Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 28, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba Main Ltd a Ba-1lx free press. Winnipeg aug 28 fair faces on wheels. Women riders no longer a nov Elty on the streets. A thousand if Illch wheels sold in Chi Cago during the last of a Iii ill spin Ovir Smnith Llomis Avith husband Lirot Lier or Wlms to Wear Ami How to a Lulu. T is Only i few since the appearance of a bicycle Ripon it cite thoroughfare was the occasion of much open Moil theol round Reveel wonder. Street i Gamins exercised their i Lawless non the Kulesh rider. Gym ser v n t i v v p e o p 1 e frowned upon him sober nine Leet citizens their shoulders and averred that a horse Vas enough for them Young men looked Auer the wheel with envious admiration and a impetus was Given to the average Young woman s aspiration after the desire to become her brother. But the Days when newspaper jibes at wheelman were the fashion Are Long Sinee past and there is now no More familiar sight in our streets than the Mak ing its smooth noiseless Way among a crowd of vehicles or whirling madly past them All upon the avenues. Even the athletic girl has her latest dear est wish gratified and is no longer obliged to steal her rides in the Back Yard under the Friendly cover of darkness. She makes her mount boldly and openly and rides her wheel with a Grace and Freedom that silence i gracious comment. The color of her and the laughter in her eyes Tell a pleasant Atory of healthful exhilaration resulting from agreeable exercise. Women have been slow to adopt bicycling asap Simein America notwithstanding the Seal of Royal approval that has been set upon it by the granddaughters of the Queen of England and it is Only within the last three years that wheel Worthen live begun to spin about Chicago Parks and boulevards. 15ut the fast that Over ladies bicycles have been sold Here during the last year and the Riding schools Are turning out Tifty each week is significant and seems to Point toward a population of female no very Distant Date. Is Riding on a wheel some one who t know asks anxiously. More like flying than anything else perhaps the ease lightness and airiness of the motion a and again upon her strings. Of All Hor worst. The machine trying to keep l lie f t k a Good kidisb1 habit. To move the pedals and in struggling with the pedals her feet slip helplessly off. The instructor rescues her from her perilous Posi Tion and averts threatening disaster but it is a great Relief when the half hour comes to an end and she is a Brave woman indeed who at this stage docs not feel absolutely discouraged. The next two lessons arc de voted to learning How to mount and Dis mount and the finishing touches Are re served for the last. She is turned upon the world to trundle her own wheel with the last warning words o the instructor ringing in her ears ensure to sit erect. Keep your Knees together. Ride always with the Ball of the foot upon the his Little scrap. Of a . It is impossible to dress prettily upon a bicycle and the girl who suit ability to effect muss expect to come to crinoline and corsets must be cast aside and a Woven flannel und Ergui ment be worn next the skin As Wool perspiration and is a Protection against chills. The most comfortable garment is the Woven combination which reaches from the neck to wrist and Ankles. This is the least Clumsy method of being entirely clothed with flannel is absolutely nothing that can become Dis arranged and it affords equal Protection and warmth to All parts of the body All Wool knitted or Woven stockings Are indispensable for cot ton on the feet Means soreness blisters and endless trouble. Blade worsted tights and off j of. The Al Tex Fox. Tia flying one s old childish longing to own a flying machine. But Between Riding a Bicy Cle and learning to ride Cne there is a vast difference. The one is the very poetry of motion the other its plainest prose. There Are two ways of learning How to manage a wheel and although there Are women who sentimentally prefer to receive their lessons from some male Friend or relative in a retired Corner of the Park they who Are Wise withdraw discreetly to a Riding school and in its seclusion veil thumb pimps find Falls and awkwardness from mock aug thereby they save their vanity a number of Petty wounds besides earning the everlasting approbation of the wheelman of their acquaintance. A o Natter Hov sincere one s admiration May be to run beside the object of it for holding her on to her machine correcting a until respiration Falls like rain until one s legs feel like the army Ofa Windmill and one s head like a steaming is sure to put it to a pretty so we test. She is a sen sible Young refuses so to try her knights. The training at the Riding school is Thor Ough and scientific it is an extremely nervous woman that cannot learn in the five a filist attempt. Lessons that Are Given How to mount Anil guide in in a manner As to outs Ile padded Walls of the Riding Hall. Tin i invt lessor., which