CRITICAL MASS-

A ONCE-A-MONTH ALTERNATIVE TO RIDING

YOUR BICYCLE IN CONSTANT FEAR OF BEING
KILLED BY A SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE.

SINCE THE FIRST CAR FATALITY OCCURRED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,

AUTOMOBILES HAVE KILLED OVER 2.5 MILLION AMERICANS AND
PERMANENTLY INJURED AT LEAST 43 MILLION AMERICANS. AND WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THAT MOTOR TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER ONE
SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, IT'S NOT HARD TO
IMAGINE WHY THE NEWS MEDIA ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE RECENT
RISE IN NEW AUTO SALES:

MORE CARS = MORE DEATH = MORE NEWS

MEET AT THE CHURCH OF THE
ANNUNCIATION, 962 EAST AVE.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26th, at 5: 15 PM.
WE'RE NOT BLOCKING TRAFFIC;
WE ARE TRAFFIC! !!
AFTER SUCH A LONG AND SNOWY
WINTER, HERE'S A FEW LINES TO INSPIRE
YOU TO OIL THOSE CHAINS AND INFLATE
THOSE TYRES.

a h e flying 'UUheel.

1)ist:ulcrs now littlc col~nt,

YE NTY milcs and going strong,
Tunling not a hair,
nZkllily n-c q ) i n along
TYhcrc t l ~ cronds are fair.
Hardly rffcn-tour bike requires,
Tlranks to the modem pneumatic
tj~es.
Icormcrly 'tnrns tramp, tramp, tramp,
Wenlily 111ileon mile,
Through tliolrentor through thedamp,
Tortx,iuc-like i n style.
Now it ia Whiz !" and we're far
&'
away,
This is tlic ~iietliodof non-day.
Spokcs all taut n~itl1i1ibscc:~~rc~,
Q r e s pumpcd finti allel t,iglit.
Brcnk rclinblc nricl srtrC,
Bearings r u n r l i ~ ~right.
g T A * : L ~ I II)WOIIIC
Things being t,l111s,Ijiny, wlio rr,trl,/ .
msist
Blossoming into 21 Bicyclist?
Now no thoughts of blistcrctl tocn
Agitatc the iiii~id;
Blistcrs and pedcetiinll w o c ~
llrc liavc loft bcliintl.
Bicycles lcsscn our llnrrinn ills
I Better than potions, nnd drnng11t-s.
i andpills.
fililcs sc!crtl vcry ullort.:
Onc:~!111)1nio11r stC'(!(lI\.(! I I I O I I ~ ~ ~
~S uicro s1)o~t.
Scnrccly 1111c~fFor&wc S C O ~ I Ito fly,
IIeclgcs riii~l~ililcstorlcsgo rncilig 11y.
1)lnrlgc mc tlic~iin lci~ioi~ntlc,
I'ol), or \vli:~tyou likc,
(Ancl lct ~ i o ~tlic
i c toast crt~dc.)
Plctlgc \vc now Tlrc llikc !
I Fnitl~fnl,rclinblc, trc~cILS st4rl.
Notliing corucs 111) t o Tltc Plyiug
lVhccl !
H O J I E R I - I I . ~GIIISET.
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from Young Canada: Illustrated Annual, 1897.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BE OUT OF DATE!