Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-04
FUTURE OF THE BICYCLE.
Its Relation to the Changed Position
VI Glass of Women Discussed.

Its Relation to the Changed Position
W Glass of Women Discussed.
London has the following to say on the
influence and future of cycling; One
can take np no paper or magazine with
out finding cycling discussed The
battle Of pro and con is practically
over, for the almost universal adoption
OF tho pastimo by the high and low has
t"n>rd the most ardent disputants to
cry 'cadit QueStio"; writer's now con-
tent themselves with hudiug the new
ART or giving advice to it's latest re-.
erutts Very few people have been bold
enough to touch upon its future, Vet
It Is not too much to say that cycling
which really deserves to be printed
with capital, In view of It's coming
tmportanco bids fair to effect mild
revolution in our social life; that NE
of the nation which Is social" In the
hroadeSt sense. not merely that Of the
section ot the community which has
chosen for the nonce to take the wheel
under its especial patronage. That
tho bicycle has made an enormous dit,
ference In the position OF our women Is
recognized, thanks to It. they are now
able to share many harmless delights
hitherto monopollsed by their brothers.
! l. has made many of Thorn healthier,
rretttor and happier, and delivered
many also from the hancful tyranny
OF tho tight corset benVats which
moro than outweigh the sinister pro-
pheclcs that threaten us with large
hands, splay feet, and wrtnkled hrows
~ result of much wheeling These
points have been touched. not 40 much
the important ono of the influence OF
cycling upon railway traffic. There ara
experts who fortoll heavy loss to the
railway companies in CONSEQUENCE Of
the mower and pleasantcr process OF
ic'omotton. while others assert that
the carriage OF bicycles, which ia be-
coming an extensive trurlc, will equal
iHo things In THAT respect 1t In a fact
that many l4ondonors, who object TO
the risk aud strain of riding In crowd
ed streets. send their machines by train
To- some country station, and then on
JOY days outing OF an almost perfect
KIND, and this practice will probably
grow rs the London season progresses,
and wHnried nerves long for rest and
II esh air. II Ia not easy to believe that
gentle women win ever make a habit
of riding among drngs, omnibuaes and
cabs unattended, az do few notorioty
Ia a hat
fashionable women may choose, for tho
future, TO 1.-Two moro In the country for
the sake of their fayorite exercise. This
VIII mean that our great houses viii
be less shut up Hodge will benefit by
Increased employment, landlords Will
see more OF their tenantry. while our
smart folk WILL let us hope. devote
moro time to the study OF natures
beauties In their own land than TO the
gowns OF doubtful personagcs AT for
clgn watering places. or course, II Is
conceivable that the hanson oabby
mny regard with bitterness the advance
of the Iron wheels. that IL rapidly
oustng tho "gondola of London" from
tho favor OF our Legislators and pro.
fesslonal men II Is even prophesied
that In the near future doctors Will sub.
siuto the cyclic for the more costly
horse and bougham, when visiting
their patients, To the clergy of all
denominations, the bike" IL Il real
boon. II will DO still more valuable
when the automatic principle Ii gen
crally applied TO 1t, which will be tho
case before long, when Investigations
now proceeding are brought to sue
cossful ISSUE as those who are unable
to take such vigorous exercise NJ wheel
ing now involves Will no longer bo pre-
cluded from sharing the Joys and con-
vonIenco of their more robust COM
panOns. The automobile cycle will
have the further advantage. that ladies'
riding II Will be able 10 wear any kind
/. ordinary dress. One certain result
Of the now "sport"--for 40 1t may
truly be called win be the raising OF
the percentage OF marriages. This can
| ct fail TO be 80, for II associates In
beautiful enjoyment young men and
yemen who would otherwise only meet
at dances. or equally rare occasions
! Moreover, during cycling pretty face
locks its best which Is not always the
cage ut a dance 1t liz likewise ex-
pected that the cycling honey moon
will be another novelty introduced 10
us by this year OF enterprise and happy
memory, 500.