Evening star., 1895-08-03
A VACATION RESOURCE.
The po..ibilitle. oSsn to Those WI
Ride n Wheel.

The Possibilities Open to Those Who
Ride Wheel.
From the New York Tribune,
The bicycle has not only opened fine op-
portunities for recreation and exercise to
hundreds of men and women who otherwise
would get into the open air little, If at
all, but it has further Illustrated Its use
fulness by affording a new method OF en-
joying the annual holiday. Its advantages
are especially great in the cases Of those
whose summer vacation Is BRIEF bu. those
whose time is longer will find it 4 delight
full experience to take to the wheel for a
eek or two. Bicycle tours have for some
time been popular with men, and ladies
have also taken extended journeys with
pleasure and profit and without experience
ing any serious Inconvenience Occasion
ally, too. family groups may be seen TAX
ing their outing a-wheei travelling, per
haps, several hundred miles in the course
Of two or three weeks. Hardly anything
vacation, which affords uneaualed op-
portunities FOR seeing the country. for
studying nature at first hand and for in
creasing ones knowledge of birds and flow
ers and trees. The only thing comparable
with it in this respect is tramping, which
Is far more wearyins. involves the personal
carrying of considerable luggage, and for
the ajority of women and young people
Is dDSOluIely out OIL tHe QueStlOu. On the
bicycle, however, women IN average
health and most boys and girls of twelve
or fourteen can journey from twenty to
thirty miles 4 day without exerting them
selves unduly or becoming overtired; and
thus family tour on wheels. covering 200
or 300 miles, or more, becomes an easy pos
sibility i'll almost any direction where there
is a reasonable prospect Of finding fairly
good roads.
The equipment needed for such a journey
is not great-for these who undertake it
must resolve In advance to dispense with
luxuries-and can be readily slowed away
in the luggage carriers made 20 lit in the
''diamond-frame" wheel. Ladies riding
"drop-frame' bicycles are ut disad-
vantage here, but then 1t is no more than
fair that they should travel ''light' and
that the burdens should be borne by the
sterner sex. The addition of fifteen or
twenty pounds of luggage to an ordinary
bicycle, If properly placed, is no serious
obstacle to pleasurable riding. At the
same time val;se or trunk can be for
warded from point to point on the journey,
if deemed necessary. For trip of this
kind a carefully prepared program Is de-
sirable, but it should be of the elastic
rather than the hard-and-fast- variety. 1t
is impossible, of course, to tell what delays
may be caused by bad weather, poor roads
or accidents; hence the program should be
subject to change without previous an
nouncemant." In the matter Of luggage 1t
may be added that waterproofs are indis-
take the party at any moment.
To reap the full benefit of vacation on
bicycles 1t Is necessary to abandon ell
thought of records or rapid riding. Re
member that you are out for health and
exhilaration. not in order to do a certain
number of miles in "a certain number of
hours or days. Don't hesitate to ride at a
moderate pace and to take frequent rests.
You will eat heartily and enjoy your meals.
and will sleep as you have not since you
were child. You viii acquire handsome
brown as to hands and face. which will
excite the wonder and admiration Of your
town friends on your return. You will gain
many interesting experiences and lay up a
store of memories that will prove per-
ennial delight. Withal, you can have and
enjoy all these things, at \ moderate outlay
by the exercise of a little care and fore
thought. 81
The bicycle tour is a modern invention
and an excellent one. and commends itself
to those who are ttredfof hotels and board
ing houses and surfeited with the ordinary
methods OF occupying the time of the sum-
mer outing. -