Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-31
Foot Ball Experts Vie with Aviation Cracks Discussing Merits Of Their Sports
EXERCISE THE REAL THING
Miss Eleanor sears o. Firm Believer
ia strenuous work for

women.
NEW YORK. oct. m.-lSpccisl TELEGRAM
Miss Eleanor Sears. daughter of Fred.
er!ck r. Sears, one Of the most exclusive
Of the exclusives Of the Back Rav set. has
been a devoted attendant Of the aviation
meet al Belmont park Miss Sears is
known from Maine 20 California as the
most athletic OF all athletic young women
Miss Sears believes In exercise. plenty Of
IL, FOR women She SAYS:
IF more girls walked. there would be a
better brand of women In the United
states, or If they rode. have enioyed
horses ever since I was able Co ride Nv.
rather taught me. When / was a little
Kid tn short petticoats he started with me
lie rode much himself and it was a treat
for me, when he got back from a gallon.
to sit in his saddle and be led hanging to
the horse. That's the way to learn-beglp
when you're young. You get to know YOUR
seat on horse and get absolute confidence
IN your horse. ! never knew what Il was
10 be AFRAID OF a horse and [ never shall
Know what II must mean though to be
AFRAID Tor without your nerve YOU neveI.
can ENJOY a run across country. I feel
sorry for such people: they can never know.
what real fun is. Riding is lust the hest
knd OF exercise that man or girl can take
can never get enough OF IT, To M,
riding astride seems to be the better way.
1t is more comfortable and you ride further
N''hout fatigue. And YOU can manage your
morse easier But ! would not advise any
one who has never been riding astrids
from the beginning to try to change it's
too difficult. You can do Just as much I'm
the side saddle. sim. you know. do both
Polo' bully. They've written all sorts of
things about my playing polo, which have
not been true, l have played in teams
with men on our side and men against MS. !
why not' / can ride horse and swing /
a mallet But they've made me out a sort
OF an Amazon, which is not true
I'm only girl who likes fun. I don't
suppose the average girl could play polo |
because she doesn't know a horse well
enough. Any girl could, In good health. |
play the game if she would only begin
youns enough
Golf or tennis? Fine exercise, and | |
can play those games OF course, YOU
could not expect me to advise anyone about
them Every girl must pick her own ex- |
ercise' but can't see why the average
girl doesn't try something like that. How
much better she would feel, and she could
dance better, too. Why I can dance until
all the men are tired out"
1t may be said here that Miss Sears Hkss
a good game of base ball She can plav
herself and has played. She is better at
bat than in the field, despite her slender
oulld and her lS6 pounds But as an exer-
else Tor the everyday girl, Miss Sears did
not feel like discussing it,
Yes she chatted on I've played my
SELF, and l love 1t, but / don't know
whether IT is a game for girls who have
not gone in for exercise all their lives !
Actually, l don't think So It's hardly a |
girls game.
swimming is the best exercise of ALI. 1
love it. A lot of foolish things have boen
written and said about my swimming
Now don't know any fancy strokes and
don't know much about diving l lust
swim for the fun and exercise of IT. You
hno" swan at Newport from Bailey's
beach to Eastons beach D,
Ii is not a hard swim l feI+ Fine ,,b.r
1t was all over. l think every girl ought
to know how to swim-it. makes the body
more graceful, 1t gives every muscle a
chance to work and it keeps the figure
fit"
Aeroplaning was the next sport that
came to Miss Sears mind, and she was
all enthusiasm
Afraid"
Not bit" she laughed. Il Just love
II. 1t was perfectly fine to sail through
the air and see the ground underneath
US.
NO, | did not feel all gone. IT was not
ike being in boat or shooting the
ehutes at all 1t felt like just what IT
on air The whirr OF the
motor deafens you little bit, but that's
ALL l could have kept on sailing that
way all day. l don't see why any woman
need feel afraid Of flying on an aero
plane. I'm going up again the first time
get chance I should like to have
stayed up longer the last time"
Would you dare take up a machine
alone?"
Certainly not, L don't think that's a.
"omans business, When you're a pas
5enger that's another thing"
Won't you please let people know that
don't smoke cigarettes?" she said SER
ously. That has been printed everv-
where. / never smoked one and never
shall And I don't think any woman
should. Just because 1 go in for exer-
else and sport does not make a man out
Of me. And how can you keep your wind
II you ride and swim and play tennis
golf and all that sort Of thing IL Won
smoker"