Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-04-17
1.-THE BRIDE OF DANGER" .
= Worlds Greatest Lady Athlete.

The admirable Crichton" of her sex
is Mile. Marie M%arvingt, whom the
French people call The Bride of Dan
ger" and whom they claim to be the
greatest lady athlete in the world.
Swimming. cycling. mountain climb
ing, ballooning, flying, riding, eyinnas-
tics. athletics. fencing-in all these
Mile. Marvingt eXcels. She is a wom-
an whose record is almost incredible,
says London Tit Bits.
In 1907. at the international shooting
competition. she carried off the first
prize at a range of 800 meters. and
three years on March 10, 1910. the
Academy of Sport honored her by de-
creeing her, as a singular and most
exceptional mark of esteem. the large
gold medal for distinguished skill.
Mile. Marvingt. who lives at Nancy.
/ seems. to have Inherited her love of
sport from her father, for she has told
how, when quite a little girl, she was
his constant companion when he was
making climbs or excursions
into the country. Since then, says the
Strand magazine, there is hardly a
mountain peak whereon Mile. Marvingr
mas not planted her conquerlng alpen-
stock-the Giants Tooth, Monte Rosa,
the Sharks Tooth. the Red Needles.
the Wetterhorn. the Monks Needle. the
Iacul. the Jungfrau, and many others.
Son of these ascents. which dismay
WV NkJC
ave taken II hours to accomplish. She
is the only woman who has climbed in
a Jingle day the Grands Charmonz and
the Grepon pass with the guides of the
Payot family of ChamoniX.
Swimming. however, was the sport
which first appealed to Mile. Mar
vingt, and in 1907. in the 10 miles
swimming races in Paris. she was able
to beat the record made by Miss An
nette kellermann. at her first trial, of
5 hours. 10 minutes. for she covered the
distance in 4 hours. s minutes. Mile.
Marvingt thinks nothing Of a - or IA
mile swim.
In 1905 she carried or the first prize
for sculling in q standing position. and
was the first Erenchwonlsn to ride the
old-fashioned aish bicycle. But on
the newer form Of safety bicycle" she
says. I have sol.e small trips to my
credit"
Amongst Mile. Marvingts small
trips we may count that from Nancy
to Milan. from Nancy to Toulouse, n
from Nancy to Bordeaux. and in 1908
the tour of France, a terrible task for
even the most expert cyclists. covering
more than 1000 miles at an average Of
over 100 miles per day.
When winter comes and the motor
car and bicycle AVE to be put away in
the garage, and the ano n skiff
stored away in the boathouse, Mile.
Marvingt looks over her skates and
skis and sets off for Switzerland. The
celebrated Swedish professor, Durham
Hansen, looks on her as of his best
pupils. For three years r~unning-at
Chamonix in 1908, at Gerardmer in 1909,
at the Ballon a. Alsace in 1910-Mlle.
Marvingt carried off the first prize for
Ski running, sleighing, and skating. On
January 26 of the same year at Cham
onix she added to her trophies the first
ladies' international bobsleigh cham
pionship, the Leon Auscher Cup. Fin
ally, She was the first woman to as
cend the Buet. Blame. and Voza heights
on skis.
1t was after a balloon flight that
Mile. Marvingt decided to become an
airwoman, and obtained a pilots GER
tificate from the Aero club of the east
and from the Aero club of France.
Il had the great pleasure she says,
"of carrying off the first prize in the
long distance competition at the Aero
Club OF the east, by going from Nancy
tG Neuf-Chateau in Belgium in is
hours. In the same ear, in the COM
petition for the first prize of the Aero
club. I yer from Paris to Rondefon-
taine. From Nancy I went in my
ballon to Karlsruhe and the long trip
to Landau. In spite of my affection
for the m%onoplane, I have not quite de-
serted the balloon, for during the year
1912 l went up IA times, including a trip
from Paris to Brussels and from Paris
to Mars-le-Tour."
Great as is the devotion to sport of
This remarkable daughter Of our time,
1t is by no means The only distinction
with which nature has lowered her.
She has STUDIED medicine and law, sing
Ing and %elocution. She speaks four
languages. writes, carves in marble,
paints, and is a capable actress.
Mile. Marvingt's latest project is to
render practical assistance to the red
cross movement. For a long time she
nurse, and a hit upon the novel idea
of placing an aeroplane at the service
Of wounded soldiers. She considers that
a flying machine would be Of great as
ststance in finding wounded men on the
battlefield. giving information to doc
tors. and bringing supplies to ambu-
lance stations.