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ADE, GEORGE: 1866-1944.

George Ade was an author who proved that writing as a profession would pay a handsome living to a man with the right combination of human sympathy, good craftsmanship and steady application. His Fables In Slang, published in periodicals, syndicated and collected in several books, brought him fame as a humorist, a classification he never quite accepted for himself.

His musical comedies and plays brought him a larger income and international fame. His poetry was undistinguished. His travel sketches gave him satisfaction but added little to his luster. He lives on as a "warm-hearted satirist," the title given him by his biographer, Fred C. Kelly. (George Ade: Warmhearted Satirist, by Fred C. Kelly, 1947.)

Born in Kentland, Ind., Feb. 9, 1866, George Ade had a happy childhood and later a gay youth at Purdue University, where he graduated in 1887 without having displayed any interest in either engineering or agriculture but where he shone modestly in the literary field. He did journalistic work in Lafayette until June, 1890, when he went to Chicago and started work on the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS (which became the CHICAGO NEWS RECORD, then THE CHICAGO RECORD). For ten years he was a prolific writer and was closely associated with his friend, John T. McCutcheon, the cartoonist. It was in his daily column, captioned "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," that his "Pink Marsh," "Doc' Home," and "Artie" stories appeared, as well as his earliest fables. Scattered through the column were embryonic plays, "playlets" and dialogue, all containing shrewd observations, brevity of wit and entertainment.

His reports of the Columbian Exposition in 1893 had made him aware of the foreign world and had given him a thirst to travel. In 1895 and 1898 he visited the strange places he had seen in miniature at the Chicago Fair. Throughout his life he enjoyed trips around the world and particularly cruises to the West Indies.

In 1900 his fables were syndicated. By this time several books had appeared, collected from his newspaper column, and he started his play-writing career in earnest. The first decade in the Twentieth Century saw them written, produced and published; later Ade received further dividends when they were in demand for motion pictures.

His summer home near Brook, Ind., called "Hazelden," was built in 1903, and his hospitality brought him more fame. Here he entertained political rallies and community parties, as well as his friends and brothers in Sigma Chi. His private golf course became a regional club under his fine organizing ability. From December to May he was usually at home in Miami Beach, Fla., the most agreeable spot for winter-living that he found in his travels. He never married.

Why is George Ade's name generally placed with Booth Tarkington's, next to James Whitcomb Riley's, at the top of the list of Indiana's literary men? Good writing and hard work and a sincere love for his fellow man must be the answer. He touched more lives than most of us because he was not content to meet people and pass on; he kept them as friends up to his death on May 16, 1944, and on beyond. His personal correspondence approached literary production, for he never neglected it, and when it became too much for individual response he issued mimeographed "news bulletins." The quality of friendship is therefore proved to be a good companion to literary ability and effort, in the life and work of George Ade.

Dorothy R. Russo.

