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who swan In competition with her
Not all of Miss Smiths triumph5
were won in long-distance events,
nor were they confined to compett-
lions held in England. In 1909 she
went to France. and at Rouen sue
ceeded in capturing third place In a
competition involving eleven men be-
sides her. the one woman. In a 1000
metre race held over course In the
Seine during that same year she led
the way right from the start to the
finish line, and was followed by all
the other competitors In the race
eighteen OF them. and all Of them
men. a,
In all, Miss Smith has won seventy
three medals for her prowess.
The Channel swim, which she has
tried once and which she will try
again, has been attempted many
times by Jabez Wolfe, who Is fire.
quently her trainer. Wolfe once got
within three miles OF the French
shore, being forced to leave tho
water.
Annette Kellerman was the frat
woman who ever made the attempt
and who was qualified to make It.
Seaslckness brought about Miss KEEL
lermann's withdrawal after she had
been In the water over four hours
and had travelled over twenty miles.
"Seaslckness will be the greatest OBJ
stacle to all women who attempt to
swim the Channel" she announced
at that time, and she was evidently
correct, for Miss Smith was troubled
with NAL de mer when she tried it
last year, and she has never before
been 80 troubled in any Of the long
swims she had made.
VIII Miss Smith end mans suprem-
acy in the water? She will NOT
be the first woman who has at
tempted to do SO at least, In 1901
Nine, lsacescu. an Austrian woman.
swan forty-eight miles In the waters
OF the Danube and did It in eight
hours and ten minutes. No man has
succeeded 30 far in equalling that
record Nine. Isacescu became IA
nous after that, and was looked
upon as one who would, without
doubt. be able to swim from Dover
to Calais II she but made the at
tempt. Her friends and oil those in
terested In swimming in Austria
urged her again and again to try Il,
but she would not do SO.
Agnes Beckwith, mentioned ehar.
established some records that have
never been lowered. Over tep.mi,e
course In the Thames she swan IN
Two hours and forty-one minutes
s Sne swan twenty-five miles in the
V thtu. ana took only nine hours and
Ior twenty miles was six hours
and twenty-eight minutes.
Another record held by a woman
IS that of Miss Annie Johnson an
English girl. who, in 1899, succeeded
IN remaining under water for three
Onds. oe''
But IL Miss Smith succeeds IN
crossing the Channel her record will
eclipse all others held by women
ana mainly for the aid and glory OF
woman suffrage.
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Misses Nellie and Gwendoline, AZ
we'll as herself, have won medals
again and again for feats in the
water.
Lily had earned the title Of Cham
pion. OF all London" before she was
fifteen years old by virtue OF her
success IN many competitions. Dur
ing her sixteenth year she swan for
five hours eide by side with Jabez
Wolfe, who was at the time at
tempting to cross the Channel. The
young girls daring on this occasion
was quite disquieting to her father,
for though he knew that she was a
capable swimmer he did not like the
idea OF seeing her sporting in such
treacherous waters for such length
OF time.
He and his daughter were on the
tugboat that was accompanying
Wolfe, and when they left the Eng
lish shore no one In the party sus-
pected that Lily intended to enter
the water even though she was
wearing bathing suit Suddenly,
when they were half way across, she
announced that che would try to
swim to land and dived overheard.
Both she and Wolfe had to give I'D
the struggle, however. for a strong
wind came up and, blowing in exactly
the opposite direction than that fol-
lowed by the current, kicked up such
rough water that for the most Of the
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tain Webb established his unique
: record. the feat was again accom-
plished, this time by a Yorkshire
blacksmith named William Burgess.
but between the date OF Webb's suc-
cess and that OF the Englishman's
swimmers innumerable have had
their tries at It, only to be helped
out of the water before the French
shore was reached. Not all OF them
were men, for at least two women
have had their chances at it. They
were Annette Kellermann and Rose
Pitinof 1t is seen, therefore, that II
the English Water Lily" crosses
successfully she will have Just rea-
son 10 be proud.
She has tried It once. On 6eptem-
Der II. 1912, she dived from the gov
ernment pier at Dover and started
out with a strong stroke for the
other side and kept at 1t for six and
one-quarter hours. but then, like Miss
Kellermann. she was overcome with
seasickness and had to give it up.
Nevertheless. she had covered a dis
lance Of twenty miles in that time,
which is something OF record in
itself
Honors have come to Miss Smith
anu other members or her family so
often, however. that their novelty
has worn OF. Her father IS James
G. Smith, superintendent in the
London County Council Fire Depart
ment, and wears many medals for
bravery and life saving. Two years
ago he made his way through smoke
and ammonia fumes in order to res
cue three men who were entrapped
In q burning refrigerating plant. and
for the deed won the plaudits OF all
London. But he IS man who would
rather not talk OF his own triumphs
and prefers to speak of those Of his
daughters, for Liiy's sisters, the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-26

