Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
Washington Road Club.

Mr.. E. A. Bennett took a fiytng trim IN
cycle show.
One Of the club members is moaning the
loss OF 80, which was the result of his
running against gang of confidence men
Whlle on recent trip to New York He
was too sharp to bite at the green goods
game, and went to the metropolis fully
guarded, as he thought, to keep from get
Jung caught for sucker" He knew we'll
the Workings of green goods sHindlers and
several other schemes for the quick and
easy way of raising money and he opined
Ihat ne was too sharp for the sharpers
ihat ne labored under delusion he soon
a1u mo our, Tor almost as soon as he reach
ca the place he fell In with few tricksters,
ana the next thing he knew he was lust
20 out de viii learn better in the course
| Of time.
Arlington wheeImen.
Preparations are going on at a merry rata
Tor the dance Of the Arlington Wheelmen.
which will be held Thursday, February G.
at Builders Exchange Hall, on 18th street.
1t is to be regretted that the date will con-
| hict with that Of the annual banquet of the
washington Road Club. which comes of
on the same evening" while the dance of
| the Queer Wheelmen comes off on the pre
| vlous evening. The invitations TO the
dance will be out during the week, the
dance committee holding a meeting tonnor
row.
The Arlingtons, as a club, have several
| good reasons for not desiring permanent
quarters. As stated, the club is in a -four
lshlng condition under the present state
| OF affairs. The members meet but once
| month, in many cases not having seen
each other since the previous meeting The
monthly gatherings have a good drawing
quallty, and when he attends every MEM
per is sure of spending pleasant evening
| AFTER the business meeting q dinner is en-
5oyed, which the club pays for. the dues
| being sufficient to meet the obligations in
| CURED by the set-out. Were a club house
opened, these pleasant evenings would be
! abolished, in all proba bility, though the
| members would more of eacA ,Jti4er
The members do not think that these ad-
Yantages equal those of the present opera
| ton, and as the general sentiment is
| against a change the probabilities of OPEN
| ing up club house are very remote.
At recent meeting of the club the men,
bers changed the monthly meeting place
from the Losekam to the Hotel Johnson
Queer wheeImen.
The invitations to the dance of the Queer
| Wheelmen on the evening Of February at
| the National Rifles Armory made their ap-
pearance during the week. The invitation,
though plain, is well gotten up and neatly
engraved. 1t is printed on heavy paper,
5x6 inches, the front being a representation
OF ,. a Ia, large winged wheel printed in gold.
| ing of the invitation is printed on the third
page In green. The souvenir of the dance
will be in the program, the design of which
| is kept secret, though its uniqueness will
| be the aim Of the club.
The committees of the dance were ap-
pointed at a meeting held during the week.
| The floor committee will wear old gold
colored badges, and consists of r. Brooke
| Clokey, chairman; Charles II. Long, H. s.
Gardner, L. o. Slack, Frank E. Ghiselli
| and George E. Boyd. The reception COM
| mittee consists Of John Woerner IT.. chair
| man; Fred. L. Vogt H. Gale Turpin W. X
Larrimore Bailey Shumate H. R. Dawley.
| T. A Pitkin, Frank w. White, William
| Bergman, T. Dennison and w. Hayden
| Henshaw. -
Mr.. w. K. Larrimore, the secretary of
the club. has left the city for a business
| tour SOUTH
Military Cyclists.
The Washington Military Cycle Corps
boys are well pleased with the social sue
cess Of their first dance held during the
week at National Rifles Armory 1t is pos
sible that another dance may be given be-
fore the season closes.
Private r. Carroll Mattingly, having
passed a successful and satisfactory ex-
| animation, was promoted to the rank of
sergeant at the last meeting Of the COM
| pany.
The contest for the wheel donated to the
company by the Overman Wheel Company
| was closed at the last meeting, and the
holder of ticket No. Is was found to be the
| winner. The ticket was held by Mr..
Ripple and the wheel is awaiting his ap-
| pearance.
At the last meeting of the corps COM
mittee to furnish the new quarters was APP
pointed. with full authority to select and
| purchase furniture and household goods, to
make the rooms az homelke as possible.
The committee consists of Capt. S. H. Wig
gins. Lieut. Lipbey, Lieut.. Sorrells. Sergt
Gibson. Sergt- Mattingly, Pr.vates Atkin-
son. Gather, Frech and Willis. The COM
mittee started in to work, and made q
number Of purchases during the week.
Affair Cycle Club.
The Affair Cyclists held meeting during
the week, with good attendance, at which
1t was unanimously decided to give ban
quet. The date was agreed upon as We'd
nesday evening, February II. at Masonic
Hall, on 32d street. Georgetown. 1t is the
first affair Of the kind ever given by the
club, and the members will work hard to
make it a success. A committee, consisting
of David Weaver, chairman; Thomas L
Hume, Frank Schallue, Theodore Duvau
and Louis Kaiser. was appointed to COM
plete the arrangements for the event.
Mr.. H. p. Gilbert was elected one of the
trustees Of the club, vice John Swindells,
who resigned on account Of sickness. Mr..
| Walter 7. Weaver is the other trustee.
President r. w. Darby was Installed In
office with due ceremony.
Several amendments were offered to the
constitution, but the matter was laid over
| for one month.
Moderation I'm Cycling.
: Moderation in cycling is as necessary as
in everything else, and particularly so be-
| cause 1t brings into play new sets Of mus
cles and blood vessels in certain parts Of
the body which are entirely unprepared
J for the unusual strain.
The fascination Of bicycle riding is the
strongest objection to the sport, on account
i. | of the danger Of overexertion, and for this
reason those who take 1t up for the i'm
| provement of health become so invigorated
, | end delighted with the exercise that they
who should be the most careful are gen.
orally the ones who overdo IT. Entering
violently into any exercise Is bad. and so in
cycling for the reason that it gives the
, | heart more to do than has been customary,
, | but, of course, by going into the exercise
| gradually the heart grows stronger and is
! | prepared for eXertion.
. AS for the lungs, cycling cultivates a
: | good habit of deep breathing, and does a
/ great deal to strengthen the muscles Of the
| back.
There is no other exercise that is so
| Qpieting to the nervous, and which at the
| same time brings into play so nicely and so
| gently the MANY narfs of he hody without