Salt Lake Herald | 1897-11-20 | Page 7 | Bike and Bloomers

BIKE AND BLOOMERS Cleveland Leader Where His Cleverness Clever-ness Palled Him TVhkits the matter with Brigss the sleifrhtoWinnd man I see he carries one arm in a sling He was oiling Ills bicycle the other day and got his lingers between the Chain and the sprocket wheel Quite Wrong I nail an ancient relative Built on the ancient plan Whose favorite jest it was to say The coat dont make the man And then hed add the merry quip TVHh such a jolV glance It aint the coat that makes the man Because it is the pants But when I look around today Upon the bloomered throng I know my ancient relative Was altogether wrong Cleveland Plain Dealer PhiladeSpliia Profs A Smart BoyA small boy cyclist was riding without alight a-light and was stopped Toy a park officer who asked him in gruff tones where his light was TVliy its here exclaimed the rider in surprise Yes but its out solemnly asserted the patrolman Well It was lighted nt that last turn Sonny its cold couldnt have been lighted this evening triumphantly announced an-nounced the officer Hull That thin metal cools in n minute min-ute Ill Hshi that lamp and wait until it gets red hot put it out then ride to the next corner and back and when I return re-turn itll be cold All right rylt assented the acute policeman The boy lighted the lantern waited untll it grew hot turned it out and started and that kid is going yet