The times., 1899-02-19
PROMISES TO Be
A GREAT SUCCESS
Preparations Fol the Coming
Cycle Show.
To Open Next Week at the
Light Infantry Armory.
Some Interesting and Novel ENhib-
venirs TO lie Distributed.

On Monday evening, February q, at s
O'Clock, the doors of the Washington Light
Infantry, corner of Fifteenth and E
Streets, will be thrown open, and the eX-
hibition of the Bicycle Show Company OF
Washington will be inaugurated, to con-
tnue until Saturday evening. March 4.
Despite the present inclemency of the
weather the show is expected to have a
successful run OF one week, ana all prep
arations have been made with that idea in
view.
The cycle show will be revelation TO the
residents of this city. 1t will be on an
order that can hardly be imagined and be
something that has never before been wit
messed. The former cycle shows of The
city will not compare with il i'll any re-
spect, the difference being as great as the
comparison between gas light and an cleo
Tric illumination. The affair will equal
the national show held recently in New
York and, indeed, in some respects, viii
prove the sur .ior of that show. This ia
due 10 the Fact that the hall of the Wash =
ington Light Infantry is much better
adapted to a cycle show than Madison
Square Garden.
Some Novel Exhibits.
Some interesting and novel exhibits can
be looked for. and it is sure thing that
the different dealers will vie with each
other in producing the best possible effect.
There is a friendly rivalry between them
in this respect, and the general public will
be left to judge the matter. Public opin
ion is regarded as the best means of de
termining this matter.
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plenty for all who attend the show. Not
only will catalogues and general bicycle
publications be distributed with a lavish
hand, but many good things will be in
cluded. Novelties in the bicycle line, small
sundries. ornamental pins, and hundred
and one other things dear TO the heart of
the souvenir hunter, will be given freely
and without reserve, and there Will be
plenty to go around. The distribution OF
souvenirs will not only include bicycle
exhibitors, but other exhibitors as well.
Wheelmen Interested.
Among the wheelmen the coming show
is all the talk. To them it will be an ex-
cellent opportunity of inspecting all of the
different makes of wheels for the coming
season. By being exhibited in the same
hall there will be an excellent chance to
inspect the various Improvements on al!
The makes of bicycles. II will enable one
TO determine upon the best machine for
his particular use. Not only will this be
true Of bicycles, but it will extend to the
sundry line as well and take in lamps.
bells and everything else.
There remains plenty of work to be done
during the week in order to have every
thing completed for the opening. The
stands will have to be constructed. the
d. rsf..nr-
work finished. and number of other de-
tails attended TO, all of which go toward
making a successful show. The work Of
erecting the stands, as published in The
Times. has been given TO Frank Potts He
viii commence his contract about Thurs
day, ii being calculated that several days
VIII be required in putting the stands in
place. total of eighty five spaces will
be built, and to do this requires time.
There are thirty-one spaces along the
wall and fifty-four occupying the central
portion of the floor, nine stands in d Sec
tion, and six sections in all.
stands and Decorations.
The stands are expected TO be erected
by next Friday afternoon or Saturday
morning, when the decorations will be rut
in place. This means that there will be
that the work may have TO be carried
through Sunday and Monday in order 10
have everything ready for the opening
Monday night. The electrical work is also
10 be counted in the preliminary work, and
as many OF the exhibitors will have elab-
crate electrical decorations it will take
considerable time to get this in trim for
the opening night.
All but four or FIVE of the stands have
been sold. and the remaining number on
hand is expected to be disposed of during
the coming week. The management guar
antees 10 the public that il will be a full
show and that every exhibit will be filed
up. This will tend to make the hall all
the more interesting The affair will be
more interesting than ordinary from the
fact that the exhibits viii pertain not en-
tirely TO bicycles themselves but also to
cycle sundries and all other articles needed
by the wheelmen. In the sporting line
there will be an elaborate display Of
sweaters and other articles, and the newest
designs will be placed on view for general
inspection. This fact can be depended
upon.
Details of the show.
The tickets for the show have been
printed, and during the week the city bill
boards will be covered with artistic posters
announcing the show The printing ard
all other arrangements amount to good
deal more than one would imagine, the un-
dertaking being of vastly nf9re importance
than would be ordinarily thought All OF
| the dealers in the company are thorougnly
| enthused with the idea of the show. and
| they can be relied upon to help make it d
| big success. There will be no afternoon
session on the opening day. This is done
in order 10 give the exhibitors a chance tC
complete the arrangement of their stands
| Every day thereafter the hall will be
| opened at . O'Clock in the afternoon, and
again at O'Clock in the evening. Tho
matinee is designed more for the children
| and their mothers than for any other sea-
son. while the night session is for The gen
| eral public AT midnight Saturday March
!, the show will close, and be thing of the
past
For the convenience of the patrons there
viii be music at every session. The Dis
trict National Guard Band of twenty five
pieces will be in attendance during the en-
tire week afternoon and evening ana
| render band and solo music. This will re-
| lieve the effect of an afternoon or evening
at the show. The floral decorations OF the
place Will also be in the nature OF nov
city, and to add to the general effect.
nearly all of the exhibitors viii include
these decorations in their stands As il
| looks now the show will undoubtedly be
the most successful affair OF its kind ever
held in the city.