The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07

Look at my shoes! They are bent "
shaped just at the ball of the foot. That
comes from grasping the pedal in the way
I have described. That is why a thick
hard soled boot is undesirable for BIZ
cycling. A thin sole is necessary-just
thick enough to protect the foot from
pebbles and stones when you walk and
the projecting points of the pedal when
you ride.
more with the left foot, and the reverse
is the case, of course, when turning to
the left.
do I think machines without handle
bars win ever come into vogue? No. be-
cause for general use the guidon is useful
to rest the hands on from time to time
or in crowded streets, where careful
steering is required-fOr the handle bar
while not being necessary for steering, is
of course, an adjunct, and, when used
properly, a very elegant and stylish one,
too. Then It rests one very much in
riding up hills.
but, as time goes on. am certainly
of opinion that the handle bars will di-
minish greatly in width and general size.
Don't YOU know how perfectly huge they
used to be? They are diminishing grad
ually, and 1 think a handle bar in time
of, say, fifteen centimetres width, will be
the thing to use.
but watch me while take the handle
bar off my machine and ride without it.
You see il is not difficult with a good
machine which is properly adjusted. Very
much depends on that in riding in comfort
without a handle bar.
will always be found out when riding
without the gudon.
but 1 have spoken only of the neces-
sity-the absolute necessity, mind-of
knowing how to ride without the guidon
in order to acquire good seat and
thorough control of the machine. That
is not all, however. Apart from its
by the pedals alone is an elegant ac-
cOmplishment.
Take the case of a man riding out
la1x II prn1- Ia
who is not very shilful. Very we'll; how
nice it is to know how to support her,
holding the seam of the bodice Just at
the shoulder blade. But how impossible
that would be If you are cons family feel
ing the want of the guidOn yourself! II
YOU want to light a cigarette, use your
handkerchief or hold up your hand to
warn coachmen or others behind you in
the street that you are about to stop-all
these and more, too, necessarily demand
a knowledge of riding without the handle
Medical men say that the growing prac-
tice of carrying infants on bicycles IS
dangerous one. They say that the deli
cate nervous system Of child may be
seriously injured by riding it on wheel
over a rough city street or country road SO
perilous is the custom that a long con-
tinuance of it may make child cripple
~ FIRST rsl of all, the doctors say. there is
danger in the draught to which child
ridden on a wheel is peculiarly suscepti-
he Many adults have felt the effects OF
Iris draught and the number of babies
and small children that have suffered
| from it is incalcula6le.
mr. Robert Stafford Newton, Chief medi-
al avaminer of the department of JUS
| tice Of New York, and a specialist in ner-
IONS diseases. recently told Sunday
| world reporter all about the dangers to
,h;cb babies and young children who
9re taken out on wheels by their enthusi-
| astic parents are exposed:
/ mr. Newton has had in his private prac-
| - NO cases of children who were thus
ssieSriousiv Injured One was child eighteen
months old. whose parents lived in Ruth
| rSHr5 n J. The mother died and the IA
| e I 1,,ssd m ride fin TO business every day
IN IN his wheel. bringing the child with him
ne in a basket attached TO the front q,
| u iToooi 'nhvsicfaDs sent the infant to
| T ar Newton for examination. he discov-
| cred that ii was suffering from meningitis iis
Of the brain-that is, miami s, g, ra li1e
| Tnembrane Immediately covering the Drain