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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
LA > TRAVESIA DEL CANAL
DE LA MANCHA

Las probabilidades de que He
lena Wainwright lleve feliz ter
mino la trayesfa del Canal de la
Mancha son de contra 20, pero
Ia. audaz sirena americana hara
la tentativa este verano, Y dice:
No puedo hacer NADIA peor
que fracasar, pero creo que ten
DIRE suerte y pasara.
Miss Wainwright parece reco-
nocer, a 10 menos asi 10 indican
estas palabras, que la suerte des-
pues de todo, es un grande y de-
cisivo factor en- toda tentativa
cue Sc ha hecho para cruzar las
81 millas. de aqua turbulenta que
Sc arremolina entire Dover 8 y Ca
1ais.
.Nadie sabe cuantos han inten-
tado la travesia, pero todo el
n1undon sabe que unicamente la
hicieron circo hombres y ninguna
flujer '..i' %
!. Isl no fuera mas que un acto de.
resistencia y destreza no seria
mas que ur ffesgo yconlda en- la
vida acuatica, pero hay miles de
personas cap'aces de nadar por,
lc menos % rnillas, pero es cosa
compIetamente distinta de nadaes
ens21 niillas de aqua del Canal a
rs nlillas de otras aguas.
Las mareas corren en- forma
caprichosa Ell el Canal, el aqua
rara vez alcanza so grades Fab
renheit. y por regla general es tan
'picada que hasta los mas fuer-
tes nadadores les cuesta avanzar.
La travesfa mas rapida, favo-
recida por todos los factories, Ia
hizo Tiraboschi hace dos amos, Gu
briendo la distancia en- 16 horas
80 minutes, siendo de 18 a % ho-
ras. ell tempo normal que Sc ne
costa.
Dentro del termino de 16 horas
hay dos cambios pronunciados en-
las mareas en- ell Canal. Durante
seis horas CORE con direction al
0este Y durante seis horas en- dr.
reecion contraria. Ell nadador va
easi todo ell tempo en- angulo rec
to con la marea, 10 que significa
que tiene que seguir la direction
de esta y hacer la travesia en-
zig gag. FL aqua del Canal es ca
prichosa, no es pareja en- sus con-
dlciones de superficie, Sc pasa por
nillas y millas de aqua como un
cspejo para encontrarse de impro-
viso EN- una caldera hirviendo.
Pero nj los caprichos del aqua nj
las mareas amenazantes podran
compararse con ell frio. La tempe
ratura naxima es por regla ge-
neral de so grades F., pero mu-
chas veccs no alcanza nj so 0
55 grades v es entonees cuando
eli enfriamiento del cuerpo quita
tanta fuerza vital al nadador.
Muehos grandes nadadores, COM
.pitiendo por la gloria de haber
teruzado, el Canal, han tenido que
desistir una 0 dos millas de la
meta causa de la extenuacion
producida por la lucha con el aqua
turbulenta, la perdida de energia
por 81 esfuerzo contra la nlarea
Y por el frio intense del aqua.
Pero estos fracasos no han AGO.
bardado la pequena americana.
quien ha conquistado tanta fama
como cualquiera sirena v quien
alora desea tener la gloria final
de ser la primer mujer que cruza
el Canal de la Maneha.
Miss Wainwright es la NADIA
dora mas veloz de Norte Ameri-
ca, ella detenta 5el record de la
"All America Amateurs, habien-
do cubierto la nlilla en- 26 minu-
tos y ID segundos. 81 ella pudie-
"a mantener esa velocidad en- el
Canal de Ia Mancha, dando mar
gen para delnoras causadas pop
mareas, etcetera, Sc podria cal
cuIar que cubrirfa Ia distancia en-
IL horas, tai yez menos. Ella
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05

dice: @Un. tempo record no
me interesa; todo 10 que de-
SEQ es cruzar el Canal, no impor.
ia 81 empleo IA 40 lioras, con
tai que 10 cruce.'
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
Ell PRIMER0 QUE TRAZO
LA LINEA

