The sun., 1900-02-26
A55T POPULAR TEACHER
uILL GO 70 EUROPE
Great Event In the Coming
Wilmington Bicycle Club
Fair.
so THE PARIS EXPOSITION
Coupon VIII be Found in ''The sun''
From Today to March IL, i'm
clusivc---Cut il Out and
Vote For Your
Favorite.

A trip 10 Europe awaits the most popu-
ar school teacher in Delaware The
teache's popularity is to be decided by
tho people through voting contest.
The successful contestant viii be the
guest Of tie Wilmington Bicycle Club,
au organization Which has become an
influential factor in this city.
The decision as 80 vino shall be the
guest OF the club during the European
ttip viii form the feature of the annual
fair Of the Wilmington Bicycle Club,
which begins next Monday evening,
March 3, in Pyle's Cycle Academy. 1t is
. well known fact 20 all the patrons of
these annual fairs that q penny voting
contest IL Que of the leading features. Ii
the past, the contests have been more to
prove the popularity of the contestants
and 70 furnish the most popular one
with some lasting ornamental present.
This year the club has decided to give a
contest which will attract more attention
than anything ever before attempted.
The contest for the most popular school
teacher in the State Of Delaware is
something that the Wilmington
Bicycle Club believes will interest
every public spirited citizen. The
prize will be q free trip TO london
and the Paris Exposition Oh one of the
Thomas Cook u Sons personally con-
Quoted tours Cooks tours through
Europe are conceded by the travelling
public to be the best tours known. This
one will be no exception. The teacher
receiving the highest number of votes
will be allo we'd to set their own date,
hut the club suggests that they do so i'm.
mediately after being notified Of election
as Messrs. Cook are booking passages
very rapidly and their first tours are
now filed up.
Great lberality is shown in tie many
accommodations included in the trip.
The start will be made from New York
and the trip will include first.class ocean
passage; hotel accommodation transfers
between stations and hotels; conveyance
OF baggage on railroads and OH the At
lantic; carriage drives in London and
Paris: cost OF sightseeing; fees to hote
servants, railroad porters and guards,
and the services OF conductor.
! In London the chief points OF interest
| to be shown the succussful teacher in
clude the Tower, Houses of Parliament
British Museum, Westminster Abbey
National Gallery, St. Paul's Cathedral
the parks Thames Embapkment, etc
will leave London via Newhaven anG
Dieppe for Paris. In Paris the principa
places and objects in and around the city
to be shown the popular school teacher
include the Hotel lnvalides and Tomb 0
Napoleon, Palace OF the Council OF Stats
| (ruins), the Palace, Gardens, Park o
Versailles, ST. Cloud, Sevres and it
famous porcelain manuIactorY, Palace o
the rrocaders, the Tuileries and Cathed
raj OF Notre Dame. Admissions to TIL
great Exposition will be provided. Thi
is only fair idea Of what il included il
the trip.
On the fourth page of THE Sun begin
ming with todays's issue and continuing
until March II inclusive, will appear
couLon for this voting contest. Cut
ont, place on it the name of favored
teacher and for each cent, count vote
and SO indicate it on the coupon. Sent
the coupon to the proper address.
The friends of many teachers in thi
city already are earnestly at work, gla
OF the opportunity to give favorit
teacher such very pleasant trip durln
the vacation time this summer.