6nAM going to swim the Channel
IN order to demonstrate that
woman Is the physical equal
OF man. / am going to put stop
forever to all this twaddie about the
weaker sex. Yes, I am a firm be-
lever in WomanfSuffrage
So declares Miss Lily Smith, who
is known up and down England as
the peer OF all lady swimmers in
Great Britain, and who is frequently
referred to as the English Water
Lily" You may pick up your morn
ing paper on any one OF the remain
ing days OF this month to read O.
London dispatch telling OF Miss
Smiths success In swimming across
from Dover to Calais, for she intends
to try Il before the first November
morn makes It's appearance
Miss Smith is suffragette, yet
does not advocate the thro wing Of
hatchets at prime ministers or the
smashing in Of plate-glass windows
In order to get the zoe. Other
women may pursue the militant
course, even her two athletic sisters,
II they wish, but by demonstrating
that the sexes are physically equal
intellectual equality she takes for
granted-she expects to be OF better
service toward winning the franchise
for her sex.
The distance between Dover and
Calais Is twenty-eight miles. and
were 1t question OF distance alone
Miss Smiths task would be an easy
one. but the Channel waters are
Geacherous, embracing as they do
many currents and counter curren
Only two human beings have sue
ceeded In swimming across this bit
of water that has made the history
OF England what it Is, the first person
having succeeded having been the
famous American swimmer, Captain
Webb. He did SO In 1876 Just few
years before he lost his life in an
attempt to swim the Niagara Rapids.
IL 1911, thirty-sk years after Cap
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g UMMER, that added 80 per cent
to your stock of vitality; that
frightened your eyes and
melted away pounds of superfuous
flesh, that gave your movements
new strength and freedom. has
robbed you, you complain, Of the
beauty OF your arms. Even the one
who ordinarily sees only perfection
In you has looked with disfavor on
their coarsened brown surface.
You are right. 1t is time to do
something about it, for the brown or
freckled skin that did not look amiss
protruding from short pink or blue
linen sleeves will look quite other
wise against the delicate background
OF your evening gown.
Begin by doing what would have
protected your arms and saved you
much Of this modification as to their
present appearance had you but
known. The dipping Of the arms
into salt water at the shore has
coarsened the texture OF the skin.
This was because you did not take
the precaution OF well-informed
houseworkers. who are careful to
preserve their good looks, rubbing
olive oil or mutton tallow freely
into the arms before they are ex-
posed to contact with the water. BY
doing this dish washing Is robbed of
Its terrors. From this time keep
your arms as moist with oil or tai
low as formerly they were with salt
water. Soon the texture will i'm.
prove.
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The saline air, combined with the
salt water, may have irritated your
skin, which Is naturally sensitive. In
that case use no soap, but instead
use handful OF oatmeal or of al
mond meal when bathing your arms.
The sensitiveness will disappear and
the skin resume a silken texture II
you patiently apply this lotion at
morning and at night and as often
between as circumstances permit.
Orange flower water. $500. 6 drama
GIycerlne "a ounce
FoWdcrcd borax. ......... 8 dran16
If your arms have been sunburned
at mountain shore or field, begin
promptly on your return from your
vacation. OF before, to use a good
bleach on them.
paste gives gratifying results with
a few applications.
Beat, until light, the yoIk Of ono
egg, forty drops of benzoin poured
into the egg drop by drop, and an
ounce Of eIycerlne and an ounce Of
rose water. After spreading this
thickly over the arms from wrist to
elbow, wrap loosely around the
arms a long strip of cheese cloth,
fastening the bandage at elbow and
wrist with safety pins. These shpuId
be allowed to remain on tho arms
all night.
Some girls dislike bother" though
have noticed that they pay the pen
atty of this dislike to take pains to
