Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-20
SWIM GIRL AND
GROW BEAUTIFUL
Well Known Athletic Coach
Gives This Advice to
Fair Sex


beautiful is the advice Of Coach Tom
Robinson, for eleven years Aquatic
instructor at Northwestern university,
to his coed pupils. If, when
woman passes the prime Of youth, she
would indulge in swimming as an
exercise, less cosmetics would be ne
ecssary to retain her beauty.
To support his theory, Coach Rob
inson today cited a long list Of famous
women from Venus down to Mary
Garden and Annette Kellerman.
Natural beauty Of features goes
with well rounded, perfectly devel-
oped body, he said. The average So
called beautiful face seen on the
streets will not stand the test Of swim
ming, water being fatal to Milady's
makeup.
A well developed, slender waist line
is a requisite in beauty, Robinson said,
and swimming will bring about this
without the aid of any boresome set
ting up exercises or other gymnasium
work.
If girls wish to obtain graccfulness
and conquer being awkward, diving IS
the thing, Robinson said.
"If YOU wish 10 become beautiful.
swim and swim systematically" said
Coach Robinson, who has been swim
ming coach at Northwestern for sew
cral years. He has been successful
in developing championship swimming
teams. Under his guidance. North
western has won ihirty-fve out OF
for,y-one dual meets and six confer
cnce championships in eleven year,
He has had hundreds OF women and
children in his classes and watched
them develop physical and facinl
beauty.
"Wbcn we speak of the wonderful
beauty of Venus. VIC are admiring tbc
perfect physical lines as well as the
facial features" Robinson said. 'ln
a beauty contest the judges take into
consideration lrich,, weight, correct
posture, and wcll-shapcd hands and
feet and good general development.
i A beautiful face is usually the result
| of a beautiful, woll-roundcd body.
Mere facial beauty so often seen on
the street is the result of much pains
taking camouflaging with powder and
paint. This worldly beauty is very
easily erased by n dip in the pool or
surf.
"a hollow chest is a very good sign
of underdcvelopment and tends 10
mar the physical charm of girl, no
matter how attractive and beautiful
she may otherwise be. To correct this
failing, then, ! advise the breast
stroke, because the outward move
menis used are excellent for develop
| ing n full chest, erect shoulders, and
straight back. As respiration is re-
quired with each stroke ,one develops
a regular breathing which is not for
gotten Immediately after the swim
ming exercise is concluded.
| Swimming is good weight re-
ducer MS well as weight developer.
a slender waist line is u requisite in
beauty. and swimming will bring
about this result without the aid of
any boresome setting up exercises as
one must perform in a gymnasium.
In other words. VIC have but to per
i, form the act of swimming correctly
which is good amusement and
pleasure, and physical perfection is
brought about incidentally. SWIM
ming has the advantage over other
athletics in that ono is being water
cooled and does rot have TO be both
cred with the intense heat which &C.
companies other forms of athletics.
"To attain the best results swim
ming should begin in childhood. The
child who learns TO swim when but -
few years oc age is sure 10 develop all
parts of The body equally. Annette
kcllcrman, called one of the m ,st
1 perfectly formed women in the world,
has been swimmer most of her life,
and attributes her form partly to reg
ular swimming. She still swims sys-
tematically III order 10 retain her at
tractivcness. Mary Garden. director
of the Chicago Opera company re
Gently made the statement that she
swan mile day during the past
summer Mt Monte Carlo. This was
done to keep in hcalthful condili ion.
Our leading stars in movicland take
their daily dip and tho result is that
they are healthy, beautiful and have
well rounded muscles in every part of
the body.
1.-The position of tho body in the
water ia one of the most difficult parts
to l'prn in swimming. All swimming
is dos in a suspended position with