La inica mancha que ha caido
sobre el prestigio de John L. Su-
lliyan es que en- cierto tempo
paezquin6 ell bulto Peter Jack
son.
Cuando buena parte de los gran
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05

Rec.entemente lie ha sido con-
feridc ell titu'o de Duque de
Edinburgh al Principe Enri-
que, tercer hijo del Rey Jorge
de Inglaterra. Este nombra-
niiento l1as sido del agrado de
tOdos los slbditOs de la naci6n
inglesa que sienten verdaderas
simpatias por este principe.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05

sEXTA
81 'Merino no est;i cansado de su
esfaerzo del sabado, volvera dor
mirse en- Ia delantela y Ell jockey"
tendIEi que despertarlo al llegar a
Ia nctas En- su Vida correra todo
el tempo peeado al rabo de Meriilo.
sETIAIA
, Esta es4 otra carrera bonita. IN
Nenoriam es el superior induda-
blemente V es nuestro favorito. En-
ire los denas sobresalen Morning
Glory, que es mny Teloz y Malango,
Alma tamRidn merece que Sc Ia
nonlbre. Ia Sfnica lnanera en- que
In Memoriam puede perderse es
que Sc quede1 en- la raya que al
guno de los va nombrados sc. pre-
sente ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aggressive.
EN- RESUAIEN
Con tanta Inca, pegarse parece
cosa facil, pero hay que teIler en-
euenta que los ''tajos.' Sc han pues-
to de moda. Precisamente las lfneas
mas seguras son las que Sc est;in
eayendo, Para adivino Dios o ell
dlablo, y como no aspiramos. a ser
ninguna de las dos cosas, ala us
tedes, cada cual que Sc busque .sus
'orejas''.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
QUINTA

Esta sera otra carrera emocio4
Inante. Carmen Lydia V Nora Sc en-
frentaran por primera vez Y Segu-
ro que han de sacar candela. Lau-
ra tomara parte en- eel terneo :.
por cierto, con no apocas aspiracid-
nes, serfa conveniente jngarlas las
tres para estar cuhierto de. sor-
presas, aunque creemos que de las
dos primeras no debe. pasar el pri-
mer premio.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
UN RECORD ASoMBRosO ul
PITcHING soBERBIo !

UN RECORD ASoMBROSO: UN
PITcHING soBERBIo
En- uno de los iiltimos juegos en-
ire Ell Detroit y Ell N. X Yankees,
Sc estableci6 un nuevo record en- Ia
historic del Baseball. Trece carre-
las Sc anotaron los TIGRES, utlIi-
zando los Yankees todos sus lansa-
dores, en- un solo inning. Trece ca
rreras anotadas en- ell sexto episo-
dio, habiendo pasado treinta y cinco
minutes antes de que Sc diera eI
primer out. Algo extraiio
Luque propino nueve ceros a los
gigantes el dieciseis de los corrien-
tes, Y solo permiti6 cinco hits. Los
''roios" de cinci anotaron una So
la carrera mientras lanzaba Ben
tlcy, carrera que fue anotada. .al-re--
galar una base el lanzador gigan--
te. iBnen pitching
=
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
SEGENDA
TERCERA

Mr.. Wu es otra Inca. Senador III
el linico que pGede atreverse a coz
tender con el en- esta carrera Sia
embargo, creemos que Senador sl
conf6rmara con un segundo faciI /
no tfatard de reventarse persi
guiendo al c6lebre mister chino.
g
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
CUARTA

Ann otra Inca: Carabobo ist
ejempiar del General Gomez ven-
cerd por tddos los cuernos que le
parezca. Nj Fouche nj Hot Dog
pueden equipararse a tL
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-07-05
T:ItIMERA CABRERA