Stories of the Streets and of the Town [First Series].Chicago, 1894.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Second Series. Chicago, 1894.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Third Series. Chicago, 1895.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Fourth Series. Chicago, 1895.
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What a Man Sees Who Goes Away from Home. Chicago, 1896.
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Circus Day. Chicago and New York [1896].
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Stories from History. (pseudonym,John Hazelden) Chicago and New York [1896].
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Artie. Chicago, 1896.
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Pink Marsh. Chicago and New York, 1897.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Fifth Series. Chicago, 1897.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Sixth Series. Chicago, 1898.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Seventh Series. Chicago, 1899.
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Doc' Horne. Chicago and New York, 1899.
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Fables in Slang. Chicago and New York, 1900(sic).
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town: Eighth Series. Chicago, 1900.
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More Fables. Chicago and New York, 1900.
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Forty Modern Fables. New York, 1901.
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Grouch at the Game. [Madison, Wis., 1901].
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The Girl Proposition. New York, 1902.
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The Sultan of Sulu. New York, Chicago, etc., 1902. (Musical comedy.)
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Peggy from Paris. New York, Chicago, etc., 1903. (Musical comedy.)
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People You Know. New York, 1903.
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The Sultan of Sulu. New York, 1903. (Play.)
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In Babel. New York, 1903.
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The Rolling Peanut. Detroit, Mich., n.d.
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Handsome Cyril. (Phoenix, Ariz., 1903.) (Strenuous Lad's Library, No. I)
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Clarence Allen. (Phoenix, Ariz., 1903.) (Strenuous Lad's Library, No. 2)
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Rollo Johnson. (Phoenix, Ariz., 1904.) (Strenuous Lad's Library, No. 3)
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Breaking into Society. New York and London, 1904.
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The Sho-Gun. New York, Chicago, etc., 1904. (Comic opera.)
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True Bills. New York and London, 1904.
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In Pastures New. New York, 1906.
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The Slim Princess. Indianapolis [1907].
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The Fair Co-ed. New York, Chicago, etc., 1908. (Musical comedy.)
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Chapter Houses, with Particular Reference to Purdue University. [Lafayette, Ind., n.d.].
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I Knew Him When–. Chicago, 1910.
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Hoosier Hand Book and True Guide for the Returning Exile. Chicago, 1911.
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Verses and Jingles. Indianapolis [1911].
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A Picture Book for Purdue Sigs. n.p., n.d. [Lafayette, Ind., 1912.]
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The Revised Legend of One Who Came Back. New York, 1912.
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Knocking the Neighbors. Garden City, N. Y., 1912.
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Ade's Fables. Garden City, N. Y., 1914.
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An Invitation to You and Your Folks from Jim and Some More of the Home Folks. Indianapolis [1916].
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Marse Covington. Washington, D.C., 1918.
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The Fable of the Hostess and the Hikers and the Party Under the Trees. Issued by the American Red Cross, 1918.
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Not a Fable. New York, n.d.
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Hand-Made Fables. New York, 1920.
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Fred Stone Jingles for Good Little Girls and Good Little Boys, n.p., n.d. [1921].
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Single Blessedness and Other Observations. Garden City, N.Y., 1922.
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The Mayor and the Manicure. New York and London, 1923.
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Nettle. New York and London, 1923.
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Speaking to Father. New York and London, 1923.
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The College Widow. New York and London, 1924.
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Father and the Boys. New York and London, 1924.
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The County Chairman. New York and London, 1924.
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Just Out of College. New York and London, 1924.
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L'Opera La Veuve Academie, n.p., n.d. [Chicago, 1924.]
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Thirty Fables in Slang. New York, 1926.
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Bang! Bang!New York [1928].
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John Hertz: An Appreciation. Miami, Fla., 1930.
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The Old-Time Saloon Not Wet–Not Dry Just History. New York, 1931.
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Revived Remarks on Mark Twain. (Compiled byGeorge Hiram Brownell) Chicago, 1936.
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One Afternoon With Mark Twain. Chicago, 1939.
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Notes & Reminiscences. (withJohn T. McCutcheon) Chicago, 1940.
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Stories of the Streets and of the Town. (Edited byFranklin J. Meine) Chicago, 1941.
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Publication Year:

1916

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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1916. 24 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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An Invitation to
You
And your Folks from
Jim
And Some More of the
Home Folks

COMPILED BY

GEORGE ADE

for

INDIANA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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INTRODUCTION

THIS little book is just what it says on the cover--an invitation to you and your folks from Jim and some more of the home folks. It is being sent to former residents of Indiana in the hope that they may be induced to come home for the big centennial celebrations of this good year 1916. Indiana is one hundred years old and the birthday party is going to be worth while. Every county in the State is going to celebrate and the home-coming of the Hoosiers will be a special attraction in every county celebration. It will be the first and probably the last and only chance that you, as a Hoosier, will have to meet your old friends at your old home. If you started out to visit the scattered friends of long ago, you would have to travel thousands of miles into far-distant states. This year you will find them assembled back home and you must be there to greet them.

G. A.

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THE HOOSIER IN EXILE

The Hoosier in Exile--a toast
That by its very sound
Moves us, at first, to tears almost,
And sympathy profound;
But musing for a little space,
We lift the glass and smile,
And poise it with a royal grace--
The Hoosier in Exile!

The Hoosier in Exile, forsooth!
For though his steps may roam
The earth's remotest bounds, in truth
His heart is ever home!
O loyal still to every tie
Of native fields and streams,
His boyhood friends, and paths whereby
He finds them in his dreams!

Though he may fare the thronging maze
Of alien city streets,
His thoughts are set in grassy ways
And woodlands' cool retreats;
Forever, clear and sweet above
The traffic's roar and din,
In breezy groves he hears the dove,
And is at peace within.

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When newer friends and generous hands
Advance him, he returns
Due gratefulness, yet, pausing, stands
As one who strangely yearns
To pay still further thanks, but sighs
To think he knows not where,
Till--like as life--with misty eyes
He sees his mother there.

The Hoosier in Exile? Ah, well,
Accept the phrase, but know
The Hoosier heart must ever dwell
Where orchard blossoms grow
The whitest, apples reddest, and,
In cornlands, mile on mile,
The old homesteads forever stand--
"The Hoosier in Exile!"

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ADE, GEORGE: 1866-1944.

An Invitation to
You
And your Folks from
Jim
And Some More of the
Home Folks

GEORGE ADE

INDIANA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

INTRODUCTION

THE HOOSIER IN EXILE

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ADE, GEORGE: 1866-1944.

An Invitation to You And your Folks from Jim And Some More of the Home Folks

GEORGE ADE

INDIANA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANYPUBLISHERS

INTRODUCTION

THE HOOSIER IN EXILE

An Invitation to
You
And your Folks from
Jim
And Some More of the
Home Folks

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS