Wheeling Etiquette

Wheeling etiquette Is not yet in a very advanced etage, alt'nough a few rules have been lald down. A gentleman should never mount until the lady with whom he is rlding ia settled in her saddle. Then he may mount and follow her. Whea practicable they should rlde abreast, the lady always on the right sláe. W'hen a narrow road makes this impossible the lady should go ahead so that her escort may know at once should any danger menace her. At the conclusión of a ride the gentleman should ürst dismount that he may relieve his companion of her wheel as soon as she has jumped from it. But a gentleman should never assist a lady to mount. Such a thing would be very distasteful to the Independent spirit of a wheelwoman. While chaperons are not considered necessary by high-spirited American girls it ia certainly gooil form for a young lady to be accompanied by a more elderly member of her sex. In cycllng, as in everything else, leap year entertainments have orept in. In tandem rlding a lady always sits in front, but now faddlsts would have us reverse this order of things. That usage, of course, wlll be dlscontinued after leap year, when normal conditions wlll once more be in vogue. - Exchange.