Realmente ia carrera en- qae Ia
lCcha por el primer presto SER,
nIas renida es L, inieial. Hay ia
tro ejemplares que fignrau en- phi
mera Inca Three O'Clock, Rumba,
WI Ii Chang, todos en- la lista dc
records. y Gloria Maria que hasta
hace POGO tambi6n 10 estuvo. DeS
de el fondo. asoma Ia cabeza Sa-
turnina.
Una buena salida es 10 tinico que
sc necesita para yer I'm emocionan-
te espectaculo. ST fu6semos csco-
ger tino SOLO 10 echarfanaos Ia
suerte entire Three O'Clock, Wu Ii
Chang y Rifmba, p6r Ia velocidad
inicial que 4!poseen, los prinleros
dos especialmente ~
SEGENDA s
Aleazar es una Inca. En- su pli-
mera carrera no demostr0 da todo
10 que es capaz este magnlfioo ca
ballo Y no debemos deiarnos eanirn-
car por ESQ. FL segundo puesto se-
I'd bastante luchado.
a4. .aN
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

a THOUGH very little has ap-
~ pcared about it in the public
press. salvage operations are now III
progress that look to the recovery
Of large amount of gold, silver
and jewels that has been resting i'm
sInkeD vessels at the bottom of Ma
yarino bay on the Greek coast for
.uc hundred years.
The value is, Of course. unknown,
but has been estimated as high as
S4OOO0OO0. There are supposed 10
b. more than two score ships sub
merged there in from fifteen to
twenty fsthoms Of water.
These vessels went to the bot
tom At the time when the Turks
were invading Greece in 1926. AIT
or many towns had been raided and
the valuables placed on ship-board,
the fleet sailed away TO NayarlnO
bay where il was supposed safe an
chorage could be found. II was not
realized by the Turks until too late
that the narrow entrance to the bay
had put them into trap where they
were at the mercy Of the smaller
Greek army. They could land
neither men nor treasure. because
N the steep hills on either side OF
the entrance. and in the fight that
cnsucd all their vessels were sunk.
No serious attempt has ever been
mad TO salvage this treasure, bur
with prcsent-day modern equipment
and appliances It is no longer re
gardcd as an imDOssibilitv.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

AS VIM. Shakespeare, the boy who
"A put Bacon on the literary menu,
often used 10 say 70 the newspaper
reporters. 81 owe much of NY sue
cess to the Women's Club Of Amer
lea, and you may quote me as say
ing So"
And how true that is Of any au-
thor come clearly 10 NY mind about
this time last year when our Ladies
Thursday Club elected me to be the
one to entertain the guest Of the
month. You see at our cub we
got quite a number Of original ideas,
and one is to entertain some celeb
rity each month SOS TO keep in ac-
tual touch with the bigger and bet
ter things in life. And TO date we
have had, for sample, Professor
Goulash, the Hungarian Champion
Beef Stew Singer, Calliope Dia-
phram, the water coloratoro con-
tralto, Jessie Cheesecloth, the Greek
dancer from Athens, Georgia, and
etc.
But this time the invite had been
sent out by Miss Demeanor, that
bottle blond who is engaged to DR..
Salary. She had invited Miss Althea
Hedge. the authoress, to come and
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americas Only Woman Hunorist
Receptions to Noted Writers Are Fine,
When You Get the
Right One.

