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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

who swan in competition with her
Not all Of Miss Smiths triumphs
were won in long-distance events,
nor were they confined TO competi-
tons held in England. IN 1909 she
went to France, and at Rouen sue
ceeded in capturing third place IN q
competition involving eleven men be-
sides her, the one woman. In 1000
metre race held over a 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.
In all, Miss Smith has won seventy
three medals for her proves.
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 the
water.
Annette Kellerman was the first
woman who ever made the attempt
and who was qualified to make IL.
Seasickness brought about Miss Kel-
lermann's withdrawal after she had
been in the water over four hours
and had travelled over twenty miles.
"Seasickness will be the greatest OBJ
stacle to all women who attempt 10
h., 81 ch
at that time, and she was evidently
correct, for Miss Smith was troubled
with NAL de mer when she tried II
last year, and she has never before
been so troubled in any of the long
swims she had made.
Will Miss Smith end mans suprem-
acy in the water She sill not
be the first woman who has at
tempted 10 do so at least. In 1901
Nine Isacescu. an Austrian woman,
swan fOTty-eight miles IN the waters
of the Danube and did it in eight
hours and ten minutes. No man has
succeeded so 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 If she but made the at
tempt. Her friends and all those in
terested in swimming in Austria
urged her again and again 10 try IL,
but she would not do so.
Agnes Beckwith, mentioned above.
established some records that have
never been lowered. Over a ten-mile
course in the Thames she swan In
two hours and forty-One minutes
She swan twenty-five miles in the
ocean and took only nine hours and
thirteen minutes to do il. Her record
Tor twenty miles was six hours
and twenty-eight minutes.
Another record held by a woman
is that % Miss Annie johnson. an
English girl, who, in 1899. succeeded
In remaining under water for three
min'tes, eighteen and one-ffth sec
Onds.
But II Miss Smith succeeds in
crossing the Channel her record Will
eclipse all others held by women
and mainly for the aid and glory OF
woman suffrage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

ut AM going TO swim the Channel
IN order to demonstrate that
woman is the physical equal
OF man. 1 am going to put a stop
forever to all this twaddle about the
weaker sex. Yes, l am a firm be-
lever in Woman Suffrage"
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
re red TO as the English Water
Lily" You may pick up your morn
ing paper on any one OF the remain
ing lays OF this month TO read a
LoL n dispatch telling Of Miss
Smiths success in swimming across
from Dover to Calais, for she intends
to try II before the first November
morn makes its appearance.
Miss Smith is a suffragette, yet
does not advocate the throwing of
hatchets at prime ministers or the
smashing in Of plate-glass windows
In order 10 get the vote. Other
women may pursue the militant
course, even her two athletic sisters,
II they wish, sat 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 it a question OF distance alone
Miss Smiths task would be an easy
one. but the Channel waters are
treacherous, embracing as they do
many currents and counter currents.
Only two human beings have sue
ceeded in swimming across this bit
OF water that has made the history
OF England what II is, the first person
having succeeded having been the
famous American swimmer, Captain
Webb. He d so IN 1875 just a few
years before he lost his life in an
attempt 10 swim the Niagara Rapids.
In 1911, thirty-six years after Cap
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30
oh, Yes; She Understood.

A teacher In one OF the public
schools was endeavoring to impress
Hpon her pupils the fact that a plural
subject takes a verb in the plural
Remember this" she said. girls
are, boys are: a girl IS. a boy is. Now
DO you understand it,"
Every hand IN the room was raised
fn assent.
Well. then continued the teacher
who can give me a sentence with
girls-plural remember
This time one hand was raised. and
that belonged 10 a pretty little miss
~Please. ma'am." she said. with all the
assurance OF a primitive reasoning. II
can give a sentence Girls. are my
hat on BtratghtT"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

