Evening star., 1897-02-06

she may see an obstacle that might escape
me others eye. III the drop frame. hall of
the tandem should be placed In the Iea- il
would become the romans duty TO hold
the machine while the man was mounting,
and then to mount herself ana make the
start which would certainly he an awk-
ward and inconvenient arrangement.
The female rider is apt to impose too
much upon her male escort, mostly due to
her Ignorance OF the machine she rides In
everything else the girl would be ashamed
10 CONFESS ignorance but I'm the matter of
the bicycle she seems to think that II is
something with which she need have no
knowledge. OF course. all win agree that
IL Is not the place of the woman to clean
ner wheel, but does II necessarily follow
that she should let il be dirty and have her
escort clean IL before he takes her out on a
ride? Does IL necessarily follow that the
escort should overhaul the wheel string
the lacing. oil the bearings. tighten the
nuts and do number of other things pre-
paratory to starting out on a ride when
the machine has been unused for a few
oaysE III the woman is married then she
Is perfectly justified In having her husband
clean and attend to the bicycle or lei him
get some one TO do the work but where the
young lady Is single 1t is another thing
These are only some suggestions TO the fair
riders, who may perhaps do this uninten-
tionally.
Out of the large number of female riders
IN the city. there is a lamentably small per-
centage who can repair a puncture There
is TO reason why this should be So There
is almost equally as large a number who
easily break the lacing which protects their
dress from the chain. but who find IL too
olfhcult a matter to lace the machines
themselves. This should not be So In fact
there appears to be almost too many riders
OF the fair sex in the city who know MOTH
ing al all about the wheel they ride, and
VINO in case of a breakdown or damage of
some sort are like a parcel of children
rms may be putting ii strong. but ii is the
truth. nevertheless. The construction of
the bicycle is simple, and IL does not take
course of several years study TO under
stand the rudimer tai features sufficient to
give an insight in case of an accident.
The question Of the position of the lady
when riding with an escort is often per
picking. Yet is simple enough. The lady
should always ride on the right side of
the street, next to the curb. while the gen.
leman takes position to her left. 1t is
to be supposed that the gentleman is not
as nervous as the woman, and when a We
hicie passes to his left, as 1t should. he viii
be between the moving wagon and his COM
panion. He should always assist the lady
to mount her wheel. and allow her time to
arrange her skirts. and when she is started
he should mount and catch up to her as
soon as possible. If she is timid about the
use of a bicycle he should get off first and
then assist her to get off, holding the ma
chine. If nothing more. In case II is de-
Sieu W pass Ntnicles on the street, the
gentleman should always lead, and If in
his opinion there is any danger he should
dismount. He might possibly be able to
get through jam all right, but the lady
may not be so fortunate
Physicians have all along claimed that
the use Of the sewing machine ruins the
health of women, and on account of the
similarity of such to bicycling. the latter
w6s deemed to be equally as bad for the
health Of the female. DIR. Martin Siegfried
the physician in charge of the health re-
sort Of Rippoldsan in the Black Forest of
Germany, has this to say of the matter:
Whoever has told you that the two move
ments were really the same, either does not
understand the sewing machine. is not
familiar with the bicycle, or belongs To the
category of those who knew nothing about
either, and therefore are the more tena-