Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-28
CYCLISTS. PAUSE,
And Learn What Science Says You WI,
DO Fur Your Race

~" f"r Your Race.
" II men," cxclaims Professor lung
who ore now wont TO scale mountnins
ON railwaysot the Rigi system. 10 mnys
about In cities inside trans and on,ni.
buses To bctakc themselves to the country
by rail, coach, Steamboat or any kind n
oonmunscGtiun that lenders walkinn sn.
petlluous, II men, say, will not cons,n,
~ draw the linz here, II, IN addition to MI
THIS, they now take to the cycle In order
TO cover tho ground which heretofore TINY
wero accustomed to pass over on foot
what do you suppose must come 10 pnss ju
the course oil timot Tho theory OF eyulu.
ZION leaves no doubt ON tho subject Tho
human icctwill gradually got stuntcd and
ilhV away NJ ilret a very little, almost
lnlPeieen'lhiy. Tho socond generation OF
oynlists VIII develop this crlnpling Of tho
feet still further, inasmucli as a. loo viii
mevo from place to place ON the whcol
and this tendency will DO bouuenthcd 4,
their childnn, Tho third generation viii
use tho bicycle still moro extensively tban
tho former two, Thostuntlng process win
continue and no handed down 20 tho
fourth generation. And this will 10 ON
iroin generation TO generation In ever In.
esrNslhg ratio until nnaliy--it may not
~ Tor some time not perhaps before tho
lapse oi a thousand years--th Inhabitants
OF cycling countries will have assumed
most extraordinary appearance Their
legs VIII have become abnormally short
ana slender while their hands and arms
owing 20 their frequent employment in
manipulating the handle. brake, etc. will
hpouilhdcrahly lcnHthoned and tho hands
neVome enormously developed. Thoy viii.
IN word. become ugly apes. This cal,
ouh'iloh ~ ui course based on the suppusl.
ton Tint mon viii obstlnately Keen ON
pmierflng their cycles 10 thelr feet. but II
not only the mon, hut ~ now seems prob. |
hhlo, the ladies also, take 10 tho whorl
found cycling clubs and hrrak records and |
limbs In their cnthuslAsm the calnmltioS |
iomtold 10y Professor Jung viii be accom- |
plishcd facts long before the thousnnd |
years hnvo come To an end.
Nor II this all, A Polish doctor. Poon,
kowics by name, aiflrms that the coninr
generations Of bicyclsts win rcscmble
Iheritos, In having hump. The ma,
l0rliy OF whoOlmcn OF tho present dn,
hnNo contracted the habit Of doubling
themselves up as n they had the cholern.
TINS ttoop, rcmnrks DIR, poonk iewlcs, al
though ungrAceful, is undoubtedly thu
most convenient position for tho cycllst
rs II enables him 20 bring all his strength
10 bear upon tho trcadles mud to rush III
machine forward nt lightning pace. III,
likely, Therefore, 20 bo adopted hy nil
Nhcolmcn and wheolwomcn of tho future.
Win the RESULT that IN n few generation,
iunohhaokod men and women Will hc tbr
'ulo, and our Ideas of beauty will probably
lnucrHo corresponding change inas
much ns aesthetics uro quito us subject 10
lvolution az limbs and organs Of the BODY.
lhus our ideals " fomnlo beauty differ
widely from those OF tho Persian. who
'dofvs a moon faced buSom maid, and tho
logroos, again, disagree with both. Whpth
r. tho series OF mctamorphoscs will rcat
lon IL IL difficult 10 dotorinino Mt this
nrly stage Of tho evolutionary proenss
int Professor Jung and Dr. Poonkiowlos
'ollevo that tho outlook, which they have
'oth stated very moderately, Is alarming
nough TO cause intending cyclists TO give
he wheel wide berth. II Ia not perhnps
Q DO expected thnt mn egotlstic generation
lko tho present viii Riyo up It's pleasures
pr tho shho Of It's great great, grent. Grand.
hlldron who will inhnbit tho earth, N Il
G No for habltntlon, q thorsnnd yenrs
onco But the scientific enomica Of the
heel rely upon our innate sense Of duty
hloh mnnlfosts itself oyon In the conduct
tho untutord rustic, when he lnstlup.
voly henvos brick or aots his dog nfter ;
,o reckless whcolmhu who, whether do. q
bcratoly or unwlttinRly, In ondanRering 4
70 highest Interests OF tho human r9ep, - a
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