Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin.

  • Ballin, Ada S.
Date:
[1893?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. XIII.] Lady Cyclists. The ladies of the Royal Family have set a good example to the women of England in this matter. The Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck, took the initiative ; then the Queen presented two machines to her young grand-daughters, the Princesses of Hesse ; the Princess of Wales next gave her eldest daughter one for a birthday present; and the Princess Louise rides one herself. I believe that in Manchester it is quite the usual thing for a lady to do her marketing on a tricycle, or to use one when making a round of visits, and I cannot see why the same thing should not be done in London and other great towns. Besides the healthfulness of the exercise, women of business would find a great deal of time saved in travelling distances which in London are so great, and which a tricycle can cover much more pleas- antly than an omnibus or the underground railway, which last can certainly not be recommended for its health-giving qualities. Moreover, one has very often to go to places not accessable by the routes of the public conveyances. To ladies who are not accustomed to go out alone the Sociable and the Tandem should prove a great boon. I have often seen husbands and wives bowling along on these double machines, and noticed how happy and comfortable they looked. The same sort of machine would be de- lightful for two ladies, and has this advantage over the single tricycle, that the riders can work it alternately, so that neither need become overtired, even on a long journey.