preserve their beauty, by either look.
Ing unkempt, or at least less lovely
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than they might. If you dislike
bother" or are really too busy to
fuss" as you Americans say, with
these nightly applications, give your
arms daily baths in this easily pre-
pared arm tub:
Into two quarts Of warm water
pour two heaplng cupfuls of oatmeal
and add a dozen drops Of benzoin.
Plunge Your arms Intp this bath to
the elbows, leaving them thus to
soak for five minutes or longer.
Into this bath some English Wom-
en- who have beautiful arms pour the
Juice OF lemon to whiten the arme,
but 1t Is more effectuaI to rub tho
arms thoroughly with slices of lemon
after the bath.
After these baths rub cold cream
freely into the arme, or uso an oil
instead. 1t Is nero extravaganza to
use your expensive face cream for
such purpose. Olive oil or cocoanut
oil will suffice.
Have you had q good look at your
elbows since you returned from your
Summer vacation? Probably those
neglected. parts Of your body haven't
met your eye for months. Hold them
up before the mirror and critically
inspect them. thought so; you are
Mortified. You ask how long they
have been brown and coarse and
calloused? No one knows or will
tell, but those elbows can quickly
and easily earn you the reputation
of being neglectful Of your appear
ance-in other words, of not being
well groomed.
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what had been prophesied, Miss
Smith decided to do something ip
the following year which would go
further than any prophesles made up
to that time-she decided to swim
the Solent from Southsea to the Isle
OF Wight and return, q distance OF
twelve miles each way.
She trained faithfully for this
event all during the Spring of 1911,
for the proposed feat was difficult
one, having been performed pre-
yiously by only one swimmer. Horace
Davenport, who accomplished It IN
1884.
OF o'clock. August 2i she started
brayely on the first leg of the Jour
ney, reaching Ryde Pier. which
marked the end OF It, at 10:45. She
merely touched the pier. and imme-
diately started on the return Journey.
When within five miles of Southsea
she received e serious cut on the
knee from a submerged barrel with
which she came In contact. She did
not give up the struggle, though the
wound bled profusely, but bandaged
the limb while still In the water and
then resumed her task. She kept on
pluclkily for half an hour longer, but
the Injured member proved to be too
great handicap, and SO, against her
own wishes but acting on the advice
OF her trainer, Walter Brickett, Bhe
gave up the battle.
This was remarkable perform
ance because the Solent waters are
even more dangerous and flow with
greater speed than those In the Chan
mel. 1t was her showing on this oc-
casion that won her the confidence
OF her friends and the praise of her
compatriots, and from then on she
has been regarded as a At candidate
for the cross-channel swim. She was
still fresh when she was forced to
leave the Solent on account of her
Injury, and this In spite OF the fact
that she had swan nineteen miles.
That she would have finished-and
in good time-had she not met with
the barrel, there is not the least
doubt q
During that swim It was her lot
to pass very close to II. NJ. S. Thun-
derer, which was in the Solent The
officer on watch earned q little no.
toriety for himself by ordering a
boat manned and lowered and having
1t row around and around his ship
when she approached. He was under
the impression that Miss Smith was
merely swimming from shore to the
Thunderer, and he was determined
that she would not be permitted to
land" on the vessel. Hence, he had
put out boat to keep her off. When
those who were accompanying her
on tug shouted through q mega
phone and told Miss Smiths real
intention, the boat was called in and
every man on the Thunderer came
on deck to give three cheers for the
plucky English girl.
Miss Smiths next accomplishment
IN the water was a swim from Worth.
ing to Brighton. a matter OF twelve
miles, which she did in four hours
and thirty-fve minutes, coming I'm
only six minutes after Jabez Wolfe.
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Not a Racehorse.

