The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
THE BICYCLE GIRL.
Her Vagaries, Fashions and Neat Little Con-
veniences.

the summer man with her was reading
aloud from a tiny pocket volume. II did
not need the rhythm OF the low, flowing
accents to tell me--the book was 'Lu
ellie"
You are going to marry Miss Darcy"
or old, from the days when summer
girls began, the summer man has read
aloud Lucille" The waves of the ocean,
the depths of the forest, the, crags OF the
mountain have echoed II. Every clerk
off on fortnight's vacation, every gilded
youth with the entire summer at his dis
posal, throws a copy into his luggage;
every girl in the least attractive possesses
at least six marked editions dedicated to
the memory of six silvery toned young
gentlemen.
''But why?'' asked a man last evening.
"Oh," he said. Its tradition, and then,
you know Lucille is easy reading. But
he added, Its not safe to try IL except on
a very young girl. few days ago l was
calling on woman with whom was sum-
mering down here ten years ago. She'e
married now, but tried to ask her III she
remembered, aud she laughed and led me
10 her book case. When / had looked a.
the green bindings and the blue bindings
and the paper covers, / asked, But why
did you let me?'
Oh she said, 4 couldn't tell you
knew it all by heart, but did wonder II
you actually thought me so green and I'M
sophisticated.
Yet they keep it up and the blue BIZ
cycle girl listened as demurely as II she
hadn't heard 1t all once at least every
summer since she was fifteen.
They say there is a bicycle girl lat the
Branch who rides 10 the beach in her
bathing costume; i have not seen her
The girls whom ! do see ride along the
hard sands at low tide in the lightest and
brightest OF custumes-faintly green
pique. with white lawn sunbonnet tied
with green ribbon strings; pink and white
checked duck with pink jacket turned
over at with white and sailor hat trim
med with pink scarf and long long
quill. or white duck with vivid yellow
waist and black hat and waist belt and
black low shoes and stockings. Sometimes
in and out among the bathers and the
hosts of more quietly dressed people, there
flashes a girl in bright scarlet duck with
touches of black, or a vision in startlingly
gay cerlse or the red that is called auto
mobile.
Or sometimes group of bicycle girls
stack their wheels and begin to run races
In their short skirts, and II a man is with
them-and II the girls are pretty there
may be two or three men-the girls steal
a start of at least yard, and come out
winners with great glory.
49,
| saw jumping match this morning,
girl in blue and white dotted pique
against young man and middle aged
g1 In
the girls running Jump was just equal
TO the mems standing jump, whereat she
claimed the rewards OF atheticism.
But there are girls who do not ride
bicycles, though sometimes 1t seems 9TH
erwise and their parasols are eye blind
ing for brilliance of color and their trail
Ing, diaphanous skirts sweep harmlessly
the smooth. clean white ocean floor
A pretty costume out yesterday had a
narrow underskirt of dull blue satiny
linen embroidered with ecru spots. and
partially covered by a narrow cut tunic
OF ecru linen with scalloped edges stitched
with blue, The bodice, a very short coat
in blue linen, fastened at the left with
turquoise buttons and was everywhere
scalloped to match the skirt The sleeves
were exceptionally pretty, showing a wide
band on the outside of the arm from
shoulder to wrist of the blue linen. whila
lut lthl VI lue nlttNS, Oh tuTu mhltTIhl,
was scalloped and stitched where 1t fell
upon the blue.
With this dress was worn little tur>
ban of blue fancy straw, trimmed lit
tie to one side OF the front with big
round rosette OF blue chiffon edged with
a straw braid. The parasol, of spotted
blue silk. had inserted trimmings OF ecru
guipure.
Slightly more elaborate was a dress OF
white foulard with quaint cherry colored