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L A. W. TO RETURN
TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.
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UM new programme 1* a radical change
la the policy of the U A. W. One *>f
the greateal object* of the organisation
haa been the Improvement of our road*,
and In the past the league hne spent at
least ISXt.OfIO In printing and dlsaemi
ngtlng Ttterature bearing on this sub
ject and In other way* trying to im
prove the condition of our highway*
That moat of the work done In thl*
direction In recent year* throughout
the country I* In * great meaaurc due
te It* effort* every one will admit.
The official* rerogniae, however, that
notwithstanding all their work the r»*-
aull* attained do not compensate for
the money and labor expended. In the
pa*t the t*. A. W. ha* not been In favot
of building cycle paths, believing that
It would better attain It* object hy con
fining ite efforta to the improvement of
toad* In general.
Finding these effort* In many ettses
Ineffectual and anmetlmes even antago
nised by misguided opposition. It has
been decided in future to advocate and
build cycle path*. Because many peo
ple are blind to the ti*efulne*» of good
road* there la no reaeon. It I* argued,
whv bicyclist* should on that account
suffer, “flood road* for all" Is still the
ultimate end of the league's work, but
cycle paths will be substituted as an
auxiliary to the greater cause.
Mr. Potter. In furtherance of this
move, has published a volume for the
L. A. W. Good Roads Library entitled
"Cycle Paths,” In which he defends the
change tn front as follows:
"Every cycle path Is a protest against
bad roads, a sort of rublic notice that
the public wagon ways are unlit for
public travel, a wit sharpener to every
h ghway officer who has seven holes in
t, * head, and a splendid example of the
charm ng relations which the wheel and
he roadway may be made to sustain to
aeh other. It is a declaration of inde
pendence which for the time being lifts
,he bievele out of the mud and puls the
wheelman on a firmer ground of argu
ment for good road*, takes from his
crlt'cs the charge that the cyclist's war
fare is a selfish one, and supplies to »v
--cry traveler an Impressive exhibition of
the value of a good .wheel way.
"I believe also that the general inter
ggt* of cycling will be best promoted in
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SOME FAMOUS CYCLE PATHS.
| od by the streak* of rooted aotl which
in *u many part* of our country are now
| called rnßilwnyn.'
*'Tho right to make a cycle path atonic
| the public road, while properly the aub
i Ject of statutory regulation, rest* upon
j the ground of neither privilege nor con*
I oeaelon The willingness of cyclist* to
i undertake Ihl* work and in most case*
I to pay for It spring* from a purely
I emergent condition, brought aisrnt by
! the swift growth of cycling and the
sluggish conception of the average
j American statesman. It Is the funda
i mental right of'every person to travel
i the public highway by his own selected
I mode of conveyance, and whenever a
I new- and Improved vehicle has come so
fully Into popular use as to comprise
two-thirds of all the Wheeled carriage*
! m.ed upon the country loads an obll
i gallon Is dearly ifnposed upon highway
! officer* to maintain these roads In a
condition fit for the passage of all vehl
i eles In common use. It is tvu< that a
general Ignorance of this fact has laid
hold upon the public mind and that the
; average highway officer cannot recon
cile new conditions with his fixed no
tions of official duty. hut these facts.
While they supply a text for the patient
cyclist Who builds his own mad and
battles for good wagon roads at the
same me..-, betray a violation of equity
which ought to stop. The bicycle has
added wealth to the country and has
become a strong factor In its social and
commercial growth. In hundreds of
communities the cyclists include large
taxpayers, who pay heavily to maintain
a wasteful system of mere mudways,
and whose every effort for improve
ment la opposed by the ‘old settler.’
who Insists that the road Is good
enough."
The movement for cycle paths has
been taken un In no state with more
enthusiasm than In New York. Mr.
Milo M. 6 ldlng the newly elected chief
consul of New York state. Is enthuslas-
I tic as regard* It, and thinks It wilt help
wonderfully In building up the league.
| It mav be mentioned'here that the plo
-1 neer wegk of building oyale paths, ac
! oompllshed at Loekport. 5 1 ' Y, waa due
n.u. great measure to the effort# of Mr.
