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NOTES OF THE WHEEL. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV- ! OTEES OF THE BICYCLE. Nn Reciprocity In Itlcydc.—For the j Touring IlicyellBt.* 1’rotei tlon — Ha. But fine I.eg Yet I. An Kxpcrt Killer —Yarlnn. Tuple, of Interest* No Reciprocity In Iticycle.* HR secretary of Hie treasury has sent to the state depart ment a decision on the question of a reciprocal tariff ar rangement t> y which It was de sired to admit free of duty bicycles ac companied by their rider*. Some time ago the League of American Wheelmen railed the attention of the state de partment to the fact that in several countries of Europe touring bicyclists were allowed to carry their wheels from one country to another, but this concession was confined to the coun tries which had made a specific agree ment to that effect. The United States is not a party to this agreement, and the League of American Wheelmen as certained that a similar concession might he obtained for them in case the United States should extend a recipro cal privilege to Europeans. The treas ury officials have declared that under the tariff law they have no authority to take such action. Agalniit tb« Col ft Rhowrr. “No healthy person, much less a sickly oue, should ever dash cold water upon his body.” This i3 what an English writer, devoted to the study of personal ns distinct from public hygiene, tells riders of the wheel who have labored under the. im pression that, the cold shower bath was the proper thing following a ride. According to this man of science, the whole effect of the shock is positive Injury. “The people whose systems arc strong enough to react, from the shock may think they are benefited," be says, "but they have simply been strong enough to recover." Many people have testified to the health-giving properties of a cold shower, hut this man rejects it nil, de claring that the. cold water attacks the vitality of the body at the outset, driving the blood from the surface and concentrating it unnaturally on the Interior. This, for the time being, pro duces a tremendous pressure and sub jects one to serious diseases. - (}oo<I Now* for Touriftt*. Informal announcement has been re ceived that the Swiss, Belgian and Italian governments have decided to admit touring L. A. W. members across their frontiers without requir ing the payment of duty or the deposit of money at the customs station. This privilege will be formally pro claimed as soon as necessary papers are executed and filled by the officers of tlio L. A. W. Sample membership tickets have been forwarded to Baris, Berne, Brussels and Borne for distri bution among the customs stations, so that an L. A. \V. membership ticket ran he recognized by comparison with the one on hand at each station. tVlixciliiK-ii'* Protection. The touring cyclist runs many risks; but nowhere, probably, was there a more terrible death-trap than the Uamingao bridge, on the road from Nice to Mentone, in Italy. This bridge, which spans a chasm between twenty and thirty yards deep, ie the meeting place of two parallel roads, •which approach at right angles and •with a somewhat steep descent. Con sequently cyclists and vehicles which approach the bridge incautiously and •were not able to turn with sufficient promptness came into violent colli sion with tlie parapet and were not infrequently hurled over it into the chasm beneath. In less than three years over a hundred persons—among them twenty cyclists—have in this •way been cither killed or seriously In jured. The French government has at length undertaken to make such changes as would obviate the serious danger. Seeing, however, that the necessary measures would not be com pleted in less than four or live years A PROTECTION NET. tb* Touring Ctui> 4* I'rm-e baa hail auaatrn. >*4 4 pr»n*ciiag b«t»urk la tk* Huin. r rtukii In lit* art >mp,tay tug ttlttatfgtlM. Mtrong I run auppurla art l«t Into tb*» ftMaoarp uf ika brWI* j and u««r lk»« li alrtlrlltj tup|wr.k|r« netting rapabla of anppurttag lh« aaigUI of la » buroa, akuoM Ikof ka ; tkrowa apn it. Tk* work an* rtu t*k#4 ImI aprutg IT** Jam afi*r it* roaipktiun a tptDal mb* tato milt awa nr Ilk ik* ptraprl of Ik* krulg*. kit marina* «m am»»k*i amt k* •«* feartnl lai<a tk* aatuag ami *•> ap«4 Mlljarul g*<#rat «*h«r p*r«o«« katt Mata taat aiaaiaiij ta»*4 Inu 41a ggtkf Path* Abotg a m <*+•»•. Cgat* patka i»aurwi*l ai ag tk* tlMg *4 tNHMinr Mat* *01 k» poala.4 gari I'gtiiv uli la tiki tkag a»*» ka fore. From the practical experience thus far gained it is shown that the best surface for cycle paths is com posed of a thin dressing of crushed sandstone. This material packs easi ly, forms a smooth, elastic surface, with Jest enough grit to "bite” tfio tire and prevent slipping, resists the formation of mud and for ten months in the year supplies an ideal wheel way. It is superior to the cinder sur face in that the latter sticks to the rubber tire and is