LADY CYCLISTS AND RATIONAL DRESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 35

LADY CYCLISTS AND RATIONAL DRESS.

I Cycling, (says the World) has become j immensely popular among leading members I of the theatrical profession. The following ! are the names of a. few notable wheelmen and wheel woman :— Messrs Bancroft, A. W. | Pinero, Forbes Robertson, Lewis Waller, ! Herbert Waring,, Cyril Maude, lan BubertA j sonj Arthur WiHiamo, Fred Storey, Norman i Forbes. Baseett Roe ; Misses Winifred [ Emery, Mabel Love, Lily and Hilda Hanbury, "•Edith" Kenward,, and Mrs Horaae Nevill (Mis?' Annie Bose). Of coarse there are ' v-ary many more. | At the Agricultual Hall, on November 27, there was a large attendance at the annual meeting of the Lady Cyclists' Association, ' over which Mrs Grace Goodall presided. 1 Among- tba objeats- of! the association , is to "'promote the- wearing of rational i dress," bat all its members are not ; Agreed upon the- point. Therefore, among , the new iulea or amendments brought forward i was one proposed by Miss. A. De Pass — ; " That (without any desire to discourage the ' wearing of a rational costumo, bat simply in ! justice to tlie many members now belonging | ; to the association; who ride in skirts) a j akirted section be formed, to have mid-week j runs, with a separate . captain, place, and , time of meeting." — Miss Harland, who ; seconded, said she did so with pleasure, I although an ardent advocate of rational j dress. She was iu> favour of »• liberal render- ■ ing of the word '^rational," and thought if i the resolution were carried there would "Tie less friction between the two sections o£ riders.. In time the skirted riders, jby seeing- the greater comfort of | their sisters, would be converted and live. — ■ (Hear, hear.). It would, not be long,, howj ever,, before all la.d.y, riders discarded the skirts for the newer and better costume. — A Member : It appear* as though the ; knickerbockers will have to tolerate the j skirts, while the skirts are to boyoott the < knickenboekersj — (daughter.); — The Secre- ) tary said many, members Would not lide with if ladles who* wore rational*, and under thoso ! circumstances it would be well to pass the ; resolution. Personally ibe favoured the j rational dreeg and' always wore it when ! ridiug.r— MiasYance gaid it was. a. foot, that ! all ladies, wihen they began* ta ride, deoU>red I they would never wear rationals, bat many j soon altered their opinion. Some ladies, j however, were hampered with husbands |or brothers — (laughter) — who Btrongiy j objected toratlonals.. Although in favour of I that mode of bicycle, dress, she thought it I was noc fair to assume thac skirts were not ' rational, Ons section had no right to- force | another section into knickerbockers because they themselves had found them comfort- ' able. Ladies who wore skirts paid the ; same subscription as other ladies, and if | they wished to be kept baok by a good head j wind there was no reason why they should i not have^ their way. There was one lady in i the room who would have her "bicycle taken j away from her if she- cither rode in rationals , or rode with those who did.— (Cries of ! " Shame.") A show of hands gave a fbux-tav : ona majority in favourof the new ooccewios. ■ | The Countess of Malmeabury was elected , president cf the association for the ensuing ; year.

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