![US Diplomat on Cycle Tour](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5942981866_c5c927a2cb.jpg)
From the society page of the paper
Gen. Thackary believes that the whole consular corps should take a holiday on wheels for the improvement of the diplomatic service. For it would counteract the bad results of a life necessarily sedentary.
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Alvey Adee at age 72 and his bike in Washington, 1914
Photo from the Library of Congress
More information about Adee.
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Adee riding in Washington
Photo from the Library of Congress
Description of Adee's diplomatic career in "Washington close-ups" By Edward George Lowery, 1921.
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