New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-13
what win become Of James Hamilton Le"iS
and his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uniform WIFI "s
gloves and boots?
on MODERN MIRACLES.

It is one OF the penalties attaching to Icity
nIoco that even the most trivial attributes ana
habits of him who holds 1t become matters OF
interest 10 those whom mnkind fate has not as
signed 10 crninencc. Wherefore it is far from
str,nce that the sight Of Mayor Van WycK
making glad the boulevards OF Westches'er
County. New-Jersey and the borough OF Brook
lvn astride a wheel should call forth comment
from those who have thus beheld hlln bul
tbore are coincldent circumstances that seem
n eudow the Mayors recreation with possipiii-
,,es of more than ordinary significance.
The influence Of the wheel is well known by
those who have tested its potcntialities 10 De
for the most part extremely benevolent. Upon
the tissues of the brain and the fabric or the
temper the reasonable use Of the stced Oh steer
has been found to be especially clarifying ana
melowing. Those who have seen the Cher
Executive CT our city gliding smoothly ana
noselessy over roads of frictionless macauali''
or who have east an interested eye upon him
as he paused for n moment to sake his 'lirs'
nj some wayside Raincs law WELL Win one nc
cord declare that. if one may draw CONCLUSIONS
from the benignant expression OF the ohicidi
features the wheel has never won erea'cr
triumph In the intervals of riding the Mayor
has actually been observed by several veraclous
witnesses to pat the infant head or west
chester fodder, and even TO greet with gchlai
approval the advances of Brooklyn terrier
who had wandered far from home ana longeu
for kindly recognition.
If these reports are true and they come from
manifold and various sources, they poiht TO pos
sIbilltes that only Yesterday would have been
set down as the vain imaginings Of them mat
dwell in Bloomingdale. The bicycle season mas
but inst now begun There have been scarce
" three weeks during which the roads nave
been uniformly passable for wheemen. III III
tbree weeks of wheeling the Mayors temper
has taken such huge strides toward amapiiI'!'
what achievements in humanity may we not
expect before the winds or November Dur!
suburban roads inch-deep in fallen, wthereu
leaves? Is it too much 10 expect that uhder
the humanizing influence OF the bicycle inc
Mayors breast may yet become so filled with
the milk Of human kindness that even an ur-
bane and able president of the Board OF Edu-
cation. albeit struggling under the misfortune
of having been appointed by ex-Mayor Strong
NAV venture into the presence OF the 'hiei
Executive Of the city unarmed ana emerge
again unpursued through the corridors OF the
CITY Hall by a f,arng flood Of hot denuncation:
Is il even beyond the bounds OF reason TO hope
that. II the weather holds fair and tires are
not too frequently punctured. the Mayors soul
may vet be wrought up 10 such n pitch oil
gcnIality that he will even condcscend TO AZ
tend meeting of the Board of Rapid TRANSIT
Commissioners, Of which he is member ana
attendance upon whose sessions is one OF the
duties he was elected to discharge:
And when the wheel shall have won these
notable trlumphs we may even wake up som"
morning 10 read that some distinguished FOR
eigncr has been received at our City Hall by
our Mayor with all the graceful courtesy ana
open hospitality that should ever be extended
10 an eminent stranger by the Chief Executive
of the greatest city Of the Western Hemisphere
Who can tell: This is an age OF miracles come
back again. More dizzlly daily swings the
world round and the marvels OF Today mock
at Yesterdays Impossible.