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Robs Girls of Sex-Appeal!
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America's best-known ^ swimmer (of all people) i claims that girl athletes lose their femininity, have overdeveloped l| muscles, and "sunbaked" skins — and that men don't like them !
Says Johnny Weissmuller
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"There is not a single woman athlete whose Body Beautiful can compare with Joan Crawford's, Lupe Velez' or Carole Lombard's," says Johnny
BonH go near the water, Daughter,
Don't go near the sea;
Take a tip from me —
A girl is a sight, and looks a fright . . .
The moment she gets her bathing suit wet!
THIS new variation of the old rhyme expresses Johnny Weissmuller's sentiments, exactly. And himself, as the Irish say, a living example to all of the glorious benefits from swimming ! It didn't sound right, and at first I wasn't sure I had heard correctly when Johnny said, "If a girl wants to lose every bit of sex-appeal, the surest way to do it is to develop into a lady athlete !"
It was a hot day, and those were stern words. Johnny, clad in white flannels and a sweater, had yawned, stretched himself thoroughly and then sprawled into a napping position on the divan in the publicity office of M-G-M, which is about to star him in "Tarzan and His Mate." Fearful lest he should snooze off before I could get the subject of our interview before him (it was supposed to be a little essay on "Why Women Should Swim for Beauty"), I said, loudly: "What is it about athletics that makes a girl more attractive?"
Johnny opened one eye and regarded me quizzically from it. "Absolutely," he said, "NOTHING!"
"But that isn't the idea!" I protested, attempting to salvage the story angle.
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By DOROTHY MANNERS
"What about The Body Beautiful — and that sort of thing?"
It was then that he made that crack about the sex-appeal.
"Don't get me wrong," he continued. "There is nothing more attractive on a pretty woman than a good-looking bathing suit. I'm all for the good old summertime and the gay, gay bathing suit parade^but the girls should remember not to get them wet!
Claims Most Men Will Agree
"T KNOW this is going to get me in Dutch Jl with all the gal athletes — but this is my story and I have a hunch that most men, including the he-men from the Great Outdoors, will agree with me.
"Any form of athletics for very young girls — say, those under seventeen — is the finest thing in the world. It strengthens the muscles, gives contour to the immature body, builds up resistance and strength. More than that, it lays a basis of health which is important to all beautiful women. But past the sixteen or seventeen-year-old mark girls should take their athletics very gently!
"Most of the real benefit of exercise has been derived by that time. Beyond^ a certain point that 'build-up' process usually turns into shoulder muscles. And shoulder muscles and enlarged thighs," opined Mr. Weissmuller, "are very, very unattractive — at least to me. If there is anything more {Continued on page go)