Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-19
w. M. ADAMSONS RETURN
FROM EXTENDED TOUR


There is no climate in the whole
world to compare with Arizon@s' and
it is a joy to he bacIe in Douglas where
the sun shines and the sky is blue
was the declaration Thursday Of WI
Liam NJ. Adamson, president or the
Arizona Gypsum Plaster company
who, with his wife, has just com
pleted y six months tour abroad
Adamson discounted the rumor-
ed antagonism Of European peoples
toward America as q result OF war
loan disputes, stating that Throughout
theii. tour OF tho continent nothing
but the most wholchearted hospital
ity yas shown them, and that ut no
time had he or his wife observed any
feeling OF unfriendliness.
The Adamsons went first to Lon
don, proceeding later TO ireland. They
visited Cork, the lakes of kitarney'
Dublin and Belfast. and in the ex-
trome north of ireland they saw the
famous giant causeway. The travel
ers observed that the people or north
IreInnd were moro prosperous than
tions, Adamson states, point to an
early recovery, however, of the peo'
pie OF the south. In the southern
part of Ireland they saw endless
ruins, the result Of the late revolu-
tions
Returning to London, the Adam
sons found the weather to be miser-
able, heavy rains falling day after
day, so they went onI to Paris, where
they spent about three weeks. The
weather in Paris was nlso bad, and
they made the trip to Deauvllle, where
weather conditions we're found to be
more moderate.
From Paris, the couple went into
Germany, spending several days in
Cologne, and enjoyed n beautiful trir
up the Rhine An, enjoyable week was
spent in Berlin, where the visitors
found the people in general hospltable
ana entertaining.
A colorful experience of the tour
was the Adamsons visit to the state
fair in Prague, capital of CZecho-
Slovakia. Good weather was encoun-
tered in Carlsbad, where as an agree.
able surprise the couple met Mr., and
Mrs. +. w, French, former Douglas
residents, and now residing in San
Berrardino, CaGf French was for
merly general manager of the Phelps
Dodge corporation,
The Adamsons visited Vienna and
Budapest, the capital CT Hungary, be
fore going into Italy. Venice, Lido
and Florence were all interesting
stopping points on the Adamsons
trip. They visited Perugia, the old
Roman town in which was born St
Francis, and Assist, 20 miles distant
and one OF the oldest towns Of Eu-
rope. The city is perohed on the TOP
Of high mountain, and is the origi-
nal home of the Order Of st. Francis
The visitors saw Sc Francis original
church and the tomb in which he was
buried.
More than a week was spent in
Rome before. the COUPLE Went on tc
Pompeii and other cities representing
lost civiliza tiors. v Adamson states
that relies found in the recent excava
tionS show the existence centuries ago
of civilization almost on a par with
our own.
On return trip through France
the Adamscps visited Nice, Monte
Carlo and other points along the Ri
viera, encountering very unpleasant
weather the while. In Paris again,
they found continued rain falling, and
decided to return to their home in
Douglas. The entire season, the trav-
elers declare, was featured by unpleas-
ant weather, general to the continent
Mr.. and Mrs Adamson were visibly
elated TO find the sun shining in
Douglas and declared that no other
place in the world can claim all-the-
year climate to equal Arizonas.