PWPWPT siTTTTTsijjjjfwB FmBnr,? v c-MMf s& i B.itr).;'-airzj'j; ?rii.7i BiBiwwww3i'Mw mil ipmmm ihwm . mijiiif K V w T' " ,ir . -' " ,;.? , , JiiK 1 ' js - T ,EyENING PtrHO LEDOlArPHIlJAPBLPmA; SAffUBPAY, AUGUST J2 19g2 13 '' M . B f . fVJ ROMP-IMG "TOM-ROY" WINS REAL PLACE IN SUN AS 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS CRO IV NED WATER QUEEN" m' Mether Ederle Scolded and Lectured Daughter Gertrude in Vain JVhen She Learned Youngster Could Out- point Beys at Their Games BUT WHEN SHE CAPTURED SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP SHE BECAME 'WONDER GIRL . Play 'Baseballs and Net Dells IFpre Her Choice for Toys 1UIIEN the average six-year-old " girl was playing with a dell or jacks Gertrude Ederle chose a baseball. When her elder sisters were playing "house" Gertrude was away playing baseball ivith "the bunch." When the international siuitn ming raccAvas ended at Brighten Beach It was Gertrude who led the field of fifty and one of the elder sisters was floundering far in the rear. sit demurely through the parental lee Hires and tlien a suggestion of a dimple would appear in her check. Somehow, one couldn't held out against that. It was usually Gertrude's mother who pointed out the horror of being n tom boy. But, somehow, her father had j Baseball Like a 'Pre ' and Knows Value of a Poker Hand, and Yet She Is Geed at Housework, Toe AT LAST the "Tomboy" is justified! At last a real place In the sun hns been accorded the romping hoyden heyden ish girl who refuses te be hampered by the conventionality of clinging skirts even when shortened te "flapper" brevity. A girl of fifteen who can play baseball with the most skillful boys of her own age, who knows the value of a poker hand, who can jump and wrcstle with, the largest of -"the gang' has been crowned an international swimming champion. And in every part of the United States where fend but prudent parcnta are shaking admonishing fingers at the tee strenuous exub erance of girl offspring nnd saying "Don't be a tomboy," the retort un answerable is ceming: "What about Gcrtrude Ederle? Isn't she a 'tomboy'? And wouldn't you be proud of her?" And usually the proud parents dance at the stories of Gertrude .did are silent for the nonce at least. Inte the whirl of New Yerk one morning a blue-eyed baby was born. Te her parents it was an event te be horalded from the tops of the higb est buildings. Te ethers it was a matter of no importance. Many mere blue-eyed babies came into New Yerk the same day and lustily proclaimed the fact, but New Yerk was net interested. But this particular blue-eyed baby was net te go unnoticed long, for new the sporting world is singing her praises for her recent victory at Brighten Beach, where she wen the international championship, swim ming three and one-half miles in 1 hour, 1 minute and 34 2-5 seconds. When Gertrude was a little girl the was net satisfied with sitting about nursing flaxen-haired dells. Rather waa-shc interested in seeing the wheels go round, and she would poke her smudge of a nese into the mechanism of any and all of her toys. It was nothing less than fatal te leave a clock in reach of her prying, chubby fingers, because she would twist and turn it until she was sur sur leunded by a impenetrable maze of wires and wheels. All the intric acies of the inner workings of a clock would be laid bare before herr Was Regular 'Tomboy but Liked Frilly Freclcs Te be a "lady" was net her idea at nil, and simply because she was hampered by skirts she had abso lutely no intention of net climbing poles and turning hand springs, if he se desired. She was a regular Tomboy Tayler. And yet through it all there was an undeniable touch of femininity which made her peep into a mirror te make sure her hat was "en straight," nnd te coax her mother te buy