The record-union., 1899-03-02

The motor car coat is the latest de-
velopment of the automobile craze in
Paris. This garment is an accentua-
ton, as it were, of the straight and
down effects in this seasons nantes.
1t is rather wider at the waist than at
the shoulders and wraps completely
over the chest and the knees, each
front being ample enough to underline
or overlap the other
The pass book system for the retail
ing of bicycles is being quite generally
adopted by the cycle dealers of Buffalo,
says the cycle Age This plan res
quires the payment of ST each week.
which amount is credited in a book
furnished by the dealer for that pur-
pose, until a specified sum is credited.
When the credits reach this sum the
holder of the book is entitled to a bicy-
Gle, upon which subsequent payments
OF $50 weekly are required until the
machine is paid for. The system was
tried here last year for the first time
and was pronounced the best of the in
stallment plans in use. It affords a
protection to the dealer and places the
bicycle within the reach of everyone.
The dealer has nearly one-half Of the
purchase price in his hands before a
machine is let out, and this, together
with the weekly payments of So so.
places him in position where loss is
reduced to minimum.
Vienna has made a beginning of con-
struction of bicycle paths through its
streets. Ground has been conceded for
the construction of a new street on
condition that strip be prepared for
the use of bicyclists.
A veteran rider who has made a
practical study of cycling gives this
advice to the novice: "A beginner
should thoroughly understand that he
Is beginner, and should not attempt
great things at first. If he thoroughly
understands his position he will first
learn the rules of the road, avoid rid
ing with experts, and will take things
quietly and patiently at first. Diff
cult1es always besets the novice, and
the easiest way to overcome them is to
recognize Them
From May LIST all cyclists in France
are to carry number plate. Foreign
ers staying less than three months in
the country need not conform to the
regulation, provided they make for
NAL declaration of the length of their
visit.
The Georgia Division of the League
of American Wheelmen will promote
races this summer at Savannah, Ma
con, Atlanta and Augusta, the proceeds
to be devoted to the improvement Of
the public highways, and for the neces-
sary expenditures in passing legisla-
ton for improved roads throughout the
State.
Medical men have given some attan-
ton to the riding of the bicycle by
young children. Many deprecate the
excessive use of the bicycle by the
young. The competition that is TAX
ing place between various enthusiasts
to produce absolutely the youngest
rider has eliminated in a baby of
eighteen months being taught by it's
father to steer and propel a diminu-
tive bicycle. After the child had been
riding for more than twelve months
doctor examined it. He found the
child was just over three feet high,
and weighed only thirty-one pounds
Its machine weighed eleven pounds.
was geared to forty-six inches, and it
had four-inch cranks. The doctor re-
ported that at such an early age, when
the bones are soft and the ligaments
undeveloped, the result would probably
be a relaxed ligamentous system, be-
sides other palpable evils.
For wager of 5000 francs very
dangerous bicycle ride was undertaken
by Maurice Berth, professional, in
Agen, capital of the French Depart
ments of Lot ct Garonne, says an i'm
aginative contemporary. He made a
bet with certain Jean Patrice that he
would dare to enter any lions cage and
ride around the beast on his wheel.
The Menagerie of Hmm, in Agen, was
selected as the place for the daring
deed, and an enormous crowd gathered
to witness this extraordinary perform
ance. The owner of the animals ac-
companied Berth into the cage, where
the reckless wheelman, without heed.
jumped on his wheel and made one
quick circle of the cage. There We're
two lions and one lioness in the inclos-
ure at the time. The animals at hrst
gazed at the unaccustomed sight
Later however, one of the animals
drew himself up in a posture ready to
make leap on the moving cycler. me
keeper was equal to the occasion, and
with his whip managed to curb It's
temper, thus allowing Berth to make
the agreed number of rounds and thus
win the bet that only a sporty French
man could make.