easily picked up and loosened by passing wheels, and in dry weather is blown aft and scat tered by strong winds. A cycle path should not be less than five feet (bel ter six feet) in its narrowest part. Soma Quantum* Settled. The action of the officers of the Na tional Cycle Track association in joining hands with the L. A. W. for the object of running a circuit of race meets next season settles beyond dis pute the talk of the association aim ing to control cycle racing. The owners of large bicycle tracks pro moted some big races this season, but it Is reported that few owners cleared expenses. This circumstance has led the Track association to appeal to the racing board of the league for a cir cuit of dates in the spring and fall. The consent of the k. A. W. is assured, and some great racing is anticipated. The L. A. W. divisions propose to pro mote state circuits, so that the ama teur and professional riders will be brought together. The k. A. W, has become convinced that state circuits are most successful to promote the sport, and every effort will be made to foster such races this year. On® I.eg anil in Kxpert. The most expert of all one-legged eyclisls Is Charles Kilpatrick of this city. Six years ago Kilpatrick was an umpire in a western baseball league. While running for a train one day he slipped and fell under the wheels and had his right leg cut off above the knee. His recovery was rapid, and in time lie attempted to ride a bicycle. Meeting with success on the first trial, i CHAS. KILPATRICK, lie kept up the practice until he cou’.d do almost any known trick on the machine. Finally friends advised him to go about the country giving exhibi tions of his expert and fancy riding. His success was remarkable from the first, and has been extremely gratify ing since his wife joined him in his act three years ago. She was the first woman to do fancy riding on a safety bicycle, and now she is almost as fin ished a performer as her husband. Both are accomplished, and in Eng land, where they are now filling an engagement, they are great favorites with the amusement-loving public. Kilpatrick’s most daring feat was per formed several years ago when he rode down the capitol steps at Washington. Against the Chronics. Chief Consul Conway Sams of the Maryland division of the L. A. W„ has decided to present an amendment to the constitution of the league at the next meeting of the national assembly. In relation to the eligibility of candi dates for executive offices. The amendment is as follows: No person who is a party to a con tract with the League or American Wheelmen shall he eligible to the office of president, vice president, sec retary or treasurer of the organization. This change will have a direct bear ing upon the candidacy of chronic of fice-holders. I* I'avnrtfl. Ml talk about the National meet be In* awarded to lluMton or uny other eastern city in wanted energy. Tho meet will be awarded by the executive committee of the U A. VV.. and the rea son Indianapolis Ik proceeding with It* arrangement* fur the meet may be In ferred to be that It I* aware that the vrutlmrnt of the executtvo committee , la at present In favor Indianapolis. J potion hu» made no formal applies- | tIon, ami all the talk may b« cons'rued a* atrnply a preliminary hid by Uor- j ton for tba meet of Ikri. The ue«f t«s A Hi. l.ouia him hva been In rvrpnratcd fur tue purpose of manu- ! factoring gear case alutninlum bky- | e«*a The gear eaa*. which bide fair to become popular neat wtna, will bw part af the Irame. The principal faa tut* of tba wbewl wilt be the g«ar caaa It am* tn on* cmiibowu* casting free from all jalala. Hi»»« la a Mow, tie Ik »w», iha Cleveland ruing Phi. «a Whoa, i treat ow I ha tr*. mm4 of ‘hurt kraiiaa aft** tin. unau eemfwl wwwu, and who mad* , a grand rwmard am 'ha national circuit | • tiMMiam, will taler the I lata ta ad ha « prominent fa.nr ta the raa* fup lit ch imptunship LIFE AT THE CAPITAL. NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND FAMILY. lleliutmiY* Tc:i* mid Coining Out* fi>»lluuater Gmierul Gary'* llouie j Life Amonc III* Klglit Children — Graceful Vila* flora Wilson* (Washington Letter.) MONO the lumin aries that have ap peared in the last four motiihs on Washington's so cial horizon, the •n family of Attorn.y General McKenna * Is the present cyn nosurc of all eyes from the fact that the Judge is In a state of transition from cabinet officer to associate Justice of the Supreme beach. Mr. McKinley and his attorney general are warm personal friends, of •xhich fact the president has given sub stantial evidence, first in taking Mr. McKenna into his cabinet and now in nominating him to fill the place wu;ch Justice Field’s resignation leaves va cant on the Supreme bench. Of nil the favors within the gift of the chief executive, this 1h the greatest. It is a life position with a salary of $10,000 a year aud one of the highest dignity and honor. Three of the present mem bers