Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1921-07-21
PERSONS AND EVENTS
HEAVEN Is NOT FAR

Heaven is not far-oh. no. it is near,
It's poarly gates almost appear
TITS only hid from our mortal sight.
Because our eyes could not bear the
liEht
or His wondrous presence, so pure
and bright
TITS !, beautiful belief
That ever DER our head
Arc towering on noiseless wings
The spirits OF the dead.
Mrs. Frederick II. Rulien will en-
terrain the following members of the
board Of the Y. W. C. A. at luncheon
IN her country home at Reulah this
afternoon at / o'clock: Mrs. Ward
rcr Williams. Mrs. ". l.. Anderson.
Mrs. c. II. stickney. Miss Mary l..
s;rang. Mrs. r. j. Weaver. Miss Grace
Pollard. Mrs. Ira X Young. Mrs. As
bury White. Misc Edna Porter. Mrs.
J. NJ. Woodward. Mrs. william SenG-
or. Mrs. Wilbur Lucas, Mrs. ]. r. Will
son and Miss Emma Hayes. OF Den
yer. City Field Secretary.
The average American girl does
not excel in swimming as do the girls
abroad. Such is the opinion ad
vanced by Miss Mile Gade. the young
Y. W. c. a. swimming instructor who
recently swan the forty-three miles
around Manhattan Island in sixteen
hours. The dolphin OF Denmark"
believes our main trouble to be not
our Trailer physique as is commonly
thought. but our attitude toward the
water. We regard II flippantly she
SAYS. as an exhibition ground for
bathing suits often more elaborate
than evening gowns. rather than as a
medium TO a more perfect physical
development.
In Denmark. wc are taught TO
as much at home In the water as on
the land" says Miss Gade. Just as
your girls go after college diplomas.
we go out for swimming degrees.
Swimming Is not like most sports
which develop only certain sets OF
are brought into play. A properly
trained swimmer should feel no more
fatigue from a fifty mile swim than
she would experience from n short
brisk walk. It sets the blood cours-
ing thru the body and eniivens every
faculty"
Blu, there is hope for the American
girl. Miss Gade thinks. II she will
force herself to overcome certain
superficial prejudlccs against the
water-such as duekins with a feel,
ins OF horror at getting wet, Actual
skill in the water will follow confid-
ence quickly and easily.
Mrs Robert s. Cast returned from
\ visit OF several weeks In the cast
Sunday and with her two sons left
yesterday morning for their country
home in Cucrna Verde.
Mrs Ernest John Nash and daush-
err. winifred. OF Kansas City. Mo.
guests of Mr.. and Mrs j. r. Carroll
left Tuesday for British Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. GARNER. Miss
Evelyn GARNER. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Moylan and e. n. Moylan have
motored to the San Isabel forest and
are spending the week In the Sangre
de Cristo range.
Mrs Forest Rutherford. Mr.. and
Mrs Gardner NJ. Greene. Mr.. and
Mrs Richard Greene were guests OF
Mr.. aud Mrs. John Henry Thatcher
for the past weekend. all attending
the opening of the Beulah club.
Mrs. o. V. Cotton and small
are enjoying trip thru Washington.
oregon and California, having plan
ned to visit in British Columbia be-
fore returning to Pueblo.
Among those who spent the past
week -end in Bculah and attended the
opening of the Beulah club were MIR
and Mrs. Ashury White who were
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick II.
Bullen.
Mrs. Ward II. Moore and daughter.
Misc Mildred Moore, are enjoying
pleasant days at their summer cot
tare Mt Glen Park.