Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-04
IROWTH OF THE BIKE
,,r WHEEL NOW IN GENERAL USE
IN RrcumoNn
any ENJOY Spins ON THR ROAD.
.,cod of Bcipg Combined to Boys,
,n Former Days, Ladies' and
gentlemen, Representing All
classes OF society, Ride Bicycles.

r..ss Ike many other things on this
-s are dcciduous. They come and
and In many cases are forgotten,
te wheeling fad, which has taken
~, f.m hold on the people Of Rich
nd seems destined TO live for many
,. 20 come and Il is growing year by
80, at an as,onlshingly rapid rate.
f.ys years ago bicycling was regarded
netting for boys only. and was
,.,,,s lron by many as freak that
s have but an ephcmeral existence.
.-... Mas In the days OF the old upright
Shine. which caused as many Doctors
~. and az many aches, pains. and
s....se AS any other one thing then in ex-
| isience
Thine grow en- apace. though. and with
enc ssceeedlng years came the safety.
wiz % also came popularity for the
..o MANY who had thought II fool
~. 20 ride a wheel were led 10 believe
,t.tt vas right FOR others. bat the IDEA
u. r.i.ng one themselves never occurred
,.nem. The bike" was perfected with
,t .ccecding year. however, and in
son. ume the ladies' wheel came on the
...r.r. For long time the tciilhlIc
-.-4er Kept 10 the sidewalks and left the
/ vf.ei and the roadway TO the sterner
.v Finally some one OF the women
ritc holder than the others. TOOK TO
pacelng.
IN GENERAL USE.
1- an incredibly short time others fol-
,,si aud as the women took generally
| =, the fad. those who had hitherto re-
ended the wheel as piece Of folly began
n reslize that there must be something
| d, -be snort. IL was but a short time
u, AN prejudice for the wheel was re-
,<red. and nov IL Is emineatly proper
~ me TO own bike. Ladies In every
rsU, OF life ride them. ministers OF the
g.spei. doctors, lawyers, judges. profes-
| ANAL men OF all descriptions. laDoring
r., clerks. mechanics. and men OF all
...,. and shapes uow ride the cycle. ana
NV ride Il both for pleasure ana ior
business. .,
M richmond the streets are thronged
Cd 6uring the day with wheels, ana IN
he evenings. with lamps Ighieo anu
bells linking. thousands u pivasuLe,
..ekers spin over the good roads around
ffs city. enjoying the cool breezes .nat
may be found on a bike, no matter ~"
warm the night The exercise, M,'i0 !.
,onparcd 10 walking. Is very slight IS
hsoith-siviug the fresh. crisp air pelhs
-eceived directly into the lungs as one
eles along over the smooth roads.
IT Is HEALTHFUb
r,,or, muscle In the body is given ex-
e,rise too as eminent physicians VINO
tove made a study OF the question as
SORT that IL IS impossible for one 10 roe
wheel without hl nging every muscle
and every fibre into play. IhelelOIc'
the work entailed in propelllng me
wheel h distributed all over ire Dooy'
and no one portion Of the physical pc
iug receives more strain than Is gooo
Tor H.. ..,,
II IS n beautiful sight to take Trip
ont on the Boulevard or on any or the
roads around Richnond in the afternoon
or evening Of a clear day, and see the
hundreds OF wheeimen and wheelWomeh
Who dash past IL IS a pleasure also 10
s.udv their faces. Enjoyment is theirs
b. every sense OF the word. While SKIM
ming along over the road they know no
troubles Their thoughts are too much
occupied with the pleasure OF their spin
orr the beauties Of nature which are un-
folded TO them for harassing thoughts
10 find lodgment in their heads.
SOME or THOSE WHO RIDE.
Dispatch man went out on the road
some afternoons ago. and while he met
we're unknown 10 him. he made a list
OF some OF those he met. and this LIST Ia
hereto appended: Mrs. Willie Talbot
Mira Charles Evelyn Smith. Miss Mamie
Tqughorne Mrs. Clarence Taylor Boykn,
Miss May Handy. Miss George Blanken-
shin. Miss Ashley Miller, Miss Jessie
Jones. Mrs. John Atkinson, Miss Bruce
Williams. Miss Anuis Howard. Mrs.
csrter scott. Miss Eva De Treville, Mrs.
Mary Donnan. Miss Lily Hin. Mrs Allan
LYON. Mrs Walter Mercer. Mrs. George
warren. Miss Nina Randolph Miss Julia
Ice Mrs Briggs Mrs. Joseph 7. Law
less. the Misses Duke. Miss May Lynch,
Mrs. Otway Allen, Mrs. Levin Joynes,
Mrs. r. C. Edwards. Mrs w. f. Labonta,
Mrs. Willie Long. Miss Nellie Tree. Miss
Nellie Blrdsong Miss Ethel Pace, Mrs.
]. Newton Gordon, Miss Miriam Boykn'
Mrs Charles V Darlington, Mrs. }. CAT
win Stewart. Miss Margaret Knowles.
Mrs. T. II. Cloves, Mrs. Cahel Messrs.
W. D. Moses, G. c. Campbell, 70. II.
Hooker. l.. W. Pizzini c. OBJ Cowardin,
W; S. Rhoads, /. y. Jones. George w.
Anderson. John A. Upshur l.. W. Glaze
brook. w G. Duke, s. r. Crowder, G.
g. Lambert, Hunter Mcclure. Jr.. w. II.
Blunt. C. p Jones, Jr., G. NJ. Dean .
IL. Cottrell. w. II. Zimmerman, w. N.
Jones. c.. T. Tabb. J. S. Binford, Jackson
Miller. George shaver. y. v Williams
j. w. Bowles. II. f. BEDFORD, III. L. Cooke
Y G. Garlick, Horace Redford, /. II.
COX. William Ellyson, II. G. Hiden, w. +
shelton. Il. Alsop, ]. ID. Christian. w. Y.
arlington. n. T. Arlington, James Yalen-
tine. James l. Boswell, Jr.. r. Il. Patter-
son f. c. Boudar. X. C. Edwards. W. f.
Labonta, and others.