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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, July 14, 1895

Don’t be a fright.

Don’t stop at road-houses.

Don’t say “Feel my muscle.”

Don’t cultivate “bicycle face.”

Don’t talk bicycle at the table.

Don’t go out after dark without a male escort.

Don’t chew gum. Exercise your jaws in private.

Don’t wear a garden-party hat with bloomers.

Don’t ask “what do you think of my bloomers?”

Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys.

Don’t discuss bloomers with every man you know.

Don’t try to ride in your brother’s clothes to “see how it feels.”

Don’t ride a man’s wheel. The time has not come for that as yet.

Don’t carry a packet of cigarettes in the pocket of your pantalets.

Don’t sneer at the lawn tennis girl, or maybe she will not ask you to be a bridesmaid. 

Don’t scream loudly because you see a strange man in the field  - it may be a scarecrow.

Don’t lift up your skirts suddenly to astonish people by showing them your bloomers.

yesterdaysprint: “ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 15, 1896 The evidence again lifts the veil from certain features of social life in Great Britain and reveals the mode of life of some of the so-called “fast set” of the aristocracy. The...   High-res

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 15, 1896

The evidence again lifts the veil from certain features of social life in Great Britain and reveals the mode of life of some of the so-called “fast set” of the aristocracy. The wife, it was shown, upon occasions, came down to dinner in red satin “knickers,” otherwise “bloomers,” and her husband’s smoking jacket, and frequently called her better half a “d–n fool.”

Very sad, one month later, the Vancouver Daily World, December 16, 1896:

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 15, 1896 The evidence again lifts the veil from certain features of social life in Great Britain and reveals the mode of life of some of the so-called “fast set” of the aristocracy. The wife, it was shown,...   High-res

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 15, 1896

The evidence again lifts the veil from certain features of social life in Great Britain and reveals the mode of life of some of the so-called “fast set” of the aristocracy. The wife, it was shown, upon occasions, came down to dinner in red satin “knickers,” otherwise “bloomers,” and her husband’s smoking jacket, and frequently called her better half a “d–n fool.”

Evening Star, Washington DC, April 18, 1896

Moreover, the skirt is far safer than knickerbockers. The latter expose the calves of the legs as a target for small boys who throw stones at cyclists, and strange dogs with a passion for tasting new legs.