first learning ' hew. te f breathe. Te breathe, properly "in the wafer Is net the same at breathing' prep-i T. perly en land. In the latter 'case' one should alwavs breathe' through 'the nose. r tr. it S r "' - ' VV' w d s- I ;",y . -' ' I y'f IV Ml: ft tlenal championship in the back-stroke races, was visiting the rlub. She asked him te teach her the back stroke, "show her hew It was done." Perry plunged into the peel and gave n practical demonstration. Miss Uauer followed. Every enp was amazed at the quickness in which she caught en te the strekp. Se her Instructor began te urge her te develop her "style." She began winning small honors and was sponsored by the association. Beat Ethelda Bleibtrey, ., rras tier une imoiuen swims a i.,.,janT.. .. ..-. i. . .li...,n ntni. (lilt VPPV M T. '"' """ " ni"w.ii,.tt l" ncui "11 exercises nre taken daily, for Ethelda Bleihtrey's record nt Honolulu five or ten minutes, with the mind of :30 for fifty yards. And last centered en the exercises and ""''""tf , yl,nr ,,. tj,i ti,s nt n mPet jn the Grent wiTon'Te' r ?' r StMte1 the I Lake. Naval Training Station peel, water outdoors one can swim without when she established n national record fear of cramps or that tired feellnn. of :35 H-,",. She new holds the world's "The first thing te learn is te stand c,inmp,em(hI ln the 100 bnck (,treke cerrectlv. Den t slouch. lien you ,. . ,, nre waiting for the street car. stand- Me ''as distinguished herself in the lng before the bargain counter or ni Eastern cities and is the first woman your boss' desk, remember, don't slouch ; champion te bring such honors te Chi- tand correctly. !t:n?,0, , "Tf neiinle who emplnin of 'that, .Swimming has done much te Miss tired feellne.' llst!cssmH and lack of I Bauer. She declares that she has net pep would tnrew uacK ineir bueuhhts, then 'point' them, draw in a breath of fresh air which will open the bot tom of the lungs, they would never need doctors anil medicines. "It sounds unbelievable, but few pee ple really knew hew te stand They been "sick a day In her life." She i has a strong figure. She Is graceful in her walk, her actions, "Any woman can de It," she likes te repent. "There are startling cases where girls whose figures were even deformed who have attained perfectien1 fheulil keep the weight of the body en ' through swimming. There is nothing the balls of the feet, tnc neeis lest lng lightly en the ground. Keep the chest high and the chin up." The high schools in Chicago are mak ing ceriect posture an Important quali fication in obtaining gymnasium cred its, Miss Bauer pointed out. She has just completed her four- ear term at the Carl Sihurz High Scheel. .5STWKSS .SxA-Tvy-" PSTOV iTKTSswS& rKvM.s! ':r.i'H ;V s. 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Ah she expressed it, she reuld de nothing but "puddle deg fashion," She knew nothing of the finer arts of swimming, the manner of breathing through the mouth and out the nose the oppose ns when en land and that keeping the head under water makes the body mere buoyant, because the head Is the heav iest part of the body in proportion, and displacement In water lightens the lead, MJss llHuer1 showed premise and Itemed quickly and one of the in structors taught her the crawl. She ,nde fulr progress and became greatly interested In swimming, especially when rhe noticed that it improved her figure f nd nUk'd her general health. ' SO one 'night three jears age Miss Javier, then but fifteen, went with a ill frlrml tu the Illinois Athletic Club, V'kere Frlduy night desses had been for women, Jt se nappnicn iw. t night bhe wen there wry vhe bad just wen the Vftere f fbMd f mm like it. Loek nt Annette Kellermann. At nine they say her bedv wus terribly twisted. And te think that she could become such a perfect woman. . "Ah I say, swimming Is the real ex ercise, Hut one should net neglect wnlking. one of the most healthful ex ercise. The aternge person thinks that I In walking only the leg mtifcles are de veloped. Hut this is net true. Yeu I swing your arms, jeu breath deep, jour back immclcx are iu constant action, and your abdominal muscles are In play, All the muscles are benefited. Walk briskly, the head up, eyes gazing at some object about forty yards ahead. Thin will fit j 011 for swimming. "Did you ever notice a baby in Its' crib, kicking Its rosy tees te the ceil- , lng and enjoying every minute of It? Well, if kicking can give the babies the first muscular development Isn't It feasible that grewu-ups might profit bj 1 the Imitation? I Tells of Method te Develop Your Muscles j "Lie Hat en the fleer or bed and raise our left leg lie times, alternate with the right and then with both. Yeu are looking nt tlw celling. Nothing Is better than this exercise for reducing the hips and abdomen. And it preparer jour muscles for swimming, The most powerful muscles of the leg which are used for swimming are thus developed. "This exercise, is especially beneficial (or people who lead srdeulury lives. It U? & U r ' '- , ""V K - -''-"-'MM n 'k ' 'KWl :V"' ;'V''i - , -"Bi ,'' '-,BI MJi A-, , ' ::' .