Quotes
A Mr. Fawcett, English, presented another poem. Here’s verse 14:
So here’s to the cute little auto
And the very best to the crew
And as for the maiden ‘Aloha’
No doubt if you only knew
That Hawaiian for ‘Love’ is ‘Aloha’
You’d want to go along too.
"Germany, the Polish plains, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Turkey were nxt in the route, and then over the arid plains of India, when Aloha Wanderwell, plucky wife of the captain, proved the first woman to accomplish the feat by auto."
"Crosses Africa On Motor."
- Los Angeles Times (1886-Current file) 14 Nov. 1926, page G10. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
"Aloha Wanderwell took command of the new unit and is the first woman to have driven a car from Paris to Peking and the first to girdle the globe by auto south of the Himalayas."
"Mute Lady In Silent Drama."
- Los Angeles Times (1886-Current file) 27 Apr 1926, page 13. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
"Mrs Wanderwell is leading an odd expedition through the back country of Indo-China, en route from Singapore to Calcutta…. Scornful of hardships and often short of funds to buy food for herself and three tattered men companions, she nevertheless has managed to penetrate many hundreds of miles into the interior…."
"MRS. WANDERWELL IN INDIA :Widow of Slain Adventurer Reported Leading an Expedition."
- New York Times (1923-Current file) 7 Jul 1936, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 – 2006)
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