sheer, frilly things, which were sure te come te-gricf en the nail of a pest which Gertrude hap pened te be vnulting. It is Inconceivable that the mind of one Email child could think up be many mischloveus pranks. But Gcrtrude al nys admitted them with such charming frankness, yet the proper amount of egret, that forgiveness wns certain. Scheel days were intermittently dark nnd sunny, for Gertrude had a strenu ous and emphatic dislike for most of li'r studies, though she did like his tory. Hut, blessed thought, there were al ways games te ha played after school, and net a came of jacks, which meant sitting quietly en a step nnd bouncing ' ball up and down. Any tine could le that! Hut throwing u bnll, with a geed, lnir-ky arm back of it! Well, that wns something of which any girl might be in 011(1, Against any boy in school Gertrude would mntrh her skill In batting a hall, bilnglng cheers of appreciation "em enthusiastic rooters as alie slid home in a cloud of dust nnd a whirl uf bothersome skirts and long legs. Just before dinner when the fading f daylight nnd an Inward emptiness would tell her It w'ns time te go home, she would tuck books under nrms an,l try te slip in unnoticed. , Disheveled, dirt-streuked, fnee flushed with the exertion of healthful exercise nnd her eyes shining with fun and the Jey of living, she would listen meekly te the scolding which usually came. Charminu Dimple Acted ux Cloture for Lectures Threats (hat she would grew up te t a I tomboy nnd net a lady, like her Mtr ilstcr Margaret, teemed te held e terror for her, btcatiie aba would v,fr Vjs. j,, vft 1 ' tj,j,.v t. . Jl- ., Y- i -.. little te say en the snbjcct. He would usually maintain a neutral alienee, though n glance behind his evening paper would have shown a twinkle In his eye. The woman's page of a newspaper, even the "funnies," were passed up until Gertrude had turned te the sport ing page te find out just what was whnt In the world In which aha was most interested. "When she wns eight years old her family took n cottage at Highland, N. T., a smalT summer colony some two hours' rlde from New Yerk. Gertrude merely existed through the cold win ter months, dreaming always of the glorious summer te come. Highland Is en the Shrewsbury Riv er, which meant beating nnd swimming te Gertrude's heart's desire. When she went te Highland she lived in a bathing suit. Prier te the summer outings her acquaintance with water was chiefly through splashing about in a bathtub or shivering under cold showers. fDut when she saw the river she wnntcd te learn te swim. Gertrude Toek te Water Just Like a Duck Dees , She began with the well-known d06fy paddle te keep her chin nbeve water, nnd te exerciser sufficiently te keep warm. Within two weeks she managed te keep going with this paddle stroke, and the fact that she had accomplished this much enceurnged her and made her want te learn a different nnd better method. She seen realized that the doggy paddle was net the thing te de. Se. carefully watching ethers, she dc- vclepcd a "wild" overhand stroke of her own. With this she did manage te make mere progress, but it was stren ueus nnd tired her very easily. .Rut it was net all swimming 1 In the country she had n chance te turn cartwheels nnd handsprings. In n nook where no one could see her first fnr-from-greccful attempts, sue turned and turned until she mastered the cart wheel. Finally she came out In the open with It. Reys whose families had cottages at Highland seen renllzcd that a "real feller" wa9 in their midst, nnd they seugnt her when a ball game was started. And nny boy member of the crowd who could net turn handsprings would devete much time nnd energy te ward learning in order te compete with the rcdeubtnble Gertrude. Rcfore Gertrude was thirteen she joined the Wemnn's Swimming Associa