Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-09
PAULINE HALL ON A WHEEL.
shs Entrances Chicago by Taking Spin
With the BOYS.

Chicago Netgs.
Pauline Hall en- q wheel! Etslks,
Queen of Hungary, and Pauline, queen OF
opera boufEe artist, on little leather seat,
whirling along the boulsvards, precarious-
" balarcsd on two shining steel wheels!
UNIQUE idea isn't it? But, nevertheless,
astonishing as it may seem, pretty Pauline
DOES ride bicycle, and ride it we'll, toe.
Pauline is not airy nor fairy. Her fgura
is rounded and plump, but the fair prims
donna of the ''Na6jy" company can CAT
cnio ere of thsse queer inventions, a
l.dy's safety bicycle, and bowl along the
boulevards with the best OF them.
Ladies on bicycles have been seen IN CHI
GAG, before. Bertha Won Berg once rod,
professionally in the skating Kinks, ana
there was another lady, profess iona! also
who was wont t. turn the faces Of all idle
gszsrs backward in surprise az she sped up
an avenue on q regulation wheel, clad IN
velvet knickerbockers and black stockings.
The laiiey bicycle, TOO, had possibly halt
a dozyn fair riders last summer. But the
soectacle is shll sufficiently novel to MAKE
a woman on wheels for the nonce behold
en- o. all beholders.
Miss Hall, however, is the first actress
or singer WHO has been seen wheeling
IL" and though she and her devoted at
tendant-sor Pauline must always be al
tended, of course-have sought secluded
avenues at hours when observation was
least probable, they have b:en seen and the
fair rider has besn recognized.
OF course, people talked-they always
do: bat what of it? Pretty Pauline con-
tiuued her exercise Just the same, and the
bicyclists who have been fortunate enough
t. be of her train once vii. never lesa an
opportunity to roll along the boulaVsrds at
her side again.
Tee bicycle Pauline rides is made es-
pecially for ladies. Vulgar trousers or
strong-uinded but none tie lees blur
Gated skirts are not necessary to the en-
joyment of the healthy ard exhilarahng
snort as she enjoys it. Just neat riding
habit, rather short, abbreviated enough to
show an enhancing glimpse OF tWlukNng
ankles, rounded and gvaCetul-that ls all
the costume necessary. o: course, the
habit is bustleless, and to the reed" or
'improve1" it is a perfect stranger. Al
together the outfit, set OFF by
piquant, saCcy Ettle cap and
pair Of diminutiVe tan c)lored shoes,
is pretty. The fair Etelka doesn't have
to mount from behind like ordinary
male riders. Neither is she obliged to ride
side.wise, like the unhappy jolted-up look
ing girls one sees on the avenues Of Mica
day. The wheels of her bicycle are both
the s1me eiza, and it is built close to the
ground. The seat is supported on an up
right shaft of steel, and the connecting
rods between thu wheels are dropDed suf-
fcientIy 70 avoid the nee :ssiiy Of "bJfur-
cating'' the riders neither garments. The
pedals are directly beaeath the seat ard
between thu wheels, 10 which they CON-
municase the energy impaired by the
pretty feet By meaE IS Of light chain ca5:e.
Al in all, the bicycle is very lady-like
affair, and its leQ Iirenents are remark
ably m Ddest.
Perched in the little cup-like seat, her
toes twinkli1g in snd out bsneath tie hem
of her skirt, her dainty hands graspingthe
steering baniles lightly, and tbs glow Of
health and excitement on her cheeks, pat
ty, chic, piqusnt Pauline makes graceful,
novel, ana altogether charming picture.
Since the opening of the 'Najjy'' en-.
gsgsment a. the Grand, Miss Hill has
been bicycling al! over Chicago with the
members of one or two of the swell clubs,
notably the Illinois and the Douglas. The
muscular. limbed young gentlemen who
have attended her haven't had to "co
easy" either, in their jaunts about the
suburbs. Paulineskims the gravel with the
best of them, and the boys are proud OF
her. TIE stories Of the Illinois clubs short
tours with Pauline Hall will 90 down to
generations of whselmer yet to come at the
club house of the organization. To show
their admiration, the wheelmen have
planned novel presentation for tonight.
The Illinois club, with their invited guests
of the Douglas club. have taken good
section of the orchestra at the Grand, and
will attend in a body. When Pauline
sings her best solo, beautiful bicycle of
flowers, triumph Of the florists art, will
be brought down the aisle and presented
to her in token Of the bon comraderie, the
fellowship existing between all lovers of
the exhileratipg sport, without regard to
sex or degree.