Charles T. Raymond of that city. Un- j
der his leadership the local wheelmen |
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ever possible, and on this he relies In a
great measure to recoup the member
ship. The building of cycle path* wl’l
be one of the principal departments, and
wherever the co-operation of farmers
or local authorities cannot be secured
for the construction of good road* ef
forts will be made to have these substi
tute*.
The new chief consul also wants th*‘_
board of officers of the division to meet’
quarterly Instead of half yearly, and In
other wav* ha mtepde to infuse new
life Into the organisation
He Is in favor of an annual Mnw day
parade of L. A. \V. members in every
city and town of the slate to He fellow -
j ed by good roads meeting* or banqiiet*
! and entertainments He regards this
plan as one that will he a great factor
In gathering recruits to the ranks of
the league.
There is not n state division or local
organisation In the Union that could
not profitably gather valuable bint*
from the plan* of Mr. Beldlng. An en
thusiastic believer In the future of the
organization and a veteran wheelman
himself, Mr. Beldlng inspires confidence
In every one with whom he conies In
contact. He is a hellevor In the motto
that "whatever is worth doing is worth
doing well.” Although he has many Im
portant business interests, he devotes
much of his lime to the welfare of his
fellow wheelmen. While of course he
will look more especially to the building
up of the league In his own bailiwick,
he is broad minded enopgh to know that
j If the organisation is to continue Its
Usefulness to wheelmen In general the
work must be carried on with vigor in
every state, and he hopes to see the
i good example taken to heart and prac
| tleed the country over. There Is no more
I able worker in the ranks of the U. A. W.
I or one who more thoroughly under
stands and can carry out its objects and
aspirations. Should Ida reform as chief
consul of New York culminate success
fully hia friends predict that he will be
a strong candidate for presidential hon
ors next year.
The picture*, of different prominent
cycle paths given .herewith are taken
from Mr. Isaac B. Puttee * new book,
“Cede Paths."
I.EO ETHER INC TON.
THE STAGE
IN GOTHAM.
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ftrmnc to he convinced that there Is
truth tiehiiul the <>ft rtpwtH ititeßent
to that effect. That fact alone la suf
ficient to m.ik' anything connected with
the theatrical business unique
I made the round* of the principal the
aters one nit’ll recently to satisfy my
self, and I found that for once, at least
th'- manager* have not exaicitorated the,
facts, protjohl.v because the condi
tions cannot well he misrepresented.
At the Broadway Francis Wilson had
a lurge audience to see him ami his ex
cellent company In "The Little Corpo
ral." Johh Drew had a full house at
the Empires. The perfomnnee of "Hotel
Topsy TtirV.v" at the Herald Square
was we!) attended. The darrlck. where
charming Annie Hussell held forth In
"Catherine." was packed, as were the
Knickerbocker, where Viola Allen Is
exploiting Hall Caine's "The Chris
tian,” and the Garden, where Richard
Mansfield reigned as Cyrano de Ber
gerac. At the Manhattan that any
[ thing hut commendable French concoc
tion, "The Turtle." had a very large
house, and at the Bijou May Irwin was
j "turning them away” with Glen Mac-
I Donough’s farce. "Kate Ktp. Buyer.”
Joe Jefferson, at the Fifth Avenue, was,
j of course, playing to enormous busl
! ness, ns was Julia Arthur at Wallack's.
; Paly's scarcely had standing room
! with "The Runaway Girl,” and Weber
| & Fields’ music Fall didn't have even
! that. At the Madison Square “On and
Off" was doing well, and over at the
Lyceum E. H. Sothern was playing to
capacity in "A Colonial Girl.” At the
big Academy of Music "Sporting Life"
! was doing even better than during its
first week, and all of the continuous
performance houses as well as some of
the “burlesque” places were simply
pecked.
