The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19
prom the Chicaeo Post

1T must be q qualification 10 the femi-
nine world" he said, Ito find that there
Is at last a supreme test of love There
must be great deal Of satisfaction in the
knowledge that II is at last possible to
put a man on record and find out whether
he is really and truly in love"
Il don't believe l quite follow you" re-
turned his wife There have been all sorts
of tests of love, but none has proved in
fallible, so far as ! can learn
Then you haven't given any attention
to the bicycle test" he asserted
Il don't see what test of love there is
about bicycle"
THAT'S because you have never tried to
run around the block holding a pretty
girl on one" he explained. i've seen many
young man try it, and his face glowed
with pride and pleasure-at first. 1t is a
great joy to have the privilege of holding
pretty girl on a bicycle, while she
screams and throws her arms around your
neck every time You let the wheel careen
a little. 1t is good exercise, too. to run
with the wheel and steady it, but there
comes a time when there seems to be a
degree of monotony about II that is pain
tul. In a case where there is no real love
this comes about the second trip around
the block. If man smiles at the end of
that you may be sure that 1t is more than
a mere passing fancy, and if he makes a
third trip it is evidence of sincere affection
at the least. If he keeps his appointment
TO repeat the performance the second day
IL is proof of the existence of a Wild.
weird, Ella Wheeler WILCOX poems of pas
sion and devotion that will cause the IRE
insurance TO be cancelled on any house
that they may rent for their honeymoon
Oh, the bicycle as test of love is une-
Qualed."
John" she said. coldly, when he had
finished his dissertation.
Yes, dear"
you know too much about the business
of teaching girls to ride
You forget, dear that gave YOU les
sons" he protested
"One lesson" she corrected, holding IN
one finger to impress the number upon him
''and the second day YOU sent a Tnesset,-
ger home to say that you We're busy at the
office, and wouldn't be home till Late
He whistled softly to himself and made
hasty calculation to see whether he could
afford theater tickets and a new gown, for
he knew no otner combination would
square him.
The latest thing on wheels, a quindecup-
let or cycle for fifteen riders Is to he
built for a club of fifteen enthusiasts.
The captain of the club walked into a Park
Row bicycle store, in New York, the other
day, and asked if a machine could be made
that would carry fifteen riders. Ger
tainly," said the manager eff you want
to pay the price. 1t will come close 10
$500" He was told to go ahead and make
plans and specifications for the giant
cycle, and in a month the machine may
be finished. In England a vehicle to car
~ twelve riders has already been built
and in this country an enterprising firm
turns them out for six riders. These are
not bicycles but tricycles, with one wheel
in front and two in the rear. The new
est machine is to have one seat il FROM
for the steersman, and then seven pairs
of seat behind, side by side. The gear
will be 16S which is enormous, and every
revolution Of the pedals will drive the
machine ahead forty-six feet eight
inches Special tubing will have to be or
dered, and the stoutest of pneumatic
tires. If the riders are experts they could
make phenomenon time on their new quin-
decuplet
It is announced that the manufacture
of kooden-frame bicTles is soon to be be-