like the others is of a half hour s duration is Given entirely upon i automatic bicycle. And in it the Pupil is to balance the machine. This is done coir us by throw ing the front wheel into t la same direction the body is fal Liiv in. Foil us enough and look easy too. The instructor does it. Hut Oil of on that wobbling affair a woman of risk it and left gets Lope Lossev congas jul. Shu topples to the left gels Hie handles convulsively nn7l qui cilia civilly shoves the front wheel Violet in to left and of course is neatly quietly tipped emt of her seat Thor Chagrin the instructor s after she has once mastered Iuis first and All important principle ii Ball with a Stout leather handle a the is strapped about her . Sits a real Loose wheel for the cd plume in her lies and the Iii stamp up a vast. Jii Iid. Holds her firmly in place by ins the conv client ha7i tile. J Hus Xuy Arild gaint to nil danger Ofa serious fall she makes the tour of the Hall learning to or a and meet the caprices that a wheel by a new Reeler. Fifteen minute of such exercise she concludes that it pay to shriek when the machine tips a bit and so much bolder that the instructor Atti three feet of Stout leather strap to the handle of her Belt a episode. A Light Black silk or Alpaca skirt completes the underwear. Over this May be worn in regular tailor made Riding habit or indeed any dark gown the skirt of which is Plain without killing and of sufficient fullness to admit of absolute Freedom of movement without undue bulk. The material should of course be heavy and one recon menels that the hem of the skirt should be at least twelve inches deep to prevent any possibility of catching in the pedals or Tribune. A As car conductor. Hundreds of Street car conductors and Drivers gathered at the morgue of the Gen eral Hospital on the morning july 20 to attend the funeral of their late Comrade car Driver Baron Ifrey von Schoen Stcin the last male member of a very Noble family. The heavily Elra Ped Hearse drawn by four horses won quite in contrast with the simple mourners who followed it Anel the costly Metal Raaket in which the remains rested hidden under Many costly Floral gifts. When Baron Schoenstei became of age he inherited several million florins and big is states which he squandered in riotous living Anil speculation. Everything gone lie re signed his commission As first lieutenant guaranteed Havana the rubbish made into cigars in Many 13 branded on the Cigar Box or Label Guaran teed Havana the of guarantee May be readily understood when Flie Public Are informed which is a fact a that Havana Ailers ran be bought from twelve per Pound upwards. The Only Safe guarantee and the Only one we offer to smokers is brands of cigars that have stood the test for nearly half a cent Ury that Are recognized As honest goods Anft always reliable 03 is attested by the Many millions of cables Monsos Al padres and Madre e Frijo that Are sold yearly and or which the demand con Tantle creasing s. Davi sews Montreal in the dragoons and when confronted by poverty he did not resort to the Pirstl. But took a More philosophic View of life Anel accepted a position As supervisor of tire Street railways. Once in u while when brought into Contact in a business Way with those who in former years were Only too glad to Toady to him the Baron became offensive to such a degree that at last his employers found themselves oblige Al to reduce him to the rank of car Driver. This position he filled with military Punc-1 Quality and Only once in a while when it received a Small remittance from some rela Tive did he absent himself Long enough to spend it. The Baron s widow and her brother a Captain in the dragoons attended the funeral the expenses of which were ele frayed by a Well known Vienna countess. Herr von Turba the Eli Rector of the Trann Vay com pan Anel several prominent officials attended the free press. Bills in Japan. When a Rich Man Calls in a physician a Dies not expect that he will be presented a Bill for medical services. In fast no such thing As a electors Bill is known in Japan although nearly All the other modern practices arc in Vogue there. The doctor Nevei asks for his fee. The strict honesty of people does not make this necessary. When he is through with a patient a present u made to him of whatever sum the patient his friends May deem to lie just compensation. The doctor is supp Seel to smile take the fee Bow and thank his with a japanese physician. Diamonds Are found along the Eastern slope of the alleghenies born. Virginia to Georgia and also in Northern California and in Southern Oregon hut there Are not enough of them of size to pay for mining. Or Millingen mentions the Case of a Man who died in a Public House and who was found to have several clasp knives with the Blades blunted and the handles partly Ivorn away in his stomach. Regular action of the bowels a the foundation o health. Secure this and remove constipation Etc. By using Burdock by Bittera be anticipated a soft snap but Daniel