This condition, so far as I am-a ware,
has never before prevailed In New Tork
at this season, and unlesa a series of
fortunate accidents such as hawl nuidt
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id «nid to oe certain to ra icr.ar. and It
ts pcufibt* thounh not eeiremely prob
• bte. tb«l elongated Dan Dale ml* ala*
»’ a member of the company. Buxom
Marie Drefnler, who har been acorln#
heavily at the Herald t*nuare theater in
thta city in "Ho!*l Top«v Turvv." ha*
r*»i«ned in ordrr to accompany the en
gine force.- to London, but the proprie
tor* of 'Hotel Top*y. Turn* deo'are
that they have »n ironclad and copper
riveted contract wiih the fair Mane and
that if *h* ehculd attempt to ;arrv out
her nnnnnn* d ' litn •* "'" "' ■
to hear from them In lecal form A*
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«wmr I'*mow* f**IMII Plwyer*.
Eggeman the Notre Dame center, la
i the b!gge*t man In western football,
j |j r is * feet S Inche* In height and
I neigh* 2ii pound*. Harvard * tenter.
! Sergeant, la only 1* yr.r* old and
weigh* 220 pound . Oulland. captain of
Pennsylvania, weigh* IT* pound*.Cham
berlan of Yclc !«-' Hi Id-brand of
Princeton 10. w hile Dibblee of Harvard
: up* the scale* ftt only 111.
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fifth year. I* at work on two new op
.ra*. King Lear" and Nero ”
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-rjr i»'W#nt with ti# orrhrt* *» * imi t.
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hi* partner la their black face dis
guise. and. though Montgomery Is
rather .Ught, the poster made him oul
j a burly negro.
one evening arter the show a fin*
i I eking peace** po*ted herself out*lda
.f the stage door, evidently waiting foe
oome one within. After the *ho.. *»ne
uerfornter aft*e an«»ther emerged from
] the rlo.cly guarded entrance Ptn«tly
j Ihr I.dewed dame could »tand It na
i longer.
"lac waltln foh Mr. Montgomery,
Mid ahe. When le he oomtn outT'
"Mr Montgomery** gone long ago ”
avid the »tage watchman. "What did
you want with him? If you’ve got any
clo'.h •* to deliver to him I'll take earn
of ih-m”
" Deed Per done no washin foh Mr.
Montgomery. H«- «»« down to see me
last Sunday night, and he promised to
come back again. I'ae been a-wattin foh
him. and when he failed to show up I
thought I’d better come and »ce what'a
a-keepln him.”
Just then Stone, Montgomery * part
n. r . came along. The watchman hailed
him.
”Thl* woman want* to nee Mr Mont
gomery.' Maybe you can talk to her."
“1 am Mr. Montgomery'* partner, my
good woman," »ald Stone "led me
know what you want and I'll tell him.”
"Buh. you can't be Mr. Montgomery *
partner, foh he*» a black man. Th»re la
bin picture right now.” And she point
ed to a big poster In the alley.
Slone laughed.
"When vat he down to »ee you last ?'*
he aeked.
"Sunday night, and he promised foh
ehuah a* he would cum* back again."
How big a man waa he?"
"Oh. powerful 'nough; twice a* big
a* you (Stone and Montgomery are
about the same size) and black as the
ace of spades!”
Somebody had evidently been Impos
ing on the negr-se. but Montgomery
got the laugh all around for a long
time afterward.
A New York manager has a stage
doorkeeper whose continuous services
cover many years and whose faithful
ness has become a shining example In
the theater. He had never been off du
ty a night until his manager gave him
a bttle furlough.
“I got to thinking about him the oth
er day." writes his kindly employer,
"and decided to give him a night off
and $5 for picnic money. The next day
I ask’d him how he enjoyed himself and
what he had done for pastime, expect
ing to hear that he had gone to a box
ing match or something of the kind. I
was knocked almost speechless when he
told me that after trying for two days
to make up his mind as to how he
would amuse himself, he finally con
cluded to go down to another theater
and see an old acquaintance, who was
at the stage door there. And that is
exactly what he did." Such is the fasci
nation of the stage for Its votaries, even
though they ge* 1010 11 00 farthsr tbfen
the dingy alley door. The father ol
Comedian Boland Heed was for 50 year*
stage doorkeeper of a Philadelphia
! house, and there he found his ideal hap
piness, _
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