Show BiCYCLES AND BABIES i It Is not an unusual sight to see fond fathers and brave mothers big brothers broth-ers and grown sisters taking babies for a spin on their bicycles Strapped In a basket or net the little fellows arc whirled around the city over thorough tho-rough and paved streets alike doubtless doubt-less enjoying every moment of the I ride but subjected to dangers and difficulties dif-ficulties from which they would be unable un-able to extricate themselves and to I which It seems a shame to expose them I Even grown people and those who consider themselves skillful riders are I I often thrown and sometimes Injured by apparently trIal causes and insignificant in-significant obstacles they could not well avoid No matter how careful one may be there is constant danger from dogs and collisions and the baby is placed where it Is bound to bear the brunt of the shock But sudden damage and Immediate injury are not the only dangers to which the little ones are exposed on heels Medical experts say that the rapid and unnatural motion the constant con-stant although almost imperceptible jolting affect the childs brain and in some cities It Is forbidden Vhere a rest Is provided for the chllds head as it Is In IJabycaniages the danger to the nervous system is not so great Even Indians In their most primitive state understand how necessary it is to protect the spinal cord After a child Is 4 or 5 years old it doesnt matter so much Its physical formation has progressed to such an c tent at that age that the danger Is I slight But children under 4 are par tlcularl and peculiarly susceptible to braIn trouble of the kind this riding Is alt to produce The speed and agitation agita-tIon impairs the digestion of the little one besides and nmay result In what Is known 1S the rickets or EnglIsh disease Then there Is danger to thee the-e and altogetllel it looks like a bad practice to tale the little ones out on bicycles |