| Show DISLIKED BLOOMERS A performing Perform lne bear attacks a new woman cycel st bruin does not object to bicycles on principle says the london telegraph but his indignation rises to the striking point when he be sees bloomers superimposed thereon he rightly regards them as successful competitors with his own ungainliness this was amusingly illustrated on clapham road where in the morning a collision took place between a performing bear and a lady on a bike bruin was trudging along the road quietly following the hook in his noso nose to which his master had attached a chain and allowed to pass without observation several women wearing earing the orthodox skirts on bicycles or tricycles cycles tri without opening his mouth or wagging his tail at last not far from kennington church a corpulent lady in bloomers came slowly wheeling along and the moment she came within range of the bears vision he suddenly snarled jerked the chain out of his keepers hand and made for the bicy cliste with his head he butted the machine which with the lady orr oa it tell fell over and on himself to the great amusement of a large number of spee spec laughed heartily at the mix tare of bruin and the bloomers the keeper promptly ran atter after his charge and rescued him from underneath the frightened wheel woman who shrieked much but was not wounded he marched off the animal in captivity once more while the lady summoned a to wheeler put the damaged bicycle on the top and drove off inside she obtain obtained ed the name and address of the bears owner with the view no doubt ot of obtaining repa reparation ration but perhaps a county bailiff will have some difficulty in finding him by the time a summons Is obtained |
