Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . s no qualms whatev^er. Followthat \oung Amazon with the auburn hairand nicely - fitting costume. She is onthe wrong side of the road, and a mineralwater cart is sweeping madly down theincline, but she is totally unconscious ofthe danger that faces her. Just when wethinlv there \\-ill be a frightful accidentshe calmly crosses to the left, shaving thehorses heads. Her sangfroid is astound- in sight. En rojite to Holborn we encounterseven tradesmens tricycles, each one incharge of a boy. The weight o
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . s no qualms whatev^er. Followthat \oung Amazon with the auburn hairand nicely - fitting costume. She is onthe wrong side of the road, and a mineralwater cart is sweeping madly down theincline, but she is totally unconscious ofthe danger that faces her. Just when wethinlv there \\-ill be a frightful accidentshe calmly crosses to the left, shaving thehorses heads. Her sangfroid is astound- in sight. En rojite to Holborn we encounterseven tradesmens tricycles, each one incharge of a boy. The weight of thesecontrivances is considerable, yet little legspropel them from morn till night. In Holborn a study of the humanemotions is presented. The frock - coatedman in front of us is darting from windowto wincK)w. He has promised to bu_\ hissweetheart a bicycle, and is at a loss toknow \vhich particular make to select. Theyouth in the seedy clothes ^^•ith his noseflattened against the glass Wduld buy amachine if he had the money. He issighing for better days. Just now he is CYCLING LONDON. 251. LEARNINTi TO KIDE AT A CYCLING SCHOOL. out of a berth. The couple outsidethe next shop are man and wife. Havingtried persuasion and ever)- otiier artifice—was she not promised a new bike at tlieStanley Show and also at the National ?—the lady is fast losing her temper. Hermachine is horribl)- out of date, she declares,stamping her tiny foot, and she must ha\eanother. She will succeed presently. How many dealers in C}xles there are inLondon it is impossible to say, but if weestimate the capital that is in\-ested in thecycle and c\-cling in the Metropolis, with-out reckoning the annual expenditure onrepairs, Src, at eight million pounds sterlingwe shall probably not be wide of themark. The industry affords emplo\mentto thousands;every neigh-bourhood hasits repairingshop; cyclistsoutfitters reapan abundantharvest ; whilethe numerous?papers devotedto the wheel cir-culate through-ou
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