, 1906-04-14
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fTHE WEEK s
: LIN SOCIETY,"

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1t would seem that there are few
laws for the protection and help of the
bicyclisc in the city that anybody is
bound to respect and not one that ev-
erybody respects. The bicyclist is at
the mercy of all classes-the steam
cars, the automobiles, the horses and
wagons, the equestrians, the pedestri-
ans and even the children, who swarm
the bicycle paths and sneer in ones
race when he comes upon them on his
wheei, and sneerlng, they give not an
men ana he must dlsmount or ride
around. The city council has taken
the trouble to legislate against the
bicycle and at the same time permit
the wagon and team, the family horse
and carriage and eve the paper car
rier and his pony ad lib In the matter
OF using this portion OF the roadway.
By common consent the bicycle is CIV
en- one narrow path on one SIDE of the
street, to use wnen NOBODY else wants
to use it, but the Transfers no more
respect this little thread OF God S earth
than do the autos and the buggies and
the footmen. The bicycle has no rights.
The only thing allowed it is the stray
tack that stands point up at intervals
all over the city, and the bits of broken
glass that are scattered by careless
hands. 1t must give way at the rail
road crossing and at the street eros
sing. Children going to and from
school usurp the sidewalks and, the
middle of the streets. They walk back
ward and in punches of half a dozen,
paying no heed to the anxious pedaler,
who strives TO avoid striking one, wish.
ing down deep in his heart that he
might without injuring his wheel or
breaking one OF his own legs. Women
with baby buggies compel him to turn
to II side, men with loads of coal
take the little path and keep it, autoists
look at te poor little wheel, "honk'
and dash into its very teeth, buggies
drawn by slow horses driven by young
women purposely cross from the cen
ter to the side of the street, and he
who pumps must pay the cosL-muG
or dust are as one to his tormentors.
There will come a time when the worm
Will turn and there will be whole roads
for the bicyclist, but they are likely
to be paved with gold and be in a sec
ton of heaven where autos and horses
and buggies and coal wagons AMI
school children N baby buggies come
not That will 10 inlnnl baauan Iona
some though it be. There is one ray
of light in all this aggravation and that
Is the unfailing courtesy which femi-
nine cyclers receive from gentlemen OF
the wheel. No speeding physician is
in too much of a hurry, no business
man too occupied with important af-
fairs to discern with quick eye which
track is most pleasant for my lady OF
the bike, and to yield it to her with
smile and word of greeting. No doubt,
in other days when the wheel was
merely the sport of the needless and
irresponsible, cyclers offended often,
but in this era, when the bicycle is an
end whereby the work of the world is
furthered and fastened, the sins of 9TH
er days should be blotted out, and it
should be accorded rights and privileges
commensurate with the dignity of it's
service.
The week has been very quiet, but
the program outlined for future days
is already a full one. Several private
parties are planned for the immediate
future, and public events are also
numerous. Monday evening the regu-
lar Easter Monday ball will be given
under the auspices of the ladies of the
Catholic church. On Thursday even
ing, the Woodman Dancing club will
complete it's series with a party at
North Star hall. The Charity Whist
club plays Thursday evening. The
Tuesday Evening Musical club meets
next week with Miss Ethel Merriam.
Monday evening the Browning club will
convene at the home of Mrs Knight.
Mrs. DR.. Brown will entertain the la
dies of the Tuesday Afternoon Reading
circle at her home on Sixth street. The
meeting of the Preshytery will also
bring a number of strangers to the city
and homes, and the usual combination
of business and pleasure will be in or
der for their entertainment.
& & &
Baby Elise Coble celebrated the first
anniversary of her birth at the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. Towson, last
Saturday, n Aunt Helen arranged a
delightful surprise party for the little
lady and her mother in honor of the
important occasion. The babies and
their mothers who were invited to
participate were horace Davis Thorn
as and Mrs. w. c.. Thomas; Margaret
and Erwin Moudy and Mrs. Ross Mou-
dy; Emory and Gordon DeKay and Mrs.
c. w. DeKay; Miss Ethel Ernest and
Mrs. j. w. Ernest; Francis Bode and
Mrs. Arnold G. H. Bode; Thaddeus
Peckenpaugh and Mrs. ]. 7. Pecken-
paugh; Charles Ballard and Mrs. Bal
lard; Hudson Lansdell and Mrs. R. Ad-
Olson Lansdell; Miss Adelaide George
and Mrs. r. l.. George; Miss Lois Fitch
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