The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-26

when their trottcrs swerve TO go In ahead
OF him. The drivers OF heavier vehicles
are equally thoughtless and sometimes
they are malicious In their determination
20 force the rider OF the wheel 10 sur
render all rights 10 the road. wheel
man. expecting that he will be given room
TO pass. IS often put In danger OF MS
life by the turn OF a drivers wrist.
This may have been natural at hrst.
II will not be so " IL continues. the
bicycle IS no longer strange on the streets
or tho highways. 1t has become pun
lie necessity. IL Is used by young ana
old. by rich and poor. and II must pc
treated as any other vehicle IS trcaten.
BicyClcrs must not be allowed 70 have
more than their share Of the road. Ihey
must not be allowed to go an inch over
the law. But they must have all the
law allows. Those who MAIN or XII
them through carelessncss or reckless
ness must expect to suffer for H.
Nfw YoRK's -FOUR HUSDRfD.
New York's most exclusive society. the
element which DEGREES arbitrarily what Is
good form in America. has given the OIL
fetal stamp Of approval. as II were 70
bicvcling. says the New York World
The Young society woman who has Tor
q year or more envied her typewriting OF
school-tcaching cousin the pleasures OF
the Saturday afternoon or Sunday morn
ing spin over boulevard or country road
may now 30 a-wheel herself with the
consciousness that Mrs. y. ogden Mis-
Mrs. Jordan l.. Mott. Mrs. Burke. Roche
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. NAliain
u. Dodge. Mrs oliver Hartman, Jr., ana
a score or more of fashions arplters'
have decided that bicycling IL fashion
able.
The first bicycle tea given in the me
flsrr
matter. so far as known, came on AT
the Claremont on last saturday atter-
noon. and was dignilcd as a Junction
and given place i'm the society columns
the next morning. whereas bicycle events
as rule belong under the head OF
sporting
rrMIDrTY AND DOUBT.
The bicycle tea naturally excited So
cicty's curiosity. and there was some
tlmidity and doubt as to exactly no"
the new social adventure would turn
onf Hence a great many ladies drove
out TO Claremont in well-appointed traps
instead of making the journey on the
beautiful wheels with which they are
wont 10 take their morning spins throneh
Central Park, or their daily exercise WIN
in the shelterng walls or me AlchauA
Clubhouse.
The fact is that hundreds Of the young
mntrons and young ladies whose names
appear regularly in the lists OF among
those present were" yielded long ago 10
the fascination Of cycling. but inasmuch
as the recreation had not had a lorhal
endorsement by society, they have been
doing their wheeling IN the academies
only. or I'm a surroptitious manner Oh
remote suburban roads.
10 is remarkable fact, going 10 sho"
how imperial Is the dictum OF ac-
xuowlodgcd social leaders that since the
bicycle tea of last week, tho NUMBER VI
women 'cvclers on Riverside drive ana IN
Central Park have more than doubled,
Mrs. r.. y. Townsend, Mrs Pauline
Thebaud Mrs. Walter Chapman, MIS-.
Archibald pell. Miss Silvie strong, ana
! Miss Hawley, We're among the iaVne9
who rode TO Claremont with the club.
They were all attired in the most modest
Of slllrted wheeling habits. 1t appears
that the society wheelwomcn reserve
boomers for wear I'm the country. out
of-town women cyclists will be glad 10
know that while New York's -Four Hun
dred has endorsed bicycling, the bloomer
costume has yet to win its way 10 favor
among the exclusive set. The male menu
beers of the Alchaux Club. however. turn
| ed out in force. and quite picturesque ala
they look I'm their natty uniforms as
they posed on the lawn, and talked TO the
! fairest women on earth.
There has been a great change III
some things within a year or two, and
the lonesome bicycle girl, who felt as
though she were defying public senti-
ment. is a thing Of the past.
a WHEELER.