| Show re JUVENILE WHEELS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS Bicycles Grow in Popularity as Presents for f r Youngsters Judging from the number of at Christ Christmas Christmas Christmas mas bicycles that have been sold for tor forthe forthe i the past few tew years one might Imagine that our climate Is changing and that what once was regarded solely f lely as a summer sport has unaccountably wandered Into other portions of at the calendar But the fact Is there is scarcely a week In the year ear even In the most northerly tier of ot states when a bicycle cannot be used to good food advantage and perhaps grown folks had to wait walt until more youthful youth Cui riders proved the case However that may be It Is certainly true that all the year round riding Is decidedly more common In these days and a bicycle at Christmas time Is now regarded as a most appropriate and even timely gift Riders of tender years are not wor worried worried worried ried greatly concerning fads tads and fash tash I Ions They know in their honest hon st young I hearts that a bicycle Is a possession to tobe tobe tobe be enjoyed and cherished And they the accept It for tor the good it can give ghe and think no more about It That Is la the reason no doubt that tha where one wheel wh el was sold at Christma I time a few years ago hundreds ar arc sold today r J Jr r f r ri 1 i I t i III I II I II ALL SEASONS ARE GOOD SEASONS S But there has been a great grE at change I for tor the better even wheels While It was once thought apparent apparently I ly Iy that any sort of at a bicycle would do I If It It were to go to to fa a youthful rider i makers with good Judgment now real realize j r Ize that a wheel that must carry cam a I i youngster with safety must be the equal In every ever particular of ot those made for tor adults And this is s the case calle with Uh the product of t many factories today toda In tact fact makers take care are to explain that their Juvenile wheels in material i i a hl equipment equipment l RIB are as asgood asgood s good or better Detter than thin those hose Intended for lor stronger and more experienced riders In this connection It Is only just to i I Isay say that hat there seems seem to be ba no longer longera a division hIlon of oC the year ear Into seasons for tor adult nil lt wheelmen Wheel men All 11 the months are about the same to t them nowadays now The bicycle plays so Important a part partin in to our everyday ee day life Is so great an economizer of money mone and time and such royal dividends in health di dt estton and good humor that its de devotees snap their fingers at fashion fashions s r rather are bringing fashion to the theA A heel wheel again Those who have not paid any all 1 jal al la attention ito the remarkable re ewal of ot Interest in wheeling during dIning he past half decade will be astonished i 1 know kno how the production of bl bi I both in this country and abroad 3 s I Increasing In 1904 1909 the output in I t merica was conservatively estimated e bicycles and this t doubtless ss I extreme ebb tide In the Indus y Certainly the figures were lower towel an they had been since the evly Iy The In 1005 was vas ap wheels and this sag was more than doubled tn in n 1906 1900 when the thet was put at half halt a million The aggregate for 1907 1001 lO is said to have hae reached i OOOO and a leading maker has Just announced that the th American production of ot bicycles for tor 1908 will reach a round million And after all aU why wh not The wheel I of ot today toda is a a vastly better machine than ite predecessor pred of a dozen years ago costs less money and with that modern accessory the coaster brake has actually more basis for tor popularity So when all has been said there are plenty plent of ot reasons for tor adding bicycles both Juvenile and adult to your our mas list You will be in good Y for the Christmas tales sales this year ear If It one OHP may ma Judge from the forecasts of the HIP dealers are likely to tf break all records record |