what had been prophesied, Miss
Smith decided to do something in
the following year which would go
further than any prophesies made up
to that time-she decided TO swim
the Solent from Southsea TO the Isle
OF Wight and return, a distance OF
twelve miles each way.
She trained faithfully for this
event all during the Spring OF 1911,
for the proposed feat was a difficult
one, having been performed pre-
viously by only one swimmer, Horace
Davenport, who accomplished it in
1884.
Leaving Southsea on the minute
Of 6 o'clock, August q, she started
bravely 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 a serious cut on the
knee from a submerged barrel with
not give up the struggle, though the
wound bled prOfusely, but bandaged
the limb while still in the > ater and
then resumed her task. She kept on
pluckily 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, she
gave up the battle.
This was a 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
conlpatricts, and from then on she
has been regarded as a fit candidate
for the crOss-channel swim. She was
still fresh when she was forced to
leave the Soient on account of her
injury, and this in spite of the fact
that she had swan nineteen miles.
That she would have fiEished-and
in good time-had she not met with
the barrel, there is not the least
doubt
During that swim IL was her lot
to pass very close to II. NJ. S. Thun-
derer, which was in the Solent. The
officer on watch earned a little no.
toriety for himself by ordering a
boat manned and lowered and having
it 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 a tug shouted through a 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-fye minutes, coming in
only six minutes after Jabez Wolfe,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

UMMER, that added 80 per cent
to your stock of vitality; that
- frightened your eyes and
melted away pounds of superhuous
flesh, that gave your movements a
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 disfaYor on
their coarsened brown surface.
You are right. Ii is time 10 do
something about il, 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
houseV )rkars. who are careful 10
preserSe heir good looks, rubbing
olive 81 or mutton tallow freely
into the arms before they are ex-
posed 10 contact with the water. By
doing this dish washing is robbed OF
its terrOrs. From this tine keep
your arms as moist with oil or tai
low as formerly they were with salt
water. Soon the texture will i'm
prove.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30
Not a Racehorse

a man was attending 20 his motor.
-Troubie7" asked a bystander
"a little wa the laconic answer.
what power car IS it2"
~Forty horse" came the answer
what seems TO be the matter
with itT
Wen. from the way she acts. I
should say that thirty-nine OF the
horses we're dead
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

time the swimmers
could not be seen by
those on the tug.
In her seventeenth
year Miss Smith made
the fifteen-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
thu. marks the date %
the arst swimming coId-
petition III when wo
men and men were
both entered She ul2CS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

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 a handful OF oatmeal or of al
mond meal when bathing your arms.
The sensitiveness VIII disappear and
the skin resume a silken texture IL
you patiently apply this lotion at
morning and at night and as often
between as circumstances permit.
Orange flower water. 49,. drains
GIycerine .............3s ounce
Powdered borax. .......... Grams
If your arms have been sunburned
at mountain shore or field, begin
promptly on your return from your
vacation, or before, to use a good
bleach on them.
This spread freely the arms as
a paste gives gratifying results with
a few applications.
Beat, until light, the yolk Of one
egg, forty drops Of benzoin poured
into the egg drop by dH,p, and an
ounce Of glycerine and an ounce OF
rose water. After spreading this
thickIy 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 should
be allowed TO remain on the 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
Copyright. 1918.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

Perhaps much rowing or golf play
ing or swimming has forced the
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-
allv fill out and surround the pro-
truding bone, yelling IL not quite
hiding il.
The freedom from long sleeves
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

round 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 time In half
q lemon. This
will White1 them
as effectpaIIy as
the former pro-
cess fte n c d
them. Or should
they be persisten-
Iy discolored, mix
a tesspoonfui of
powdered pumice
with half that
quantity of lemon
Juice and rub the
discoIered spot
derflv with IN
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

equally good sEOwings over the
same course IN 1908 t1d 1905.
SLe ftrst made T2gland sit up and
take notice when, in 1910, she Gov
cred twenty miles through rough
water in six hours and thirty-hve
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 cut
the prophesy made by that great
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30
A Glad Relief.

Thank Heaven. those bills are got
I'D OF" SAID Rilk'ns fervently. as ne
tore ID a bundle OF statements OF &C
counts dated May !.
"Au paid eh7" said Mrs. BilkinA
"Oh. no" said Bilkins "The dupIi-
Gates dated June / have come In. and
don't have 20 keep these any
longer"
10
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

sportsman, Sir John Ashley, when in
1876 Agnes Beckwlth, a girl still in
her teens. swan from London Bridge
in Greenwich, a distance of five
miles, in one hour and seven min.
utes. The Baronet said at that time
I should not have believed it pos
sible had / not seen 1t with nv own
eyes. After this l can say that l am
sure the time will come when a
twenty-mile swim will be. accom-
plished by a woman"
Not content with merely doing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30
How to Restore the Lost
Beauty to Your Arms

and exposure 10 sun and air may
have caused the hair TO grow more
profusely than you like on your arms
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

