The evening times., 1895-08-10
Ali Around the Wheel.

All AROUND the wheel.
Bicycle riding and poor teeth, says the
Illustrated American. are about the last
two subjects that ono would bracket to-
gether. Yet over-exercise on the wheel Ii
responsible for diseased, condition OF the
gums and teeth which, according to several
prominent dentists, Is rapidly increasing.
They explain that the ex isting evil Is caused
by the extra effort necessary to ascend hills
or to ride In races, the short, quick breaths
OF cold air that strike the overbeated gums
through the open mouth causing conges-
ton of those parts. The face sweils as with
an ordinary toothache, pus forms around
the teeth and loosens them, and In many
cases makes extraction necessary, and
the pain Is equal to having all ones teeth
ulceratipg at once. The only preventive is
difficult one to foilow-that is, always
ride with mouth closed.
A gentleman who lives on the South Side,
says the Chicago News, has combined art
and bicycling. Just in front OF the handle
bars Of his wheel he has hung knapsack
of canvas specially made for the purpose.
and In this be carries his paint-box and
other sketcAing materials. Under the
saddle place has been made TO hang an
umbrella with a jointed handle, camp
stool and other articles. When the artist
is ready to go on a fketching expedition
he dons wide hat and spins leieurely away.
When ne reaches the spot where he wishes
to interpret nature he sets up his bicycle,
supports 1t upright by an ingenious device
which transforms 1t into big easel, and
begins work.
The hammock girl is out of date,
The carriage girl passe,
The girl who rides the bicycle
Rules all the world to-day.
She flashes by with graceful speed,
AS II she rode on air,
And as she glides along she finds
Admirers everywhere.
Let Bishop Doane and Bishop Coke
Abuse her as they may;
The cycle girl is here, brand new,
And she is here to stay.
She doesn't care how much they fuss,
For she knows she's all right;
And even as they grumble, they
Must own she's out offight.
30 here's to the sweet cycle girl,
In bloomers or in skirts,
She's worth a dozen of the girl
That lounges round and nirts;
And here's a wish for Bishop Coke,
A-raiiing on the fence;
That le may live ard grow in grace
And some day have more seuse.
Our Paris correspondent writes: NJ. Zola
has taken to cycling. II. Jules Claretie fol-
lowed his example, and II. Rochefort now
enjoys every morning a spin round the
Bois. The number OF French women who
cycle rapidly increases. The wide streets
are alive with them from dusk:o midnight,
the weather then being cool. Elderly lI,dies
avail themselves Of the steel horse in the
evenings and early mornings. One secs
husbands and wives ON tandens. / know
a retired officer who is nearly 20 who goes
out on a tandem cycle with a wife over 60.
She says that his cycle did his health So
much good that he is now able to give up
his niatutionai and evening absinthes. He
and madame went On thei tandem last win
ter from Toulouse to Nice.
A grand assemblage of bicyclists Will
take place in Paris on the Place de la Con-
curda September /, to which all the world
is invited TO send samples of their best
riders The greatest preparations are
being made among Paris experts 1t will
not be merely a show-off as far as num-
bers are concerned, but a starting point
for long distance rides, some going to
Florence, others having arranged par
ties for BoulogDe and even Berlin.
The form" Of bicycling is beginning to
be studied Grooms OH wheels must fol-
low their mistresses as they did on horse
hack; it is probably only question of
short time when the lady's maid Will have
to include wheeling with her other ac-
to secure a situation. On
the road the woman who wishes to ride a
Ia mode has to Know a number of little
things that are overlooked by another
woman, Just as the smart set have a code |
FOR riding and driving that is as mex |
,rabls as that they should not eat with
their knives OF put sugar on oysters So |
ciety insists on the upright position, with, |
of courss, 10 attempt at racing pace. 1t |
also frowns upon constant ringing of the |
ball-that will do for the vulgar herd, who
delight in noise; the well-infouned wheel |
woman keeps eyes and ears alert and
touches her he'll rarely. She dresses dain- |
thy and inconspicuously-effac herself, |
in fact-as much i'll this exercise as she |
does in all public places.
1t is said that French chemist proposes
to make u substitute for India rubber from |
the same Ingredients as are used for the |
manu- facture of printers roilers-i. e., a !
mixture formed of variable proportions |
of glue, glycerine and molasses. This com |
position is to be covered with canvas. or |
dinary rubber "or other suita BILE material
to protect 1t against humidity, great heat |
or mechanical action. Although the ingre |
dents named form the fundamental basis
of the composition, the inventor reserves
the right to modify the product by the ad-
dition of other substances.
"A favorite ride of New York wheel
men," says an English cycle paper, lis
Pixies Peak, small mountain
Dn the outskirts of the city. Riding is pos
sible almost to the summit, the road being
fairly steep and of xigzag nature. In
some parts the path is awful, being barely
Fresh From Workshops.