The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-10
PO r IS
SEA OF MATR|MONY
ENGULFS MERMAID
Claire GaIllganIs Now Mrs. Ed.
gar Finney- Racy Coast I
Aquatic Chatter II

Claire Galligan is no more MisS Gal
ligan; she's Mira Edgar Finney The
well known mermaid, who made ali
kinds of records in HOnolaly,iast year
aud is considered one of the foremost
of the worlds aquatic stars, was mar.
ried a little over month ago and the
secret of her wedding first came to
light few dnys before the Neptune
Beach swimming meet on April "a.
Ruth Stacker tells ID in the San
francisco Examiner Of April IS, as
follows:
OF course, almost any wedding is the
elimination Of q romance, or 'should
be, and though they are all the same,
it wouldn't do to tell anyone so, be
cause they are all supposed to be diff,
ferent.
CRire Galligan, Americas water
queen, has her own particular little
story, which is somewhat interesting.
In the first place. Claire didn't think
much when Dorothy Burns introduced
her to Edgar Finney, down in Los An,
COLES, that she, Claire, was going to be
Mrs Edgar Finney before so very long.
"Eg", as they call him, has not yet
blossomed out Id his uni. He was, of
course, attractive, but, we'll
Rooted for Pair claire
The whole thing started at the No.
tional 500, after the girls came back
from the Islands. The race was over
at Idora and "Eg" promised to root
for Claire, as the little eastern girl
didn Z have many rooters on her side.
That Just about ended it--and last
month when "Eg" was transferred to
the east coast, he called on Claire at
nine clock one morning, before she
had left her place of residence, and
took her down TO the little church on
the corner and then she Was Mrs, Fin
ney The newlyweds kept their wedding
secret for a month, that is, until
Claire was about to leave for her trip
out here. Mrs. Finney received a cable
from her husband yesterday that he
was leaving for France. She was very
blue and 1 guess that's why she tore
such chunks out of that water at Idora.
Idora.
Miss Boyle is Beauty
Charlotte Boyle, who is a decided
blonde with wealth of golden hair
and complexion to match, is certainly
beautiful girl and has none of the
tan Of the usual swimmer. The mermaid
looks for q moment to be the last per
son in the world who would be a swim
ming champion, but-when she shows
the muscle in her arm you could even
give her credit for being of pugilistic
bent. She's not, though.
Miss Boyle's father is Sir Joseph
w. Boyle and Is with the British forces
in France. Sir Joseph has won many
honors in the past year as fighter,
and brave one, and his swimming
daughter is very proud Of his achieve
ments, showing 1t in her spirited way
of telling of the way in which he has
distinguished himself. She wears a
service flag with . single star.
Claire Galligan, queen of water
sports, has announced her retirement
from the game, that is, as soon as she
has had her fling with Fanny Durack,
and has decided to turn professional,
says a San Francisco paper of April
49,. Claire has had one or two Oppor-
tunities to teach in Eastern colleges,
but thinks she will make the West her
home until chubby" comes sailing
back from the war.
Last year the swimming champion
thought that she would remain in Homo
lulu for q season or so, but changed her
mind at the last minute, saying that she
was disiuchned to camp in the park
and feed ON cocoanuts. However, she
may wander over there to compete with
the water wonders in the big meet of
in u,nh n \
coach for one of the clubs.
Relief Over Duke
A little story about Duke KahanamO'
ku's "accident says Coast paper
of April Is. There was wild excite
ment among Dukes cOterie of friends
in California when news came that he
had an accident and would not be able
to swim in the l00-yard National at
Neptune Beach on Sunday. With per
fectly good imaginations we had him
on O streteher with a broken leg and
perhaps unconscious. One fair maiden
who has hero-wOrshiped the Hawaiian
for 4 long time just knew that it had
all come through trying to save some
one in distress, after having swum
miles and miles and becoming com
pletely exhausted. But the real news
is here:
A letter from newspaper man
prominent in athletics was received
II guess Duke will leave on the next
boat, but be has boil, and it bOthert
him great deal I hope that he will
be able to swim though it has been
worrying him quite lot" Yesterday
came the following: "Duke's leg il
in such shape that he won't be able
to swim in San Francisco and there IL
no use making the trip. He hash 7 beer
able to get in the water for ten days
but hoped at the last moment to bt
able to make it, 1t sure is hard luck
for Duke and Hawaii, but then we are
expecting Lane to do something"
OF course, we are glad to know thai
it's boil, and only boil, that is keep
ing the, champ from our midst, bu'
really, boils are so prosaic for 6s that
! love poetry.
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