Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1918 — EVEN TEMPER SWIMMING AID [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EVEN TEMPER SWIMMING AID

Claire Galligan Also Tells Mermaid* Not to Be Afraid ot Water and Get Much Sleep. Claire Galligan, the famous girl swimming expert of New Rochelle, N. Y„ discloses some of the secrets of her prowess in the water for the benefit of other girls. She says: "Eight years ago I couldn't swim a stroke, but I never Was afraid of the water. ‘The girl who would become a rival of mine must be a glutton for sleep. rings for me at 10:30 and 1 sleep from eight to ten hour?. “I am always in perfect condition because Tam always in training. “Candy and pastry should be avoided

.-—they make you heavy as lead if eaten to excess. “Don’t be afraid of the water —it’s the best beautlfier in the world. “I am just beginning to know I am in the water at 220 yards. At 440 lam ready to begin, but I don’t hit my stride until I have reached the first half mile. x “In order to-become a gdod swimmer a girl must be in- perfect control of herself. How many could swim 100 yards without weakening? “Be persistent, get plenty of sleep, do not dissipate, and, above all, be cheerful. An even temper will never let you sink.”

Claire Galligan.