The sun., 1897-10-03
CHATOF TWO ON ATANDEM,
FEMININE CHANG BRoUGHr
AMOUR BIZ THE BICYCLE
A Question na TO the Increasing Amiahility or
Giris-Some Hard Hearted Instructors-Pcr-
picHItieu OF the wheei-Woman's Growing
RonndnraA and Ita Y nrInnn I,n..Ihln Cnn.n.


pi"iit,c- OF the Wheel-womhnr GrowinE
Roundne.s and Its various Possible Causes,
a., . -
Il say" said the man on the hind scat of tho
|'"n @ oNoi, uocSn it'
Does iti' replied tho girl on tho front seat.
Il don't know but IL seems IN have tho onn,.
site effect on somo of tbe ins,ruc,ors 1hcv
~ va va o,'''o va '"o ''"'t tu.'"rS, inoy
are dreadfully cross when girl doesn't learn
lesson ia tn stond ;u no "V ,pv" @ " s.',
''N" 30 W ''"'u III 'nc 'ehtEe vi Ihe hooi anu
let you ride around by yourself. When they
ho,,,,, .i ~ nv, ''''' y, '''
become ..I so mean you cant imagine It,"
Il should consider the task privilege"
Especially when the woman wants to learn
. W tI.o Uu0 oioso'o oovauSo sho "e'shs Zoo
pouhuS .a, ana 'hihNS IL wiz reduce her weight
FSs @ rubbed do of after ii Rns TccomS ne stsadS
"Iinmphl And another point Of resemblance
i. that tho women are iil.trcated afterward.
friend Of mine, I'm going 10 let go 90 of the bioy.
I'm tired Of holding You up.' And actually ho
did let go, and she had tumble"
ment would make a girl more amiabiS.
| The man was one of the best Instructors.
teach school in the south, and he is very nicely
educated, but he finds that giving bicycle es-
suits OF Of the nteect. % 00"'t'S t' Hk "e' pu1-
| "Seyertneess. while hcyclinr NAV nav bet
ter some one Should tell him that att The eG higher
| light would do more in the way Of esscning
mans inhuamnity to man, or. at least, to fab
| women"
| And IL was only her ninth lcsson too In
perp exes her dreadfully. some Of the In.
| round and round forever It's very comforting.
but then sometimes you never really learn 10 ridS
| by yourself Now, this rude teacher makes his
| dor
1T may bo that the difficulties of learning to
| serve only TO- bring out and develop ones bet.
ter nature"
brought out, il it that which makes YOU tbi1E
that bicycling makes girls more amiabie than
| everi For the worry and the trouble I've had
| In choosing a wheeli You see We got lust .so
much money to buy a wheel with land want TO
there's ' ANYTHING inherentis Immoral In al buyinS
q gas.pipe bicyclef
| mot a bit OF II. It's merely a matter OF moral
| courage"
That is what suspected. So it's moral cour.
time when people win ask me, How much did
you pay for your wheeli and shall have to am
swor '$l3.9s.' Why, do people Judge wheels
| entirely by the prcef"
'Sh0rtcomings in our moral nature; same rea-
son you judge people by their clothes. It's
and says y wit with sravs face that bis is hun:
couragcd TO try and cheat you. Which IL
worse. to be thought a foOl or 70 acknowledge
sl3.Ys wheelf The struggle is turning my
hair gray 1t can't be bringing out my better
age. So lit It cant cant be who.makes you think that
| bicycling makes girls more amiable than ever.
| Please tell me who it isf'
Here comes a proof Of 1t now"
"A proof in very short skirt! Why, actual
| ly, it doesn't come TO her knees. Humphl Do
You think that the shorter the skirt the moro
amiable the girl / think she looked horrid-"
| Then perhaps II was The knickerbockerS
| Do you admire knickerbockcrs on womenl
consider them simply, an effect Of snoranoe
taste And the men who approve them are "a
bad as the women who wear them"
hut"
"A woman with any taste would no moro ride
horseback astride. ride -''O' '-''-' o'''
'of course, some women have to ride horse
other women have to wear short skirts because
they re in the ballet, but they' not expected 70
they have the @ excuse that they re doing lae beso
they can to earn living"
| but say"
but as for women who can help themselves
doing such things / think it is simply criminal"
have onvthing to do with il.
Thea how did you know that that creature
surely do not % Know herr ~ N
sRabls and never saw her before nos bas
time about Everybody has TO wear them
goinEg in bathing, doesn't shel"
people can't wear long skirts in bathing, but thai
has nothing to do with riding a diamond tramo
wheel, and you have no right to use 1t as an
argument IN favor of knckerbockers"
si didn't use IT a, an argument In fayorof
ANYTHING: merely mentioned il"
"Wei you shouldn't have mentioned It,"
"It is A TACT. though. and If had been looking
for proof of the increasing amability Of girls
could have eot II as we'll at the bathing beachea
last summer as here bicycling"
| "Horrors, What a frightful confessionI You
alarm mel
ALARM youf"
Most certainly First Won assert an admiras
tion fnr short skirts-"
"Rut I didn't"
| And next YOU make this dreadful confession
about looking for proof"
| Don't nut that peculiar emphasis on tho
word . Wv ' ''N~'''- ~
Shont looking for nroof AT tho batbinp
beaches,S
really look ~
After that confession I'm almost ready tn
believe that everything pcorlr say about tho
dcmora lizing effects OF the bicycle IS true"
| ''Rut there wasn't any confession. After all,
| To ihe bathing bslrhes f1r uronf
.Oh mn. ihrrc n arr o,itn cnourh short skirts
| norn rn,bi,r, /, l,ri,lnri,orlcrs