The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-27
THE BICYCLE.
Due Consideration of tho Popular
Mode OF TRANSIT.
Little Danger of an Over-Indulgence In
the pIeasurable PastIme of Wheel
q ing-A Question of Public
TasUe and GIorals.

Up to the present time, no matter
what may be the future changes, the
ellief clam Of the bicycle upon our
consideration is its utility as mems
oil RATIONAL and wholesome pastme
aIiG pleasurable recreation. while II
is put to many nses purely economical
in business sense, still the balance is
Overwhelming on the side Of mere
amusement.
Nor is this to be recloned against
it in our calculation. We Americans
especially need to have play forced
upon us; we are too much given over
10 constant money-grubhing and the
feverish pursuit of sordid ambitions.
There is small danger that we WI lall
too far in the direction OF recreation
and bealthful pastime. Certainly the
bicycle is a delightful source Of emo
ton; it sends up through thc rider al
eNhilaration indescribably comforting
10 weary nerves and just here arise
both the pro and the con Of our argu-
ment.
If to ride moderately is pleasing, 10
ride faster is charming, and to speed
like the wind IS intoxicating. The
habit grows, the fascination gets deep
or and deeper hold, until, ike all
other overdone sports or pasGmcs. ii
becomes an almost incurable mania
The. incorrigible seorcher is already
scarcely less a nuisance in our streets
and roads than the drunkard and the
professional beggar. He casts a ma
lign shadow over the whole subject CT
wheeling and forces right-minded pco-
pie TO shrink from public appearance
on their wheels. The same Or more
may be said about u certain class Of
women and girls who for cne reason
or another choose to make bicycle I'D
ing an excuse for immodest and cut
iandish attire. Instead of licnes;IJ
adapting costume neatly and l>ec9Ir,
ingly to the needs of wheeling, tnoy
rush to the extreme suggested by Q
necessary change. Here great CUES
ton of public taste and morals force
itself into our minds, and It :? not foc
early to give it serious attent.oE.
OvereNertion is very hurtfnl to or
ganic life. Mere waste is hs8ltlifrl
natural and promptly compensated L,
rccupcration. Bodily eXerc.Te carno
90 beyond the limit of safety witbou
permanent injury tovital centers. It's
weli-known law is too frecuertl
broken bg bicycle riders, especially II.
young and strong ones wle2 feGl }-ccu
lF the sweet exhiInruticn OF rapid IEoye
lhent under circumstances novel lnd
Peculiarly fascinating. a rieh crcn Of
diseases is sure to be reaped by these
reckless sewers.
Doubtless wisdom will control in Ihc
long run, wherefore it seems sefe tc
take an optimistic view of The great
Wheeling epoch. Observation has lei
Us to think that our young Tecple arr
adapting themselves in the main VII
great rood sense to the conditions i'm
POSED by their new means Of enjoy !
nent. It is comforting TO tie tlsto
and rare delight to the artistic rer
ception to sec them out of an even TT
glidirg along so silently ard smoothly |
s%imming the roads as swallow Ok =
the streams. Where there IS 50 much
and so little urge toward |
evil surely the outcome must be gecd.
.Chautauouan.