New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-22
WHEELING F1VORED.
PROMINENT WOMEN GIVE THEIR VIEWS
OF THE EXERCISE
DOCTORS. LECTURERS SOCIETY WOMEN AND
SCIENTISTS HEARTILY APPROVE

SCIENTISTS HEARTILY AfFhONb
Or Mary Bond when seen in her office. at No l22
Iexington-ave by Tribune reporter sara sne
could really not say enough In favor OF the reio"
able use of the wheel by women
81 believe" she declared, That 1t has done more
20 take women out of the physicians hands than
ANYTHING that has ever been used as medicine OF
amusement" ,,, 49,.
"Do YOU think it takes the place of walking?
asked the reporter.
..It is better than walking" answered the doctor
"although believe I'm thai exercise, too. In bicy-
cling while every muscle is action the weight OF
the body is taken from the INNS suPpolt y o.
and vo; are as II were, unconscious Of motion CIR
culation is stimulated TO the very finger Fps. - o.,
Then it would be antiiode for sieep'esshess'
%r6e bcs, possible antidote" was the quick
answer THE exercise OF the eXtremities draws tne
blood away from the mead and relieves the f
on The brain But | don't recommend cycilng lot
every one. Any irregulariy OF heart action woulo
forbid it, Nor do like riding in me cry al ieaS
in and OF crowds and over caois roaus ~ no. ~
good But with proper care ana me uscreer U.s. car
IT, the wheel is invaluable to the woman VINO can
Mss Gertrude Mcmillan, public reader Of Wash Wash
ington who is spending the winter IN New OIk'
said that she thought cycling one OF the most oe
lghtfu diversions and exercises that can o 10 no.
hlt prefers country riding TO the most ieNel OF the
city streets Miss Mcmillan likes the short round
skirt better than the divided skirt which, she says
Is apt to entangle the weaTer
Among the guests at the Clarendon Hotel are Mrs.
Charles Macy and Miss Macy The latter, when
asked by a Tribune reporter for her opinion on ol-
cycling expressed herself entirely In favor OF II
and as enthusiastic a. i; is wise TO be.
IL think" said Miss Macy. that the exercise can
be overdonc. and that young girls are most apt TO
ride too much In their ambition TO make long run
They get "A cycomcter fastened to their wheels ana
become fascinated by watching II register, ana so
ride on and on, unconscious that they becoming
exhausted Then the real benefits OF the exercise
are lost. For me. find that twenty-five or twenty
hrec miles Is enough for one spin; but that, too.
depends the road the temperature and the wind.
Five miles against a strong wind is equal to twenty
a calm day"
when asked II city country riding were the
most agreeable her Miss Macy said that she liked
both and no disinayed 10y crowded streets.
when you are used TO your wheel and confident
In you: control OF H." she said you think more
OF riding in crowd than OF walking in one, and no
one thinks OF being nervous about walking IN a
crowd The you ride the higher YOU want
your saddle, and you feel so much better with II
high | am getting a new bicycle that | may
have a high saddle and a large frame"
The president OF the Sew-York Household Eco
nOmic Association Mrs William G. Smaller, in reply
to the question. "Do you approve OF bicycling for
women and what your IDEAS about suitable
dress for the Wheel" said
Il ride little, and l approve Of 1t profoundly