The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

pie do not like nOtoriety. She is a very
modest-looking girl When she was adj
Veriised TO race against a professional
male racer people expected 10 see
nashy or vulgar girl, and were much sur
prlsed 10 md very quiet and serious
woman on the race track. Lisette was
educated in a convent. and was kept very
strictly indoors until her sixteenth year,
Wnen her physician ordered her 70 take
plenty OF exercise in the open air TO cure
stomach trouble. from which she had
suffered for years on account Of the con-
Hnement IN the convent She then start
"a 70 ride wheel and believes her trouble
was cured by her practice on the bicycle.
she hrst began racing IN several wheel
ing events, IN which ladies alone started.
ana always came in first or second. The
greatest Ieat was the winning OF the re-
male hampionship of Paris, over l0g
klometers, which took place last fall
al tue lOngcnamp course, in the Bots
De Boulogne, in which she created the
ladles record over this distance equal
70 ~ miles, which she covered in 3.36:5z.
MS success on the track resulted in an
eHer. from London 10 start in the six
Gays ladies' race, IN which Lisette came in
second, an English lady. Mrs. Harwood,
winning the race, with go miles to her
credit, while Lisette covered 36S miles. Since
then she has raced several times In Paris
coming IN hrst or second in each race,
dhu VIII shortly start in the Winter Velo-
drome, in Paris, In a match with the best
English lady bicyclist. Miss Grace.
The upright bicycle is the latest thing
IN wheels and a decided departure from
the established forms. The frame is tri-
angular; instead of diamond shape. The
front wheel Is twenty inches in diameter,
tnS rear wheel twenty-eight inches. The
rlder IS forced to sit erect, and the posi-
gon q the handle bars throws the shout
ders back. comfort able seat replaces
the saddle. Great speed can be made ,STe,s
Inese Wneels, while the rider sits in a
ssd aaceIui W ana normal position. An an
sence or vibration. extra lightness ana
right. - '"e up
The bicycle book is the latest. a prettv
conceit which will doubtiess find 49,
with the fair devotees of the wheel II
hot with those of the sterner sex. It
- intended ar'il. to be used as sort OF diary
o. one trips and to record the speed ana
length OF each ride Like the address hook
ana the calling-list book which have been
tound really useful this little book is
nahq-made. The best Of paper should be
used and the cover should be OF canvas
parchment or leather. A tiny painting or
a pein-a5nd-lnk drawing of a wheel. with
be just right for decoration.
Why will a man who rides wheel
Go 70 the left when turning a square? ?
Doesn ne know how it makes others
Doesn't he know he shouldn't be there?
Why will man on a wheel after dark
60 searching along without showing a
Does the idiot think such an act is a lark ,
Doesn't he know that it is far from
right?
Why will a man, Ike a clumsy clown.
When driving van, or a heavy bus
Do all in his power to run you down
And break your wheel the thick headed
cuss2
The Hendricks "Einrad," or single
wheel Is a cycle of German origin, for
which great speed is claimed. II is a
pneumatic-tired wheel of thirty feet in
circumference, to which is fitted interior
supports that the illustration explains
These supports are attached to an axle
over which the operator sits. He agitates
cogged pedals and chains similar to those