when / read this, believe you me,
all the rest of our Ladies Thursday
Club may be saints the day after
one of our entertainments but not
the hostess. 1t seems TO me / heard
someplace where Halloween was the
day when all the hob COLLINS and
cats and evil spirits was let loose,
that's a terrible thing, Geo. especial
~ when I'm entertaining.
And Geo. says well, l understand
there are entirely too many evil
spirits loose every day, in spite of
prohibition, but l don't see how
that will affect your party, with
only ladies present. Well, l says.
the cat-part will, especially if that
Mrs. Freddie Freenash comes, but
I'm conner give them as little as
possible to meow about. You just
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

kJEW YORK, Oct. 24.-I am
we'll aware that any newspaper
correspondent writing regularly
from this city, as I have been doing
for several years, must steer clear
Of anything savoring Of gratuitous
advertising, therefore I shall not
mention the particular line Of mer-
chandise sold in the establishment
about TO be described. You have
merely TO imagine a store lined for
its entire length with long glass
showcases to get the proper setting
for the story.
It was to this establishment ]
was lured few days ago by a card
announcing that there was to take
place at that address, for two days,
a dahlia show to which the public
was cordially invited. No hint was
given as 10 why, or by whom the
show had been arranged, and / nat
urally assumed il was the project OF
some enterprisins florist. 1t wasn't.
1t had no more relation TO the bust
ness regularly conducted at the adj
dress given, than green cheese has
10 rocking chairs. But it was
dallia show all right, quite equal il
not superior to any l have ever at
tended at this dahlia season OF the
year, in public halls at high price
Of admission.
DAZZLING EFFECT.
Across al Of the long glass show
eases strips Of wood, painted grass
green. had been placed. and upon
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The t1eckIhG. PARTU

this statement. It's to be noted,
however, that Mrs. Wembridge's
own daughter is but five months Of
age. Mama Eleanor may have cause
to modify her remarks sixteen years
from now. 1t has been known to
happen.
But suppose the mother does fail
in her duty, as she so often does?
Has society no responsibility?
Mrs. Wembridge believes it has
very definite duty in this matter
and offers the following sugges-
tions:
1. Installation Of deans in high
schools and grammar schools to
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Store Owner Joins Business and Pleasur

bears the title, "How to Choose the
Mother Flower for the Production
Of a Wonder Child"
10000 VARIETIES.
There are said to have been be-
slowed upon dahlias in the United
States more than twelve thousand
different titles, and l would think
therefore that the selection OF some
name not already in use for regis
tration with the American Dahlia
Society, would be hard matter for
any amateur breeder Of the plant.
Dahlias, by the way, have a habit
Of bud variation ("sporting" it is
called) and it is impossible to say
that from whatever hue or form it
has been made to assume, it will
not in course of time go back, in
part at least to its parent type.
Consequently no name can prop
erly be bestowed upon any Seeding
until for at least four years 1t has
shown consistency and may be re-
garded as Established"
Possibly in a year or two there
will be registered in the official list
some dahlias bearing names sug-
gestive Of the line of goods in which
the store OF this dahlia enthusiast
deals, but do not believe so. His
desire that the public should share
in the admiration he feels for the
flower, was ] believe, his sole mo-
tive in bringing the beautiful plant
to New York. And the amount Of
money 1t cost for this two-day
commingling of fad with business
must have been very considerable.
AS a humble member OF the public
| thank him
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

Petting parties serve these ends.
Therefore the modern girl pets,
whether she be a campus belle or a
little factory drudge.
Yet, obviously, society can't al
low these pre-nuptial contacts to
drift into understrained vulgarity
and illicit unions without some eff
fort to adjust or check them. Mrs.
Wembridgc says that We must first
face the facts, then place the blame.
She blames the mothers for much
of the license which prevails, claim
ing that thousands Of mothers live
all their emotional lives in the
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PUMPKINS A LA SHEIK.

