“There Is one elderly gentleman
•who sits behind me who groans
and moans when anything of a
progressive nature comes up." she
said. “As for me. whenever I pass
him he drops his- eyes. I said to
, another member: ‘Tell him to look
up: I am not Lady Godiva —I am
fully clothed.'"
EDERLE’S ATTEMPT
NOW DUE IN'AUGUST
English Channel Too Cold for Pro
longed Swimming so Ear.
Confident 6t Success.
BY GERTRUDE EDERLE.
By Cable to The Itir. N
CAPE GRIS-NEZ, Frgnce, July
If.—lt now appears unlikely that I
shall make my 1920 attempt to swim
the English Channel before the Arst
part of August. I had hoped tq make
the effort late in this'month, and if it
proved unsuccessful, as did my one
try tost Summer. I would try again
next month.
But we have had so little warm
weather thus far this Summer that
the channel water is still icy, and dur
ing the tost two days the wind has
been so frightfully high and the water
so rough that long practice swims
were impossible.
I don’t think I will need to. take
many long swims before making the
actual attempt, but it is nec
essary for me to go out at least once
with a tug so that I can practice
swimming alongsid# it. -The Alsace
ip the tug that will .accompany me
this year. -I /
' < Also I think it advisable to try out
solid food while swimming and I
haven’t yet had'opportunity to do so.
1 have never eaten solid food while
swimming, but I want to try it be
cause I greatly prefer chicken, bread
and lettuce to luke-warm beef tea.