of that august body Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justices White i and Peckham -owe their seats to Ex , President Cleveland, who would have j put his secretary of the treasury— James G. Carlisle into Field’s place had Field resigned, as was his original intention, during the Cleveland admin istration. Field, who was appointed to j Hie Supreme bench by Lincoln in 1863, ■ from being one of Cleveland’s most J ardent admirers became one of hi3 j bitterest antagonists and withheld his resignation, knowing what gratifica tion it would give Cleveland to be able lo confer the place upon Carlisle. ; Carlisle's loss, however, is McKenna’s j gain. Miss Hildegarde, the youngest mem- ; her of the family, is still a school girl. .rj MISS FLORA WILSON. and, following in her sister’s footsteps, I is a boarder at the Convent in George- I town. She is an unusually handsome ! girl, and although she ia a good stu dent, frequent home-comings are now uncommonly attractive, with their peeps into the world of official society in which she will have no part for some years. The only son of the family is in the army and is at present attached to General Hrook’s staff in Chicago. Though they are conspicuous figures in the social life of Ualtlmore. and promise to be equally prominent in that of the capital, the Garys are yet a thoroughly domestic family in the sense of being entirely devoted to one another. One of the difficulties they met with in selecting their Washing *' \ MIM JMWH M*KKNNA. ion butt** *»» la tatllat on* •pacta** eu.Mi(h lu .o > omui *-UiH m»l only tb.** > 01* at bar* «f lfc« ft wily who «r« »uU | at bunt*, bat lifc*w «* ih.*« Ibal b**t marrl*4 *u4 wt ap h«trlh *tua*« of tb*tr u*a. Thl* <tpplt*» t« •%* uf tit* l‘o«(*»t«i*r ll»a*r*t * *t«kt cbii4r*a. hi* four 4in*kl»i» bit «« b**»» tut. 11*4 wttbia Mm i«*t i** ***** j tnaalaiy <b*jr »** alt ai*rt**4 t« »b»t i>«<»***»« »•*! *«*u*0* |« lit* !• tk.ii **tt** *<tf. aaa of Ik* 4*o*6t»*f». Mm ff>t**0* U»*p»l b*tl** *1*01*4 b*r I>*m* ihm o* luikw Na lb* p*'<*1*1 *b*it*r Ut*a mmm lb* Mr*** It M * t *#*!tarity *f lb* *14 M*ryi*a4 ba Hies that they dwell In one place for ever, and that their servants live with them from generation to generation. One dusky old attache of the Garys even went so far as to adopt their cog nomen and proclaimed himself Andrew Gary. Their loyalty to their own city and its proximity frequently takes the Garys over to Baltimore, where they have a town house, as well as a coun try home, whence come twice a week the ttowers that make a bower of their houge here. Of the three daughters who are still at home Miss Lillian is engaged to be married, which means among other things that all the duties that go with the distinction upon being Miss Gary are shortly to devolve upon Miss Jes sie. Miss Madeline is already in so ciety, so there are no debutantes In the Gary family. I’ostrouster General Gary's family is like that of Senator Gorman, whom Dame Humor whispered he would like to succeed, inasmuch as both are rich in daughters, there being six in the latter. The youngest, Miss Mary Ed na Gorman, wns introduced to society here three years ago, and very much resembles her clever father In her clearly cut features and shapely head. An unusually interesting figure among the ladies of the present cabinet circle is the daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture, Miss Flora Wilson. Her position is Identical with that which the late Miss Herbert filled with so much grace during the last admin istration. Since the death of her moth er, which occurred six years ago, Miss Wilson has presided in her father's heme, supervising his domestic inter ests and welfare, and that of her broth ers, and filling the role of hostess on social occasions. In addition to these exacting duties, Miss Wilson held the position of librarian, and taught litera ture in the Iowa State College, whence she was graduated in 1892. She is deeply interested in the development and progress of women, a believer in their higher education, and an advocate of their rights, and is herself a living demonstration of the fact that the cur rents of a public career and a private life may run side by side in perfect harmony. The women of her state have already enjoyed the privilege ol casting their ballot on some local ques tions, and Miss Wilson thinks it is only a matter of a very short time be fore they will be voting in state elec tions. The first time they were per mitted to exercise this prerogative Miss Wilson was the only woman in her ward who availed herself of the coveted privilege. We have precon ceived Ideas of the woman of mental force, especially in regard to her per sonal appearance, none of which apply to Miss Wilson. She is of medium height, slenderly built with a delicate Intellectual face, gray eyes, an abund ance of dark hair and a broad, well developed brow, a woman whose strength Is none the less felt because gentle and persuasive. Her youth and her position combine to route much Interest In this girlish figure, whe takes her place among the matrons ol the cabinet. Though Miss Wilson Inclines toward the study of law. her father would en courage her In taking up that profes sion for which his suns have already Known .urn dielliiKUlehcd aptitude— Medicine. Two of the Secretary'* flv* non* aw p.iytlri in*. amt a third ha* (hi* yeat entered the medical department ol (IrorKetown I'nlveratty. Notwtthataadlng her (uhetantU! tartea. Mi** Wilson ta fond of society, and later in the aeaaon wilt eatertal* * number of young tad lea from hei (tat*. »•*••*» »•*«* (•!