The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
TRAP, GUN
AND ROD
~ TOM A. MARSHALL.

Alta Girl! Diana, the Kid sister OF
Apollo was an Italian goddess. IL soon
became a habit for the little Celestial
queen TO trail her big brother on ms
hunting expeditions. Mythology tens
US that Apollo was born in the open,
beneath a palm tree at the foot OF
Mount Cynthus He became mighty
hunter, first receiving recognition lot
prowess by his employment as Vol
killer in protection Of flocks In TINS
work Diana became most Valuable
assistant Her courage afield and un-
usual skill with bow and arrow gave
unto her a local reputation as an expert
huntress Her comedy face and sylph-
like figure, acquired in outdoor sports,
attracted additional attention, and she
has logged down the NEUROLOGICAL trau
TO the present writing as the relgnlng
goddess of hunt and chase. The mod
ern Diana of today has this feminine
antiquity backed off tho boards from
every angle. Women In all walks Of
life have become devotees OF the art
of accurate shooting. Lady Grace Mac
kenzie, OF London, England, is the best
known and most successful large game
huntress. She has tralled and killed In
the jungles of Africa, lions, tigers,
leopards. elephants. rhinoceros and MP
popotamus. America has her quota OF
women who are large game getters.
Mrs. John S Boa, OF Chicago has TO
| her credit elk moose, cougar and a
kadiac bear. Large game hunting with
| women soon becomes an infatuauoh
and they display afeld equal courage
with men. One frequently meets MOD
ern Dianas in pursuit Of small game.
| Many are most expert in "grasslng
| their birds" Life In the open pre-
serves and perpetuates their much de-
| sired contour, rounding out the sylph-
| like figure, ohviattng necessity ior
dieting, sweating, rolling or calesthen-
| les. Attired in smart, natty, up-to-
date shooting apparel, surmounted by
| nature painted cheeks, the picture and
| indicative of excellent health. woman
| then becomes symbolism or DeautS
and JOY forever A wise wife WI
become her husbands field companion
solving the problem Of domestic happi
ness A wife's prowess with the gur
is a husbands ever-flowing spring o
eulogistiC conversation. They enjoy
red blood sport in common. F1el'
lunches are accepted as aework Of gu
linary art. This pet hobby OF he
husband introduces his good wife t.
Ponce de Icons Fountain of Perpetua
| Youth in which bath of longevity !
taken with every trip made .afield
the open. thus closing the doors Q
} divorce courts. The Outdoor Girl al
ways wins her way by the most direc
route to the heart of a red bloode
man, welding upon him shackles OF ad
miration by answering the summon
of Dame Nature.
Trapshooting has jumped into III
spotlight of favor as woman's malo
sport on both sides of the ocean. Tn
championship. pennant OF England
: London. Clay target honors of Amer
lea are represented by Mrs. A, I
Winkler, of Chicago. Women who's
? names are now set in electric lights a
headliners have espoused the spor
Bayes, Annette kellermann (the Divir
} Venus), Mrs. Vernon Castle and Naz
nova are now members of the pos
graduate class of scatter-gun artist
Annie Oakley and Mrs. A, y. Topper
= vein have graduated as teachers OF II
= ultra 400, with established classes.
t Pinehurst, Lakewood and Atlantic Cit
Women in almost every town and eli
now shoot ever proclaiming trapshoo
ing the King of outdoor, Sports
e Little, Of Chicago Mrs, c. D. Bucl
e anan, of Sioux Falls, S: D.; Mrs. c.
e Moon, Eau Claire, Wis, Mrs. J.
- Dalton. Warsaw, Ind: Or, Jane Scot
s Philadelphia; Miss Harriet d. Har
n mond, Wilmington, Del; Mrs. l..
:, vogle, Detroit; Mrs. Sumner, JohnsoG
1t Mrs. Fred A. Richter and Mrs, Mel
lie Il Shattuck Minneapolis; Mrs. A
IN Schilling. Portland, Ore; Miss Luc
Musel Green Bay, Wis. tthe 14-yea
l. old shooting wonder, who averaged
per vent III 'llF tlo''b Eh'''N' 'N'''i liza
g. dicap)
A. Many thousand devotees Of the spC
'N alluring are found in every local.
s John Philip Sousa, the bandmaster,
do | enthusiast at the traps, in a rect
y, article says; Women are finding ira
nd shooting more enjoyable than golf, tt
1t mis- and other games they now play.
shotgun shooting she is not classif
as a woman or segregated from
his men. She meets men shooters on
zy equal basis Nothing pleases her M
an than to beat her lord and master at
he own game. Many women are Conte
ny ants in the G. A. II. Shooting ma
t a woman agile and alert | have S
he at the traps with many women {
c- never have ] seen an ungraCeful
who used shotgun we'll" Prizes aW
and longevity beckons. Join the RAJ
Of women shooters at once. Be a W
ner