GEORGE ADE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 12/11/1908 - HFSID 112408
Sale Price $144.00
Reg. $160.00
GEORGE ADE
American humorist and author signs a 4¼x2¾ card in
1908
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Sincerely,/George Ade/Dec 11-
1908", 4¼x2¾ card. In the year he signed this autograph, Ade's home,
Hazelden Farm (built in 1903), near Brook, Indiana, was a campaign stop for
William Howard Taft. Four years later, Ade would host Teddy Roosevelt and his
Bull Moose Party. Humorist, journalist, author and playwright George Ade
(1866-1944) began writing for the "Chicago Morning News" (which later became the
"Chicago Record") in 1890, penning the column, "Stories of the Streets and of
the Town". An admirer of Mark Twain, Ade, like his hero, focused on the
"average" man and the commonplace, and he made distinctive use of the
American language. His book, Fables in Slang (1899), made
extensive use of the American colloquial vernacular and was typical of his
genial satire. Credited as being the first modern American humorist, Ade
also wrote the first American play about football. His plays include
Artie, The College Widow and The Fair Co-ed, and Ade's long
list of writings include The Sigma Chi Creed (1887), Forty Modern
Fables (1901), In Babel: Stories of Chicago (1903), Verses and
Jingles (1911), Ade's Fables (1914) and One Afternoon with Mark
Twain (1939). Lightly soiled and stained, touching the "G" in George and the
"D" of date. Mounting remnant at upper left blank corner. Overall, fine
condition.
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