Telegram-herald., 1890-08-01
GIRLS OK BICYCLES
poetor Fuller SAYS % Them > Few
Wise " Words.
TIE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF BICTCLNG.
IA ola Tradition is Exploase. Sat ts.s
Eoys Ars Advised "a Go ans Get
ghslr Seat Cirl tor as hoarss Run
Bat Ssg - 0serdc the Ih3as.


prevailing bicycle craze VITA spprehe1-
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why so?' replied D.. Fuller, whose
b.esssGness q Is 10 be always more
ready 20 give than 10 reoelvsi why so>'
"Why, On account Of - Of - the fac:
o. rather because they say that hoys
who ride BICYCLES agood deal are liable
10 DC - 70 oe - affected With - With s
cegtain'i-
Don't believe woFG Of il. just ss
well say that fellow gets dangerous
in proportion as he practices the pre-
cep.s OF the Bible. Say! would you
Ike 10 know . thing or twos'
IF the meat is not TOO strong, you
may order in couple OF slices for
sam mDles."
We'll, then, this bicycle craze is one
Of the most significant social s,irs OF
modern times. II has several different
facets. The first is the sexual one.
Nothing since man and wife first drank
out OF the same bottle has ever arisen
10 bring the sexes together and then
keep them apart ike the bicycle. The
machines first Office Is 10 take the
prudlshness out OF young girl. The
process or mounting and driving q blcy-
Gle may appear at tirst little out OF
the way, but Il Will soon lose its novelty
and with that its suggestlyeness. The
young ladies will gradually learn 70
admit that they have teet and legs
without the intrusion OF that self-con-
sciousness so destructive Of all true
modesty.
Then, again, a young man can take
his girl out riding without soiilng his
vest with fresh hair Oil, which Is an
achievement more conducive Of good
morals than any social movement in the
history OF the world. There is IN
bicycle riding perfect social intimacy
with perfect separation. See? It takes
two bicycles TO carry two persons. The
bicycle, IN its effects upon the young of
the sexes, in their social enjoyment,
promises well, think"
"Wnat do you think of tho effect OF
the long runs which the young people
take IN herds or clubs, as they call it?'
"The effects are beneficial, If the IN
diligence can be kept within temperate
limits. But the competition among
Young people TO excel IN physical sports
Is always great. When the young peo-
| pie go out IN clubs the weakest ones
will be subject 10 over-exertion TO keep
UP with the strongest, and that is dis
| astrous 10 the weak ones. Then the
strongest ones viii be under grea,
stimulus 10 press their powers 70 the
utmost, and that is always mischievous.
I want you to mark this point nigh!
! here. and put il IN the paper for the
warning of all. That point is that
whenever any physical organs are
trained to high degrees OF efficiency, ii
is done at the expense OF the rest or the
body. You must have noticed that BIZ
cycle riders are commonly thin in face.
! This is because they are over trained
! through the ambition TO exceed.
| Nothing in the world is more settled
than that one part of the body reaches
abnormal culture only at the ex oense
of another part. High physical culture
| is never reached, except st the expense
/ OF the brain. Moreover, an Over-cul
! tlvated tissue Is ruined tissue, be
! cause 1t can neither maintain itself MOI
recede. 4 muscle trained to the high
est tension will break down il
so maintained, and viii sinh
INTO fatty degeneration If the
strain is released. This is why no ath
lete ever maintains himself long. The
moment a man relaxes MS high musuc
lar tension, ne drops and never reaches
the same height. The remarkable fea
| ture of John L. Sullivan is that he j
not a trained man, but natural giant
The very characteristic in John L.
upon which everybody has been pre
| dieting his sure defeat is his safety and
| might, viz, his naturalness. His train
ers could never hold him up to to,
! highest training. and the CONSEQUENCE
Is that ne has 10 artificial height from
which to fall.
"Now. If ambitious bicyclists of both
| sexes would remember these facts, auC
not over tax their strength or ovsr-trair
their muscles, their wheels would be I,
them great blessings both socially ant
( physically. 1t Is all mistake 10 sun
pose that tie more one trains or exer
cises the stronger one will be.
should never be forgotten that extra
ordinary strength can never be lont
maintained. The history of all th,
! extraordinary rOwers and boxers ane
+ runners and trotters in the world prove
this. Most OF them die OF consump
/ ton.
"My conclusion is that moderat,
bicycle-rdIng is going to prove one o
the greatest blessings that has COM
into modern social life; immoderat
bicycle riding wal! prove a grestcurse.
/ SPECIAL Low RATE EXCURSION rt
/ nETHnTT