Show DEVELOP only a pew bearg ago manufacturers would bot make them it affords the pioneer women cycless no little amusement and satisfaction to recall the days when bicycle manufacturers in reply to requests for wheels would say with emphasis we have never manufactured a woman s wheel and we never will in those early days of wheeling bicycles for american women were imported from england one woman who had never seen a bicycle but had read of them and was possessed of the true wheeling spirit bought one of these cumbrous machines it had thirty inches high weighed over fifty pounds biad a solid tire and cost one hundred and forty dollars aba first ride of the owner upon this machine of solid weight and worth covered ten miles and produced a sprained ankle a black eye and an entirely demolished gown the riders spirit was however and after a rest of two weeks she mounted again and rode to victory in days of teachers trainers and countless comfortable appliances ances it is refreshing to know of these spartan achievements while many women ride diamond frames and an increased number wit doubtless continue to do so the radical differences between a mans wheel and a comans womans will always bo the drop frame when the bicycle is regarded simply as a vehicle and not as a toy 01 machine for display the majority of women will probably wear skirts A short skirt of sensible length avoids the actual dang crof entanglement in chain or pedals still the inventor who can find any method of placing the chain under cover in a drop frame without adding to alie weight of alic wheel will meet a longfelt long felt want along this line the especial development of the comans womans machine must come out of the multitude of counselors is finally coming wisdom on the subject of comans womans bicycle dress the latest results attained enable a rider to go fitted for any kind of weather she may start in low shoes heavy woolen stockings knickerbockers and lightweight silk blouse on a hot summer morning with a soft round felt hat or cap with visor to protect her eyes slie can also carry a small package and if it rains take from that package a jacket with square revers which button back on themselves or across each other the jacket knickerbockers and cap are all rainproof if it grows colder she may don leggins and skirt of a length above the ankles also rainproof thu equipped i he can defy the the greatest stress should be placed upon a jacket which will cover the ches and protect the lungs if necessary |