PlMPhlNS A LA SftEih.
Well, the last October number Of
TIE Woman's Weakly had just
come, and so 1 at onct looked in
the cookery dept. to see did they
have any suitable receipts for stuff
/ could serve at my tea that would
be sure 10 be a knockout without
actually knocking 'em out until al
ter they got home. and as per usual
linda Gestion, the girl who runs
this dept. see, had some fine ideas.
The scheme for a Halloween tea
was some pumpkins. She give a re-
ceipt for candied pumpkin seeds and
for jellied pumpkin, glacee. This
you made by calling up the caterer
and ordering orange-ice in pumpkin
shaped forms. II the caterer didn't
have any, or there was no caterer,
why Miss Gestion pointed out in her
article, it didn't really matter. She
also uldue ulCS ou6e"
stuffed pumpkin. You took a little
piece Of pumpkin, scOoped It out,
stuffed it with prunes, broke off the
pumpkin part and put it away IN
the ice box for the next days din
ner, and served the prunes. This
was q dish from the Riff-trcs
Sheik, as the French say.
GETTING READY.
Well, anyways, in preparation Tor
ny afternoon tea in honour Of the
great Althea Hedge, l made all that
stuff, and also called up Snooks
bakery and ice cream parlour and
ordered q few quarts and some gin
ger snaps in case anybody actually
wanted TO eat, and ] had beard
where authors generally did. Then
! moved all the furniture out Of The
living room the night before the
affair and while Geo. sat out in the
hall on the piano stool reading the
part Of the evening paper which ]
didn't need TO put over the seat Of
the chair ! was standing on, re-
placed the furniture with showers Of
orange crepe paper until the place
looked like a golden bower, or
windstorm had struck it, or some
thing.
Then, with my back aching 50
good that / realized the decorations
simply must be wonderful, they had
der be, why / and Junior picked up
the scraps, while be kept up string
Of questions although he already
knew the answers in advance such
as Ma, can ] come to the deception,
why can't ] come: Can have some
Of the ice cream, will you save me
some candy, why can't ] come TO
the party Ma? And ] says I've al
ready told you NO! And he says
why not Ma? And ! says because
it amt for little boys. And he says
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Listen, World! = To Pet or Not to Pet

supervise and help regulate social
life as they do in college.
2. Vocational advice TO girls,
taking for granted marriage, and
discussing all work against that
background. Have romance accepted
as q fact in life by the authorities,
instead Of being merely giggled
about in the dark.
EDUCATE PARENTS.
8. BY means Of vocational con-
ferences get 1t before the Parent
Teachers Associations for educa-
ton Of the parents who are to
blame.
4. Creative recreation, especially
dramatics and athletics, instead Of
so much weakly chaperoned dane
ing and automobile riding.
5. Social hygiene programs for
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NO TAX. EN- telephone directory commission"

talk TO us about her art, and it was
my turn TO have the affair at my
house, and / will say ! sfelt hon
CURED, on account / just love 10
meet people who really do things.
BAGGING LITERARY LIONS
Miss Hedge was all of that, she
having written the sweetest poem.
called ''No mother had guyed her"
all without the aid of a net, and got
it published in the Bla City Gazette
right next to the cheese factory ad.
Miss Demeanor understood where
Miss Althea Hedge was working on
a moving picture scenario, but could
be persuaded 10 come on il the club
paid her expenses. Naturally we
ladies was all delighted at the idea,
especially as Booth Harrington had
just sent word be was sorry he could
not accept our gracious invitation,
and VIC was up against il.
Well, when ! got home that night
] commenced 10 wonder what l
would do 10 entertain Miss Hedge
in the way she was accustomed, but
/ didn't really know what authors
was accustomed to, IL anything, so
] told George, that's my husband,
as much Of what was on my mind
as FELT it healthy for him to know,
and Geo. had a good idea. Why,
be says, thst1l be on the afternoon
Of Halloween, won't it. Why don't
cha have it q Halloween party?
] says fine, ] can 20. all the ia
yours and etc at the five and dime,
] viii have a real original tea, with
pumpkin lanterns and witches and
black cats on the paper napkins,
and I'll get some orange crepe
paper and cut il all up into little
ribbons and hang On from the
chandelier and all like that, gimme
two dollars, please dear, this tea
is already running into money but
then We don't often get the chanst
10 entertain a author. And Geo.
says, all right, here's the two, but
for the luyva tripe, I don't haf to
come to this affair do 1? And ]
says certainly not, we ladies intend
10 exercise Our intellects that p. VI.
and we don't want no husbands
around. cramping our style.
HELP FROM MR.. WEBSTER
And then a idea come over me,
and ] says, say dear, what is Hal
loween, anyways? And Geo. says
why er femme see, it amt a holiday
exactly except for the fellers that
make the Halloween favours like
sou spoke about. And a holiday
for garden gates, swinging signs and
good manners, among small boys.
Wen, / says, beteher il means
komethin else besides. I'm conner
lock II up in the dictionary and /
did. Wen, Mr.. Webster had it
where Il was the day before All
Saints Day. Hot Bozol ] says,
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= BY MADGE ARTHUR

