The morning call., 1893-01-08

| gamer by Ii in the end. | advise all my
| patients to take this mode of exercise if they
are strong enough, and | have seen enough
| to convince me that it is a greater health
| restorative than all the physic and medi-
cine in the category OF materia medica."
| Both the San Francisco Bicycle Club and
| the Alameda Bicycle aud Athletic Club
| have a ladies' annex. On this side of the
bay, however, the ladies do not seem to be
| very clannish and but very few riders be-
| long 10 the annex In fnct ladies' bicycle
| clubs do not seem to thrive very well. So
| of the thousand riders who grace Golden
| Gate Park in the course of a year but mere
| fraction are members of the clubs.
Among the more prominent devotees Of
| the wheel in San Francisco may be men
| toned:
Mrs. John c. Quinn. Mrs. G. II. Hooke,
Mrs. DR.. Trailer, Mrs. James Barry, Mrs.
Deerine, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. A. B; Butler. Mrs.
Myerstein, Mrs. Gilmore Mrs. c. Z. Howard,
Mis-. Riddel, Mrs. Burns Verhemer, Mrs.
Joseph Z. Shaiu. Miss a. Christ, the Misses
G. S. and l.. d. Hill, Miss Marwedel, Miss
Book, Miss Laura Small, Miss Lamb, Miss
Fby. the Misses Cowiey, Miss Blanche Ter
Miss Langran. the Misses Redding, Miss
Jennie Bell, Miss Eels, Miss Sealey. the
| Misses Merry, the M Uses McBoyle, Miss
Mamie Wallace, the Misses Davis, Miss
Mae j. Richards. Miss Lovegroye, Miss Eva
Howe. Miss Nina Lyon, Miss McAdams.
X,
erall, Miss Laura Bradley. Miss Jeannie
Hurd. Miss NJ. V. Morrell, Miss May Cor
| scilia. Miss Carter, Miss Lewis Miss Gala
! ban, Miss Reinstein, Mrs. Fahybach. Miss
| Riley, Miss Hotchkinson. Miss Simpson,
| Miss Myhan, Miss Mayo, Miss Woods, Miss
| Southeastern and Miss Frances Shaw.
| Miss Christ was one of the first ladies TO
mount wheel in Golden Gate Park. She
| is a constant rider and is very proficient In
| the accomplishments
Miss l.. d. Hill has pedaled away for the
| past thirty months. II think was one OF
| the first four ladies who rode bicycle in
| San Francisco" said Miss Hill. Il can re-
member the first day | went out there how
all the men stared at me as If was
| curiosity. Now they take II as matter OF
course, | suppooe. | am devoted to the
| pastime aud can ride for hours without
| being fatigued. / find it as pleasant and
| healthy a recreation as one could wish for.
| 1t is far ahead OF horseback riding and Is
| less fatiguing.
'In time think nearly every woman will
| have her own bicycle, and take spin on an
| afternoon"
| Miss Schifferstein is a very graceful rider
| and ardently devoted TO her 'cycle.
Miss Fanny Rice the actress, takes spin
| In the park nearly every morning now.
| So does Mrs. Coniey.
| OF course none of the pretty enthusiasts
| are so absorbed in their new calling that
! they have lost all interest in the matter Of
| dress Bicycling has become such fash
| iOnable pastme that dressmakers have now
| devoted department TO the making OF BIZ
cycle gowns, just the same as tennis cos
/ Times or ballroom dresses, for that matter.
SO far there is no disposition on the part
| of fashion TO say just what shall be proper
and what not proper for fair wheeler TO
wear when she is taking an outing An at
| tempt was made last summer to Introduce
! the divided skirt This was the result of
~ ~ If nap var ri1 linz a MN,
| from the summit of Pixies Peak in the Jen-
nesS-N Miller costume, but the attempt met
! with no success.
So individual fancy may be INDUCED in at
| present, and the riders may wear just what
| color and what makeup OF dress they
! please.
