On the whole, and from all I have seen, I think the rational cycling dress has yet to be invented. It might be most graceful and becoming, as well as healthy, and I’m sure it would save many a life.
In conclusion, remember that our mutual friend the bike may be either a friend or a foe. It can kill as well as cure. The evil effects of hard riding are seldom felt at the time, but they may produce the bicycle heart, to say nothing of the bicycle face and a ruined complexion.
[DOUBLE ACROSTIC I.]
How much the first the second doth excel.
The student of the Bible knows full well.
1. Seek me through desert sands, ’mid treeless waste,
And let the traveller cooling water taste.
2. For miles when tracked the river’s rippling light,
Through willowy meads, past many a wooded height,