With the Power of Obsession!

A List of Don’ts for Women on Bicycles Circa 1895

jhameia:

downlo:

Much of this advice is not only quaint, but oddly specific:

• Don’t faint on the road.
• Don’t coast. It is dangerous.
• Don’t criticize people’s “legs.”
• Don’t wear loud hued leggings.
• Don’t cultivate a “bicycle face.”
• Don’t imagine everybody is looking at you.
• Don’t go to church in your bicycle costume.
• Don’t chew gum. Exercise your jaws in private.
• Don’t wear white kid gloves. Silk is the thing.
• Don’t ask, “What do you think of my bloomers?”
• Don’t allow dear little Fido to accompany you
• Don’t scratch a match on the seat of your bloomers.
• Don’t discuss bloomers with every man you know.
• Don’t scream if you meet a cow. If she sees you first, she will run.

Read the whole list here.

Well this is a steampunk comedy of manners waiting to happen.