There is a costume. however, which Is very
| much in vogue at present, and Ii is said to
possess considerable merit over any other
| yet devised.
Ii is from a well-known wheeler: al used
| to think that the ordinary tallor-made gown
| would serve all purposes of cycling. But
! rode from Oakland to San Jose the other
day, and my skirts got caught twice in the
| wheels and were sadly damaged / have
been working on new pattern since re-
| turned, aud | think lady riders will ind 1t
| as near perfection as any yet heard OF"
THE skirt isiof gray tweed. 1t is made
without foundation, and with deep hem
turned up on the outside, well secured by
rows Of stitching SO that there is absolutely
nothing on the inside to catch. IL Is
of ordinary walking length, for l am OPP
! posed TO any eccentr.clty IN costume. by
an arrangement of hooks aud eyes-the
hooks around the wast-it can be looped
| up so that il just reaches the ankles when
| on the machine. and as there is no unneces-
sary fuIlness in the back there is small If
| any danger of it getting wound up in tile
| wheel. For the rest linen blouse, Jacket
| 10 put on when off the machine, and a
| jaunty felt hat complete the costume. Next
| TO the skin wool should be worn. | recon-
mend wooden corsets. They absorb the
| peIspiratiOn Mine has so few bones that It
is never stiff. and does not interfere with
my movements. There have been other In
yentlons-for instance, one marvellous SKIRT
| closed around tile bottom with wide piece
of cloth in which there are incipient knjck-
erb0ckers, but just what becomes OF that
piece of cloth when you sit on the machine
don't know. Then there are skirts closed
around the feet like bag, and numerous
| other conceis, but believe my own inyen-
ton is the best"
At the present time there are over 10000
lady cyclists in the United States. The first
woman to take to the wheel on this side Of
| the water WAS Mrs. w. +. Smith of New
| York. The fad. or whatever it pleases you
to call it, is on the increase as nothing of
its kind ever was before. The list includes
many wel-knOwn women. such as Pauline
Hall, the actress, Mrs. Kendall. Miss Drexel.
! Kate Field, as we'll as leading society
| women in every city in the country.
Thus far very few American wheel
women have achieved any event that will
add their names TO the scroll Of fame OF the
cycle historian.
Mention, however, should be made OF
| Mrs. Charles Candy of Denver, mo rode
down Pixies Peak in company with her
husband.
Miss Mamie johnson, hool teacher of
| Yellow Springs. Ohio. undertook t. ride
alone from her home to Davenport, Iowa.
! last summer, distance OF 800 miles. She
accomplished the undertaking without any
difficulty.
AS for speed Miss Margaret Kirkwood OF
| Boston is probably The fastest lady rider In
! the East. She was the first lady to ride
100 miles in one day. She has accom- plished
the feat frequently since then. This is
| known as the Century run.
Miss Jessie Riddell of Portland, Or, is
probably the record breaker OF the Pacific
| Coast. Miss Riddell has ridden a mile 10
minutes and % seconds, and set the pace
| at fifteen miles an hour in Golden Gate Park
last summer when visiting her mother in
| this city. Miss Riddell has never yes made
a Century run, although she will probably
attempt 1t in San Francisco during the next
| summer
Miss Lucy Porter of Denver and Miss
Helen Haggerty OF St Louis both made six
| Century runs during 1892. they began by
taking long walks in the snow rs a course
of training and claim they can repeat the
effort without any inconvenience.
Miss Lottle Dudley, young English
woman. has recently attained prominence
| by riding 100 miles in hours aud II min
| utes, an average of IA miles an hour Miss
| Dudley placed herself in the hands of q
| professional trainer and underwent a thor
| Ough system oil coaching preparatory to the
| experiment. Her course IN this matter,
| however, has been the subject of much
| deprecatory criticism.
Mss Johrgeusen Of Denmark has rid
den 10 miles within an hour, and 164 miles
| in 12 hours.
Thus far in this city the spirit of comne-