Evening star., 1936-08-21

n YEW YORK. August 2l.-Eeanor
nj Holm Jarrett, who sailed for
Germany last mouth merely
4 one star athlete among
couple hundred bound for the Olym-
pic games, came back yesterday a
major celebrity. Mrs. Jarrett won no
medals for swimming at Berlin. for
she was dismissed from the team by
the Olympic Committee for drinking
champagne on the way over on the
Manhattan and thereby publicly hu-
INFLATED.
But she had set tongues wagging
and cables humming by her indig-
nant rebuttals and her refusal to be
sent home.
She told reporters who met her as
her ship came into harbor that she
would apply for reinstatement in the
A. A. U. since 1t was her desire to
continue to swim as an amateur, that
she would continue to drink cham
payne because she likes 1t, that with
her husband, Arthur Jarrett, she
would make q theatrical tour of sew
eral cities in the East, beginning in
Detroit q week from today, that she
would not become q professional un-
less she was forced out Of the anna
teur ranks aud finally that she does
not like Avery Brundage, president
of the American Olympics Committee
which suspended her.
No Publicity Of Committee.
IN COMPLETE possession Of herself
after the FIRST rush of eager ques-
tions had been parried. she stead
fastly refused to be either lured or
goaded into indulging In personalities
against members Of the committee.
That would be doing exactly what
they want" she said. They want
their names in the papers and I am
not going to give them publicity If
can help it.
IT only hope that when Mr.. Brun-
dage comes up the bay when he re-
turns that he feels Is good as do
now"
That appeared TO close the discus
sion Of the committee.
The whole matter Of Mrs Jarrett's
experiences as . reporter covering the
games for . news agency and her
impressions and emotions while sit
ting as spectator at what would
have been her third Olympics was
left open for discussion, however, and
when she finally rushed down the
gangplank into the arms of her
mother she was tired and . little
hysterical.
On the six-day crossing Of the
Bremen Mrs. Jarrett had been a rather
sedate young matron distinguishable
from the average woman passenger
only by the vividness of her person
and the fact that she was q new
celebrity. She and her husband kept
quietly to themselves. She confined
her training activities to daily work
out in the gymnasium, a few games Of
deck tennis, at which she repeatedly
took the measure Of her more robust
but less agile husband. and an occa-
sional glass of champagne.
NHEN the sun was out she sat
w quietly in her deck chair and
during the voyage she read book, "A
Woman Of Spain" Each night she
retired early, thereby Disappointing
| about the largest passenger list the
Bremen has carried all year.
The first night out passengers
crowded into the bar, found Mr.. and
Mrs. Jarrett sitting in a corner with
some persons they had known before
coming aboard. and waited eagerly for
the champagne to flow.
When 1t was obvious that Mrs.
Jarrett would take no more than q
normal amount they went about their
various activities and as the voyage
wore on the whole ship came to know
that although the famous Mrs. Jarrett
was aboard she was doing her drink
ing quietly and openly and there would
be no champagne parties on the trip.