Answer:
Based on the excerpt, the best answer is:
1. a rise in the popularity of bicycles.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt, the rise in the popularity of bicycles helped freeing women from heavy clothes and undergarments. Since they would hinder women who wished to ride bicycles, corsets, long dresses, and bulky undergarments were quickly substituted by healthier, lighter pieces of clothing that allowed women to ride bicycles easily.
Assuming that this is referring to the same passage that was posted before with this question, the editorial writer's main point is that "The mayor and city council have made a serious mistake in selecting a site for a new community theater" since he expresses this more than once.
Omg i remember reading this story! A fav!
Ok so:
Four sound are
planes bombing (unpleasant)
Marching of the nazis (unpleasant)
Children playing (pleasant)
Music? I forgot what the instrument was but they heard an instrument (pleasant)