The sun., 1919-10-19

Of sleep, diets in which nerve and
muscle building foods predominant and
brisk physical exercise. Following the
arrangement of the courses of train
ing corrections were made for the
natural dispositions and allowances
were made for the inclinations Of the
two individuals. Thus, more emphasis
was placed upon sleep and rest in the
case of Miss Carr, who Is vivacious
and energetic, while Miss Eccleston,
who is of more restrained, quiet dis
position, was requested to pay more at
tention to exercise.
Under the schedule now arranged
the two divers appear alternate weeks.
During the week she appears the
diver is taken Immediately to her home
following the matinee, where she has
an early dinner and at least three
hours OF complete relaxation before
returning for the evening thriller"
which takes place precisely at II
o'clock. The diver is expected to take
at least eight hours of sleep and rest
over night and in the morning to put
in a short period at physical exercise,
which is followed with another period
of rest before the matinee perform
ance. During the following week,
when she does not appear at the Hip
podrome, the amount of exercise is in
creased, but otherwise the diver is left
to her own resources. Miss Eccleston
takes most of her physical training
in the gymnasium. alternating this
work with horseback rides in Central
Park. Miss Carr when informed Of
the prescribed athletic work asked
for permission to dance in one of the
ballet numbers in Happy Days."
believing dancing to be one of the
most beneficial forms of exercise. In
addition to dancing she skips rope
and pulls the chest weights in the
gymnasium and on her vacation takes
a daily plunge in the swimming pool,
being an expert swimmer and trick
diver as well as a high diver.
When Happy Days opened Au-
gust % Miss Eccleston, who has been
diving for several years. but never at
such a great height, expected, bar
ring accidents, to make all the
plunges in Happy Days. Follow
ing the first few dives she ascribed
her muscular soreness to the fact that
she had not been diving during her
summer vacation. But the tremen-
dous impact with which she struck
the water aggravated the bruises to
such an extent that she was unable
to continue, and Miss Carr. who had
been engaged for Just such an emer-
gency, took her place. After a few
days Miss Carr also began to feel
the effects of the dive, and then the
IIippodrome management arranged
for alternate appearances and the
training features.
For two weeks the twoscore men,
| bers of the celebrated Cheese Club
| OF newspaper men are the guests OF
! the National Vaudeville Artists in
| their magnificent new clubhouse In
Forty-sixth street just off Broadway
The Cheese Club is SO closely in
touch with theatricsls that the N. "
| AS have taken it under their wing
| until the newspaper men have theiI
| own clubhouse. Guest cards have beer
issued for two weeks. after which the
writer's will be taken in as lay mem
bers. The Cheese Club has beer
| meeting udlly at ~ -
/ Broadway hotel, but yesterday the
entire membership met in the pretty
mezzanine restaurant of the n. V. A
Club and will gather there hereafter
The clubhouse is the most modern II
America, and all its renowned hospi'
| tality and its numberless conven'
fences have been placed at the dis
posal of the newspaper men, who are
delighted with their new home. %, f
Albee, who conceived the Nationa
Vaudeville Artists. now numbering
10, 900 members. and who built theii
beautiful clubhouse, dropped In a
luncheon yesterday and welcomed thu
guests. President Edwards Davis ant
Secretary Henry Chesterfield gav'
personal attention TO the visitors, as
sisted by House Manager Hurlburt
The n. V. A. Club ia celebrated for 1t!
cuisine. it's $4,000 year chef being
from Sherry's, and its kitchen
model of scientific construction. Thos'
present yesterday were Tom oliphant
dramatic editor of thu Eos~tn0 Mai