knew his Trade. Up at Mott Haven the other Day i met a Man who had just come Oft a train. He had a Black Eye his nose had received an awful Jam and after a patient investigation of his right lower at his re quest i did not hesitate to Tell him it was fracture Al. When i asked the particulars of the collision and How Many were killed he smiled a lop Jawed sort of a smile and said there was t any collision As i heard least not on the then you be had n. It was this Way yesterday morning i was around Here looking for a Job when a Man conies up to to and looks me All Over and then asks if i was a fighter. I says that 1 was nothing to brag of though i knocked the Erie kid out in five rounds and fought the Buffalo Eusher to a stand still in Ioven. What sort of a match does you want to says i. Says he i m a Livin up Here a bit on a farm and i be got a boy named Dau l. He s a cheerful Young Man Dan l is but he s got a swelling of the head about prize fights. He thinks he s the comin Sullivan and the craze is Runnin away with him but what has i to do with your Bloom in son Dan of i wants you to go Home with me. I la pass you off for an. Orphan i picked up. Then i wants you to put on the mittens with and Knock him All Over the township and reduce the swelling of his head for How much Wall if it s a Success i won t mind ten dollars and your Railroad tap and a big boiled dinner Well sir it struck me right and we hopped onto a train and bowled away. The old Man was a of Hucklin All the Way Home Over the Way i was Goin to do up his Bloomin Dan a and he gave me All the pointers he could to make the Job easier. We arrives after and Dan l was he was sir. He proves to be six feat High and to weigh Abott a ton. I suppose i looked a bit lonesome for the old Man winks me aside and says never mind the size of him. He s big but slow and awkward and one tap on the nose will grog him.1 and you put on the that s what we did. Dinner was hardly Over when Dan l invited me out to the barn to scrap a bit. He had an old set of gloves and he could hardly wait to Peel o3e. The old Man winks at me to play his Bloomin child a minute or two and then land him and i proceeds did Dan l seem at All 1 asked. Never a bit sir. He was As Cool As the North Side of an iceberg in Well the old gent Calls time on us and we stepped out. I leads with my left after Claret but does t get any. I swings my right for his jaw but it was t there. Had i better see the doctor yes later on. What Why sir the Bloomin innocent hearted Dan who does t know a swing from an upper Cut wades into me. He drives me All Over the barn and Back he knocks a to the right and the left he lands All Over me from the top of the head to the Knees and by and by he swings for my jaw and puts me to knocked you out yes sir and so completely that when. I wakes up i was lying half a mile away beside the Highway. I looks for Daniel the tender Blossom and to was Down in the Hay Field. I looks for the old Man As played me against the Field and he was sitting on the Fence close by. When i wakes up he says poo r Manl i sees that Cyclone when it hits you but i could t save be. I m a con stable and Down on tramps and the Hest thing you can do is to make a i skips sir and takes the bumpers of a freight train to bring me Black Eye and battered nose and broken jaw Back Home and i want you to put it in the sporting columns of your paper that the under signed which is me you know has gone a visiting of his friends and is not open to any More country engagements against unknowns until he has the Gate Money Down in his Bloomin Quad in new York evening world. A stumper. Or. Costello will you have the goodness to answer me directly and categorically a few Plain questions sir. There a female at present Liv ing with you who is known in the neigh boyhood As mrs. Costello sir. You Ever been married to her sir. Here several jurors scowled gloomily at the witness is All or. Costello you May go Down. Opposite moment or. Cos Tello. 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But you said last fall that you d fix it in the did you then i la do really i Don t see How you can go through the next Winter with it As it experience in cold storage shows that different articles of food require different degrees of temperature for their preservation varying from 33 dogs. Fahrenheit for eggs to from 15 dogs. To 28 dogs. For poultry various kinds of game. The marriage License clerk in washing ton reports that Seldom is he asked to Issue a License on Friday. He attributes this to a very generally respected superstition As to ill Luck that attends any Enterprise be gun on Friday. Savage Money has an advantage Over ours because it is used both for ornament and Coin so that Savages literally have All they possess on their backs. One need not look far to find some remnant of the Cus Tom among the highly civilized. The importance of microbes to the growth of plants has been practically demonstrated by m. 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