Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-18
REV. MIR. EDwAR Ds, BICYCLIsr.
khhs proposed T0 ur In Europe ON a
"TWO.W heeled HOrse.,,

His Proposed To ur In Europe ON a
''TwO.W heeled Horse,
lChicago Tribune.l
Rev. Arthur Edwards, editor of the North
@esteTn Christian Advocate. is going abroad
next month with the intention of seeing Eng.
land and portion of France and Scotland as
not one visiting American In q thousand sees
those countries. He is bicyclist, and viii use
his bicycle to go from town 70 town.
andu ng gH pGac,cng said ne to reporter
town every morning and home every night.
When commenced / was nervous, Couldn't
sleep and didn't enjoy my food. Now sleep
me as II had new lease of life. The Metho-
dist Ecumenical Council meets In London
september :, and It occurred to me that in
Lhen looking about, 1 would take my son
Robert over with me, and make q brief tour on
the nlcycie, as little can be seen from a car
" :. SV, much does one coste"
" NJ you you take s them with your
England, and sent of the order today"
When do you sail9"
"where do you Iand?r
SAT Glasgow"
"Do you start on your tour from there7,
yes. We shall go up TO Loeb Lomond,
drews, south to Edinburgh, visiting the chief
cathedral towns, and taking the best road to
London"
,, How long time will you spend between
"Three or four weeks"
You Will travel so many miles day?"
mo: We win regulate the distance accord
Ing to the places of interest. We may 90
next
"Will your travels end at London9n
NO. expect to remain there about four
weeks. Then we will ride to Southampton,
cross to Havre, and go through Normandy to
PARIS After stopping there two or three
to Brighten. and return to London, going thence
70 coventry, from which point 1 snail ship the
bicycles home;''
"The main portion Will be sent from Glas-
gov 10 London, small satchel kept day or
TWO ahead. We can carry about fifteen pounds
each In little bag adapted to the bicycle"
"Then your trip Is novel one?"
"Novel In this country but not In England,
where there are hundreds of thousands Of BIZ
cyclists; and the commercial travellers of the
northwest are not better organized than they,
and do not obtain better accommodations In
the towns through which they pass"
Won't you have to take pot luck?'"
England from one to nve little wayside fnns,
whose proprletors cater to the bicycllsts. They
all have on them sign with the initials B. G..
organization which numbers from 5000 to
1000 members. am one OF them and have a
Dook with the names OF all the inns and of
where to eat and sleep or to get nv bicycle
mended in case OF an accident. And II any
one attempts to prosecute me while on the
road, the influence and treasury OF the CLUB
VIII pe back OF me: Bicycling In England has
restored the traditional inns That fiourished 10
the old stage coach days. There is Similar
club In this country, which was started In
May, 1850, and nov has l 500 members"
Why have you selected the bicycle as a
means of locomot!on?"
~ take the trip not for Its novelty, but for
the downright physical and msntal benefit
as pastime or toy. but as a practical mode of
conveyance which i have tested to my entire
satisfaction. Several Of the gravest and most
responsible men In Chicago are learning b.
the exercise has made new man of me-
While there may be difference OF opinion
about the dignity OF riding on a bicycle, I
because Of the positive physical benefit It is Co
me every day OF my Iifep