The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-03
GRANDMOTHER
SW!MS AT 60
Tulsa Woman Spends a
Part of Her 62nd Birth
day in the Pool
EXPERT AT STUNTS
Swim and Keep Young Is
Advice Of Grayhaired De-
votee Of Water Sports

Ponce de Icons long rought foun-
tain of perpetual youth has been
found at lait---in the Tulsa Y. w G..
a. swimming pool
Tho uiscoycror ia MrR Edward IL.
Skinner OF this city, who at 80 years
of agr is NV MINER. nay. moro than
that. good swimmer, who, more
over. learned to swim In the \. C.
a. pool at her sixtieth birthday and
VINO gains from regular plungcs IN
this sclf-samc pool rest and zest.
recreation and renewal Of youth.
II chance made you member Of
Tho sex inlcrchnngcably dcnominntcd
lair, gentle or weaker and IL you
nave thc password to the domain
enclosing the pool you will see there
III the midst OF a class OF young
women taking the Rod Cross lifc
saving course, "a woman of medium
height ana build from under whose
nhoolruHlV" hWimming cap Braying
LOCKS escape, The silver hair, a rev
wrinkles. and fullncsB of figure
alone dis.lnguish her from the young
women, for she swims. dives, floats.
lft aus water, HubmorgrY and per-
iorms NE saving tests even as they.
III II ~ lesson In swiluminR with
ones clothes on, she calmly slta
down at the edge OF the pool with
shoes and stockings on and a dress
over her bathing suit. allows herself
20 be pushed iuto Tho water, swins
the 90 feet required for the test,
takes off In the water all garments
except 80 nwimm ng suit aud then
swims gao feet without stopping. She
brtahs IA wrist hold OF a girl ublig-
lngly playing drowning and tuWs
her TO ahhro 10y the cross -ah ouldcr
carry. She can swim two different
slrok evonly and gracefully. She
plunges from the diving board or
uiNes o recover an article of Cloihing
or To bring mp "A iO-pound sack on
sand, as required In another test
RlwayA rlalng to the surface acrcuc
ana uudisturbed. She trcads water
Tor "A minute at tho direction OF the
instructor. Mrs. Willis A. Wcbbcr.
She laughs and frolics IN the water.
with 'tho other girls" one H.
tempted TO say. She In good
sport never refusing u date, and
IL the last one to climb reluctantly
out of tho water when the hour
In up.
The person who does all these
things is Mrs. Skinner, who was
given the name of Frank for IA rela-
tive and who IN the wife OF T.. u.
Skinner, l09-A East Eighth Though
reared near Lake ontario, Mrs. skin
ner never learned TO swim because
girls didn't do II In those days. She
removed To Tulsa from Colorado
Springs several years ago and ono
day. feeling lonely aud eager Tor
something new to do she wandered
into the gallery leading Off the Y.
w, G. a. pool and was 10 intrigued
that she asked Mrs. Wcbber Ii n
mlddle-aged woman could learn to
swim and upon "a reply In the af-
firmative got n physical examination |
and swimming card on that very !
day. Not breathing "A word 10 a soul !
at home about her new venture. she !
made two trips to the pool daily and !
mast cred the gentle art OF swimming /
In about 10 lessons. She spent a (
part OF her sixty-first and sixty ,
second birthday anniversaries In the /,
pool and takes n plunge twice a I
week, having scarcely missed u /
week during the past winter. Mrs. |
Wobber compliments Mrs. Skinner's
good form" In the water and says /,
that the only Red Cross life saving !
IN that OF landing spent swimmer
from the pool, an act which requires
more strength than Mrs. Skinner
has
Mrs, skinner has always been well |
and strong. She does all her own ?
houscwork and swimming Is her
only set form OF exercise, She has
bright eyes, moves actively about i
and is Interested In everything. She
SAYS the secret OF keeping young IN
10 keep busy ana swimming IN part
Of her way OF keeping busy. She IL |
he mother OF four grown children,
her husband and sons constituting !
lhe firm OF the Skinner Brothers
Betting company.