The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-19
THEY ALL LIKE 1T NOW
EXhllaratins and InTlsoFatins is Bicy-
Gle Exercise
OLD, YOUNG. RICH. POOR
Take n Whiri at the Dizzy. Mary.
Shin Barking Machine-They
Cling 20 II. Yea Cry
for IL. .st. 81.

wheel goes round" Not tho ciickcty.
clackety wheel that promises to win you q
fortune II you place your money on tho
lucky rcd. :" but the silently moving bicycle
whose pneumatic tires and light buhd
give 20 IL the very poetry of motion. This
Shostlike wheel 10 revolving everywhere
in Missouls-on the bridge, on the streets,
in the alleys, in back yards, In front
yards, at the race track and on tho base
ball ground--wherever there is sievel
space. therS yon will find somebody rid
ing a wheel OF trying to ridc one. Mis-
soula has tho bicycle fever and hasFit bad
just as shc has everything. The grip was
bad enough. Evcrybody had that. The BIZ
cyclic foeer 10 worse, because IL lasts
longer o6d seemsto be incurable. 1t 10
cpiderDto hero now in its most malignant
form, knd - you want to be In tho swim,
you u,sst risls = bicycle. "a!
Every dealer In tho town sells wheo113,
wiothcr NO u IL tho hardware, jeweIry.,.
wallcapcr, music. undertaking or peanut
business. Tho rivalry is becoming some@,
thing terrible TO contemplate. In fow,,
weeks, IL the present rivalry continues,
there will be . premium offered to every
man who will take a bicycle. Every dealer
has the best, make. That's the funny
part OF the busiuess. One man will show
than any other make because the wood
rims are made from the cedars of Le-
banon; another will claim superiority for
his wheel because the pneumatic tire is
inflated with mir from the top OF Pixies
Peak, which makes the machine lighter
than any other that il in the market; an
other will show you that no other wheel
can be ~ good as his, because the handles
are charged with electricity generated
by the great Edison and the current keeps
the rider in delightful state Of exhiliira-
ton that never permits him to get weary;
the next man will assure you of the excel
lence of bis wheel and will demonstrate
that the reach is made In the Knapp gun
works and is constructed like shotgun
barrel, SO that large stock OF enthus-
asm can be carried when the rider goes
on long journey. You listen to them all
and, IL you have the money, you buy the
one that suits you best. Then you can
tell more lies about the merits OF your
machine than dog fancier will tell about
his favorite pup. You are ready to learn
TO ride.
Every walk in life Is represented
among the local bicycle cranks. Doctors,
lawyers, merchants, gamblers, barten-
ders. dancing masters, bankers, railroad
ers, butchers and men OF every other
calling. Age and stature, sex and health
have nothing to do with the case. IL you
are old, there IL an old mans wheel that
il just the thing. III you are young, there
is wheel that was made for you. IL
you're female, there is wheel built for
your benefit. If you're a male, you can
find just what you want. IL you areslong-
legged, you can screw up the seat to At
your shape and IL you are short-legged,
you can screw II down. II you are an in
valid, there 10 q wheel that will make you
well, and IL you are strong, there Is a
wheel that will make you stronger. Fat
men are made lean and thin men are
made stout. Everything goes with the
bicycle salesman. .
But II you had trouble in buying q
wheel. you will have agony when you
come to ride IL. You may have seen q bit
of "a girl speeding down the street and
may conclude that you can ride IL she
can. You never made bigger mistake
in your life. You will realize that when
you try 1t. If you are bold, you will make
your first trial in the street and will
plunge into muddy cutters and fall over
crosswalks before the admiring gaze OF a
multitude of spectators who have nothing
TO do bat watch you and jeer at your mis-
fortunes. III you are sensitive to ridicule,
YOU will take your wheel into your back
yard and will collide with the fence, cut
your face against tho clothes line. scare
the hens and ruin your wife's estimate OF
your character by swearing. You will be
subjected to the indignity of sarcastic re-
marks from your vito and mother-in-law
and the derisive whoops of your children.
II makes no difference where you try to
learn. Your experience will be the same.
Tho wheel will lie down, roll over, kick up
blind, rear in front. pound you on the
back with the handles and perform moro
antics in half an hour than bucking
cayusc could think of In his whole natural
lifetime. You will try TO ride up hill and
try to ride down hill. You will lose your
temper aad your suspcndcr buttons. You
will bark your ahins and bruiso you Oh
bows. You will assume moro awkward
positions than you ever heard of for an
hour or 30. Then the machine will re-
cover from It's cusscdness aud allow you
TO ride Ii and 20. wonder how anybody
can DO SO foolish ms to make fuss abou,
riding bicycle.
All Aiissoula is having this experience
ut present, and having IL bad. Those who
have learned TO ride gaze in a patronizing
air ut the efforts of those who have not
and those who have not tried gaze long
ingly at tho graduates. Everybody has
the disease in some stage or another. Tho
most unfortunate ones are those who do
not ride, for thoy arc obliged to dodge tho
.iders whose control over their wheels 10
uncertain. man on foot will run il he
Is wise, when he secs q green rider COM
ing his way. for tho wheel 10 Liable 20
turn around . corner at any time. when
tho rider may want TO go straight ahead.
He has to go with the wheel or oise fall of.
But he viii always try to look as II be
meant oil the time to take that turn. The
bicycle rider Is very superior sort of n
fellow and nobody can tell him anythin. e
They say that the hardest part of riding
10 getting of. Tho Irish system would be
\ good one In this caso-learn 10 get off
first. The STANDARD reporter has not