• leeaalin, A new eeaettit* paper dealgaed It reader forgery MipoeelMe cailml the "doubt* check detector paper.’* b printed with "very dell at* writtoi Ink.* mined with the pulp m ta, proceee of manufacture. an I my . hem Uai »Mcb femur#* writing ink from It* eurSw* at owe# alter* the lint of tbr paper. I*ruae* afford tb* hlgheet were* and breta food mpply heat and warn* am are net muael* feeding They .bomd he awdded by thee* who eufer from the liter | THEATRICAL TOPICS. CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE STAGE. j - The Ocgrneiary of th* American Stas* —K treat the Vaudeville llimiueitt I* SuUI to be (Jetting Wornf Some Opin ion* From the Ten of Hillary lldl. HU Dramatic Critic of the Chicago Chronicle shows his bravery In die following manner: In the third act of "Shall We Forgive Her” an amiable gentleman who comes near being the hero tells his wife and the moth er of his child in plain set terms to go to the dickens a minute before having pro fessed the most passionate love for her - and Providence w ith a merciful sense of the fitness of things strikes him blind. It should have struck him dead. But that would have made a fourth act superfluous and the audience would have been avenged too soon. Besides in this sort of British drama the only object clearly aimed at by the drama tist is to make the women in the audi ence cry and the men feel like licking somebody. In "Shall We forgive Her?” the chief novelty is that it is not the villain who is most contemptible. We do not so much desire with a wild and passionate yearning to strangle him as to kick the alleged hero. Just think of t man who is ready to turn his wife and a young baby out of doors and abandon them forever simply because some time or other in the past the woman has not been all Bhe should have been! There is no doubt about her good behavior as his wife, no doubt about her real goodness in the present, and all he has to excuse him is the scandalous tongue of another woman u/lincn turn'll let nof artf Itr nnl tunrMi (fllr. ing. Another poltroon in the shape of the man whose very life she had saved at the risk of her own stands calmly by while sentence of worse than death is being passed upon her. It is not within the power of any dramatist to write a very strong play around such a theme, and whoever the gentleman is who wrote “Shall We Forgive Her?” his name is not on the programme— cannot complain of we saw that his i f fense is greater than Ills heroine's In writing clean against nature. The story of the play is that of a woman who has, through no real fault of her own, fallen into the clutches of a ras cal, breaks away from her evil asso ciations and marries n respectable, if very lily-livered, individual. Then the aforesaid rascal turns up and black mails her. Her husband, instead of protecting her, turns her adrift, hut in the end, having had a few everlasting truths pounded into him. is reunited to her. How she could ever tolerate him again we don’t know. It is un natural stuff like this that makes the theater-goer of today tired. Yet as the play Is anted at the Schiller theater by a company of very fair strength It un doubtedly Interests the audience epi sodically and while denying most of us a chance to sympathize with anybody of Importance still in its way enter tains. The play in carefully staged ns. Indeed, we are prepared to find, when Jacob Hitt is the producer. Everything that scenery and orderly stage man agement can do for a performance such as this has been done. Whore can be found a second Le Clercq, or scholarly Skinner, or grace ful Klngdon, or stately Dreher, or adroit John Drew? Ada Rehan grew up, so to speak, with those players, and was In exact harmony with their school. She Is in the place now of one who has climbed a steep ascent and looks back mournfully at the spots where her comrades fell. She Is the last rose of Daly's, left blooming alone, for Mrs. Gilbert is in the sere and yel low. George He Roy Holland, commonly known as George Holland, Is the eldest son of the late George Holland, come dian, and brother to E. M. and Joseph Holland. He was born in this city a BOROS ut ROY HOl.t.ANP July •, IMA, and edneuted partly here an>l partly In Naur Orleaaa. lea., where fur a number ut year* the eealor IM* land araa a great favorite. Ilia Aral prufcealonal