The Washington times., 1895-06-23

be hurt and bruised in bodily sense by his
experience in trying the bike, there is in
variably a ludicrous light to present itself
even TO the person most nearly concerned
On one particular street of the West End
there are about Il dozen young society peo-
pie who, having attained varying degrees OF
inefficiency in riding the bicycle, meet nearly
every evening to go for long ride out
into the country Frequently one or more
tandem machines figure conspcuously in
the gay turnout.
One evening last week the party set out
and, after wonderful series of curves and
evolutions executed in the mounting process,
wheeled out i'll fine style toward the Tenally
town road.
They held out boldly and when the
Tenallytown road was finally reached they
concluded TO lengthen the spin by making
for Glen Echo. In this, however, they
reckoned without their host, i'll more senses
than one.
Out they flew along the winding road and
then suddenly, like the "Deacon's wonder
full one boss shay" the whole thing col
lapsed.
In some curious manner the road seemed
to be suddenly strewn with fashionable
humanity. Whether il was chat the ground
had suddenly risen up and met tue cyclers
fairly and squarely i'll the face, or whether
they and the bicycles together had sudden
denly developed tunneling prOpensitiesi
was then, and still remains, mootcd
! question. However it was, the entire
company, bicycles and all, We're stfeWn
1 pTonliscuouSly over the Glen Echo road.
1t took some time for tire cyclers to
| collect themselves and their respective
| belongings together and, by the time that
! had been accomplished, all further desire
/ for cycling, so far at least as concerned
! that particular evening, had died natural
/ death Died so effectudlly that not even
! a ghost OF it's former SELF was 10 be detected
! lurking anywhere.
/ The next thing TO do was to secure some
means of conveyance back To the city as,
/ while the cars would have been sufficient
/ for the members OF the party, they would
/ have been by no means sufficient for the
bicycles. Their transportation was a
most important matter OF consideration.
! 1t was a wild, lonely spot that had been
! selected for the wholesale header. Appar-
/ emily there was not a house within miles, so
/ the cyclars of the West End sat themselves
/ down by the roadside for season of prayer
and meditation.
II was not long before the rumble or
wheels was heard, and, with one accord,
the CyClers were upon their feet TO hail the
! passing vehicle. When it came III sight
/ it was by no means the stylish article with
! c springs inwartily desired for transporta-
tion purposes.
1t was instead the sorriest looking old
country wagon Imaginable. There was
! no help for it, no wever 1t as the only one
available, and, for all that the driver
could tell to the contrary, was the only one
likely TO pass along that way before sunrise
] OF the next day.
That decided it. The society contingent
I Scrambled IA as best they might after having
the Numerous bicycles carefully loaded,
! and so rode back 10 own, inwardly hoping
/ that not only would none OF their friends
! meet them, bat that no knowledge OF the
nights adventure would ever creep out to
the knowledge OF those same friends.
An item of interest to the social, no less
than to the real estate, circles i'll Washing
ton of late has been the purchase of valuable
property on street, near the corner of
Eighteenth street. by Miss Howard, whose
marriage to the late mayor of Chicago was
prevented by his assassination
The property has been enCumbered for
many years by two small and miserably
diiapidated houses. These have now been
removed and the property cleared prepara-
tory to the erection of fine residence.
To know what you mea q and to be able TO
] AIItSS tndl hHD NlttlBt III sAiltDlt OItS
are quite different things. There is u
certain class of individual TO whom the
proper meaning OF words never seems TO
impress itself upon the mind.
Two girls of this description set out
for ride in one OF the esummercarSr recently.
The ywere, moreover, ,ofthetype thatdesires
above all things that their conversation
shall rage rampant throughout the length
and breadth Of the car for the benefit of all
! other passengers
One of the girls was plentifully bedecked
with rings for the most desirable showing
off of which She made sundry and frequent
dabs at her back hair, smoothing into place
imaginary stray locks.
Her companion was by no means the
possessor OF as many rings and glittering
gew- -gaws, but she had fund Of ofknowledge
that wa astonishing, taken all i'll all.
Following her companions Lead she too
Sought TO put In place Struggling back locks
that had no idea of straying out of place
except in her imagination, aided and
abetted by he + desire to show off her hands.
With bland smile, that took in the sw weep
of the whole car and included every pas
senger iu her confidence, the young woman
on the front seat burst forth into speech:
Il declare, l do have such trouble keep
ing those short back hairs in place.
really must get something for it. think
will try"
..Bandoline,'' - suggested her companion
quickly
''No: dear me, what is the name of the
thing?"
"Curlene, +" again suggests the friend, com
ing for second time to the rescue.
mo, no; know just as veil what the name
is, only / can't think of it. Not demaline-
oh, yes, / have it-how foolish not to re
member at one. 1t is anodyne" "
Mrs Robert P Bowler left the city the
first of June, accompanied by her family
for Bar Harbor. where she viii spend the
season in the cottage recently purchased fo
that purpose.
Miss Susan and Miss Julia Delafield have
closed their l street house and gone TO New
York for the summer
Mrs. Benet has gone to her summer home
in Sorrento, Me-, for short stay before
sailing for Europe, where she viii spenC
several years With her son, Mr.. Laurie
Benet
Miss Abigail Dodge tGail Hamilton
does not make fast progress toward re
coyery. Recently she was joined at th
Blaine house, on Dupont Circle, where sh
was when first taken ill, by her sister ant
several of her relatives, who will remail
at her bedside until her convalescenc,
progressessu Efficiently forher to be moved Il
her summer home on the coast of Massa
chuSetts.
Mrs. James G.. Blains, accompanied b,
her daughter, Mrs. Truxton Beale, lef
the city early in the week for her sunlme
home in Augusta, Me.
Nr. Truxton Beale has gone with hi
mother, Mrs. Edward Beale, TO Newport.
Secretary Moseey, OF the iuterstat
commerce commission, has recently bee