"A man was attending to his motor.
-Trouble2" asked n bystander.
"a little" was the laconic answer.
What power car is it?"
"Forty horse" came tho answer.
what seems to be the matter
with it?"
well, from tho way she acts. I
should say that thirty-nine OF tho
horses were dead"
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Oh, Yes; shs Understood.

a teacher in one OF the public
schools was endeavoring to impress
upon her pupils the fact that a plural
subject takes verb In the plural
Remember this she said, girl,
are. boys arc: a girl IS. a boy Is. Now
do you understand iii?
Every hand In the room was raised
IN assent.
We'll. then continued the teacher.
"who can give me a sentence with
girls-plural. remember2"
This time one hand was raised. and
that belonged TO pretty little miss
"Please. ma'am," she said. with all the
assurance OF n primitive reasoning. ~
can give n sentence. Girls. are nv
hat on straight"
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Perhaps much rowing or golf play
ing or swimming has forced thee
outer bone of the wrist to come into
unlovely prominence. Massage the
knob gently with cocoanut or olive
oil. AS the tissues surrounding the
unsightly bone are fed, they gradu-
ally fill out and surround the pro-
truding bone, yelling If not quite
hiding it.
The freedom from long sleeves
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equally good showlngs over the
same course in 1908 and 1909.
She first made England sit up and
take notice when, in 1910, she COW
cred twenty miles through rough
water In six hours and thirty-five
minutes. She started at Dover,
struck out for Ramsgate and then
came back down the Channel to Deal
This was the most remarkable feat
accomplished in the water by any
woman up to that time and bore out
the prophesy made by that great
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time the swimmers
could not be seen by
those on the tug.
In her seventeenth
year Miss Smith made
the f1fteen-mile swim
from Richmond to
Blackfriars Bridge, in
the Thames. She was
pitted against thirty
four men at the time
and crossed the finish
line ahead of twenty
five men. having cover
ed the distance in four
hours and nine minutes.
This was in 1907, and
that marks the date Of
the first swimming COM
petition in which wo-
men and men were
both entered. She made
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Touno until the
starved elbow has
been we'll fed.
Treat the other
arm In the same
way. Then re-
peat the process,
resting the elbow
thIs tlmo In half
a lemon. This
will Whlten them
as effectuaIIy as
tho former pro-
cess 3 Of Re n c d
them. Or should
they be persIsten-
ly dIscolored, mix
a teaspoonfuI of
powdered pumlce
with half that
quantity of lemon
juice and rub the
discolered spot
nenfIu With 10
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sportsman, Sir John Ashley, when IN
1910 Agnes Beckwith. a girl still in
ner Teens. swan from London Bridge
III ureenwlch, a distance of Ave
ii.les' IN one hour and seven min
u. Inc Baronet said at that time.
! shouid not have believed 1t Dos.
sioie hao | not seen It with my own
eyes. AFTER this can say that I am
sure the time will come when q
Imehty-mlle swim will be accom-.
plished by a woman"
not content with merely doing
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II that be true, do not use one Of the
coarsening depilatory powders on
skin already coarsened by Summer
exposure. Instead, aid the process Of
whitening the arms by bathing them
in equal parts Of peroxide or hydro
gen and witchhazel. The peroxide
gradually whitens the hairs, at the
same time weakening their roots, so
that ultimately some Of them will
fall out.
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A Glad Relief.

"Thanis Heaven. those bills are got
rid Of" said Bilkins fervently. es he
tore up a bundle OF statements OF ac.
counts dated May 1.
"All paid, eH?" said Mrs. BiIkins.
"oh. no." said Bllkins. "The dupll.
Gates dated June have come In, and
I don't have to keep these any
longer"
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and exposure to sun and air nav
nave caused the hair to grow more
profusely than YOU like on your arms.
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Half I'LL your hand with olive Or
cocoanut oil and rest the eIbow y,
.ne otner arm In 1t. Gently MASSAGE
1t round and se
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
Put the Standard hioh.

Among the scores OF replies to the
question what constitutes the ideal
woman fer wife?" which q Hanford
Cal, citizen Of inquiring mind sent
broadcast among the young men Of
that city, the following was consid
cred the best:
The ideal woman for q wife should
have these qualifications: The voice
Of Media. the talent OF Paderewski
the figure of Venus. the grace Of u
sylph. the vivacity OF q coryphee. eyes
like the soft glow of moonlight eve
an alabaster-like complexion, the vir
tues OF nun, the charm Of Cleopatra.
the meekness Of Moses. the patience
OF Job. the forbearance Of Lazarus
the zeal OF Trojan, the consistency OF
Caesars wife, the capabilities Of q
charwoman. the purse Of Hetty Green
and hair of her own"
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
GOOD SEED CORN TEST
rag Doll Baby" Pronounced 40
Greatest Of Infants.
Cheapest Tester Which Can D Made
-Aii That 10 Needed 10 Pew Yards
q ohsstlne es Decd oauiity.
Tern Into Strips.

