The Velocipede: Its History, Varieties, and PracticeGoddard, J. T.
History
The Velocipede: Its History, Varieties, and Practice
Goddard, J. T.
Bicycles -- History; Tricycles -- History
A lady must begin with great moderation, and train her muscles to the
work of propulsion, or they will cry out vehemently at first. Above
all, she must avoid getting cold, rheumatism, and neuralgia, after
being heated by the exercise.
The best school for ladies is established in Boston, and is conducted
in a properly private and exclusive manner. It is supplied with a
number of lady teachers and assistants, all under the direction of
the best “velocipedagogue” in the city. It is in a large hall in
a good locality, and is provided with the best French machines,
dressing-rooms, and other conveniences. Many good old Boston names
are to be found upon the list of pupils. The lessons are twenty-five
dollars for a course of instruction, with a guarantee of proficiency.
There is also a school especially designed for ladies, at the corner of
Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, New York, at what is known as the
Somerville Art Gallery. This has two halls of an area of 3,000 square
feet. One of the halls is set apart for beginners, and the other for
those more advanced.
Ladies, in riding the bicycle, commonly use the modest and appropriate
costume worn by them in calisthenic exercises and in the gymnasium.
Another very suitable dress for the _velocipedestrienne_ has been thus
described:--
“Let the outer dress skirt be made so as to button its entire length
in front; the back part should be made to button from the bottom, to a
point about three-eighths of a yard up the skirt. This arrangement does
not detract at all from the appearance of an ordinary walking costume.
When the wearer wishes to prepare for a drive, she simply loosens
two or three of the lower buttons at the front and back and bringing
together the two ends of each side, separately, buttons them in this
way around each ankle. This gives a full skirt around each ankle, and,
when mounted, the dress falls gracefully at each side of the front
wheel.”
Miss Carrie Augusta Moore, well-known in amusement circles as “The
Skatorial Queen,” has been riding the bicycle in public in Washington,
Boston, and the Western cities, with much success. Her riding is
described as finished and graceful, and her costume as neat and modest.
VELOCIPEDE SCHOOLS AND RINKS.
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