Ade, << ayd, >> George (1866-1944), was an American humorist, playwright, and journalist. He won fame for his comic stories written in the everyday speech and popular slang of the rural Midwest, especially his home state of Indiana. Ade’s best-known work is Fables in Slang (1899), a collection of stories modeled on Aesop’s Fables. The work consists of humorous tales of country life and of country people living in the city. It also makes fun of show-offs and bigots.
Ade was also a noted comic playwright and author of musical comedies. His plays include two satires on college life, The College Widow (1904) and Just Out of College (1905). His most popular musical was The Sultan of Sulu (1902).
Ade was born on Feb. 9, 1866, in Kentland, Indiana. During the 1890’s, he worked as a reporter for the Chicago Record. Many of his stories originally appeared in a column he wrote for the newspaper. He died on March 16, 1944.