Hiuvant araa with laura Keene. at tha t'haalaut Street theater. Philadelphia, I‘a. la taat Since than Mr Holland haa artnl with almoai entry ac t tble alar, and In all of tha principal attlea ut America, aa well ea la Umdoa. Bug hie engage ment the.a with the late K A Sothern Meting toe eilteea weehs. at the Hay market theater la Inf Mr Hot la ad aettled la Philadelphia, acting lor a few weeke each year ndh the late Mra John Peea at the Arch Mfaet theater. In I MM he haeame Menu ami manager I of the UtrarA A»eaue theater and for five yrar9 his management was noted for the wonderful success achievea. This season Mr. Holland determined to return to acting, and he was at once engaged by Charles Frohman and Da vid Itelasco for the principal parts In "A Night's Session" and "The First Born." in which characters he has again achieved distinction as an actor. Mr. Holland is an actor of wide expe rience, great technical knowledge and much polish, and h!s skill as a stage manager won him much renown while engaged in managerial work in Phila delphia. No new glory In vaudeville. Anna Held has not been boiled in milk this year. No Fregoli, nor Biondl, Cheva lier. Martinettl or Sandow. Have we completed our studies in the museum of natural curiosities? Are thero no freaks left? Albert Bial, exhausted by Ilia search for novelties, has pulled down the curtain on himself. Oscar Hammersteln sits weeping by the way side. Beyonu the Hungarian woman's achievements in vocal art we have dis covered no triumphs in music. Lillian Russell, the most celebrated of comic singcrB, has not taken a new husband nor created a new part this season. I.ulu Glaser, Nancy McIntosh, Dorothy Morton and Camille D’Arvillc have done nothing to hold their artistic standing. Kven the lately Imported Gaiety Girls were not up to standard In physical beauty, tcrpslchurean grace or lyric charms. Three performers, and three alone, have impressed their Individuality strongly on the public this winter: May Irwin remains as amusing as if she had a good farce, Julie Opp has es tablished a reputation which is wholly independent of Pinero, and Marcella Sembrich, singing old scores, lias won new renown in them. Who can imagine the divine Sarah playing in the role of a girl of the working class who has developed Info an anarehlst of the Louise Michel type? Yet this Is just what Mme. Bernhardt did at the initial perform ance of Octave Marbeau's "Les Nauvais Bergers” at the Renaissance theater In Pairs. And while Mme. Bernhardt is .) BERNHARDT PLAYING THE ANAR CHIST. criticised for her descent to a danger ous socialistic role when she acts as "spokeswoman for the ferocious theo ries of the mob,” the Paris critics de clare sho delineated the character with more than usual talent.—New York Evening Journal. May Irwin is five feet around. Julie Opp Is six feet high. They are the long and short of the acting interest of the winter. No Bernhardt, no Duse, no Coquclln, Itejane, Mounet-Sully, Irv ing, Tree or Hare. Without great tal ent a season is barren in histrionic in terest. Where is Georgia Cayvan, whose nicely modulated emotions used to pul sate the Lyceum with respectable pus sion? Where is Herbert Kelcey, who was beautiful to look at, if not always Interesting to hear? Where is W. J. I^e Moyne, whose humor was eccen tric, but sound? Where is Fritz Wil liams, whose mirth was confidential and engaging? Where is Grace Hen derson, whoso villainy subsequently turned out to be genuine? The New York season seems to be barren of good things.- Hillary Bell. The Draft lug Duration. Charles A. Comlakey, president of the St. Paul club of the Western league, U quoted as saying: “I am sure that the Western league will not ac cept the amendments imputed upon the minor leagues in regard to the draft ing of players at the recent Philadel phia meeting; for, while the major league may have seemed to favor us In that they granted the two points we asked for restricting the number of players to be drafted from any oae club to two each year, and not allow ing a man to be subject to draft until he has been In our league two years— these favors are mors than offset by the conditions Imposed In the way of giving ths Nations) league and Ameri can association a right to reclaim a loaned' player on thirty days* noties. Why. *• would a great deal rather leave the roles as they were than to allow them to do that With that rule la force they could wreck oae of I mr clubs any Urns they wanted to and fores ua to do what they wasted la ths way of deal*. I do not fully un derstand whether ths Nattaaal l*ag«* and American sseueiaitoa Insists on this clausa before It grants us tbs cone easterns we ashed for or whether they have simply requested ns to make the eoaeeaaloa la regard to loaned players. If the this* change# have la live er die together I em by all means la fever el let I leg them dm. sad I think the other members et ear league will thing the same nay shoat g*