Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16


with women who buy youth over
the counter and put 1t on in front Of a mirror.
Ang old girl can do that, and get away
with it.
But you can count on the fingers of one hand
the women of from 40 to 20 Who without the
help Of plastie surgery or beauty specialists or
trick diets, can look Tfme straight In the eyes
and laugh aE him, competing on an equal basis
with aappers in such strenuous exercise rs polo,
marathun swimming and waking. tennis and
aerial acrolakaes.
And this stnFy Is about these flve wouaen who
have refused % grow old
To prove that are has nothing 10 90 with
speed Aaiss Kzeon0rn Sears, 4S-year-0ld Boston
society woman, stzH saunters CT occasionally GA
the 44-mile walk from Providence 70 Bsston.
nouns nn4 . minutes
AGlx Themas hitchcock Is 65 years I'D. bat
she SIN sits along the fence and tells the AEea-
dOwkroak team how 10 play polo. she his been
Lhe outstanding woman polo player and tEastruc-
tor Ct AmaeEkea ler long time now, baEt she
can stiil show the youngsters trick or Two.
AIRS Anna Van Skike Of California has the
habit Of swimming 20 mikes en- . Pacific eoast
ceMss every birthAay- She was 20 in August.
AaEt she has proved that mernsids are ageless.
May sutton Bundy OF Santa Monica, Cali
fOrnia, queen Of the tennis courts, put On her
crown long before Helen wills was born. She is
a years old now. But she's back ut the net
sgain. ard pr0ving that tennis doesn't know
ege linni1s.
EHnAer me asig ton while faae bands play and
tne crowds hold their breath. LAllian Leitael,
wumAam Who viii never zee IS AGAIN. hangs ~
mn hand from ring % feet above the saw.
dust Of the circus Moor and threMs her Gaen-
Or badv ever her shoulder - many as 100
tAznes. althsnsh . q performance b bar aver
Co.
TxzmBE W0AGEN anent Undertaking strenuous
physicaa exescise - be AlEerent. They
azEn5 curious shout page enc stories Tsaey Do
their stnff because It Is fun and they Ike It.
And that, - they would tell yon, is the
secret Of actsng young. yust keep On ASing the
things you IKE 10 DO Exercised muscles went
let your bones crack.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Is stfil gracefsa and
slender. although her blond hair Is gray to-day.
Thomas Hitchcock, wen known tRrfman
and polo player, Is her husband. TOmmy
HITCHCOCK, Junior. internationally famous O. m
American polo player, Is her SON. And she her
self, who started her athletic career long $50
when she was stiA Lulie Eustis, from the South.
- stali the INST woman polo player IN the
United states.
wessbnry. tlae home Of the EEitchcoeks. be-
came the center Of the Long Island hunting Get
way back n 1891 when the HItchcocks were
married. Mrs. Hitchcock started cut 70 train
polo players. Her own son. An the other Long
1ahand Sens. And she stdn sits along the side
lanes and directs the sport. after nearly 20
years
II knit just physical spirit that is back Of the
perennial activity Of the woman polo player. It
Is mental spirit that Is out for adventure and
apnrtman&hip. The thing which we sometimes
call yoHth In other words.
Tommy Hitchcock today is captain Of the
American polo team. and has been acclaimed
the best sitter who has ever rode In position
Ne. 2 10 polo.
n ND MRS. HITCHCOCK herself can play the
game. The fathers Of many Of tOdays
CHAMPIONS. and nov and then . n0ther, but
always HRS. Hitchcock, have played against the
Meadow LAKls.
But her best work was as an instructor. when
Francis Hitchcock, another son. was going TO
school down In Aiken. S. c., his mother sent
him balls and nnallets enough for two teams
She trained the boys who played with him. de-
veloping them into the Old Aiken team which
last year carried on the Junior Championship.
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