Half fill your hand with olive or
eoeoanut oil and rest the elbow Of
the other arm in 1t. Gently massage
IT round and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30
@ DAVIS G EicRnEVEs

II that be true, do not use one or the
coarsening deDilatory powders on
skin already coarsened by Summe
exposure. Instead, AID the process O.
whitening the arms by bathing then
In equal parts Of peroxide or hydro
gen and witchhaZel. The peroxide
gradually whitens the hairs, az the
same time weakening their roots. sc
that ultimately some OF them viii
fall out.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

Channel Has Blu Two Swimmers
ne H Captain American First Ap %
by b Af
Another Attempt One CeWT Egh hG" of Rd
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-30

Great Britain Rights Reserved
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05

Fall Term opens September 10.
1875 students have attended Berea the
past year.
Cost of board, books, fees, for Fall Term,
II weeks;
College $3240
Normal and Academy $31.4O
Vocational and Foundation $3.50
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
PROGRAM

$40 Band and Procession, Ladies Hall to Tabernacle.
$50 First Cum Industrial Exhibits
Music Berea College Band
INVOCATION Rev. Campbell
,,.,,nu.. p.,, t.. Baker, Broadhead, McSwain
~ ''o"N' " $500 Morgan and Smith
Benton Fielder Mrs. EiZ Lowen
.CARPENrRy-Ancent Architecture Leonard +. Robinson
Principles OF Building Leo II. Golden
Floors and Walls Miles Z. Marsh IT,
'HoME ScEScE-No Man Lveth Unto Himself Mary A. Clayton
Weaving In The Home enne J. Elliot
What to Teach Girls Ida M. Martin
Houses and Homes Hepsa T.. Mayheld
Continued
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05

All college departments are open
tn visitors during the hours from
500 to 1880 a. m. and from leo
to 400 p. m. Visitors will be well
come and will find 1t pays them 10
look around a good deal.
GUIDES. who will show you the
buildingS and conduct you around the
grounds. can be obtained free Of
charge at Room No. Z. In Lincoln
Hall.
LUNCH BASKETS and other par
GELS may be checked. free Of charge.
and will be safely cared for at the
small building On the West side Ct
the Campus. nearest the Tabernacle.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
In Honor Of the Names tieroes-Re-
ceived at Court Friedman Pro-
nouncsd Faksr Reelected Com.
mander-Coal Fields to be investi-
Eated-A Fight on the tabbY.
REMEMBER THE MAINE

The Maine and its 267 dead Off
GERS and men. who persisted fifteen
years ago in the harbor OF Havana.
we're fittingly remembered on De-
ooration Day In New York, when a
pylon forty feet high erected In
their honor. was unveiled in Central
Park. EXPIRES. Taft. the Secretary Of
the Navy, the Governors OF Maine
and New York. and Cuban Represen-
tatives lowered addresses. battls-
ships In the Hudson fired a salute Of
262 guns. and the soldiers and sailors
were on parade.
RECEIVED BY KING GEORGE
Walter II. Page. the ambassador of
Continued ON page seyenl
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
WORLD NEWS
Peace Between Turkey and the Bal
kans - Spanish Cabinet Resigns
Author of Pleasures OF Life Dies
Ocean Steamer Ashore.
PEACE AT LAST

Peace at last has been contaminated
between Turkey and the Balkan al
lies. the preliminary treaty having
Leen signed at st. James Palace. Lon
don. last Friday. by the delegates o.
all OF the allies and Turkey.
Reports continue TO eminate from
the Balkans. however. that strife is
imminent between the allies them
selves. repeated skirmishes having
taken place between the Bulgarian
troops and the Greeks. between whom
there 10 contention over boundary
lines and the possession of salonika.
Hopes are expressed that the ques-'
ton may be settled by arbitration or
by the representatives OF the Pow
continusd on Page Seven
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
UNITED STATES NEWS In OUR OWN STATE
McCreary to Announce - SANKEY'S
FaiIurs-Msrshall to be q Party
Boss-Fusion in the Air-Ssnatoriai
Primary Postponed-Another Trade
Excursion-Ths Dental Meet.

