Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
WHICH IS TIE WEAKER SEX?
An Answer to the Question in the
Instances Related.
MERE MAN NEAR HIS FINISH
Notable Demonstration of Endurance
In Dancing, swimminE, Horse
back Riding and
CIimbinH.

has got a little list OF some OF heSe
achievements submits IL as proof that the
phrase the weaker sex" will have to be
declared obsolete, at any rate as a syno-
nym for woman.
1T is the custom when a Polish couple
is married." says this writer in the
Housekeeper, ito have a big wedding
dance. The bride Is expected 70 earn her
dowry herself. She dances in a mad,
ceaseless whirl with every man present
until each man tires and quits. On stop
ping the man must forfeit 81. Naturally
the bride wishes to tire out as many men
as possible, for each man represents 81
At a recent wedding celebration in Illi-
nois Rosie zapowa won $3.50
she began at o'clock Wednesday
morning, when she became Mrs. zapowa,
aud only stopped at o'clock Thursday
evening, for the simple reason that all
thu men dancers we're human wrecks.
She had outdanced 900 men And then
she looked sorry that she had not Invited
more men to the wedding.
Mrs. Zapowa weighed 1875 pounds. The
dances were in waltz time; an automatic
scale showed that each time she touched
her light fantastic to the floor she lifted
eight pounds. She lifted this at the rate
of SEQ pounds to the minute or $4,000
pounds during the evening This is equal
10 twelve horsepower.
Here is a picture: 1t IL circus day.
White topped tents roof the block. There
ia the dull smell OF the sawdust ring and
the occasional wild, startling cry from
the animal tent the gentle roar of the
crowd everywhere. A big cannon is un-
covered, a human being Is crowded do a l
its muzzle. The cannon booms, and up -
the air swift as rocket, rigid, graceful,
shoots woman.
Another picture 1t Is the finish OF
a great swimming race. The shore Is
lined with people. The sea Is running
rough and the swimmers floundering as
they struggle over the last few yards.
Boats in the rear pick up the exhausted
men and physicians with towels over
their shoulders apply their remedies
great shout goes up from the crowd as
swimmer crawls out OF the water the
winner, She is mere slip OF girl
Household Activities.
'~rhe average housewife who looks
after her own home and children expends
as much physical energy as the average
husband in his routine of business. A
pedometer would show that the average
woman walks as far as the average man
in day; IL there were a machine to
measure It would record that she lifts as
much Being more nimble, she makes
more motions than man in day.
There 1t is; add It up yourself She walks
as far, lifts as much and makes more
small motions.
But, argues the man with the square
set Jaw, such things are accomplished
only by the workwoman, by the woman
who has toiled all her life, who was born
behind the kitchen hoe.
THE woman who dances all night i'm
prisoned in tight clothes accomplishes
Just as much of an athletic feat as the
fagot gatherer OF Italy who stumbles
along with a donkey's load Of wood on her
head. The society woman often displays
strength that makes the washerwoman
gasp.
"A case in point is that of Mrs George
s. Robinson of New York. When Mrs
Robinson was bride OF only six weeks
slender, pink checked, she set a record
that still stands. She had made com
pact with her husband that they should
never be separated. and when he entered
his yacht in the Upton cup race from New
York to Bermuda she calmly announced
that she was going to accompany him. Mr.
Robinson gasped, but she reminded hin
Of the agreement and made herself ready.
mo one thought the Gauntlet, the Rob
inson boat, had the ghost Of a show anC
when 1t became known that she was goinl
10 pilot 1t. the hope of her friends fled
1t was a stormy voyage over the roughes
course in the Atlantic for 700 miles and IL
a twenty-eight-foot boat at that. Mrs
Robinson stood at the wheel day after day
night after night, with little food and les
sleep. The boat was close second; tn
glory OF the race went to Mrs. Robinson
Sir Thomas Upton was moved to eulogy II
o cable:
Please convey my compliments to tina
plucky little woman skipper, and tell he
she has my deepest admiration
Horseback Riding.
Another New York woman who has es
tAblished a record for strength when en-
gagged in social pleasure is Miss Edith Col
ford, who is one of the most daring cross
country riders in America. When only ]
years OF age she became distinguished 70
her high jumps. Few women try to follov
her. for she thinks nothing of clearing
six-foot fence.
For pure horsemanship and strengt
please observe an Oklahoma girl, Miss Lu
ellie Mulhall daughter of Colonel JAG
Mulhall She Is the champion steer rope
OF the world among women, In a contes
at south MclAlester. prize of $1,000 sh
won by far and away, roping her stee
In the time OF eighteen seconds. When
cowboy In roping a steer gets in the min
ute class he is a parsonage OF venerauor
Miss Mulhall laughs at her proves an
deems steer ropng only a tonic.
Many hold that women who displa
great strength on horseback do so only 1
brilliant flashes for a few minutes at
time, and that no woman could ever max
a cavalry ride. Miss Adele Won Oil G
Plainfield. \, j., Is combination OF TIL
belief. Her early life was spent In Sout
Dakota as a cowgirl where she took par
in the great roundups. Once 5000 cattl
stampeded charging straight at her; sh
spurred her horse for sharp cliff an
made a flying leap. landing safely thirt
feet below, On the plains she often rod
eighty miles in a day.
Nor were these days exhibitions for no
she often rides from her home In Me-
Jersey to New York shops in day-sixt
miles-and back in a day. She has sper
twenty hours a day In the saddle withoI
evil effects in fact she called IL a lark
1T is not the mature woman alone VIII
establishes riding records. There is a 81
jockey IN the west who is the talk OF n
race track. Miss Dorothy Kineel has riC
den In a score Of races and Is not yet
years old. She is jockey born. IL,
early life was spent in South Dakota, Il
same as that of Miss Won Oil, where 81
was q girl OF the plains, She has riddle
an half "A dozen states ana won good