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244

MARCH

15th, jgi?.

LADIES
ever increasing number of are turning to the motor cycle, and the war is giving many an opportunity of showing their usefulness either in the Red Cross service or A.S.C.
ladies

AND THE MOTOR

CYCLE.
have tasted
the
joys of
cycling, as is sho-Jvn by the soIt is

AN

once they

motor

called sterner sex.

fodder department, and in many other branches of patriotic work. They are, too, an adjunct to
various
businesses.

" Mother

not necessary to adopt an unstill suppose. To support this statement we instance the photographs we reproduce which are taken from an attractive publication, "The Lady Drives,," just issued by the Enfield Cycle Co.,

becoming garb, as many

Grundyism "
rightly
so,

is

now
rarely

dead,
is

and

for

criticism

lady motor cyclist whether she be steering an 8 h.p. sidecar or a baby two-stroke. Strangely enough is
at

levelled

the

in these days,

it

another instance of the perversity

of

women?
fairly

we

see as

many

ladies

high-powered machines as we do on low-powered mounts. Conspicuously able, too, is their manner of handling motor cycles, speaking genet^lly. We can safely say that there is as much genuine enthusiasm exhibited by the fair riders, when
>

on

Photographs up. show (top) Miss Violet Hassall, of Malpas, on a 2^ h.p. two-stroke; (left) Mrs. C. P. King, of Binningham, who has driven an Enfield sidecar for four years; (right) Miss Elsie Toone, of Exmouth, another lover of the two-stroke ; and (bottom) Mrs. Douglas Prentice, an enthusiastic rider of a 6 h.p. outfit, and in the sidecar Mrs. E. F. Baxter,

Ltd., Redditch. splendidly got

This brochure

is

whose motor

cyclist

husband,

it

will

be recalled, won

the Victoria Cross.

*o^
with

<

Types
MESSRS.
PHOSNIX
\VOE,KS, 736, HoUoway Road, London, N., have several attractive Bidecar models for 1917, and inform us
that they are in a position to guarantee
all

of
and
joints

Phoenix Sidecars.
quick
detachable

SIDECAR

provided

Two

deliveries from stock.

includes, very attractive' sidecar arranged for attachment to the spring frame Indian, finished Indian red,

Their

1917

advance

leaflet

among other models,

and Harley-Davidson machines. The tandem models are roomy enough for two passengers, and have every refinement.
Attractive Lightweight Models. the most interesting sidecars on the list are the lightweight models, which are specially designed for machines up to 4 h.p. The weight of model 100 is 55 lb. It is of attractive and unconventional lines. The racing pattern sidecar is particularly taking in outline, being projectileshaped, and suspended' fore and aft in a special design of body to give low riding position^. The body is well upholstered, and fitted with a large locker at the rear of the seat. Tlis model can be supplied fitted with either a coachbuilt or a cane body.

28 x 3in. wheel and tyre. double-seaters are also included, a special model single-seater for

and

Messrs. Phoenix also manufacture tradesmen's sidecarriers, and inform us ^that they specialise in building to customers' design. The quick detachable joints now fitted to all models are of really efiicient design, and the bodywork of the various models brought before our
notice
finish.
is

certairily

tasteful

in

lines

and

Among

semi-torpedo model specially designed

for fast touring in conjunction with 3i h.p. motor cycles.

specimen of the Phoenix double-seater

sidecar.