Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-19

W. K. Larrimore. assisted BY MI. W. p.
| Bowie and several others
The stand of Saks & Co. was one of the
| prettlest in the hail. It was a massive
looking affair, CONSTRUCTED on the Grecian
outline with heavy pillars supporting a roof
OF blue and white bunting The exhibit was
! In charge of Mr.. Robert Fox, assisted by
J. c. McKeever. W. NJ. Britain and Miss
of wheels shown, md full line of sporting
| goods, great deal of which was displayed
| IN large glass cases. Several metal nom
siEkaole canoes were included in the ex-
| hibit.
| A Bifurcnted Skirt.
One of the leading attractions was the
demonstration Of skirt, which is claimed
to be the coming wearing apparel for wo-
| men cyclists 1t consists of a bifurcated
| skirt, so arranged by plai.s in the rear
that the division was not noticeable, while
lapel buttoned on in front, unloosened
Ier riding, cvercame objections which nave
been made against the genuine bloomer
costume The souvenir of this stand was
a red button.
The attention of the crowd seemed to be
| mainly divided at times between the Ram
| bier and the Columbia stand The last
| named bicycle had splendid display and
| TINS, together with the announcement that
| souvenir spoons and bicycle sundres would
| ne distributed, attracted the people. The
| disp'ay OF wheels was excellent, and among,
the fifteen machines was the celebra ted
| Iinahyzed wheel with silver nlountings
| ana ivory grips, which has market value
of $500. the cost of the wheel, of course,
| depending altogether on the precious
mount ng. The Columbia military tandem
| was also center of attraction. This tan
| GEM IS equipped with two Springfield rifles,
| Two large reviewers, blankets, and over
| coats and a signal OUTFIT Il total weight of
e!ghty pounds. The background of this
| stand was an artistic combination of multi
| coioreu bunting, arranged with artistic eff
Ie.,. the center piece being bicycle wheel
| WIN numerous miniature incaniescent
| hghts kept N continual motion
The Rambler exhibit was on a PATTERN
USED IN the New York and Chicago cycle
| SNOW. IL was banked all around for a
space OF three feet with covering of pea
green Persian figured baize on the ton of
| when We're arranged a number of wheels
One of the exhibits Of this stand was a
| Spah!dlngiZed wheel, trimmed with gold
out iallins to arrive on time, it was not
put in position. large electric sign sis
| pended directly over the BOOTH advertising
| the tlfes. attracted a great Zeal of atten
non me souvenirs Of This booth were BIZ
| cEcie nat plHs and aluminium medals
| The Owen Inventions.
| Tie exhibit of the F. d. Owen Manu-
featuring Company was perhaps one of
.he most interesting in the whole show, for
tue TACT mat the display was entirely made
up OF the inventions of Mr.. Owen in the
| bicycle line. His specialties are numerous
ana IN the details he has made some won
4er1ul improvements. He had on view the
i iyramld and Convertible wheels, which
| created a furore at the New York cycle
| snow and elected praise On all sides The
| pyramid, claimed to be the wheel of the
future, has triangular shape. the saddle
| post being at the apex of the angle Of tho
| frame, while the handle bar is fastened to
lhe 'front.' portion of the frame The wheel
| Weishs but seventeen pounds, being the
nsntest OF any exhibited. 1t was placed
above the background of the booth. The
| convertible wheel is machine which in a
| Few seconds can be changed so as to admit
II Il, neing used for rider of either sex
| The Enterprise Cycle Company had a
| gorgeous exhibit. The display of wheels
was large and varied and the counter at
tractlohs numerous. The center of the
pooth was filled Up with potted plants and
| everything around was of a crimson hue
| Two Indians of the Sycamore tribe. in
| Ieathers and war paint, added to the at
traction The background of the exhibit
| was of rugs, with buffalo horns tackled
| against the wall. A crimson carnation was
! distributed to the early visitors last night,
ana aEother MISREPRESENTATION souvenir
was the Sycamore bear fetch. lucky
| omen for the members of that tribe There
| were a number of buttons distributed at
| THIS booth. and a photograph was kept
| continually going, to which the public was
| given free access.
| Maxim Gun Tricycle..
The Wolff American and the Lowell Dia-
mond wheels had stand just at the en-
|
| tract attention was duplex tricycle. upon
| which was mounted Maxim gun. The
| weight of the tricycle. is forty-two pounds
and the gun two hundred, the machine
| being built to stand total weight of over
| tive hundred pounds. The field gun can be
| fired eight hundred times per minute. The
| exhibit was in charge of Max Wagner
assisted by David Roberts and Edward
| Coifn.
| The Maryland Manufacturing and Con-
| struction Company had their stand on the
| west side. which was conspicuous by a
background of yellow and black, the colors
| ing electric star, which produced a weird
| effect. owing to the colors Of the glass. MIR.
j. S. Cox was in charge of The booth.
| The exhibit of Mr.. G. a. Cabrera did not
| arrive in time for placing in pos. ton, but
by this evening there will be a full lire of
| Eclipse wheels. The Dunlop tire man, Mr..
W. II; Kirkpatrick. kept a large crowd
| around him by exhibiting the easy method
/ of repairing punctures. While he worked
| he gave away whistles made from initial ion
| valves. Rim tires were represented by Mr..
| H. +. Herring, who was withou, his stock
| in trade, but had plenty If buttons to give
| away. The Morgan and Wright tire was
| present, but the material did not arrive in
| time.
| The Ladies' Riding school.
The Capital Bicycle Company had cor
! ner stand, which was prettiiy decora ted
| and one of the souvenirs was a free riding
| StnoOl leSSJI LOT idtlltS. :fSSG IfSc C.cketS
| were also given by the Eclipse and the
| owen concerns. The New Haven Cycle
| Company occupied d corner space. and had
| an exhibit of three wheels. Tappan's booth
| was a very notwithstanding arrangement,
| and among other thing, in cluIed the Shat
| hirt silver trophy. which was recently won
| by the Washington Light Infantry baske
| ball team. This stand had covering of
| tennis nets, and was surrounded by a row
| of electric lights. Among other things was
| a gold-moun ted wheel. constructed for ex-
! hibition purposes. with no market value.
| Walter Bovine of New York city and NJ. A.
| Tappan, assisted by Arthur Mccormick and
| n. K. Fill, were in charge.
| The Boston variety store had good dis
| play of wheels and sporting goods in gen
| eral, including fishing tackle. The stand
| was artisticaily decorated and crowded
| with material. It in charge Of Charles
| c. Adams and X. f. Curry. The Liberty ex-
| hibit was attractive and embraced a large
| variety of wheels. Mr.. w. J. Espey was in
| charge. assisted by f. w. Moore.
| The Western Wheel works, of which Mr.
| Harry S. Jones, jr., is the manager Of the
local branch, had one of the largest single
| displays of wheels in the hall. They had
| thirteen different models of road wheels,
from a little child's machine up to BIZ
| cycle constructed to carry giant. There
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