Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24

something like the above, and the
very best singers of such chorus
will be the Finney sisters. They,
be it known, are cavorting in a
glass tank at the Orpheum the
alter and are giving what passes
for a most strikingly real counter
felt of the elusive and mythical
undines of the deep, blue sea.
To begin with, there are three
statements which should be made
about these clever water lovers.
First, their real names are
Maud and Gladys Campbell.
Finney is but stage name.
Second, they are real sisters,
not sisters theatrical like SO many
vaudeville teams"
Third, they are just as beautl-
ful with their makeup off as with
it on.
And they are charming Eng
lish girls, we'll educated, refined,
naive and delightful in every
sense of the word. Gladys is a
few days less than 18 years of
age, and Maud is Just 20 Gladys,
as she told her age, flashed a
small diamond ring, a birthday
gift from her mother, made while
the girls were appearing in San
Francisco. 1t seems that English
girls are not permitted to wear
iewelry until they are Is or over.
Because Gladys had mentioned
her coming birthday, which falls
on August 3, her mother took
time by the forelock and made a
gift to Gladys just to keep the
girl from teasing any longer.
The first questions asked clev-
er persons are How do you do
it?a and What does it do for
you?" These were the questions
rut to the girls the other day by
the writer. Froms the moment
the words were spoken until l
left the room, / was fairly surteit-
ed with aquatic information.
Water sports perfect the hui
man being from physical stand
point if the girls statements are
to be taken literally. They base
their remarks on actual expert
ence. If every woman could at
tain the same results the tinney
sisters have | suppose the ocean
would be swarming with women
all the time.
As to how the trick of staying
under water for so long time IS
accomplished, shall let Maud
tell. She, by the way, holds the
woman's record of the world tor
remaining under water for three
and One-half minutes. Her rec
ord is second only to that OF her
father, also vaudeville perform
er. who can remain under water
for five whole minutes. ust hold
your breath for minute and you
will understand what an eXertion
it Is for a person to be under wat
er and unable to breathe for three
and a half or five minues.
"When l get ready to go to
sleep under water" said Miss
Maud, Il fill my lungs full OF air
several times. If you watch care
fully while | am doing my turn
YOU will see that | do that My
lung capacity is extremely large
as the result of the exercise, so L
am able to take in more oxygen
than the ordinary individual. l
dive to the bottom after having
made the water ripple in a certain
manner. Then | hold my breath
until my sister tells me it is time
to come to the surface. For Just
the fraction of minute feel the
effects of the sudden expulsion OF
the used up air from my lungs,
But when | take in another deep
breath | feel perfectly normal.
"All of us, my two sisters and
my brother, have been swimming
since we were little babies. Since
our father has been professional
swimmer for many years, in fact,
before we were born, | suppose
we come naturally by our aquatic
ability"
At this point I asked the girls
what swimming had done for
them and they replied in concert,
"Given us perfect health. We
have never known sick day in
our lives"
Gladys then discoursed on
swimming as health-restorer
for women.
IF women only knew half the
benefits to be derived from swim