New-York tribune., 1896-05-25

women AID children remorseessly Ike a two
wheeled iuggernaut. The 'scorcher' Is the qElntes-
sence Of selnshncss. He is a mean. nconsideraie
rufian. whom the police should serve he de-
serves Mount d police patrol on wheels and teach
them how 10 scorch' the scorcher.' The laws are
very loosely enforced Let insert laws and en-
force them rigidly and We shall have fewer acct
dents and fewer rowd.es on wheels
Another bicycle rowdy is the sneak thief and the
footpai Even these professional gentlemen now
purquc their avocatoas by wheel. Il has become
aimos, dangerous for d. cyclist 70 vince alone al
nlght IN SOM. lions Of the boulevard. WIKI tho
aid wh.ch the ~hce. gives. footpads and sneak
thieves easily Assault iheT victims hilt MAKE sppd
their escape before assistance comes Almost every
week near OF 4 number OF nighi attacks OF thls
description. ani the police VIII noI he aor 70 stapP
with ihls Ell untl We have bicycle patrol IN the
outlying sections ~ ne city TO run tn'se human
hycnas TO earth Another i'ase Oh ro"uyIS,n ,
a-whe~ very prevalent IN these cycling days Is the
hu.king bully ami me profine street totgn nave
seen them ride along ihe BluleVafd WIN prassd
dbclo manner and ia overbrdrng Nolc" calling r&ht
Profanity and swearing issue from the'r np7 l'nS
lava from volcano. they are the Incarnation oil
for cycling is infested with these .ow-born crta'-
ures woo have produced IA colossal nuisance thdt
~ an foId thnt The -Four Hundred Of New-York
have 'tabOocd the bicycle. Ii has become too
common and Il no longer proper Tor sood s0ce1y 20
pAtronzc The motive impehinS Such cohdeinn"-
non nf this glorious sport may be III tns case iar
fetched and udicrous but II al our sooi roads ana
wheeling paths are 70 d" uS"Ipeu ~ 'p"t't @ aIlr
vagabonds 50 that ladies' and children are no longer
snic from insult anu injury. then our only course
sf, IL 10 ioin the -Four Hundred ana In self-pro-
tection taboo the wheel henceforth. ! am an
ardent adrnircr OF this glorious recreation ride
wheel myself. and nave taughi my son anu het'
i've Years old To ride one. | wish that every mem
her of mis- church possessed bicycle, 30 thdt We
c,ud an ride together believe In robust Gospel.
Gosuel FOR the physical we'll as for The spiritual
man and the wheel will make better Christians
"r, 81 you because IT Will give you stronger bodies
and better digestion. A dyspeptic cannot ne & use
mi vigorous Christian. But In the name OF an tnat
ia iusf and true let the municipal authorities use
Vigorous measures to suppress the awiess e''nrnt
h,t drsecrafes our streets and thoroughfares win
heir vulgar talk and rascally assaults on pedceape
r,ders cannon decency and the welfare OF our
Community demand that our Boulevard shail De
made respectable and morally clean, so thar the
,de1 clerks and the weary shopgirS as well as the
iaJies and children may enjoy 10 their heart con
ION, this most fascinating sport that ''od III Ills
soodnes. has permitted US 10 possess
Nr Raboteau closed by condefnnlng SUNDAY
i,,, hccaise II is not the best way 10 spend a
d,v Of rcsi and because It takes young people lroi
tb:. church He said: III one IN order 10 roe thc
hce nnst ignore his spiritual life forget ms dutles
w. churrh and Cod then the wheel had better 60
H. nainest and poorest church In IN" world wheT-
the Gospel il FAITHFULLY preached Is worth nni,tcy Z
more than all the heh-gfaue anu ~" @'
ever manufactured