George Ade

thumb|George Ade in 1921 George Ade (9 February 1866 – 16 May 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. Quotes Moral: It all depends. "The Fable of the Parents Who Tinkered with the Offspring", Fables in Slang (1899) Moral: In uplifting, get underneath. "The Fable of the Good Fairy with the Lorgnette, and why She Got it Good", Fables in Slang (1899) Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything. "The Fable of the Caddy who Hurt His Head While Thinking", Fables in Slang (1899) Moral: If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. "The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough", Forty Modern Fables (1901) A Piker always has his entire Stock of Goods in the Show Window. "The Fable of the Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went", Forty Modern Fables (1901) R-E-M-O-R-S-E!Those dry Martinis did the work for me;Last night at twelve I felt immense,To-day I feel like thirty cents.My eyes are bleared, my coppers hot,I’ll try to eat, but I cannot.It is no time for mirth and laughter,The cold, gray dawn of the morning after. The Sultan of Sulu (1903) act 2, p. 63; Ki-Ram loq. Early to Bed and Early to Rise is a Bad Rule for any one who wishes to become acquainted with our most Prominent and Influential People. True Bills (1904) Moral: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window. "The Through Train", Knocking the Neighbors (1912) "Whom are you?" he asked, for he had attended business college. Bang! Bang! (1928) Variant: "Whom are you?" he said, for he had been to night school. In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment. In Cosmopolitan Magazine (February 1928) She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral. Fables The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin. Fables External links Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Humorists from the United States Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:1866 births Category:1944 deaths Category:People from Indiana Category:Columnists from the United States