The Rag Doll Baby. scientifically
known ~ the rag doll seed corn tes-
ter. has been pronounced the greatest
infant OF recent years. Also the most
popular because II has been nursed
by a majority OF the school children
OF the United States.
Not only did this pet In its first
year make two blades of grass grow
for one. but It claims credit for last
years banner corn crop. II 10 said
to have added millions to the crops
value.
This il merely nm Inexpensive ar.
rangement whereby progressive farm
ers and their children test seed corn
before planting Half a dozen ker.
nels Of corn are taken from each ear
of seed corn, the kernels are laid on
numbered squares Of cloth. the cloth
dampened and rolled together and
loosely tied. A score or more OF
babies" are placed In pail or tub
OF lukewarm water and left there for
about ~ to IS hours. Five to eight
days later the cloths are carefully
unrolled and the kernels examined
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
"Rae Doll" Tester and Rolls.

carefully. In all cases in which all
the kernels are not strong in germina-
tion the ear should be thrown away,
for no farmer can AFFORD to plant
seed that will not terminate.
For the rag doll test buy n few
wards Of sheetinR OF good quality and
tear II into strips & inches wide and
from three to FIVE feet long. II II is
MI. nned to use the strips n number
~ times hem the edges. as otherwise
the Rawlings sometimes disarrange
the kernels in unrol,ing. There Is no
cbeaper more convenient and accu.
rate method of testing seed corn than
nv the rag doll tester, A few of its
.dvaptavas are.
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
81zsHkaRi3|EsSAF4ss
When the small weeds are killed

When the small weeds are killed
there will be no big ones.
Give tho team many breathing spells
during the nrst weeks Of spring work.
Whenever q farmer gets tho auto
fever he at once becomes q good-road
preacher.
That producer Ia most successful
who keeps himself best In the line Of
the works.
The ground for sweet clover seed
should be prepared tho same - for
alfalfa or clover.
Go slow with the first few days
blowing; the horses are soft. and must
be worked In carefully.
In corn-growins territory cowpeas
arc mostly grown with corn. sowing
broadcast or otherwise.
The clover seed crop depends very
largely upon the condition Of the
ground and the weather.
To kill Canadian thistle In . field
put the field In some cultivated crop
and keep the weeds down.
Many growers say that weeds arc
% valuable ~ fertilizers ~ clover
and cowpeAs II they are turned under
every year.
Soil taken from . well-established
alfalfa field and spread on land 10
b. sown to alfalfa 10 very good way
10 inoculate Il.
Rotation Of crops 10 ons Of the sim.
pie. practical methods Of Increasing
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
AUTO LEG" LATEST mALAoY


"Auto-leg" II . new, 1918 model. ais-
sesse. Women. according to medical
authority, are more subject 70 Il than
men, a. the sterner seq take more viz.
orous exercise.
"Autoleg." we are told, IL = cramp
due to sitting In one position for hours.
while the veins and muscles are un.
der strain from consecutive shocks
and joitings over the roads,"
There IL. however, quite . formida.
BILE array Of troubles which have been
charged against motoring. and which
point to the fact that the sport at best
is q somewhat strenuous one for WON
en-.
Those ailments are due almost en-.
tirely, however, to speeding and to
fear Of accidents.
The auto eye. for instance. 10 a
spasm OF the ciliary muscles which
govern accommodations for distances
To this those who have errors Of re-
fraction are especially prone Speed
Ing over an unknown country through
devious ways the sight Is constantly
attracted to objects now near and now
In the distance, and thus an abnormal
strain is placed upon the visual me
chanism.
Women are warned not to take their
motoring too seriously, and when they
observe distressing symptoms to see
their physicians.
The Dolores star., 1913-10-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
(Publirherl

Depa rtment of the Interior.
Y. \. Land Office at Durango, Colorado.
August "a, 1918.
Notice 10 hereby given that Harry n. Joline,
II Lewis. Colorado, who, on March 18th, 1913,
made prc-emption declaratory statement, ser.
tal, No. Oi2ii, FOR Lots and I and NV I 81
u, p, Meridian, has filed notice Of Intention u
make Final presumption proof. to establish
claim to the land above described, before John
j. Downey, Judge Of tho county court OF Monte
xu,na county, Colorado, at Gortez, Colorado,
on the 18th day Of October, 1914
Claimant names as witnesses; :.
George sehasf William Troup, Harry y,
Jobes, and II. Marshall, all Of Lewis. Colorado,
u. u. CuARLroN,
Register.
First pub, Sept. 81 Last pub. Oct. 10, isis.