Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-20
FASHIONS IN SKATES.

-" tno!snt and tn" Nodrrn Nt,Is
t.'n;.rs Glorious S.,'ri-Th" HcIn. Tor
iie.ing /, Open to the Million.
Lives there man with soul 81 dead
who rcvcr to himself hath said: I'll
he me to my sweetheart .a;r. and
| beg her To Come ont and skate. lief ,re
the ice is WATER If >uch man cX-
! never Experienced the mingled li>, and
/ suffering of hoyh"o |. lut arrived Il hi
present Souil">S state NJ ON" miserable
round. To the American boy. small and
/ h;%, and the American Girl also. the
/ i"vS of winter are houudlr,s. bat To
none of thrin i attached the deep i'm
| p"r anrc accorded = the iriv Ice
which com ines Il glor.ouS winter daV.
Il frozen surface >mun h - "l's>. and n
| pair of skates with cd4r 50 keen that
Tie i!yin~ figures pathway is defined N
81 ar-cu'. graceful curve that tel! of
the perfect iord Of sympathy r\i>iling
between the skater AID hi, >tc.l>.
Time was when the ''po'try of mo-
ton WASH h3rbinmrr ol the mi>rric~
of frozen toes and hri.umlcI iinrrr~.
The anrirntS vino in 'u'~ci in the p-S-
J t me We're sat sized Ia proprl Themselves
over the frozen face ot nature on pieces
o: mar Ill c:el wood OF of bone. Grldu-
ally these primitive SKATE, cave place
oo.hrrS more nrarl, aprroa h NJ, in
! principle ~ least. the y RI e. skate ct
! tn present day. Eu :hr ar, at hating
rs pra ticcd to-day ~ we'll - the skate
now IN :x.nc:l ITS. b Ions 10 tn pres
rrt generation. Iron and steel have
| forced ,hrir NOR clumsy wDpdcn com
priitorS from the icll. and no city
tr,.d' youth W II b"t;.kc Ii m~clf t. alv
Of the pon..S in Central PARK nowadays
unless he can afford II attempt the
~ 9nrv;ue' oh Il pair OF skate, that
/ wo'!d h!u,h at the >.~ht of Il leather
strap. lt til" OLD strap skates were
! held in high este III not 80 many years
AGO. and fratS Of cn;uranrr performed
on them still st nd n 4 record in the
unwrii On annals of the sport.
/ Twenty-Five Years ago tie swell
| skate vas OF Gcrman make and was
/ called TIE ''nut,h turnover" The
! ,trr!-iluncr terminated in front in Il
Srric; OF curves. one within the other,
the tn %; the final twist Icing decor
atcl with brass ball. The runner was
groovcd the foot-I late was of wood
! There w.rc various mo iiticaIionS of this
! skate, AL more or less like All were
| listened with straps. and those who
used them no doubt >ti!l rccpllrct the
! a@onir suffered in attaching them to
! tn feet on Il bitter cold day. For tray
| cling long distances. Years ago. and
| also for fas; skating. the skate general
| " used Was known rs the long reach. y
The name is descriptive. The runner.
| from Il foot to eighteen inches in length.
was quite shallow. The top WAS of
wood and lightly conStruc ei. The
woodrn-rocker has seen It's day, NJ have
all woodcn-toppr skates. According
to dealers. it is still il favor in rural
districts. but only in regions which are
decidedly ''coun:rr.' The market con
tainS nothing new in skates this wear,
but the NEST faStidiou> taste can easily
be suited from the immense variety
which the market affords.
WoodeA-topprd skates. furnished with
straps, can he pur hascd for from 30
cents to Sl.1j. Few more expensive
than this are made. except for special
orders. Those who prefer low priced
skate, minus wood. can lie accommo-
| dated for 60 cents. These. however.
are furnished with tor->trap. \ skate
devoid of wood and straps can he
bought for SD. Tn" steel of
which this Skat' is ropularly supposed
to be made is a far quality of iron
Womcn'S woodrntnpp,d skates. of
comfortable make. can b'tought for
from cl.21 to $50 per pair
rheumatic tuJcS, thIo lgh which
are transmitted letters. papers and tclc-
grams, have been introduced between
al The -posioIlicrs and the main Office