The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-25

edgement of the Applause Given, Wher
Her yyhe ell CoIIides With a Dog and sh'
Is Hurled into Space-She is Surrounded
by Scores of Anxious Officials.
AS the d istrict court adjourned al
noon yesterday and the sober judge
and earnest lawyers had reached the
west door of the court house loud
''Oh. my sp1l!'' from Douglass Donnel-
ley brought. all eyes upon the little
knight VINO resides over the cigar stand
What is lit, Douglass?" said dozen
voices, but the little man could only
point, and then instead Of one oh
there was ,at least three dozen and
Harry Stews TT became so nervous that
he let rlle nlucilage out of the bottle
spill all over his clothes.
These addA ional Obs brought out
the rest of the boys including the &C
cupants of the probate, treasurer Of
fee, sheriff's office, and even Deacon
Wilson and rhe companions on the
county boapi were straining their
necks to see tx e sight which had given
Douglass such a shock
In the direca ion in which the three
dozen fingers were pointing was seen
a handsome young lady fully rugged
out with jaunt y cap containing big
father a blouse waist and pretty
blue boomers 1t was a sight TO behold
as the young lady, seeing she was the
observed of all observers, cut several
fine and artistic curves with her wheel.
There was no question but what she
was an expert with the bicycle and did
not give fig if all the men in town
saw her. She knew the sight was at
1ractive and men would soon become
used TO the sight, as they have of seeing
lady ride wheel, and she determin-
ed to give them an exhibition and soon
the Steps leading to the court house
was fixed with spectators.
Backward and forward she glided
over the smooth pavement and then
gaily cu;. a curve and came flying up
the pavement in the direction of the
grand county building, and three dozen
men clappcd their hands in applause of
the exhibition thus given, and were
willing TO vote that boomers for hi
cycle ladies were just the thing when
there came an accident that almost
froze the blood in the veins of the spec
tators, and was SO appalling that Har-
ny Stewart not only let the rest of the
gnucilage run down over his clothing
but also the contents of a red ink bot
tie.
Just as the young lady-M:ss Emma
DeMott Of Kansas City, who was pre-
pairing The Wichita men to get ready 10
behold boomers upon the stpeets-had
turned the corner leading towards
Main street, she DOTTED her cap In rec
pgnition of the encore she had received. |
and turning upon her wheel, gave the
men one Of her most bewftching smiles. |
when the blood of the men stood still |
and twenty men rushed pell NEIL down |
the steps to pick UP the PROSTATE form
of this body which lay there so still |
and white. That pretty smile was stfu |
upon her face. but the color was gone |
from her lips.
1t seems that as the young lady turn |
ed to give her salute that a. long, lank |
dog got IN front of her and the wheel |
and there was a collision.
A little water, good dead Of brush |
ing OF dust from Off the pretty boomers |
in fact every man present wanted to |
Dust the boomers, and in ten minutes |
khe young lady was off like a flash. She |
wanted It distinctly understood that |
the bfoUmers were not to blame for the |
accident and that she intended to con-
tlnue wearing them until the bicycle /
kad1es OF Wichita threw off their mock
modesty and adopted them as the dress
Tor bicycle riding. us the fad ait last
coming 10 Wiohita7" was the question
asked by several fathers Of Wichita
yesterday as they saw the advantage
Miss De Mott had over those who ara
encountered with skirts.