Around the World on Two Wheels by Peter Zheutlin

Author:Peter Zheutlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2007-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Le Courrier de Saigon, it appears, was serving as a collection agency for donations to help Annie continue her journey. On February 18, the newspaper reported that Monsieur Mouline, the poet, had added $23.50 to what had already been donated by “friends of Le Courrier de Saigon” and that $85 had been collected at the theater the night before. When, at a performance of a play called Voyage de Suzette, arrangements had been made for Annie to make a cameo appearance with her Sterling. “The Cyclewoman, Miss Londonderry, was to appear in the ninth act and everybody was looking forward to seeing her,” wrote theater critic Harry Cappa. “Unfortunately she was not able to appear due to nails sticking out of the stage floor. She had to be satisfied with a public appearance with her bicycle and holding a French flag and giving a little speech in English that the spectators seemed to be listening to with deep interest.”

Annie, never shy and retiring, used the opportunity to ask the audience directly for donations, something Cappa found rather bold but appropriate under the circumstances. “I can’t say that she doesn’t have a lot of energy and tact,” he admitted, “but, equally, under these conditions, I am also the first to subscribe to these tactics in order to do my jaunt around the world.”

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