Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
An EVENT AT ALTON.
ne appearance Of The First Female
BiCyCliSt.
REFLECTIONS on THE FAD.
10 Abuses md Its Uscs-How to
qurn ~ Woman's Decentralization
-. Approvni-C'ood Ronds-Polit-
caf and Personal.


tIc Wild-goosa Strayed on this side
che Blue Ridge. ahead Of the usual
e.fr.ssc hegira. This goose is supposed
@. have been baned by the high range.
,,! step mountain grades. and TO have
r..a over by the valley road Via Crozet
.-. the Hrook.vinc pike Last seen in
rs.rhborhood Of Witches Hollow. and
STD. a-g0ius!
she was a bicycle gooso-the first one
.f t.e psutl-r sex who has dared 10 in
eli. MS rural coil. hitherto sacred to
n. glx-whcel and the musical hum-hum
~ OFF grauimothers' spinning wheels. 1t
f.4.lI come about I'm moment. Other
.r.7t revolutions give premonition OF
..mlnr woo-this revolution rcvolved, IN
o.. tv.rNuc Of an eye" and came and
r.at-vl.thcr. no man knoweth! 1t was
.a.e.t-rsl that this female bicyclist was
q. clos. pursuit OF one who mad invcighed
.-..rst female bicyclists here the night
t.fr. an. chat I'm some narrow Their
f..rvI.e I.re.uouts she would demand
SOM. ,s..t..tnu or her seNs wrong.
som. Vengeance for tho fortunes Of the
Ass.,a.y She sped the roads along!
MARKED AN ERA.
Others thought. and, perhaps. were
manner r.rlf-tuat she was riding for a
t...r fim NV Orleans to New York.
and. .s VIA geese are apt 70 be so near
OIL. Clouds was hewidSred At her ce-
l.... altitude. However that was. it
marks al Ia IN our lives. and was In
tr.-..y more exciting than our general
III tad in
flaming bills on tho big barn-doOrs. The
'...I.l ys- "a good wheelman, impartally
.f--. about half and half-and. barring
a u.rI.I .ooh Of agony and determina-
ton. Has not ill-favored.
I4t-y..us has beginning. Washing
Tn ... grls claim 90 set the fashion
iu I..el for the entire country; which
isI.t $50 much 10 their glory, since Belva
lockwood set tho style for them.
st tea given by the Ladies' Annex
o. the Washington Cycling Club a very
bright woman declared that when Law
scr lockwood turned the first wheel on
Pennsylvania avenue score or more
years ag5 small boys, yellow dogs, and
STRING " excavations followed her from
Jackson lark 10 the Peace monument.
N.f,. vor. 10 Is recorded Of MIS-. Belva
lockwood that she said: THE day was
fast coming when every woman who
could would ride "A wheel" She had n
prophetic soul for the county Is bicycle
ma4 t1-1ay-in clubs, races. and roads;
ir physical culture. moral and religious
phases and most and more than all else.
.u differences Of opinion as TO the cycling
costume Ia this last lies the evil OF
wheeling. and therein perhaps lies the
remedy.
THE REASON OF 1T.
II you want 20 turn a woman's head
give her something 20 look pretty in.
Everybody knows this has been so since
tHe world began. and viii be while men
I.t I'd premium on beauty. IL is "A stub
born fact that woman nowhere looks
It.tuec than on wheel There is just
t.0..l Independence about the exercise
O. make the picture p'quant. But an!
uv earned opponents Of the wheel you
must preach down the natty accessories
eff tr. 2 II wheelist. II you would make
y.gr point. Give them q cycling costume
ua.r ot} uuhecoming and the thing IS
done. u IS the flowing skirt and chic
jacket. the small feet in russell shoes
That describe short circles on the pedals
With O. u'sch.ey0I3 Keeping in and out.
the jlur'r cap. and the thousand and one
charming variations Of each that play
havoc
While 7 was waiting for car on n
city corner not long since vision Of
hlr paHfaloons Syrian blouse rosy
checks. ana O bicycle flew past
'What do you think Of that7' asked a
younger = an older man near by.
Think" said the other why, think
the women are crazy. But great Scott
il .w pretty. pretty they are: and every
r.w lad adds 10 H."
And he watched the lovely rider out Of
srht os he mpralized:
ON my day a woman rs pretty as that
walked iemurely by a man in the open
street"
THE LOGIC.
60 yes, and sang lullabys and rocked
cradles in the house" laughed the
Younger man. Il fancy Miss Bloomer
doing that" Now here's Just the logic \
mans admiration outruns his approval
every time. II he doesn't want n woman
o. wear boomers and ride a wheel he
has only % take the initiative and thu
gals viii follow Ike Rerse going 10 water.
AND don't resort 10 inyectves or senti-
w 49, dear Nr. Man. Haven't you all the
legislative power? Draw the line at
boomers and save your country
Tho wa 20 has It's virtues, but you will
have O. hustle IL worse things than bicycle
riding age not inaugurated by IT'S prac-
tce Within reason, the bicycle is a
send. ana tie next few years may make
70 % Tangible boom for country life. We
greatly need sWifter and cheaper methods
az travel that viii be within the con-
u.i of the owners and users. In town
l.m" lfe is becoming scarcer every day.
Rapid transit viii give many a poor man
a good home Who has nothing now I'm the
way ~ home comforts. And II bicycle
t'.s w.l. ala In forcing the powers that
C'Fe our covered cart and mule, We
ntry people will cordially welcome the
t.lcilsts. men and women. in any raj
D 70 short Of trOuserl0Ons and a derby.
Aneut roaGs-it is curious that a state
-aI county can get money-and think IT
Vel sreEt. Tor anything else but roads
tas Ciearest evidence OF prosperity and
o." sureet means Tor comfort.
Nr have fine outlook for corn: wheat,
aa. oats were satisfactory, the fruit crop.
from every section promises prolific
%, and yet We have no roads for haul
u-
Ne hope much from the good-roads
convention. which meets In Richmond Oc-
tuter 10Th. and Nelson VIII endcavor TO
SEND some good man 20 represent her
Interests
POLITICS sTAGNANT.
Politics are stagnant. II there q any
interest IN the coming convention for
formations II Is an undercurrent. Pu-
Z Use candidates for the House are not
only silent on the money question. but
Oh decided. and would probably wait for
cye.opments later In the campaign.
Ff1tr2cted meetings continue at the
Little Chapel" Rev Or Hawthorne is
ass. Ted by Rev. J. H. Robinson. They are
doing much good.
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