Midnight Swimming in the Nude is Opera Star’s Recipe for Keeping Fit
Mary Garden, the famous operatic singer and film star, has returned to New York from Europe. bringing with her her grandmother's ruffles, which, she says, will be the fashion rage this season, and a recipe for reducing 301 b. “I’ve been doing my midnight swim regularly, all in the nude, of course.” she announced. "That's the way to keep young and reduce. go out in a row-boat, dive in the sea a couple of times, and then sit on the beach till dawn.” WANTS TO MEET TUNNEY Miss Garden wants to meet Gene Tunney. “I’m simply crazy about anyone who can knock out anyone else.” she said. “I saw the fight pictures, and was desperately afraid that Tunney wouldn’t get up in the seventh round.” Miss Mary Garden, who was born in Scotland, was, besides being a.ll operatic singer and film star of international fame, tor several years general director of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. A few years ago she became a recruit to the theory of athletics for women, and issued a challenge to John McCormack and Mrs. Mallory to play 'William Tilden and herself in a tennis match.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 223, 9 December 1927, Page 10
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