The herald., 1895-05-27
ANNIE LONDONDERRY

That brings her to Los Angeles. She
related. illustrated by $50 stereopticon
views, how she left Boston June 25th. in
suit of cheese cloth worth IL cents.
She got to New York in eight days. with
put S. in her purse and ticket to Havre
to buy. So after many vissicitudes she
went to Chicago and back to New York
and finally to Havre, France. paying her
way by advertisements she had solicited.
She made $500 in Paris by acting as an
advertisers sandwich and by selling her
pictures.
From Marseilles she went through Suez
to Calcutta. to Singapore, to China,
Japan and Corea. and Vladivostock. Rus
>sia: She learned somewhat of Siberia
and the war
On March 9TH she left Japan and landed
in San Francisco March 23d. There she
made $172 lecturing in Metropolitan hall.
From San Francisco she started south.
but to avoid o runaway was badly injured
at at Stockton against barb wire fence.
She returned to San Francisco and again
left for the south, passing through San
jose and the coast towns TO Los Angeles.
lecturng continuously. She leaves for
the east by way of Phoenix, Denver and
Chicago.
Los Angeles is about to be inundated
by a vast horde of bicyclists from all over
Southern California, and numbers from
the north. The occasion is the tenth an
nual race meet of the Los Angeles Wheel
men at Athletic park. Tuesday, May 3Oth
and the enthusiastic local wheelmen
all futurities. All interest among the
cycling spo.'s is centered III the great
event, but many of our citizens do not
realize what an extensive affair it is and
therefore do not appreciate its import
ance as they should. With about 1000
wheelmen and women gliding through
Dur streets Wednesday and Thursday, the
magnificent Illuminated parade Wednes-
day night, and the great annual races
Thursday afternoon, the local cycling
world will be decidedly in evidence, and
it will be heard loud and long from morn
ing until morning.
For long time preparations have been
under way, and now the various commit
tees are pegging along at great clip to
make the meet hummer. Will Knip-
penberg, at the head of the committe on
entertainment. has acted energetically,
and the first incident OF the meet will be
grand spectacular reception to visit
ors and local riders. Every bicycle rider
in town is invited to participate and
every one is expected to appear in the
procession with from one light up Over
1oOO bicycles are expected to appear in
this mammoth demonstration and as
every one who wishes may obtain free
lanterns from the committee, the show
will doubtless be glittering and elaborate.
The Crown City Bicycle club from Pas.
adena will be over in body of ffty
strong, to say nothing of the unattached
riders who will accompany them. The
San Diego wheelmen, sixty strong, will
also appear in a body, accom- panied by
many Independent cyclers. In fact, there
are special excursions of at least tiftv
tickets from all points along the
exit shaped" as well as special
rates from elsewhere. In view of
she fact that great attention from abroad
will be drawn to Los Angeles by this
celebrated annual, the chamber of COM
merce is interesting itself considerably in
behalf of the enterprise.
TO finish up the great day, on the night
OF the 3Oth all the wheelmen in the CITY
will assmble with their friends at the Los
Angeles Athletic club. where there has
been provided an athletic exhibition, inclua-
Ing boxing and wrestling of much merit.
There will be public awarding of prizes
there, besides a luxurious smoker to the
fraternal gathering. The names of the
committee on entertainment assure a
good time-Will Knippenberg. chairman:
L. W. Stevens. G. G. Ashley, w. w. Jen-
kins, W. A. Tufts. d. V. Duque, N. L.
Biehl. A. W. Cleaver, L. Ford, C. Il. Pat
terson, S. G. Spier, Phil Kitchn, A, d.
Cummings and d. U. McGavin.
The parade will be conducted under
tho auspices of the reception and enter
tainnent committees personally by
Grand Marshal Laverty, whose chief of
staff is Richard Sullivan.
The parade will form at Fifth and
Broadway and proceed at 1880 p. M. over
<he following line OF march: