Ade, George 1866–1944

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Ade, George 1866–1944

(John Hazelden)

PERSONAL: Born February 9, 1866, in Kentland, IN; died as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage, May 16, 1944, near Brooke, IN; son of John (a bank cashier and lay minister) and Adaline (Bush) Ade. Education: Purdue University, B.S., 1887. Politics: Republican. Hobbies and other interests: Travel; social, political and philanthropic activities.

CAREER: Journalist, playwright, and author. Worked briefly as a reader in a law firm and as an advertising writer; reporter for Lafayette Call and Chicago Record (formerly Chicago Morning News), Chicago, IL, 1890, 1893–1900.

WRITINGS:

The Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1894.

Second Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1894.

Third Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1895.

Fourth Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1895.

What a Man Sees Who Goes away from Home, Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL),1896.

Circus Day, Werner (Chicago, IL), 1896.

(As John Hazelden) Stories from History, Werner (Chicago, IL), 1896.

Artie: A Story of the Streets and Town (also see below), illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, H. S. Stone & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1896.

Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town (also see below), illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, H. S. Stone & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1897.

Fifth Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1897.

Sixth Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1898.

Seventh Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1899.

Doc Horne: A Story of the Streets and Town, H. S. Stone & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1899, reprinted, Literature House (Upper Saddle River, NJ), 1970.

Fables in Slang (also see below), H. S. Stone & Co. (Chicago, IL), 1899.

Eighth Series of the Chicago Record's "Stories of the Street and of the Town" (columns), Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), 1900.

More Fables (also see below), illustrated by Clyde J. Newman, H. S. Stone (Chicago, IL), 1900.

Grouch at the Game; or, Why He Changed His Colors, H. Miller (Chicago, IL), 1901.

Forty Modern Fables, R. H. Russell (New York, NY), 1901.

The Girl Proposition: A Bunch of He and She Fables, R. H. Russell (New York, NY), 1902, reprinted, Literature House (Upper Saddle River, NJ), 1969.

People You Know, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon and others, R. H. Russell (New York, NY), 1903.

The Sultan of Sulu: An Original Satire in Two Acts, R. H. Russell (New York, NY), 1903.

In Babel: Stories of Chicago, McClure, Phillips (New York, NY), 1903.

Handsome Cyril; or, The Messenger Boy with the Warm Feet, Bandar Log Press (New York, NY), 1903.

The Strenuous Lad's Library, Bandar Log Press (Phoenix, AZ), 1903.

Breaking into Society, Harper (New York, NY), 1904.

True Bills, Harper (New York, NY), 1904.

In Pastures New, 1906, reprinted, Literature House (Upper Saddle River, NJ), 1969.

The Slim Princess, illustrated by George F. Kerr, Bobbs-Merrill Co. (Indianapolis, IN), 1907.

I Remember Him When: A Hoosier Fable Dealing with the Happy Days of Away Back Yonder, Indiana Society of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1910.

Hoosier Handbook and True Guide for the Returning Exile, Indiana Society of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1911.

Verses and Jingles, Bobbs-Merrill Co. (Indianapolis, IN), 1911.

Knocking the Neighbors, illustrated by Albert Levin, Doubleday, Page (Garden City, NY), 1912.

Ade's Fables, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, Doubleday, Page (Garden City, NY), 1914.

Marse Covington: A Play in One Act, Commission on Training Camp Activities, Department of Dramatic Activities among the Soldiers (Washington, DC), 1918.

Hand-made Fables, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, Doubleday, Page (Garden City, NY), 1920.

Single Blessedness and Other Observations, Doubleday, Page (Garden City, NY), 1922.

The Mayor and the Manicure: A Play in One Act, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1923.

Nettie: A Play in One Act, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1923.

Speaking to Father: A Play in One Act, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1923.

The College Widow: A Pictorial Comedy in Four Acts, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1924.

The County Chairman: A Comedy-Drama, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1924.

Father and the Boys: A Comedy-Drama, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1924.

Just out of College: A Light Comedy in Three Acts, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1924.

Bang! Bang!: A Collection of Stories Intended to Recall Memories of the Nickel Library Days When Boys Were Superman and Murder a Fine Art, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, J. H. Sears & Co. (New York, NY), 1928, reprinted, Books for Libraries Press (Freeport, NY), 1971.

The Old-Time Saloon: Not Wet—Not Dry, Just History, R. Long and R. R. Smith (New York, NY), 1931, reprinted, Gale (Detroit MI), 1975.

Thirty Fables in Slang, illustrated by Peggy Bacon, Arrow Editions (New York, NY), 1933.

Revised Remarks on Mark Twain, compiled by George Hiram Brownell, privately printed (Chicago, IL), 1936.

One Afternoon with Mark Twain, Mark Twain Society of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1939, reprinted, R. West (Philadelphia, PA), 1977.

Notes and Reminiscences, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, Holiday Press (Chicago, IL), 1940.

Stories of the Streets and of the Town, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon and others, editeded and introduced by Franklin J. Meine, Caxton Club (Chicago, IL), 1941, published as Chicago Stories, H. Regnery Co. (Chicago, IL), 1941, reprinted, 1963.

The Permanent Ade: The Living Writings of George Ade, edited by Fred C. Kelly, Bobbs-Merrill Co. (Indianapolis, IN), 1947, reprinted, Hyperion Press (Westport, CT), 1979.

Fables in Slang, and More Fables in Slang, illustrated by Clyde J. Newman, introduced by E. G. Bleiler, Dover Publications (New York, NY), 1960.

The America of George Ade, edited by Jean Shepherd, Putnam (New York, NY), 1960.

Artie and Pink Marsh: Two Novels, illustrations by John T. McCutcheon, introduction by James T. Farrell, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1963.

Letters of George Ade, edited by Terence Tobin, Purdue University Studies (West Lafayette, IN), 1973.

The Best of George Ade, illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, edited by A. L. Lazarus, Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN), 1985.

George Ade's Stories of "Benevolent Assimilation," edited with an introduction by Perry E. Gianakos, New Day Publishers (Quezon City, Philippines), 1985.

Author of preface to J. W. Riley, On the Indiana Trail (poetry), illustrations by John T. McCutcheon, privately printed (Chicago, IL), c. 1930s. Contributor to anthologies, including More Aces: A Collection of Short Stories, G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York, NY), 1925, Trumps: A Collection of Short Stories, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926, and Samples, Boni & Liveright (New York, NY), 1927. Contributor to books, including (with Gustav Luders) The Fair Co-Ed, privately printed, c. 1909, and to An Invitation to You and Your Folks from Jim and Some More of the Home Folks, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1916.

SIDELIGHTS: George Ade, popular in the early 1900s as a writer of humorous fiction, was educated at Purdue University. He briefly worked as an advertising writer and later as a reporter. Between 1893 and 1900, Ade wrote for the Chicago Morning News—which became the Chicago Record—and collaborated with Purdue classmate and lifelong friend and illustrator John T. McCutcheon on a popular daily column titled "Stories of the Streets and of the Town." Ade is best known for his "fables in slang": short, comic pieces written in the vernacular and employing American colloquialisms of the time.