tion of New Yerk. A large peel made it possible for her te practice during the winter months. Soen she wns suffi ciently proficient te qualify for the relay team sent by her organization, the W. S. A., te Detroit te compete in the junior national -100-yard relay cham pionship. '.Tins was the first time she had attempted anything of thnt 6ert, but she helped te win, the event for her team in record time. When Gertrude was fourteen she was graduated from graramnr school. She prepared te stay at home and help her mother with the housework. Rut swim ming had rfet Its held nnd trips te the peel were mero frequent. There she met Lew Hnndlcy, a swim ming expert, and he began te correct her style of swimming. It was In reality a case of learning all ever again for Gertrude, but she kept at it until she had mnstered what Is known ns the "six bent double trudgeen crawl." Her duties nt home curtnllcd her practice. She visited the peel only oc casionally during the winter, making no special effort and uncrMclng none of her pleasures ie get there. 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'-xSSilfKl!SaSKBflBr,U'iitS,tS.I' , "H legnnnsl m...,uj ns n nnv,il,!.. i j';$w a v -"lar k&a ?" ? Jfe9 -Mr V B3 ; i r cm r flBBBBF i'ili .) "wkkiii. nan) ut tln lust OImhhIp f BBBBBF & J ,.UJ,A5r?f '.?' uiniuis, ( little sulinm,.r i, iflH JHPL ml ImmW " j ',- - - 1 , "si- "t"' vriipi iy iuj ieminine axmi 'tf.J.AwMy'.. .,' . ...!- .OV.U. . nv.,y...t ,.-..:. ..v.. V ..;... Info the Shrewsbury River, swim about a bit and then dash off te get into u ball game. A cousin visited them oc casionally, nnd te Gertrude he was nn object of envy, because stuffing his fingers in his mouth he could whistle a loud, sharp note which might be heard for n city block. Se cousin became her tutor and she became ae adeplf thnt she abandoned the feminine "yoe-hho." Gcrtrude then began Imitating birds, learned a peculiar cat call, and even when whistling a lively popular tune she would put en1 seme pretty nnd In tricate "frills." Last summer, despite the fact that she had net been practicing regularly, she entered a hundred-yard dash ut the People's Pnlace, Jersey City, nnd wen. That was her first real taste of individual victory, nnd it wns then that she really ber-nine interested in mas tering the swimming stroke. She began entering contests nnd trnvclcd te Bos Bes Bos eon, Ruffnle and Canndn. With her It was about the snme motive which im pelled her nt school ; she wanted te be out In front. Then began her real and intensive trnlnlng. And nlme't every swimming contest she entered she either wen or was se close te the winner ns te spur her en te mero strenuous prnctlce each day. The summer nt Highland latt year was a buy one. Deplorable ns It might Older Experts of United States and British Marvel Bowed in Defeat te Fifteen -Year-Old Youngster Frem New Yerk ' HURRIED TO GET PLAUDITS OF HJSR 'BUNCH9 BEFORE ACCEPTING FAMED TROPHY Didn 't Take Up Aquatics Seriously Until She Tasted First Sweets of Victory. New She Is 'Trainer' for Yeung Brether te Make Him 'All-Round' Champien and 100 les nnd feet. Ter moments It wns impossible te pick out nny par ticular favorite from the bobbing heads showing nbeve the ocean swells. Then, through the wind-swept spray nnd the seem te her, rooms would get dusty nnd i ,nst of the rain it was seen that "Tom "Tem clothes must be mended nnd pressed, uey Gertrude," the unnernlded, had but the very moment the Inst stitch had i been taken nnd the remaining bit of dust llecked nwny. she wns off for the 'rUer. And jut as baseball In her slowly forged nhcad. Using a powerful, steady stroke, the ' fifteen -j ear-old girl was slowly hut surely droning abend of her merp fa mous competitors. Behind her wns Miss Wnlnwrlght. Still farther bnck was the isiter from everen, .Miss