Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-30
ROLLER SKATING.
Notes on the Origin and Mar.
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Notes ON the Orivla aHd Mar.
vicious Popularity.
Tho 1Dlss .of roller ska,isg hs. be !,
eons tASas. popular rscrsatisn Of the |;
day, and fD0 sacrsdtbly abort space Of
tine. Bsiax "a isaocest and health
prSdactaI a.Ausensul there 10 no cause
for wonder n he ranarkabls snd ever
taersssias ssr,dss Is II. made in p"pu.
lar favor. 1t il ~ .hessaghiy and per
sec&lS adapted to young and old, to oil
Nsahsrs Of ,hx family, and to The ~sak
and s,rons, that 1t woald indeed have
hsss surprising II il had not been spprs'
eissed by parents and the public geaera'.
y. Like many other sposta, II IS such
a. improvement on the Old fashioned
wsys 10 be an tn.irs novslty TIE hrst
eAsa Of the roller skate priacipls may
b found in the French patent slacs,
usdsr data If November Il, 1870. NJ,
lsae after this IN Eaglishman, named
flyers. invented skate, which hs eslIsd
"'vols,s." I. hid Ave narrow wheels in
single row. - srrauged that but two oil
them wsrs "a the foot 1t the sans time.
The aegt akste, 80 far a can he ascer.
tAiDed, va made IN 1928, and ps,es'sd
i, Trs.es. T~sn&y years later in April,
le4S; sso&Asr ska,s wss brought to the
attention Of the pvblic, being tirs, exhi-
bited At the Paris opera. The next year
one bidnoa produced = somewhat dr.
fsrsnt ssyls Of roller skasiug At London.
None Of these, however, served 10 attract
more than = psssiBx aotics. q
To a. American belongs the honor Of
pertss,iag the roller skats, Developing
the system OF risks and giving impetus
~ roller skating which has lasted to this
day, and promises to last for many yaars
to come. This gentleman, Jams l..
Plinpton, has bssn we'll named the
father Of the rink" HI At The sucxes-
on Of friend, engaged in ice skating
with manifest i'm provemaat to his health
xad wishing to Continue the exerciss bc.
thought himself Of the possibility Of
psrfeetins lbs roller skate. and his inas-
nuity soon solved the difficulty BY meAus
Of . vertical axle. with a oscillatlny
move nsnt, hs produced a skate that
couid bs guided At the viii Of the wesr<r
BY the natural iacliaxtion Of tho body.
A system Of riaks, unexeep,ional in
character, ~ the majority OF them are,
was iusagurated and "A interest excited,
and boom created in roller akssins
that has been irresistible. Tue rink
fever has spread sil over tho land, And
has become an established institution.
Ia progressive times like these. it is a
we'll known fact that . new iaveu,ion
may be discovered by which former dis.
covsriss and appliances Of scieace and
machinery may BE- rendered obsolete and
usel"ss, or may w 70 improved Ivy prac'i-
cal experience that that which WAS Of
comparative good b:comss 40 absolute
loss to tho human race. Ia this respect
roller skates are no exception, and from
time to time, as this popular amusement
has grown in favor, MANN fac.urer* have
sprung up, with improvement on
improvement.
The drst public rink vas opened In
1856, 1t Nswper. snd WA sudsrsed IN
every vay ny elsrgym>n, leading ner-
e,aats and the est people Of the place
generally. Silce the , Kinks innnm :ra.
BILE have neen opened throughout New
England and ali over the continent, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
This IL due in large measure that
the exercise is free frsm vu|gxri,y; is
participated in Ivy both sexes, is equally
we'll adapted for young AND old, and has
proved without \ doubt, that i. Is the
most health giving recreation that mod.
ern science hsa demonstrated
Tho medical faculty oil over tho world
have not only endorsed Keller skating,
but highly recommended it. Dr.. Cutler,
OF Chelsea, Mas, states that thxt parljcu.
lar exercise which brings iato play tho
most Of the nusclss without any attend
sat coupterac,ion Of the other musclss
o. other functions Of tho body 10 IN
d>ubtedly the most healthy and beneficial,
sad this, without fear of dispute, roller
ska,lng docs Ia An eminent degree. The
~hsle uuscslar system. is br ought into
play By tha almost involuntary action Of
tho body. and 4 balance Of the com pen.
sa,ory muscles Il always maintained,
thus preventing any couatsrac'ion, that
IL 70 dangerous il many other modes Of
exercise.
Many modern authorities might 10
cited IN favor Of roller skating; suffice it
to say that the whole weight OF medical
opinion - decidedly and empha.icslly
In it, favor, and many instances might
DO given Of pe'ssns with falling health
have rsgained strength aud sifs by prac-
ticing roller skatiag. Tie iuprovsmen to
which haye taken place in the roller
skate itself. and indeed the modern in
suguratiea Of the pastinas. ~ mentioned
above, are duo to gentleman whose
hssl.h was recaperated BY roller skating.
Salzman, in bic incsmparAbie work on
exercise, says in reference to skating;
Il am como t" an exercise superior to