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*
