Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-23
American official Arranges the
Smallest Details of European
Trip Beforehand.
HOTEL BllKS AT JAMESTOWN
Stories OF EAtortlon Are NOW Gaining
Circulation Throughout the East
---Railroads ana Mails.
Special Correspondence.

special correspondence
Washington. d, G.. April 1q,--Mr.
Alvey n Adee. second assistant sec
rotary OF state. has gone 70 Europe
| That is by no means an uncommon
occurrence FOR Mr. Adee goes to
Europe nearly every summer. Mr..
Adee Will tour France on = bicycle
That is nothing new either, for she
bike is Mr.. Adee's common vehicle
Of travel on the con tinent, Nor Is It
an UNUSUAL thing for an American Of
fetal to visit Europe. They go in
groves every year, but not one man
In 100000 arranges his itinerary be-
fore hand Mr.. Adee spends six
months Out of every ~ In laying out
his course" When he left Washing
ton on "Wednesday he carried IN his
pocket a program that for complete
ness OF d9tail has newer been APP
proAched- He Knows within an hour
WHAT time the French Liner Savoic
VIII reach Havre. He has arranged
Tor ms iiTst meal on French soil and
inc French Boniface, has already been
ADVISED as TO the number of courses
emo the COMP ouenI parts Of each MIR
Acee had figured out to q nicely just
Where ne Will repose the first night OF
hlo stay and mas even arranged FOR
1.-The exact location OF his room. He
can reach 1t without a candle. The
second morning, rain or shine, he will
have ridden at least 10 miles before
lac takes his cafe au Iait and rolls
He has his "deJuner" and dinner
menus prepared and at each inn and
Motel on his journey the proprietor
mas already been advised as to the ex-
act minute when the distin guished
guest may be expected and exactly
whai food and drink to prepare and
at what moment Of time ID must be
served There must never be the
slightest deviation for the Adee pro-
gram is as carefully adjusted as the
works of the chronometer on the Sa-
yoe itself. Mr., Adee is methooical
he rs always accurate to a degree that
IL Why he Is regarded as the most
Saluable man In the state departln ent.
HIS position can always be depended
upon whether he IN needed to define
diplomatic note or to reach point
IN Enrope at given second OF time
WhlcA he has previously marked on
his sailing chart" before leaving
washington for his annual vacation.
The departure of Mr.. Adee recalls
u funny telephone story in connec.
ucn With his name, Some months
ago New Yorker called up the state
department on The telephone and up-
on being properly connected he said
i would like 10 know the name of
ne second assistant secretary of
. The voice at the other end replied
"A A. a dee
Whats that" enquired the strans-
er,
"A, A 4A-dee, was the answer.
How do YOU spell Ito"
"a, "A. AID" was as far as the
clerk could get when the enquirer ex-
claimed:
Il don't want TO hear primer class
with THE NAME OF THE SECOND
ASSISTANT SECRETARY"
That's what i am trying TO do" ir-
ately replied the clerk, ''Efis name is
A. A. A.
"oh FL yelled the gentleman
from Gotham. and he hung up the
phone.
HoLDUPs AT JAMESTOWN
Reports from the James own exposi-
tion seem TO indicate that the proprie-
tors of the boarding houses and hotels
IN the vicinity of the forthcoming fair
have formed a combination for the pur-
pose Of bilking the public to the utmost
or their ability Government officials
ana ohters who have had business at
! he exposition grounds al report that the
hotels IN Fortress Monroe, Newport
News Hampton, Portsmouth, Norfolk
and Jam estown, rs well as the summer
resorts In the Immediate neighborhood
have quadrupied their rates in many in
stances and even regular guests have
been notified that they must pay double
or move on and after the LIST of May
All OF the towns and cities In the Vi