The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-15
WOMEN ON WHEELS.
xhsy Are ILlkeIsk sogn sn Discard skarNa
White o. Road.

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Ehsy Are Likely SOqn eu Discard ahsrtu
While On the Road.
Two Of the leading firms Of bicycle
manufacturers In this country have 10
Gently expressed the opinion thakdVifh.
In i've years there Will be NO differences
between the wheels used By men and
women. In other words, they believe
the day Is not far on when all women
devoted to wheeling will discard skirts
on the road andwear whatia now usual.
~ referred to as the .sratioual or ere.
formed dress- Theysay there Ia no rea.
son why women who wear costumes de.
signed to enhance the comfort, enjoy.
rlent and safetysof bicycling should MOI
have wheels equal In every respect ID
those the men ride In. other words, che
sex at the rider will cnt no Agure In The
Eaafrfacture OF bicycles, and women
Will mo longer have TO put up with
wheels whose model specially designed
Tor skirt wearerss 10 NECESSARILY. inferior
tofhose made for menin strength, light
ness and ease Of propulsion.
Vac courier OF this new era I'M BIZ
cycling seems 30 have arrived. "A wheel
r. 1ustsbeginning toappearin the streets
q thiscity and Rrooklynthatis intended
Ion womens Though 1T hassthe diamond
aranae heretofore seen onlpinthe safeties
na8de tor men. In no respect .doessit
di1ker from tho hnests high grade and
kaghpricel roadsters usedsbythe sterrier
aHE except that the diameker OF both
Wheelsis from two tofouri inches smaller
than that Fof the mems machines.aand
the frame is accordingly SO much nearer
tic ground. The wheel Is amounted by
tbs atep OF pedal mount In vogue among
men riders and 10 Of course intended
cnly for those women who wear the
ssxational dress.'' a agg
Hits possible that not q fewswonen
p~atrcnsox the wheel will look askanoe
at this innovation, hut if they will take
thestronble to compare Ii with theirown
R1aols they are ecertain 10 agree,thatsi ID
hAsuitss advantages Women are not
physically sol strongs az men and yet9the
wheels they xideweighf from 6veto eight
p0EAds Enoresthen mems roadsters. This
il + DISCRIMINATION against the fair SEX
reaching the proportionsof agrieyance.
nNomenar E not 10 be allowed TO enjoy
the exhilaTafing and health giving BIZ
cycle unequal ternswifh the men, they
hare wrongs that Miss Anfhony has not
inGlpded tinfoher category. The new
wheel, however, weighs only % pounds,
Whiehis two TO five pounds less than
rnnst OF the high grade men q roadsters
o3 exactlysthe same strength OF frame.
This islthe browning advantage, and
IL ds secured chiefly by doing away
with theiskirk guards which are the mn
slightly and not wholly protective fear
tnre;of womenss bicycles. and by saving
the extra weight reQuired for the mn
scientific and soclumsy frames devised
for riders wearing skirts.
Undoubtedly there are many women
wh0s mucha asathey senjoys bicycling,
wpnid rather giveup their wheelsithan
appear In costumes more eomfortable
and Observation-Disclosures noW wear
ing. Every ons OF EhemS will cay, how
ever that hicUeling iasits present nhase
places hmitatiQnssupon their epieyment
OF IL that aresasOt supposed upOn,k their
hnshands md hRQtheras Itsia d sinter-
esting and an anpertax1te auestionhOw
tosarrR0pst the MISREPRESENTATION
men, sanda women fneeoand equal BIZ
cyeleFssAA Tts4 tsE 41 sH sll
asWa.heliaYe the s0lutipnsof lthe,prob-
iemaHSlAb be found in assensible bicycle
eostumes3ors wamens rand1we do not
think that acknowledgement will be
Observation-Disclosures in Europe 20
recognise the advantages OF a,ihicycle
dress xafegIas and TO- dress acccRdipgly.
The y0ung w0men who are perfectly
eertaipsthat theyfwouldarather die than
wear tQnasof the modest and tasteful BIZ
cycle sRits which, ara now seen by scores
ON outstEeets are likely, before they are
married, to see them SO, icommmly in
use that they WiIlonot fcall for special
remark Awhile ago the bicycle, cos
tune was astopic in the mouth of every
resident of Paris. To-day the shoodlums
of that capital are so nngallant as to
boot atthe eNeeptipnalwomen who still
insist son wheeling through the parks
in ordinary street attire.
Wespredictf that the new bicyGle, or
something hkeeit, will soon be a rec
ognized feature in the wheeling world
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