The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
WORE BLOOMERS, TOO
YOUNG LADY RIDES FROM TERRE
HAuTE TO THIS CITY on 4 WHEEL.
some Talk of organizing a Anicker-
booker Club Among the Men
Ridcrs-Sporting Notes.

A young woman of rather large proper
tons surprised the rural folk between this
city and Terre Haute. last Friday, by pass
ing them on the dusty country roads, spin
ming along on her wheel, wearing boomers,
which, however. were of such a modest
| character that those who saw her would
hardly know she wore anything more mod
ern than the skirt. They were long. reach
ing half way between the knee and ankle.
and so full that the only things that dis
tinguished them as boomers were the bot
toms, which were looped up and fastened
just below the knees. but out of sight. This
young woman stopped for a few moments
at one of the local repair shops to have
her tires inflated and while there was seen
by a reporter. She said she left Terre Haute
at 9 o'clock in the morning and reached
here a little before 6 o'clock in the evening,
making the distance. seventy-one miles by
rail, in nine hours, not counting any time
for rest and luncheon. She came alone and
said she had a very pleasant trip. AS to the
boomers, she was delighted with them. She
said she would hardly have attempted such
a trip in the old regulation costume. bur
with the new one she was perfectly free
in her motions and did not fear the trouble
of, mounting and d~ismounting, as she did
when her only method of mounting was
from the side of her wheel. Altogether she
was enthusiastic about the bloomers and
kindred costumes. She said the only thing
necessary to cause a large number of the
women riders to adopt boomers was for
them to give them a trial.
With the opening of spring they are be-
coming more common on the streets. Most
any evening on the smooth pavements of
p uyarn FRO nnd Onnn cErl wa N 4
and Meridian, north of Seventh, young wom-
en- may be seen wearing bloomers Knockers
and the Turkish costume. As yet few Of
them have ventured on the more frequented
downtown streets. They seem to want to
wearing of such costumes is looked upon as
out of the ordinary and by many absolutely
condemned. but do not care for meeting
their fellow-riderS on the streets most fire.
quented by them. 1t is this fact that keeps
them away from the center of the city.
Many of the young men of the city are
yearning for the time when fashion will
repeat itself and decree to them the knick-
erbockers for all occasions. Some think the
wheeling costume is going to be a potent
factor in bringing about d change, or refor-
nation, as one me OF on 1nem i ' eenaivn It, Mnae
share of attention at the present time. the
young men are looking to their own com
fort as we'll, and there is talk of a Knick-
erbocker Club. One was recently organized
in Chicago with a large membership, with
reached a certain number all the members
should wear their Knockers to their work
s Sc se on a the Mh whe ensy w 5RGk p panalo ase are
not so troublesome to a .wheelman as skirts
are to his sister rider, they are In the way
discarded for club runs and the like, by
all who could afford to buy the extra suit.
A Knickerbocker Club would not be such
an innovation as the young ladies' bloomer
club which has been organized.
A company to build bicycles from bamboo
has at last been organized in England with
a capital stock of $4vv,0O0. The prospectus
of the company claims success for the new
wheel for the following reasons: 1.-THE ir-
ventors of these cycles claim to have sue
ceeded in manufacturing machines which
are lighter, cheaper, less liable to damages
and easier to clean, and, further, which
possess greater resilient properties than
any ever yet brought before the public.
These important improvements have been
attained by the Introduction as substitutes
for steel in the frames of cycles of bam-
boo and aluminium, which are two OF the
The further claims made for bamboo cycles
are: Il. Great, reduction in cost. 2: In
8. Absence of vibration. 4. Freedom from
corrosion. 5. Rigidity and nonliability to
indentation.
Asbury Park will nave a bicycle '.hotel
and hospital combined for the benefit of
L. A. w. members who attend the annual
meet at that place in July. All members,
upon presentation of their membership card,
may leave their wheel at the hospital
where it will be cared for free of charge.
If it is dusty it will be cleaned, or if in
need of repairs, such as do not include the
furnishing of any large parts, it will be
placed in order and be ready for the rider,
and in better shape than when he reached
the town., when the proper check is pre-
sented. There will be no charge for all
this to members of the l.. A. w.
st. Louis is thoughtful of bicycle riders.
1t has done what no other city in the
country can boast of. The sprinkling regu-
lations of that city require that a path
at the side of all paved streets, wide
enough for the riders, must not be
sprinkled. It is where there is little travel
of any other kind and does not get dusty,
although no water is thrown on it.
General Sporting News.
Kansas City and Toledo began to practice
1acf "Wednesday