The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
FALK CLOTHING co.

tfvate fad. Immediately he reduces It's
exercises 10 the best ideals Of art. Inere-
fore he rides with the greatest OF grace.
He does not use his feet as the crude En-
gIisbu7sn or American would. but rests Il
lightly on the pedal, and using tIee an
kle movement, pirouttss, as lt Were a.
ne turns He loses no Hogarth curve Whlch
can be exhibited along with his necessary
exertion and turns corner AFTER mucn
the same manner as lthe dancer Woulu
swing about in the evolution OF Quda-
rifle His wheel Is light his shirt Is
striped silk. and the cyclst Is a tnlng LOT
people TO look Il and admire. how these
dainty fellows would follow a crowd OF
Atlanta bicyclists on & stin run over the
red hills around Atlanta, I'm not sure
but really they are beautiful things 10
The women all. and almost without ex-
ception ride the sam me kind OF wheels as
the men-With the diamond frame Blocm-
ers are universal. There IS none OF lne
erect riding. with short skirts ana Ieg-
gins which our unfroward young women
assume: but bless you, they lean rlght
forward and 20 IL with curved odchs anu
low handlebars with the best or the men
Ladies' wheels are unknown ana regard
"a as prud.sh and cumbersome contrlE-
ances unit for all practical purposes. 20
see a woman with coplous Dloomers' slIh
stockings. thin slippers, rather low heck
and always most jaunty cap resting on
her curls 10 see ner spin along, circle,
dismount with composure grace ana agll-
ity-this is a characteristic sight OF Parls.
And more than this, the cycnag costuil =
is so popular that the girls OF the glddy
side may be noted along the streets ana
in the cafes attired in the fun wneenng
dress. Yet her wheel is not near, nor
does she in all probability own one. s tle
thinks the dress new and Striking ana she
wears il because she believes II becomes
her.
.;cn some of the great boulevards. stalls
are provided for wheels at the saIes, anq
. - arranged
along the pavement. with their owners,
men and women, around the tables, Dut
reclining in the luxury OF rest, both snok-
/ ing cigarettes and slipping yellow aosin-
For an American to see this astonishing
/ acknowledgement sitting cross-legged
/ in boomers. putting smoke from thell
1 mouths. and lifting sparkling glass %
/ their lips-is al first severe shock 10 MS
/ entire moral system; but the sight nnally
/ becomes so usual. that he only begins "a
+ look for further varieties, rather tnan 70
experience further surprises.
/ zone sees many American Wneels, foI
I rather think the United States has led
| the way in the manufacture OF bicycles
/ They are preferred. even with the adqeo
| cost which French tariff Impossible
cause they generally combine less weight
| with greater speed and strength anC
| greater beauty Of lines than the native
| make. Both Londoners and Parislans are
| surprised at the lightness and elegance
/ and at the same time the excellent work
/ manship displayed by American wheels
| II was not all dispensing for me to sec
/ many Crescents cycles in Paris-the max
| ers of which machine, the Western vince
works of Chicago, shipped several thou
I sand to Europe this year. The wooder
/ rims used on American machines are es
| pecially attractive to Partisan cyclists
/ who readily take to an idea that is a
! once new and good.
But. reverting 10 Parsians. give them
/ any new institution which appeals TO theil
[ endowment and you can at once count or
/ them to carry it further than even tht
| original inventor hoped for"