Part 3 (2/2)
So wheeling now my trade is, And finis.h.i.+ng young ladies In the proper kind of bicycling deportment; _I_'m nearly finished, too, And battered black and blue, For of falls I've had a pretty large a.s.sortment!
WOE ON THE WHEEL.
There was a ”scorching” girl, who came down an awful purl, And scarified her nose, and scarred her forehead.
She thought, when first she rode, biking very, _very_ good, But now she considers it horrid!
Ill.u.s.tration: _Winny_ (_one mile an hour_) _to Annie_ (_two miles an hour_). ”Scorcher!”
THE FAVOURITE OF THE MOTOR-CARS.--_Pet_roleum.
In England, says a French writer, motoring is not considered a sport because it does not involve killing anything. This is but one more example of Continental aspersion.
As a result of his trip over the Gordon-Bennett course, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin now recommends the motor-car for pastoral visits. This will be no new thing. For years past some people have looked on the motor-car in the light of a visitation.
CYCLING CONUNDRUM.--_Q._ What article of the cyclist girl's attire do a couple of careless barbers recall to mind?
_A._ A pair of nickers.
Motorists are still expressing their indignation at a recent disgraceful incident when one of their number, because he could not pay a fine at once, was taken to prison, and forced to don ugly convict garb in the place of his becoming goggles and motor coat.
Ill.u.s.tration: _Engineer._ ”There's certainly a screw loose somewhere.”
_Simple Simon_ (_with gleeful satisfaction_). ”He-he! I knaws where 't be too!”
_Car Owner_ (_intensely interested_). ”What do you mean, boy?”
_Simple Simon._ ”He-he! Why I've got 'un! All the folks say as 'ow I've got a screw loose somewheres!”
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
_Dialogue between two Young Gentlemen, dressed in Knickerbocker Suits, Gaiters, and Golf caps. They have the indescribable air which proclaims the votary of the ”Bike”._
_First Young Gentleman._ Yes; I certainly agree with the French view of it. Cycling shouldn't be indulged in without care.
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