dahlias. No one was there to point
out the special fine points Of in
dividual blooms. No "nigger-in-the-
woodpiIe" 1 shape Of florists ad-
vertisement was found to exist.
You were simply left to saunter
about and admire unquestioned and
undisturbcd.
But that wouldn't do for me,
and / persisted in inquiries until
the following facts were learned.
One of the partners in the firm
operating this store, is a dahlia
"fan." Somewhere, fifty miles or
more from New York, he has a
country estate upon which he can
allow bis passion for the flower
to expand.
PARTNER Is EXPERT.
All such time as he can spare
from his regular commercial bust
ness here, is spent not upon golf
links or race tracks, but on the
soil which cradles his beloved
plant. I-s has become an expert
in the breeding Of these wondrous
blooms which as everybody knows
were in our grandmother's days
merely little pom-pom like flowers
of single hues, but now sometimes
attain, when pressed fiat, diameter
Of fourteen inches and contain
nearly all the coiors of the rain
bow.
As other men make hobbies Of
pedigreed horses and dogs. he makes
a hobby Of pedigrced dablias. Among
the books of his library, ] was told,
more treasured than any treatise
on Bridge or Golf is one. which
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normal school teachers, who 50
largely control grade work and ru-
raj work.
Think it over. especially that bit
about dramatics as Creative recrea-
tion." Nothing more fully satisfies
the passional hunger for excitement
of the adolescent girl or young
woman than pageants and dancing.
Nothing is safer nor more construc-
tive.
What color and emotional expert
ence are you putting into the life Of
your daughter, to balance the mat
ing urge that civilization can no
longer down?
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frock which was as beaded as the
new cider I was serving-a grand
punch. but no kick.
Well anyways, 1 was hardly set
when | seen a strange lady carrying
a suitcase coming up the path, and
realized where it must be Miss Al
thea Hedge. on account anybody
could tell she was a author by the
eye glasses which she wore on
leash, the way her skirt hung and
other unmistakable signs Of intellect.
Well. my heart certainly beat high
when I went down TO greet her,
awful proud to have her in my house.
opened the door before she could
ring. and held out my hand real
cordial. Why Miss Hedge. I says.
I am delighted to meet you, ] an
Mrs. Jules do let me take your bag.
didn't nobody meet you at the sta
ton what a perfect shame come right
m in dear and rest a minute, can ]
get you anything? Well Miss Hedge
looked kinda surprised at that. but
she come in and set on one OF the
hall chairs, and made a reach FOR
- -v,..oorn
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By Elsie Robinson
"Petting Is a Recognized Social Condi-
ton; the Modern Girl, Rich
or Poor, Does It."

gaiety Of their daughters, having
nothing else to live it in, and they
suffer quite as much ss their daugh-
tiers if maternal strictness threat
ems to make wall flowers of them.
II have never yet known a girl
who is an ardent peter whose point
Of view was not traceable to her
mothers weakness or her vanity"
Many of us will not agree with
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investigate and prepare for any
other business.
She intends to know everything
possible about herself and her pos.
sible mate before she enters into
such an intimate and binding con-
tract.
She also intends to give herself
as wide a masculine field from
which to choose as possible.