New-York tribune., 1911-09-10
A Heroine of the Wafer
Miss Trapp Talks of Her Natatorial Honors ana
How She Attained Them.

sno-. and lova the feeling Of power II
gives me 70 accomplish long swim one
feels after such a swim as II one couiu 40
anything One has conquered an unraiiih-
lar element-why. there is holnlhe one
wouldn't be equal 20. Al least, tnats the
v-av q long swim affects me. Another
,hinr-I ALWAYS hope my swims may In
suAnce other women 10 do something IN
the art A gfrl-every girl-ought TO kno"
how 70 swim At twelve years Of age she
shouls he able 70 swim FIVE miles without
stopping. and without fatigue Al sixteen
she ought 10 be able 10 cover ten nlies
with no fatigue.
Miss Traps Is a family OF s"llririeiS
she has three brothers and four sisters
and all Of them are ducks IN the water
Adeline is next TO the oldest. Her youhe'
est sister twelve years old. can co 'he I'VE
miles Miss Trapp prescribes for that age
without thinking anything OF it, the
Traprs have a summer place al Meadow
hurst. near Springfield. Long Island ano
here the children learned all water sports
The three brothers are immensely proud o.
the champion swimmer OF the family
But they made a dreadful fuss when
told them beforehand about this swim
meant 10 take last Sunday Miss Trapr
informed the Tribune reporter. y on q
have thought was going to do something
rash and dangerous beyond words. never
before dared tell them when I was going
10 undertake a long swim. but this time
wanted TO be accompanied by my brothers
In our own launch"
Swimming isn't the only sport Miss Trapr
is proficient in, by any means. She is a
crack basketball player, having played on
the team al the Eastern District High
School and later on that al the Brooklyn
Training School for Teachers She once
walked from New York 70 Sayvilie. dis
tance OF eighty miles, and Just row she i.
pining for an airship.
The little swimmer says she supposes he
love OF freedom and the touch OF wild
ness" in her must come from the Indisr
blood she has for there is Indian blood
her mothers fathers mother was d Nc
hawk Indian. Of Connecticut. and q highly
educated woman. tradition saws. Also sh.
has French blood, German blood. English
blood and a good deal OF old Long Island
blood so TO one race can claim credit for
her prowess in feats of strength and en-
durance.
Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent physical d.
rector OF Harvard University says that
while mans superior strength gives him
the advantage in short swims, where speed
is the test. women are better equipped fol
endurance swims, like Miss Traps, be
cause they have more fat, which protect:
them from the chill that is the worst enc
my Of the finely trained down male ath
lete when he is spending hours in the
water
Miss Trapp SAYS tha, won1ans advantage
is her greater abstemiousness.
All stimulants are bad for swimmers,
she told the reporter. Tobacco and liquors
are especially bad. Some men swimmers
take champagne when in the water, 70
keep them up 1 don't believe in that
would never take anything IN the water, eX-
cept perhaps. a little chocolate. On the
day I am TO swim take nothing but milk,
with eggs beaten up in II. I consume guam
titles OF milk and eggs al all times.
During my last swim los nine OF ny
l2l pounds OF weight-lost IT in the water.
But I got back three pounds in the next
three days, and will have it all back by
the end Of September"
Here are some more facts about Miss
Trapp.
She is a suffragist. though she hasn't time
to work for the cause.
She never had a corset on in her life.
She has saved several lives in the water
and has medals from the United States Vol
unteer Lfesaving Corps. She does great
stunts" in fancy diving, and she Is the
s1ype-y-isor Of the TWENTY-FIVE swimming
teachers ir the New York schools