ANNOUNCES HE WILL ANNOUNCE
The long expected is going to hap
pen. II Washington report can be
credited. Gov. McCreary. who is in
Washington, ha,ing announced that
he will announce his candidacy for
Senator soon.
He expresses himself as sure o.
victory. stating that the fact that
he carried Kentucky by thirty-ons
thousand, while Woodrow Wilson only
carried It by ons thousand, three hun
dred and twelve. is evidence suffi-
Gent that he will practically have a
walkover for the Senate.
STANLEY FELL DOWN
The great effort Of Representative
Continued ON Page Five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05

And the College holds out its hand and asks each
visitor to make some gift to-day for Kentucky Hall.
For years now we have been obliged to turn away
a great many young women every winter bee ause
we had not rooms enough to shelter them.
People in far-of cities have been good in giving
the institution buildings and grounds and machinery
But the people who nearest to Berea who get the
largest benefit from it, ought to give their share
If d. X Pearsons could give 100000 to Berea a
man who is worth less than D. X. Pearsons ought to
give something.
No man is so poor that he has not right to the
luxury of being partner in great cause like this
The new building is pictured on page g. We
hope to begin building it this summer. The name of
every one who gives as much as 81 90 month for
year will be recorded in the papers to be placed in
copper box under the corner stone and every donor
will receive fine picture of the building when com
pleted.
When the new building is erected you want to be
able to say 81 had part in that building" Give us
your offering for Kentucky Hall.
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Places Worth Visiting

Careful arrangements have been
made TO provide for the comfort and
happiness OF all, today. but in case
things go wrong officials are always
Continued on page Eve
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05

$40 Band and Procession, Ladies Hall to Tabernacle
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
Information for Visitors

MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN will
find a place where they can rest
and. II they wish TO. where they can
leave their children in good care IN
room So Of the Chapel Nurses and
caretakers will be on hand. and every
comfort will be provided for mothers
snd babies. l.
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Get Into The Tabernacle
DOORS OPEN WHEN GUNS ARE FIRED!

The exercises in four parts ard at close of each part
gun in fired and people go in out without
disturbance
Each gun is an invitation.
Be prompt $50 and 1880.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
BEREA ASKS
You to Do Two Things To-day
Berea helps everybody.

Berea helps everybody.
No man on this campus today but is in some
respects richer because of what Berea College has done
To-day the College asks each visitor do two things
The first is that you should subscribe for The Citizen
The College does not own The Citizen 1t uses The Ct-
channel Of education 1t passes out all the good
things through The Citizen to its former students
and neghbors in all directions 1t is through The Citizen
that the College keep in touch with distant homes and
that all the people who believe in progress can keep in
touch with one another
And The Citizen cannot the College does at
less than cost II it did the u S. Government would
not let it 60 through the mails The Citizen printed on
better paper and in larger size type that old folks and
and little children read it easily. 1t can make no
money by harmful advertisements, but must have sub
scrbers and ask everybody here to-day to suscribe
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
Berea College c Commencement
JUNE q, 1913

Visitors who cannot find in the Tabernacle will find
interesting exhibits in the chief College buildings from $50
to II 40 and from 800
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-05
BEREA
The Friend Of Every Man

Berea has benefited the mountain farmers through
portions of five states!
Cattle buyers say So
Stave buyers say so.
Everybody who travels through the country
says so.
Berea trained teachers have earned good money
for themselves and taught the children better than
they were ever taught before.
Berea trained farmers are getting more out of
the land than was ever raised before.
Berea trained girls are making better homes.
Thousands of people who never see Berea are
happier wiser and better to-day because Berea exists
But the great school is still greedy for chance
to help those it has not yet helped and teach those
has not yet taught
Today you see more than a hundred young people
finishing courses of study. Next September there
will be chance for many more to begin such n
courses as these young people finish today.
What these graduates have done your boys
and girls can do if they will
Berea has so many departments and so
many classes that it can put each new student
with others of the same kind where he can make
most rapid progress.
wise father will starve his whole familyif
he has to. so as to get one bright boy or girl in
school, and that one, with a little training at
Berea can help all the rest through