Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-18
FACE is CHANGED,
THREE DISTINCT SrNGrs Can M
SEEN IN WiItfIMIN
bicycle Face" Is tnct wheetwomen
Arc Not Excepted IN tho Natural
Popularity Noted Among
Those Who Ride.


Eyervbolv v.l., ,,., 49,, ,....,,
Nv about tSo t.,i" '," u"' t''9"E"' serious o,
was called to 10 seems to hnyc done g
since, and many have pIy,n nm opinIop n
existence. ana th'.r ~ wv, y,Siujyu ~
uuobserving -wheelnen An oti riJr
porufIarItv nmopt, ~ WMmS,i,r.,,ro MO oUMIs iur tnl
IN ne New York sun: "''''
'Although only lately nnv ono has e,,rb
| TO analy2r It'' sIii IA, - i, ~ t''S i if"'ti r.
cycle fic, has u.ysriG.i,t'e t'e SU-taIe9 M ni
the time tho nrst hIeySiS wpS pini,iir1 am' an
| u prevails among women as well as anon
preston is 5ousiI,r.d by "'f most st''IG pSopicN i
| tNat which Wrcithy the f.irre Of rvriar. d,
cycle face appears Ia al; l"ast t6rcs dis
iihDt stages, each being mingled with "A
giuucr Is bent ON kpypIng n neTnonJinui1r
aui fears Injury from falling Tho road
aud fears collision. and The mimi nf tSS
race lri.k expert is focused ON pedaliug in
humiliation of defeat. ''''
The varying Intensity OF this distracted
facial expression Is easily acSni1ntn' ,d y
| peculiar mental aud physical make-ip Of
! lHatvdudI whcelmeu. Those who learn to
| wnlle pracuoing often have wide heads lust
/ u'hinu me cars, showing large combatIvc-
| ness, rms faculty gives them grit and de-
| t"rinlnaltou
| 'II with largo Combntivcncss the rupil's
| mead is narrow whore the hat touches
| npoNS the EatS, showing small cautious
! u'NS, ne is Ikely TO have more valOr than
! aiiiS,rgtign, and any amount OF tun6ine
VIII not feazc him. Such a person might
learn to ride nicely with two or three les
H"us dIii looh hIppN all the while Lett
| sin!'I h!iI 'he pupll may require ten times
9Sp1IIct nv nu,i9or r}r @ oi Lessons and then not be-
WbS.it,unoii, tu h., yonphusn The majority of
- ~ iI,u!hu,' "SnaIIS WIN cautiousncss in the
trastt r"rr"snnris "toEiHn'i look of dis
, 80 49, 9IuuHS ln., m" development OF
'nIjr,fSs no 0' StnS' s,rc nf'S is race No. itI
r, ii,,in. MI, n ,,,T ui,I I ~" ~" Sums or bodily
s,,if r'Ii,@r". @ '"'"'r Su'prIs" and sense of
"I,,rn ~ - ,,,,,,,,,..,..
tbo rn,i ,,I, ,UTt,,i,,"i'rsl or an ~ mat OF
an,on,r 'T,r, ",Iyul"u ihrsId!nE ms way
nnt lie ~ ,b ,t"EiI, ptuHIiIlahS' ana what
az. Ut IN 3'asS wheh has the round
rMGyss OF cautiousness, IS almost sure to
lS|S Wn,,,o e%,freimneiy nncomfortahl" awheel
Garn GTs'on td Wluh meaIs OF ths Kind seldom
a'ry 10 TlI n, groiwasd ihoTonEhfarc When
s, g1no0utness, ,,,., Is iiat and s,2png one may
rSunt.n,,, I'm tx, h rtri me
natural. Ills sense of fear is a blank i"irn
,n1ii ,Icy Nav, ,,nsa ar 70 MN
tunateIy there are fcw of tbis tvtiSS rbe
annrnci,bin afT,tt ~ I'm ',N'u it,y MN any
10 ,,rnI - ~" str iTr 1iIu tt,ust
A broken arm or six months on the island.
hence his face. naturally enough. bospcaks
constant According
tension Is removed from his mind hi. feat
ures relax
"Gencrallv sDenking I'm very rare cases
is the bicycle face brought about bv phys-
ical eXhaustion except among whetlmen
who make century runs or race against
time. But even at the outset OF a race
those who are Contesting always wear an |
unnatural cast of Countenance No traces |
of stage No | are found in IT, and the
serious face of stage No. . Is replaced by
one of grim determination ana anxiety to
get first prize. This constitutes the third
stage. the most injurious Of all. Before
men are controlled chiefly by the phreno-
logical organs of appropriateness and firm
ness. The former makes the back of the
head broad and Hat near the top, and the
latter gives rise to the crown of the mead
directly above the ears. When these TWO
faculties cooperate the tacr rtItItS pp-
stinate t"naclty OF pulpoSG afl q lohElnR
TO come out victorious. me laIe nSuAllS
grows more ana more paihluI anu lnhuilail
as signs OF muscular i4uEue appear
The bicycle lace, thtt't"It' IS pul az
outward evidence OF mrhtai or puNSltaI
strain governed anu lhnuetu. ny thc ih'L-
al and phESichl makeup OF me person.
u everybody were to Walk az three or i2}HHr
ines the usnal pace mdkIuS ulf nanny
't collision with each oth"r lnat hummer Vi
ines greater than AT prrsehL' mere Wvu"
'oon develop What Wlsnt De o"!lru III"
'lvement race. me iaSisr one trltS 70
Wheel on a huSY street Inc more aS9hIHhs
VII his race become lhe ngyn.e iaCc Is
.ImoSt unknown IN inc I"ui.FS Iu t i't