James. Se it was te the finl'h. And ns alie glided past the finishing beats, Gertrude turned her stroke nnd instend of going toward the judges' bout hastened te the shore, ran briskly J through the surf, apparently ns tin- i I favged as when blie started, and dashed i nle swam in the race. She has net tried for nny record, nnd said hnd she known Gertrude wns se much In the lend she would have gene nshore te watch her little "wonder shter," as she says. Is "Little Wonder Girl" te Her Older Sisters There is another si"ter, Helen, who was there t., tell Gertrude hew proud she was of her. hew wonderful she hnd ben ns she swam tirelessly en, and little sister 1'innia. ten. who haa net stepped talking nbnut it yet. I.tttl girls in the neighborhood daily sit nbeut and listen te Hmnia's story of tbe'wen- , derful big sister. After her victory, back te Highland , went Gertrude, where four of her "bud i dies" waited te greet her. two of them i te shake lief by the hand nnd be proud of it. Alfred Hick nnd Albert Castle , bauin. both fourteen years old, nnd cottagers nleng the river, aie her con I stant companions and they hung en eery word ns she leceuntcd the de tails of the race. j And the ether "buddies," two lra , maculate poodles. Queenic and Girllt, wngged and wriggled a cheery welcome. I Gertrude is new teacliing her two ear-old brother. Henry, in swim. Tin enngster will net begin with a doggie puddle, for he is getting first-hnnd in formation from one who knows, nnd his little arms spiasii ubeut In orthodox fashion. I Ilenrv. as well as all the little broth ers and sister", i, lin ardent admirer of Gertrude; in fact, he dogs her Htcps nlinest wersliipfully. If seme one In a nearb cottage teaches him n new baby trick or jrerd lie waddles home te I Gertrude w itli it. And sifter stands bv and leughs an I she watches. The feel sir, nnd weigh ing HI"' pounds. ees which are unusu ally blue ngnin'-t the tan of her skiu, nnd sheit brown hair Gertrude present a most healthy specimen of young American womanhood. Has Xe Regular Routine I te Keep Herself Fit and regiilattena case of younger ,L had kept her late for din ner, te did her swimming practice. Her Idea new was perfection in endurance. When Gertiuili entered the Daj Cup race at Brighten. August 1, Mic was net icgarded sc..,uslj ns a possible winner. Her club bad l,,.,- ,tl.,j femt), among its entrants ami mimed her as substitute for its cup te-sm of (hrec Fermer Girl Champions liewvd te "Utile Tom-Hey" But as she steed at the starting murk with hull' a hundred ether girN the pick of the m miming clubs of the count n- none v.n mere centidcnt than the "liule Teiu-'.vi " The fa. t that next le ler steed Helen Wnlnwrlght, tint American all-around champion, lcter of n hundred contests in the I'nltcd States, in Hawaii nnd in l.utep?, diil net even cuu.ne a truce of tieriiui.finuk ',.n .ii.i .i. .. m. ., .. ...,....,,. ..,,, um Im, Iai,( lliat n few feet away was Hilda .lames, the jeuthful star from Great Britain, who had cre-s,., the ocean just for this nice. And right bclde her was dalnu Alleen Itlggln, the bah)" of the lust Ohmpic games, (he Utile Milmmr u i. .'.... .i ' off trophies in Belgium ami recched the plaudits of rnjalty with the aplomb of a eteraii. The presence of these victors of mnny nn aquatic battle made little, outward Impression en little Gertrude. The only thing that seemingly -marred her eirun nimlty wns the driving rain that swept ncress the ocean and whipped nlinnt lin l.n.n lt...l. ...i.l .. ' a ..v,,.v ..i, eu.u Mums wiiu a stuiElnir snap. " " Then came the jdmrp crack of the atartcr'H gun.nnd seen the wntcr wan ". t" "t vj' mmimne arms up in a crowd of wauni; tntieK Later would come the formal presentation of the Day Cup and the individual treph she had wen. I u -t must come the i 'ier Intimates