The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-26
WHEELS AND WHEELMEN.

Now the wheelman with his little wheel before,
and wheel behind
On every s1nooth-trod lane about the country
you can hnu, .,.
And the smile that lights his features shows the
Joy that's in his mind
And YOU hear the merry whistle of his whiskers
through the wind
He is happy as the larklet III the SUNSHINE 81
It's said,
And. he's up, and life enjoying while you're
stupidity in bed.
He is breathing pure ambrosia Nhle ne SPIN
ming through the mead
Ows. and MASKING all the girls, although MS
whiskers may be red.
Mrs. Herway-Dear me, am getting so
stout. Do you think could manage bi-
cycle, Henry.
Mr.. Herway, married three years.
Manage bicycle, my love! You can man
age anything.
It's a wise child that goes around the
corner TO laugh when the old man takes a
header off his bicycle.
We think Dunkirk, New York, has more
| ladies who ride safeties, in proportion to
the inhabitants, than any other place.
There are fifty lady safety riders out OF d
population Of 900.
The Pope Manufacturing company has
! had a small statuette of Thomas Stevens,
the man who went around the world on a
bicycle; made, which they are presenting
to their agents and the bicycle clubs OF the
country.
The New York Sun, speaking of lady
| bicyclists. says: ''Of course, nearly az the
| lady wheelers here, as elsewhere, are
Youthful and slender. but once in a while a
! mature and solid dame appears on the
! scene and shows how several things can be
done by skill and pluck.
Some few weeks ago, II. S. Bridge, u
cyclist of Cincinnati, was deliberately run
down hy a road hog. The local l.. A. W.
consul. NJ A. High, at once brought suit in
the sum of 3 900 damages. This prompt
lactfon ON the part OF Consul High brought
the road hog TO his seLses, and he comprO
missed by paying all expenses and good
sum for damages TO Mr.. Bridge.-BjcycliRG
| World
The Rev. Wayland d. Ball, pastor Of the
! Associated Reform church, gave a pleasing
talk before an appreciative audience at the
! Y. NJ. c. A. hall, on bicycling. Mr.. Ban
has been riding a safety bicycle for six
Years. and can find nothing better. Mr..
| Rails wife is also an ardent lover of the
wheel. and together on a tandem bicycle
they have secured most Of the roads around
Baltim ore.
The safety has brought wheeling to {
practical oasis here, as this season great
many middle-a%ed and elderly men are Us
inc the Wneci eHLlEGlN lOi DuSiAICoS. where
before this, the riders have been composed
almost entirely Of young men and boys
VINO rode only for the sport Of the thing
One Of our most enthusiastic riders Of TIN
.eoid men's'' class now is w. z. Haskell
of the Minneapolis Tribune.
inauguration day was celebrated by tn
first ladies' run OF Pennsylvania Bicycle
club being held on il, and the result NOR
5 than justified the eXpectiOns Of its mos
a sanguine promoters. Some fifteen ladies
accompanied Ly their escorts, turned on
f on singles. tandem trikes and tandem bi
= cycles. and rode out Bryn Mawr avenu
and the Lancaster Pike TO Wayne, wher
, dinner had been ordered for the hungr
!, party Several of the ladies had never rio
den machine before. Lack of space
the cry among all the clubs, owing to th
heavy increase in membership. Centur
u admitted thirty odd on Friday night, non
of whom were ladies, ] am sorry to say
y The question of lady membership has bee
negatiyed by the club for the present, ov
a ing to the lack of proper accommodation
d in the new house. Later, when the club
: properly settled in their new home, th
e question viii be brought up again, and
hope TO see it carried through. Ariel,
L. 4. w. Bulletin.