The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
POLITICS AND SKIRTS.
NHEELWoMEN DISCUSS W TOP
los OF IMPORTANCE.

q. for coed Roadn - Ratings Republicans
Have Done Tor Cyciists-A Chicago Preacher
who Eavors short shir;s TOR BtcyeiinE.
The wheolwomen OF this city are out and out
for Gen. Tracy. OF course. hero and therc ono
finds q supporter of Low or Van wyck 81 in tho
army Of feminine pedal pushers. but tho
great majority want to 500 Gen. Tracy elected
Mayor Of the Greater New York because they
believe that ho will do moro for tho interests
OF cyclists than any of the other candidates.
Has q poll been taken Of the
Why, certainly not. Such an undertaking
would DO impossible. But talk will tell, and the
wheelwomen. big, little. old, young. slim, and
fat, will talk. They've had a good chance to
talk last week. too, because II was one OF UNI
interrupted bliss s, far as road riding goes.
Sunday came cold and cloudy and q chilling
wind sent tho skirts of those who v~entured out
40 far kneeward that they woro forced to turn
hack before many milcS had beon covarod. In
tho Afternoon a regular autumn rain SGT In and
II didn't let up in O hurry other. AL day Mon.
day tho street sprinklers above were turned
loose and flooded things down this way. 10
was tho first time in many a day that
tho cyclists had been forced to endure
an old : fashioned. oil day soaker. and
they took 1t very amiably. On Tuesday
the sun came out a.bulGin' and a-bilin' and q
ptid wind soon dried tho roads sufficiently to
make q spin possible. Wednesday was another
good day for the sport, and the park and the
.feyorite runs about town were crowded. Thurs
day was what the poets call a gray day and tho
wheelwomen dub "a nasty day" Every tirlo
tho sun looked as IL II might venture out heavy.
dark clouds came up from every direction and
drove 1t back. The result was that the enShusl-
rssta didn't know whether to 20 out or stay in,
and consequently droves of them landed in the
academies on the Boulevard. where they at least
got n chance to exercise their tongues.
There were 30 many assembled in q popular
riding school near tho circle that It reminded
..one Of the old times when all the world and his
wife seemed wheel mad. Many OF them had
not seen one another since tho wet spell last
spring, for the weather has been so perfect this
foil that most riders have spent little II any
time wheeling indoors.
whats the good word with you all T. called
out a stout Splinter. who is very popular with
the'biking sistcrhood.
Tracy is going TO be elected" the answer
came back In an ecstatic chorus.
"Humph!' grunted q sour-looking individual
in an ill-itting suit. That's what he says.
But you'll soc on election day that Low is the
man. Mr.. Low will do a lot for cyclists, / be-
lieve, because he is such Q nice man."
Hes too nice to bother his head about the
great unwashed that have to resort to wheeling
Of cyclists come from the middle and lower
s nos Issve ahf Ike 't city 'h In P tho su% %nS G and
cannot afford horses Spd traps; and ~ tell you
s sss din in such aaI people. Henry George would prob.
ably have done moro for US than any OF the
used to spend his summers wheeling. with his
poor. and wheeling is presminentiy the sport Of
"Whst's the matter with Van WICK when it
s sSIss e f. lSGkipF i ioIiy title asS interests msspen % 1f tho q
"Haven't You ali seen him start out from this
h SsaS him Sfao COMING as and going onS hi. t toys" are $50 50 q
tive, and that ankle motion Of his Is 2 winner.
a asss:; a. ~ e. Ss' %se Sss'i fss shse IN ny could % sPS vote Ss1 "a
"IBosh,' cried the biggest part Of the crowd,
and another stout expert went on: Tracy will
hhiinn' t faS sRs Il RFG noehIns e sSlssl'iI In 'S sober T' ear rsssy
s That .a sho Repu RSSiiSsls e WiI 90 'h more SsI for .. n tSsn
a AZ t.. I A nv M address xs:. d ! 5 :ssss H e VEL sss v sss,ss
Lacquer, issued ed, 70 i. hif sf fSilo ~ oyo i S1a - H g
SSe ees passss ts bg IL Salli asno Eesisl e re h sns
signed by Republican Governors. and no urges
Theelmsn e. vote the StraIs tt,, Republican a lean
women to work for he ticket; but most of them
i""What have the Republicans ever done for
us Z. asked Q woman,
ICE, ~hbt y abhon p LAW oupPoiboEs
They gave us the Liberty bill" answered the
authority. en,phatically, which was the first
ifT Ras IS ah In t free w "sa Of fi 'shs pnBll s'SSEI sS~. s1.
Where would you and your daily spins be- II it
S SaiiGRst sos taf SilI la Which Ghh Sss s cSsss u t the pSssss
and thousands Of guide boards to DO put up in
sieysis BsEssss iii; Which SAYS SoS
gouf yw ( eIii < R sps6 sEn a ass acbhvsattnE L @lIn
lature passed the famous Massachusetts Good
a asnsis p st!l; sP ID { el ssRHSl Bsssd 1sS bili IN Ss re;
ssssfsi thl SSSlt sh e tho IL; RsPa III s1Sy Ss! ss! doHs
fser three years President 81 the New
Is the only candidate in the deld who has a
thoroughly unimpeachable record for good
saying that he always has been. is now, and
always viii be In favor Of good roads throughout
ssf lis fisS oend.' ' Hes S sae t cyeiists. T friend Is and nd ffGfS or
one am for him tooth and nall.
"Whoop,es 80 are wei" cried q pretty girl.
mot enough opposition to Tracy to get up an
marked a woman ssraR " wearing sris ave a Very = short SHere ! skirt.
She had come in time to hear the end of the po'
"oh, i don kno'; 20 skirt amt so long" an.
|sThere they go from politics to clothes. said
comPsniqn, q be.spsstscIsd: elderly woman, ~.
tou AuOW. 4. COulC lIOm SulCdRO, bulu Iut
newcomer amiably. with a twanG In her voice
that made the information altogether superfu
Gus, land out in Chicago the wheelwomcn wear
shorter skirts than they do here. We are more
Advanced than You Gothamites." patronizingly
moro advanced. Why, haven't you all heard
about that Chicago minister who caused such a
the short bicycle skirt from his pulpit No
Really you astonish me. You New Workers are
dead slow. Why. all Chicago has been talking
Tell us what he said in favor Of short skirts
said q trinity built girl. "Andw who is this man
who had sufficient courage TO tell exactly what
he thinks of the bicycle skirt In publicf"
He 10 the Rev. II. 8. Place. pastor of the Cor
don Avenue Methodist Church. answered the
wheeler from the Windy City. "In a recenI
sermon he said no saw no reason why II meI
were permitted to wear knickerbockers awheel
women should not at least be allowed to veal
skirts several inches above their ankles. He II
Aman with o vast fund Of common sense, ant
he ren arked that he could sec no immodesty
Whatever In the exposure Of a female ankle"
odiat mt thatln intarrunInd tha heanecfnclel