et her spirit Geitrude's sister Mnigntcf. eighteen onjriatiilation enjriatiilation onjriatiilatien own age an, Inability te Whistle Was Tomboy Handicap 0.VA,' nig nearly siieitcd (,'c: trude h'Ucrlc'j record as "(he perfect tomboy." She couldn't uhintle. Hvcn after she could "smesi that old tipple" with the huskiest of her boy chums; when ahc could tiitinln i,a n C it . .";;. i m, 11 I IIKIIt OVCl' J(( (I friendly n-rcatliii watch; wllCn sue could jump with the meat agile of them She simply couldn't pucker her lipi jiiHt right for the screeching call that was the signal for "the bunch" te gather. 27icn. one day a boy cousin gave her the secret. She practiced all night and next day (he wiwci came running te her call. sr Gertrude had become the per feet tomboy. She lias no set rule te fellow . It is net 11 ArNe at sevc II. IAerelse ter fifteen minutes en empty1 steimu h. Lie still for ten minutes, etc. I'lentv of sleep ami healthy exer c,si te l.ce i Iht In turn are about nil she (euceriw herself with And te trasp her by the hand and receive a liuskj il.isp. te run an eje eer tile 1 bread shoulders and mu-enhir arms and well developed bedv. it is iipparent her rules are geed ones. In Geitrmli, Babe Itutli has a con stant admirer, and te see Jack IJemp se.v lm would lift her into the "set entb 1 em I'll of delight." Last Tuesday cm rung, when Nat Pendleton wrestled nt Highlands, she ami her two sund own. Alfted nnd Albert, were among ' the tirM te arrive and the last te leave. Gertrude likes te wiestle, although she has llftle oppertunitv for this di version. She would like te wrestle with the great Nat himself, but he evaded the challenge, compromised and premised te swim with her And Geitnide an keep pnee with him. which is a t-eurce of rftent delight 1 In her co tage ,in a space lias been measured eif. nnd there Geiiruile piactices Mie bre.id jump 'Ibis Is one cxerci-e which keeps hi r in A-l condition. Music Alse Has Charms te Stir Her tXimblc Feel Ice seating, tee. claims part of her attention in the winter, ami -i,,. m mas eied the li-;ure , lulir ami Meral ether "triil;-' which iciuiie (lever bal ancing and ll'McliU of steti But with it nil. the little streak of femininitv pnv Mis and en dmiie nigh s Get trude and tl" two "Ms" driss In bib and tuckii." mil v I en the hit -st .in., piei i- p'nve.l she forgets for the nieinint lierstrin is tutl.i ies and glides off into anetbet hind And she .is ensiU feigets the piercing i whistle she has ncist, j when slie, gathers her 'liepv little biei'ier into her arms, -i.ni bucis a tulhihv unil bin eves dose and l.e is tl xiitini of the sandman. If th- in dit he i leu and a moon t shining, s).,, j,-, ts into her i.inee nnd travels dev n the liver, pre' el leg Hm shell with an even, stesd1 siieke Or, ' if the night is damp or rnuiv a pelter game is staried, or neitiaps riimmy, or she will -It cre n-cggei n the Heur l ml 1 tl ti seli'atie. I'nlher IMcile, who s discrecllj icaintaineil sPem e behind the (jvclllllg paper when Gertiinle vVMs ins a Utile I tom-bev. cnu new leudlv preclnlni te 0 'one amiall tint this bli yed baby - girl of his is a wonder lie keepK a B prevision store In New Yerk, and npy n one who mentions ,j, c :-- t a-i.l slnrtsl. I him off en a faveille tonic With some lien -gei; U the magic word, and thev will put n-ldc buHlueHH te discuss It But with Mr. IMetle (, word la Gertrude. He mnlles, tries net te leek tee proud nnd thej. beuliiH tellln of that girl of Ids. and the things b can ile. " The mother si 111 shakes her Ik ad sometimes ever her tem-boy girl, but her sen dlnsN tire becoming m,vr a E.V.Cii7i lf th trl"'' w" !. Mri. tei?n. miere tha'' nrJn"1 "( "i1" "r ' -"-- in,! iiainrnune,' m m m "- . ,v,,. ,. rf iJ4v A A , !''V'tJl!Lu !dU . Aim
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