The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-17
ASTRIDE THE WHEEL
Another Plea in Behalf Of the
Abused Wheelman.
THE RIDER AGAINST THE WALKER
'TO Busy Brain Workers the Bicycle is God
send"---The New Safeties---Bicycling
No Longer Selfish Pleasure.

ANENT THE letter of H. Pembroke in las
Sundays HERALD, there is much more
might be said, both as to the condition of
roads, car tracks, etc, and also as to the
mutual forbearance of pedestrians, wheel
men and teamsters The wheel has become
great factor in social and business econ
omy-as much so in its way as the tele-
graph, telephone, sewing machine, reaper,
etc. 1t is of fully as much Importance to
he or she who makes use of 1t as either OF
the articles mentioned. The non-Wheel-
mantle man who wastes his time in walk
| ing-or the confirmed dyspeptic, may say
that man has walked for centuries, and
walking is good enough. Well so is hand
sewing, and hand-reaping, and letter-wrlt-
ing, and these good old ways of doing things
will last till doomsday, no doubt. But
while Mr.. Snowman is reaping by hand in
the good old style, MIR. Fastboy has his
| HARVEST in and can put in week or two OF
time which he has gained, in some further
needed farm Improvement or some neces-
sary labor. Mr. Slowman's barn leaks,
because he hasn't time to fix it. He posi-
lively has not the time, because he has
wantonly wasted the time by his own
stupidity, or his contempt for ''new-fangled
things"-the same things which Mr.. Nine
tenth Century-F astboy was quick to see
the utility of. Mr.. Snowman walks or
spends half his time hitching up, feeding,
grooming or doctOring horse and cart and
harness. Fastboy has mounted his wheel
of steer' and run his errand before Slow
man has started on his. Snowman, the
clerk, walks home to dinner, and feels used
up by the time he gets back to the store.
FastbOy has an enjoyable ride, plenty of
time to eat dinner, and twenty minutes to
spare with his family, which Snowman has
f,al, 1saf. cl1nl
and better for his dinner ''Outing;" he
digests his food better; he is better naturCd
to customers; he is a better citizen than
Snowman. Whoever knew a wheelman
that was not good citizen and jolly good
fellow!
VERIFY, THE two-wheeler-the bicycle
has become an institution of the earth.
Not only in civilized, but in all countries is
its value becoming known.
There are over two millions in use.
Hence, it is here to stay.
1t is not a craze, as roller skates were.
1t is not folly, or toy.
1t is business
1t is a time saver, health giver a
pleasure and convenience.
Since the introduction of the lady's
bicycle it can no longer be called a selfish
pleasure
More wheels mean better roads-better
roads mean more pleasure for both pedeS-
trians and transfers.
The better the roads are kept, the more
prosperous a community becomes. The
League of American Wheelmen, now num-
bering $1,000, are turning their attention to
road making all over the land
They are already compelling road super
visors to do their duty in many places.
They have a legal fund, and the best legal
raOD1a Crn+ bp baDatit Of this
warfare, and may well exclaim: Long live
the wheeln
Mr.. SLowMAN says the wheel is danger
Gus to ride.
A friend of mine once asked me to ride
with him behind his trotter. declined
pleasantly, as I patted my wheel, and he
suggested that it was so much safer than a
bicycle Two days afterward that man
came around for some court plaster. He
was a picture for a comic almanac good
representation of the breaking up of hard
winter. The horse had run away, the
buggy could not stand the pressure, and
the whole outfit was demoralized.
Then laughed 1 had him on the hip.
A CAREFUL rider on safety bicycle need
never have fall. If he or she does, tie
foot is never more than six inches from the
ground.
If you are a pedestrian, and a bicycle
bears down upon you, keep your own way
swerve not to the right nor the left. You
have right to your share of the road. You
have right to dance back and forth in
front of the wheelman, but please don't
do it.
You have right to stand on your head on
+ba CT lint MI do mo yaS
the wheelman want to get off and kill you
with an ak or a large club with spikes in it.
And he wonders how you escaped from the
lunatic asylum.
He wants you to have your share of the
earth, but hopes you won't take up a
wide, irregular, erratic track by dancing
back and forth in front'Of him.
Go your way, and unless there is four or
five of you abreast, he won't touch you by |
a yard or more.
AND DON'T ask him to ring a bell. 1t only |
frightens you more and makes you more
widely ratified than if he glides silently past |
you before you realize he is near.
Besides this, you feel angry with him, for
the tinkle or z-r-r-r of that bell seems to
form the words ''get out of my way"
And then you are as mad as hornet and
bug. l have tried it, under all condi
tons, and never yet made any friends with
it. The wheelman has more cause to fear
a collision than you have, for he generally
takes the worst tumble Falls on his neck,
as it were. So pedestrian, teamster, wheel
nan and woman, bear and forbear with
each others peculiarities, and you will find
that the world is wide enough for all.
PEMBROKE HAS disposed of two Stars the
past week. and has two of the safety Stars
IN the read.
To BUSY brain-workers, the bicycle is
almost, if not quite, necessity.
DIR. BlGckhGm.
G. w. CUSHING has one Columbia light
roadster safety now on the road. 1t was
ordered for gentleman of this city.
A SIGN on a large crank bicycle set out for
sale on Main street reads: "F'or sale cheap.
We want to ride the drop frame safety"
BROWNING Bros, of Ogden, have placed
IN order for new Volant safety built on
he Springfield roadster principle, also a
rambler lady's bicycle.
THE BICYCLE simply converts step into