Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-03-09
BIKES AND BOOMERS,

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Heg,sekeeper-".AnI now. Bridget. /. there
become ms cooke BrIIaer-"YIs ntil,,,
.A'i' wan thing I forgot. mum I'm want
TIE use Of your Bicycle on me aftb.rrI.5.,,,,i'e
out I've pair of boomers of ne own"
I'm the $ew York AthletI, club Their. ia
"a Fn.uII OF hlHyCli-tS who have mad. .t
az more ihaH Loo miles iE 1855 and
-'lt.ftl medal therefor. They have
I, il'l M total ~ 2si,C3i miles In the wear
anu one member. a business man has "a
ry,pr3 nf nearly 1900 miles. an average of
Mer, rain or shine.
A new play, called "a Bicycle Girl" Is
hH" ~ lLt rpad. Tho plot, such as it D.
concerns the hgiress OF "a bicycle manufast-
1l'i' ohe D. an UU-to-datc young woman
AMI Is president Of a bicycle club. ana sha
mas I"p suliors rival bicycle maker ana
IN the BriarwoOl Bicycle Club me second
a. q clamhake and the third at a race
1t is not enough that bicycles carry
teIls the law should enforce a regular sys-
lrA on signals that ", an can understand. .'
observed the irst citizen. 'WclI what
would You su=gestE' asked the second cit-
zen Il don't know. exactly bar IL might
- someihing like this: one ring. stand
SUM Two rings, dodge 10 the right: three
iihss uiFe 90 the left; four rings jump
straight up and IN run under you: five
ntEiTT, urn PACK handspring and land
nI t.iill ", ana 50 on. You see. We folks
VINO walk are always glad To BE- accommo-
ualiHEt tdt the trouble is 70 find ont what
the fellow behind wants us 10 do"
There Is "a great bicycle craze in Austria
ia ana "a fierce bl1omcr war j. going on
SSlso. Lord Hampton, the new governor of
sew south Wales, recently arrived at
sydney, and tho fact that his daughters
are great bicEClists set the boom going
! He craze D. terrible and all the ladies'
wheels In sydney have been sold o4t. IN
y 4bo4ine me var Is raging between the
h.tureated garments and the skirt Lady
Efdssey has been pftitioned by a number
Melbourne
aside Inc skirt aud appear IN knickerhock-
ers- she has refused to do So, and there
fore the bloomer there is still considered
plsbelan garment.
Is IL advisable for the bicycle rider 20
rush hilis2 Many and many Is the time
that the wheelman hesitates at the bottom
OF some steep incline, debating within him
sell whether he shall make rush for n
or climb the hill leislrely often IN a
state Of doubt the rider makes a headloug
dash. but MS strength Is not adequate 10
ters 10 fume that he did not take more
time al IT, old ana experienced riders
rarely rush hills II the incline be short,
with slight wave 10 the land he makes
4 number or fast climbs. but never at
temPts 70 rush a long hill Ii is advisable
10 climb all hills slowly.
The bicycle continues 10 extend its power
throughout the British isles Among the
aristocrauc names added to the Cyclists'
Touring club recently are Lord and LAZY
BERTHE. the Duke of Newcastle. Lord Bos-
ton. the Baroness Dc Langsdorf Sir
Charles and Lady Wolseley who vas a
Miss Murphy, Of san Francisco the Count
ess Of penbigh, Lady Windsor and Lady
Paget one Of the queens ladies' OF honor
is now a skilled cyclist, This is Miss Min
ME cochrane, who IS described as the pret-
test maid Of honor Of the English court.
II Is said that every member OF the royal
snily n3% %. possesses a cycle. The Prin-
Princesses Eietoria and Maud ride two
wheeleEs.