The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-01-30

lure IneSe dainty nests of enthusiastic
"neelmen show surprising number
oI novelties, all identified with this
:ul1ng passion of the world of fashion
and athletics.
You would never find these articles
at a bicycle show, for they are of the
KIM dear to the female heart and are
not known beyond the confines of the
dressing table. For example, the walls
are covered with paper on which are
Stamped scenes portraying incidents
OF purely bicycle character. The
manufacturers, having found that this
| style OF paper was in great demand.
| nave exercised much cleverness in the
way of designs.
One OF the oldest of these shows a.
number of figures of pretty girls and
handsome men wheeling along a
smooth country road. Grass, trees and
SKY, as we'll as the costumes of the
riders, are all faithfully reproduced,
ana the effect is exceedingly pretty.
One young woman has secured num-
Der of designs, and, by placing them in
oroer on the walls of her boudoir, has
created a sort of panorama of life On
the wheel. There is the familiar pic
ture OF scorcher, and another scene
pictures the riders coasting down a hill
and third shows party of men and
women drinking at a roadside we'll.
10 be thoroughly in keeping with
the wall paper, the furniture of the
bicycle girls boudoir is also suggestive
IN every possible way of the silent
steed. The castors of the chairs. ta-
bles and even of the dainty bed are
made of tiny tired wheels.
A prominent society woman and
member of the Michaux club has
couch made from her own design.
which,. when folded up and placed
against the wall, might readily be mis-
taken for miniature quadricycle.
Fresco painters are being freely en-
ployed in decorating ceilings with fam
cy pictures of lovely maidens in gauzv
lowing robes gracefully bowling ever
sun-tinted clouds on bicycles mounted
with silver and gold.
The list of the smaller accessories
necessary to complete cycling outfit
nowadays is practically endless. A
Broadway jeweler shows as his newest
and most popular design for a bicycle
girls watch miniature silver wheel
with mercury wings caught through
the spokes. For richer purses a few
Of these are made in gold, with the
spokes glistening with tiny gems. Ev-
cry cycler needs watch and the cases
of those intended for the bicycle trade
are all handsomely engraved with
pretty little figures a-wheel
In stick-pins the bicycle is seen in
gold, silver and enamel. Sleeve links
in gold, with the tiny wheels of pIati-
mum, are extremely popular The dec
orations of handle-bars with gold or
silver monograms welded to the coarse
metal is also common. In this connec-
ton it is interesting to know that jew
elers report a lively call for bloomer
carriers. They are worn just under
meath the curve of the bloomer and
differ from the regulation garter only
in the fact that they do not show the
buckle and may be in any shape the
Wearer desires. This probably accounts
for the orders received by the makers
to place on them monograms and ini-
tails that are not a bit like those of the
fair purchaser.
Tallors who make speciality of
women's bicycle costumes say that
| skirts are rapidly growing shorter and
that the demand is for cloth and trim
mings of the most striking character.
This has also given an idea to the man
ufacturers of underwear. AS a result
of it, corsets with wheels embroidered
on them are seen in the shops, besides
skirts made from goods stamped with
the ubiquitous bike.
Golf hose of the same weight and pat
tern as those worn by men are being
generally adopted for use by women
since the cooler weather has come.
Russet-leather shoes, with broad toes,
have taken the place of the narrow toes
once fancied by women riders.
In selecting her Exit for use on long
runs a-wheel, the bicycle girl is careful
to provide herself with dainty bag,
in which she places all the smaller tot
let articles, such as comb and brush,
tairpins, manicure set, an extra hand
kerchief and veil. These bags are en-
hroidered in monograms or initials, or
with the name of the club of which the
owner is a member. They are swung
from the handle-bars, and even these
useful portions of the machine are los
ing their commonplace character and
are often decorated with carvings or
plates of the finer metals.
In leather goods the latest novelty
is dainty sgrip" Of lizard skin, which
is swung from the shoulder by white
enameled leather strap, joined with a
silver or gold buckle. ..E -
Stationers are getting out bicycle sta
tionery in varied designs, and even the
glover is making special glove, with
! a padded palm, for the exclusive bene-
fit of feminine yotaries of the wheel.