The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
HOW GEORGE ADE
MADE HIS FORTUNE

rear windows of an apartment building
at 1000 East Chestnut street. An
alarm was turned in from a nearby box
and the department responded prompt
ly,' etc.
No, they were very different,
Still there was no straining after
novel effects. Little unassumirlr, un- =
forced touches of human nature were
brought out in simple way. People
used to the passionate style of the av-
erage reporter-Who was far more pas
slonate fifteen years ago than he is al
lowed to be now-read the AIDE stuff
with delight. He really founded a new f
and saner school Of newspaper writing
in Chicago, and the old famboyant
style has never since been tolerated on !
the reputable papers. So from the first
George AIDE was an influence. But few
people outside the craft knew who
wrote the engaging little reports until
the World IS Fair column, in the Rec
ord, and kept it going every day during
the exposition summer of 1895. After
the fair closed came the "Stories Of the
Streets and Of the Town. column, in
the Record, and there Mr.. AIDE began
definitely to develop and utilize the
enormous resources Of his observation
appeared the series of sketches relating
/ to Artie, Pink Marsh and Doc Horne,
and there, too, was printed the first Of
the CRADLES in Slang. y Later the best
of this Street and Town" matter was
touched up and bit amplified, and
order: "Artie," 1896; "Pink Marsh, 2
1897; "Doc Horne" 1898. "Fables in
Slang" 1899; "More Fables" 1900;
q Breaking Into Society," "EThe Girl
Proposition, - In Babel.''
With the last of the "Fables' his
newspaper career closed, and then be-
gan his work as playwright. It may
) ing those Of the first formal productions
/ |qof his musical comedies and dramatic
> pieces: II E. : @LscE l&=.r
i 4 The Sultan Of sulu," March II,
-1l902, 2Studebaker; theater, Chicago.
y :. "Peggy from Paris Jan "a 1903
"The County Chairman, Aug. 81,
e 1903, Studebaker theater, Chicago.
z "The Sho Gun,'' March 80, 1904, Da-
. vison theater, Milwaukee.
0 'sThe College Widow Sept. IL,
g 1904, National theater, Washington
t "The Bad Samaritan Sept. 5. 1905.
T National theater, Washington.
:, 'fThe Varsity Man, (tho another
e name may be chosen), Oct. 2, Park
i Such is the bare record Of fifteen
+ years of newspaper sketches, books and
e plays, and the result of it is George
= AIDE, 80 years old, rich, beloved-and
= unspoiled. ,
Having won fame and a fortune OF
i several hundred thousand dollars,
n George AIDE has gone back to the land
that bore him. In 1898 he began buy
r. ING farm land near Brook, Ind, a vii
3 lage few miles from the town OF Kent
r. land, where he was born Feb. 9, 1866.
Today he owns 900 acres in Newton
| of ho
IS regions in the middle west. The place
/ is called Hazelden, and there he raises
corn and oats, blooded COWS, hogs and
!, sheep. The farm is not a playthlng
. but big per cent investment. The
II corn just. now looks like regiments OF
Il from fifty to ffty-fve bushels to the
y acre. A residence in the old English
e, beam and-plaster style has been built
g and there is always a house party
W small or large, in session. The diver.
1t sions Of the owner are baseball, tennis
automobiling and almost daily trips &c
le the parental home at kentland, tnlr'
~ teen miles away.
b. After the "Artie' book appeared, a
le scent cigar was named after the hero
as of those sketches. This was Georg<
t. AIDES first taste Of the fame thai
IN cheers.
ee While he watched the audience fairly
ne gloating over the simplest, most init
re mate touches in 'tThe College Widow :
er at the studebaker, he said: 8.
ne : otis pathetic how they yearn + 70
i'll human nature and the pictures Of Lift
re as they know it! Why don't men whee
nd are masters at construction where :.
ne am still beginner turn to such SUP SUP
49, Of musical comedy which is 50 utterl,
tie unreal, sick Of glitter and sensatio,
and claptrap. He just wants you t
a sit down and tell him little story tina
,e- is out Of life.'
an To the grief of great many charm
m ing girls he is unmarried. not follow
ar ing the parental example, TOT ne Is Oh
ire of six children and his father and moth
lst er celebrated the iftyfourth annive1
he sary of their wedding last spring.