The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
Roller Skating Craze Is Once
More Coming to Be
Recognized.
HAS BEEN SLEEPING FOR
PAST TWENTY YEARS
Rink. According to RumOr, VIII
Soon Be in Operation
In This City.

That fashion and fads are as flclIle as
fortune is evidenced by the rise and fall
Of the prices Of many articles OF COM
merce and or merit when there Is SEEM
lngly no reason for the change. An eN-
ample of this kind that inures to a profit
in this instance Is found in a large num-
ber of roller skates belonging to the
Globe Machinery company on South West
Temple street. An array OF $50 pairs OF
these devices. which a year ago would
have been classed as ancient. are being
subjected to the process of having been
taken from dust. rust and mould, the ac-
emulation OF fully twenty years of in
activity
Are Ancient No Longer.
They are ancient no longer, They have
been resuTrected by fad which Itself
has long been mourned as obsolete, In
stead of being back numbers these skates
are now In the swim. or more accurately
speaking, they Will be on the roll.
About year ago In Boston which sus-
talns the same relation TO fads that Paris
does to fashion, some one got out a pair
OF skates which had been looked upon
for many years as heirlooms. This stu
dent of archaeology In the course of his
Investigations put on the skates and nm
ally discovered after taking several falls
that when properly propelled they were
not only means OF transportation. but
that they produced pleasant sensation,
He then called in other scientific men OF
Beandom and after series OF discussions
and experiments the craze OF a former
generation was revived.
Fad Rolls Across Country.
What was aesthetic for Boston was con-
sidcred ethics by It's neighbors. and the
fad began to roll to the South and West.
That iss IL spread, and at the same time
stayed. for recently In Boston q rink OF
great magnitude was constructed which
cost fully Sl0O 900.
The little wheels continued to roll until
recently they began TO work at Denver. 1t
is from that point that emissares have
come TO Salt Lake TO delve into the old
warehouses and storerooms to find the
curious little vehicles OF former times
with which 10 meet the demands of that
city.
May Open Rink Here.
The Denver mon are also looking for nm
opportunity to enliGhten Salt Lake people
ia the same kind OF historical lesson.
and rumor has IL that roller skating
rink Will soon be in operation here. Ru-
NOR ls more reliable In dealing with fnds
than 1t is with business. so that the &c
turn OF the skates to Salt Lake Is
strong probability.
New Skates Are Beauties.
While the old style OF skates are being
pressed into service to meet the demand
that refuses to be satisfied the manu-
facturers are buSyng themselves In pro-
ducinG n new and superior product. The
new skates are improved after the man
ner of the evolution OF the bicycle. The
wooden and paper wheels are being re-
placed with steel ones. and they are sup
piled with ball bearings which reduces
friction and adds to the speed until II is
something terrific
Will Be Leader in Sports.
No one OF course can tell when the fad
Will leave again, but while II lasts i will
be 4 leader in sports and amusements
until II becomes too common when it
Will be replaced by archery. croquet ten
mis- or probably dominoS. The starting
and stopping of fads are as mysterious
as the starting and the stopping of the