-, i', ,v. ', S f' --, ,v HA',sA't t. .. ncs vf y. Ui ' t "f.t- 'I Sybil often amuses herself by slttintt en the beach and watching; ethers splash water Sybil Bauer, world's premier backstroke swimmer m.s. ' wbf wntcr. t,lkt'n tl"'0l,K1 the v' Jl i''r VUh!,ng ,nt0 tI,e netli IB i vn . nll0Wt'd ,nt m0ki "l1 e l"cs net swallow unless one, wunts te. vises. "During the war our soldiers I summer," she says, "and If you heal were taught net te let the legs de all hate te take the piling.) becnuse of ig- the work. nernnra I will give you - condensed dim 1 y Never let the body settle down. Keep (lie chest high and leading, chin in net up hum aiiiiemen hack; lessen te practice at home "Standing, raise the hands high above tne ncnii ami tiring tiiem down te a Never hit the heel or the ball of level with the shoulders ut right ancles the feet hard en the ground. Try te1 with the body. Keep (he hands sluiited make them both touch the ground nt downward, In order te give the great the Miini' time, .est nniiiuut of resistance tu the water. "Let the legs swing easily and nati' "New bring the elbows In while tin up se as te offer ns much resistance te the water as possible, "In the final movements the nrms and legs ure thrust forth, the bunds going back te the first position, and the legs sheeting out at an angle, with the tees turned te offer icslstunce te the wuter. The feet nre brought for fer waul ns In the first position, "Practice the first paW ler until you feel you have mnsteredJl, Then take are little hairs In the nose which cutcli the, dust. ' "Hut in the water there is no dust. One breathes' through the metitli iiiid out the nose. .Whenever you get Inte a bathtub, under a shower bath, icinem. her that. Open your mouth mid breathe and exnaie iiireugn your nostrils. "Heme people will say, 'My goodness. I'll strangle Ne, you don't strangle by water tsken Infer the mouth. ' Yeu Try Sniffing a Little Water Inte Your Nese "Try sniffing 11 little water Inte your nose Yeu cough, strangle and elX' '1 liars the way In the wateV. New te learn te breathe preperlV In ne waier mr the mere udvaiUed stiekes ...i- 11 mi 1 iirrinu, 11011 It, mid sink down mill jmir he,ul Is under water. Then bubble tliu jvater cmt tliiiniJl. jmir nose, TIiusJkji, evli no ,,, ...,v,i jwti. iiraii UHUvr wulnr you Champlbn mermaid in charac teristic outTef-water pose ' '' breathe out, de half of your brntMii ' as it were, ana when you come no th ere renrtv tnr ennllin tiiMnti. '." "De this in shallow water, sinklJ.' down and standing up. Learn te brutM first. j "Then learn te swim with yeurni. under water. The head ln proportion the heaviest part of the body. Everi one knows that a rock feels lighter, te' thft wnter fhnn If Anam mif 7a Sml ... w .. hn.. ... . UVvu nui. Aiy ian tleusness meant here, but the head k the same. The head submerged Is !",' paratlvcly light. "New asvte the position of the bej'- in the water. If you swim, get lst.' deep water and let yourself float. Tm . will find that the body, unlesB semi'ef- i. fort is n.ade, naturally turns face down' ward, the arms and legs hanging down',' About all that can be seen is the btek of the head and the shoulders. "That's the way a drowned min leeks in the water. Face dewnwird. feet and arms hanging down. Yen ctij, float forever that way. Seme peepli with small bones can float en their bark fat men float with case en their btckn. They have a let of buoyancy. But the' average person floats face downward. "Thns you should swim. "The kick is the propelling pew: ln the crawl. With a powerful kick' swimmer can attain great sneed. Lur en the water, face downward. hand liuiuiiiiK Biruignc uueaa. Irani mm fliA nima 7Nn. n1ii,H i. I.m TIam'I ...n, ..... ,vit N.UU111 lilt; icftn. wt, It is known as the 'straight-legged kick', and is n short, nlternate kick. Must Learn te Werk Your Arms Properly "With the legs alone one can spec) through the water. "Next learn te work the arms prep;, erly. ', "In the crawl the arms are breurtt forward out of the water. They shenW work lust like the enrs of n beat. IB rowing you don't want te dig tee dM( with'the enrs. It tires you out and yen have mere water than you can pull. "It's the same way in using tnt arms in the crawl. Don't dig them tee deep Inte the water. When you brhjl the arms forward after a Btreke, an terna.tc stroke, of course, keep the back of the hands te the water. In fnct, some swimmers skim the water witk the backs of the hnnds. "Anether thing about keeping tta backs of the hands te the water or tM, palms up, the smallest surface of the hand Is agulnst the wmtl. The back of the hand ngalnst the wind would ener some resistance; although slight, it means n let in n rece. . "The arm requires n grent deal ' practice. The arms nre brought lot let ward with the shoulders. Just sUn before a mirror and work the sheuldrl In nn alternate forward rotary mev ment. With n movement of the sbeulj der then threw the arm forward. AD the time you are bending forward li nearly the position as when swlmmlnij "If you hove ever noticed a graceful , swimmer in the water, one who Bwlmj 1 with apparently no effort, you W knew that that swimmer has learned.w relax every muscle in his body en tM return stroke. When the nrm Is breuiM forward it is perfectly limp and all tM, muscles are relaxed, Only the hut muscle of the bnck Is used te thre u forward, Hut when the hand grwPJ the water nil the muscles arc tighten., for one supreme pull," 1 Miss Hauer advises all persons te IJ into the water at every opportunity. W the big cities, she says, there nre . many opportunities In the winter f, swimming. v . "Unless you knew hew te swim hnve laid out en the water, held up every point ln this soft and wondrew cushion, you have net experienced en of the greatest joys of life. Yeu aw ', arms as soft ns the nir which holds te bird. "Yeu glide along through the waWJ with hardly any effort und with . poetry of motion." " . Then Bhe quotes Swinburne, her f' verlte poet : "A purer passion, n lordlier leisure. A pence mere happy thnn lives 011 JaM Fulfills with pulse of diviner pleasure The dreaming head mid the sU'Tini, . hnnd. V I lean piy cheek te the cold, gray pill0! 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