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Show Philadelphia Mermaids Swim Delaware River With I Their Hands and Feet Securely Fastened Together. I I in r-Ti ii"r'riM"T'"" '' I --.- .o.auu1.,.n.wM.MU.. . y .w.wj- 'W'jwww'wwvMiMiMWl4iltiiil K HttilH lk ' V ! , f ",' .:?-i &'- Photos by American Press Association. I Katbertnc Wnlloce and Margaret Stanton, two young women swimmers, recently swnm across tho Delaware rtT- B er at Phlliidolphla with their hands nnd feet tied.. Tho current was running swiftly, and several times It wns feared m that the darlug swimmers would have to give up their undertaking. The swimmers, being bound, were forced to ifl make tnelr strokes with the muscles of the back and shoulders, 'i'bousands of persons witnessed tho feat. Theyouns m women's wrists and ankles were badly chafed oy the thorn; with whlcb they wert- bound. M |
