The morning times., 1896-04-19
RICH GIRLS BICYCLES.
Helen Gould's Cost SIoo, and
Weighs Twenty-four Pounds.

A check for 500 lies upon tie desk OF
a certain maker OF bicycles. II is in
payment for bicycle OF extra fine fin
ish and of the most perfect mechanism
OF any to be found in his establishment.
The name signed to the check is Helen
Could and the letter with the check says
that the wheel has been found perfectly sat
isfactory in every particular.
That Wheel said the bicycle man.
lis the second one We have sent to Miss
GOuld's country residence this season.
Last spring we sent two, and the autumn
before, when cycling first came in for
women. we had an order for one. The first
wheel was evidently an experiment to be
tried cautiously and followed out il good.
The reason why so many wheels are
ordered by Miss Gould can doubtless
be found in the fact that having q large
country house. She has house parties;
and there cannot be found house party
Of young women or men either. who do not
go cycling afternoons aud moonlight even
ings.
We have sent several mems wheels up
there. They were ordered by Frank Gould,
the youngest brother. who is coming twenty
years OF age. | should say.
The wheel just ordered is for Miss
Gould's personal use. 1t is twenty
eight inch wheel and il weighs twenty-fOur
pounds. Thatisa good weight for woman
OF Der size to wheel.
Many of oar women wheelers have
two kinds OF wheels. They have heavy
one that they ride some days and Il
Lighter one for other excursions when
they are looking for speed. Then, too.
the wheel is matter OF wh:m and
mood. One day you feel quiet and con-
Seryatiye- and you choose "a heavy wheel
that bears you safely along without care
on your part. TIE next YOU are in
Wild mood and want to daSh 10 the STATS
The nShtest thing you can get-a nineteen
pound. If possible lis the article you want.
with women this matter OF mood is
very noticeable. We get a letter one
day thanking us for the beautiful and
perfectly satisfactory wheel; and a few
days later another one is ordered as the
wheel does not ride well any longer. We
say nothing but sa " wood as IL were. and
wait until both wheels shall be given
chance. Then both are wanted. It is on
The principle that some days man wears
a red tie and others a blue one, yet he
couldn tell you, for the life OF him, why
he changes.
we sold said the bicycle dealer. look
ing over his order book, "a very nice
wheel TO W. c. Whitney before his daugh-
tcr's marriage to Mr. Paget. This wheel
was undoubtedly in her wedding outfit.
Most brides buy a wheel in their trous-
seau as they buy walking shoes Or if they
don't buy one themselves their brothers
give them one.
we sold ladys wheel TO Cornelius
Vanderbilt the other day. IL was a trim
little affair, elegantly built. and tire high
est priced one we had. But it WIS not
Grnamcntcd. ThIttalk about silver wheels
for the members of the 400 is all rubbish,
as far as most Of them are cCncerned.'
The wheel for Miss Vanderbilt was, we
understood, birthday gift. 1t had a little
inscription upon il and was. marked with
initials. date, etc. IL was decidedly the
neatest little machine we have turned out.
IL was sent to her New York home, and WIS
for riding in Central Park. 1t will go to
Newport this summer, and we viii have
orders TO pack and ship IL with half
dozen other ladies' wheels ut the same
time. You see we know Just about what
will happen when once u lady's wheel has
been int reduced in a fdmily of wealth that
can afford to make wheeling a family
feature.
The number of decorated wheels we
turn out is limited. II is our experience
that Il gentleman does not go to a cycle
establishment and order a gold bicycle for
his wife, nor silver one, or one trimmed
with Jewels He gets only the regulation
wheel.
The patrons of the costly gold wheels
are those who are celebrating anniversaries
and making gifts. Suppose Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger, for instance. were
celebrating the fifteenth anniversary OF
her marriage. Her husband would order
OF US a wheel with pearl handles. Or II
another anniversary, the particular jewel
or metal OF the anniversary would be
honOTed by represe ntatiOn in the wheel.
Pearl weddings, VIC are Informed. are
celebrated at both the fifteenth and TWEEN
tieth anniversaries, for we have had orders
FOR pearl handled wheels for both.
I'VE had an odd order last week, aud
one that is nov being carried out. A gen.
tleman of middle life. with children grown
up and married, called on US and said