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Show DAUGHTERS OF THE r4s t ' . RISING SUN " s Get into the Swim WHILE their men war against China, Pictured Japanese girls seek to free themselves ( 1 I WHILE their men war against China, Japanese girls seek to free themselves I from the traditions I and customs of the I Far East Nowhere, j perhaps, is the trend more noticeable than in the world cf sports, for Nippon would like to see her daughters show up the rest of the world if the scheduled sched-uled Olympics are j held in Tokyo in 1940. Above: Girls learning j to swim in a Tokyo VT. W. C. A. pooL I from the traditions D - vff r and customs of the f T" " j"" tHUUc ' I Far East Nowhere, I : ,, ' j perhaps, is the trend , " S- more noticeable than fes : : j t in the world cf sports, I i for Nippon would like s s ., .. J ?" ; -.. a to see her daughters V show up the rest of s - the world if the sched- f. vn "y-:fa J ywt u' d Olympics are ' ' V ' I J held in Tokyo in 1940 , . XV, -V J I Above Girls learning j to swim in a Tokyo K .Ws - "2Z&& V W. C A. pooL t V41tt rV I r - 4 M t h - z - j y I I r v j $ , i 1 1 , . .; i ' - 'j f Golf is popular l-i.Vi -- X4 among Japanese vT " . '' '"T- women; the convert ! ; v :. . . V i to the sport shown "'j,-' '-j . 1 above is learning the ,:!. ; 1 ! finer points from a ; t j "pro. "Shorts for sport -i Ty j ; - ' wear are the rage 4 Y x among Japanese as y- i J .. v. j w e 1 1 as American i: . - t . ... : women, as the picture " of two Japanese girls ' '. y l walking out on the .' - , j courts for a game of : ' -ijlm. . I tennis evidences. Golf is popular among Japanese women; the convert to the sport shown above is learning the finer points from a "pro." Shorts for sport wear are the rage among Japanese as well as American women, as the picture of two Japanese girls walking out on the courts for a game of tennis evidences. , , . .. j ' ' ' . l ' V-""Y"'"" t At , i i ;. v;. I it h-- 1 W ( i i.i . t Tokyo girls arc last becoming expert In the art of archery. Note that the three girls on the firing line illustrate the positions in inserting an arrow and aiming it Their fellow marksmen stand by. ready to take turns at hitting the bull's eye. rx - - v X :-:2X:X' ' V. V), , - .,X,i .rv' v7" '' '.- -X X ' isX7 Even the women In Japan can handle n shootln' iron. Tills young lady's favorite sport Is hunting, and hero slio proudly exhibits the spoils of a day In the woods. Kull full nhnull ri-offrrsi In c wnlrlnvnrd ol niodrrn Miss Jiipnn. |