The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01
LAWRENCE LEARNS TO BIKE.
DIssusts His wife with His Attempts
INN She Tries HcrseIf.

From the New York Press.
II don't know whether ] ever SNAIL be-
come a wheelWOman myself said a young
wife TO an intimate friend in a Broadway
car yesterday afternoon 4 suppose /
shall come 70 10 some time as all my
friends are cyclists. But this I viii say,
don't like 10 see Lawrence learning 10
ride"
The rest Of the remarks OF the young
woman revealed the interesting fact that
Lawrence was her husband She cOntin-
ued 10 her sympathetic friend, in a tailor
made suit, who had put on a bicycle face
of attention 10 the young wifes dis
course:
The night before last a friend took
him out on the Boulevard and gave MIN
MS hrst lesson. Well, you know, Law
renee is a graceful active fellow, and L
thought 1 should Ike 10 see nm spring
upCa a wheel AMI ride away
Weir lnterJected her companion
with the merest flicker OF miscnleVOus
smile al the corners Of her mouth
Well my dear. you would hardly be-
lieve what a fool he looked on that ma
chine. am sure if 1 ever had seen him
learning 10 ride a bicycle a month before
our wedding, il would never have taken
place. mean our wedding. i think d big
man trying 10 ride wheel Tor the nrsi
time is one of the most ridiculous objects
in creation. They got poor Lawrence
astride of this thing, and told him 10 place
The young woman's voice dropped here
50 that IL was lnaudiOle to every one but
her companion, who smiled again as she
asked quietly: Did he actually
''Awfuly, my dear-awfully! So 1 called
10 MIN and asked MIN now ne dared 10
use such language. But he was getting
madder and madden, ana he said: l
can't ind those Id pedals, and II
could, they wouldn't 90 around
Yes, That is always The trouble at
first" murmurcd the listener
/
just let him 20 on, with man on each
side holding MIN on, and the bicycle all
one side, and the pedals hitting nim on
the shins and his trousers getting muddy,
and the perspirdtlon pouring down MS
face, and his back bumped ike one Of
those old rag men carrying bundle.
Did he learn 10 rider
on, l suppose ne is learning, but his
temper has been something dreadful since
he mas been practfeing, anu ne says there
is a feeling across his back as if trolley
car had run over IL. lis Sims are scraped
and he has ruined his new shoes ana torn
the bottoms Of his trousers, and ne talks
in his sleep about sprOckeus and lanterns
and handle bars ana things in shocking
way. l am in downright distress about
You needn't be, my DEAR" laughed the
other, who evidently knew all about bicy-
cles. He has not got II worse than all
other men at first. But wait till he can
ride and YOU will say that The trouble he
had had was a trlne compared 10 the pie as
ure he enjoys now. Moreover, ne Will
have you on a wheel within a month. You
see if he does not
"Neverr' declared the young wife.
through her tightly pursed lips, as she
shook her head determinedly. DO you
think l would make such an exhibition of
myself as Lawrence did the other night?
1 would rather walk forever"
The two got OF the car, and ais they
stepped to Uhe sidewalk, the tailor-made
woman pointed out 10 the young wife the
beauties of the latest make of bicycle dis
played in a show window. The young wife
Interested neTSelI.
well, perhaps the tailor-made woman
was right in her prediction that Lawrence
would be teaching his wife within
month.