St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-29

things comfortable. For the unin-
formed it is necessary to state that
header is the gymnaStic caused by the
little rear wheel leaving the ground in
crazy manner, causing the machine
to rear behind and place the rider in an
undignified attitude upon the road, with
the wheel in the commanding position,
and often irreyocably tangled up with
the riders bruised remains.
To overcome this another enlightened
individual invented the Safety, (which
brings the seat lower to the ground, and
by system of multiplicity in rotation
aftains considerable speed with the two
smaller wheels. The Safetys soon be-
came popular for road use, and as the
danger was leSsened, wheel-riding
again took boom, and large parties,
often associated into clubs, took long
rides during cool evenings. Minneap-
oils has one of these clubs, with large
membership, and handsome club rooms
were fitted up at 43 and As Fourth street
south, where the young men meet even
ingS and take pleasant excursions to
the lakes and suburbs.
Still something seemed lacking to
make the enjoyment complete, and,
strange to say, the last triumph is due
to the reformer who invented the di-
vided skirt, that new nondeScrlpt in
feminine wearing apparel. No sooner
had it made its appearance, than ladies
riding school was opened in MinneapO-
lis. and met with great success, the
Young ladies of the Flour City adopting
with equal favor the twin skirt and the
safety bicycle. In her usual persua-
sive way she brought the affair into
submission, and now on pleasant even
ingS can be seen one or more OF these
sweet creatures arrayed in the most
| bewitching of costumes, divided skirts
and Jockey caps, speeding up and down
the avenues, the observed OF all OBJ
servers.
OF course the lessons at the riding
school were not without their ludicrous
features. TIE wheel did not fall into
line at the first call, and it was not an
easy matter to learn how to handle the
steering apparatus. Then agaln,the brake
was an item of no small degree of diff
Guilty to overcome, and often when the
fair beginner was speeding about the
hall, she would unwittingly put the
brake on suddenly, and cause a catas-
trophe that was calculated to give
severe shock to her nervous system.
Z The other evening the club was out
in force and each member was riding
by the side of fair companion, who
handled her machine with all the ease
and recklessness of an old timer. In
the near future long trips are contem-
plated in the same manner, often to the
lake, where refreshments will be
served, and the return made by the
rays of the full moon. No longer do
the boys find the riding exercises dull,
for the company of the fair sex stamps
the pleasure as the perfection of enjoy
ment.
i. OF course the nocturnal rides are not
quite as enjoyable as they will be when
the young ladies become more proficient
in the art of fancy riding. At present
it requires their undivided attention,
and the use of both hands to guide the
machine, but later on, when they begin
to ride without using the hands on the
bar, then. indeed. will the happiness of
the bicycle youth become supreme. The
couples can try riding hold of hands.
shoulder to shoulder, and a thousand