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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-29
This is the
House that
George Built
Photo by
George R Lawrence Co

day when Brother Bill thinks the market is right
Then 1t will be sold
There's $500 bushels of In there says Joe.
"Georeel get mt least fifty cents bushe FOR it
And his eyes twinkle with pride Oh George Adc's
farming proposition is hobby 1t isn't neces-
sary for him to keep on writing plays keep up the
farm. The soil Is tbnt richly productive variety,
blacker than Chicago horizon.
Brother Joe also takes To the big Clydesdale
horses that raised at Iazedeu the sheep and hogs
and the solemn faced Hereford cattle; also herd of
mules-herd dock drove whatever it is that
You call party of mules-about thirty OF them.
George AIDE is Il great admirer of mules.
when mule decides not 10 do thing be says
'it doesn't do It, No amount OF persuasion personal
abuse Will change mules plans once it has mapped
out the It thinks ought to pursue My opinion
is that mule Is much malisncd animal"
Hospitality is the rule at uuZcden and 1t is easy
hospitality that makes the feel free to go and
according to his desires, If he wants to
put on old clothes and take long walk up the road uc
does so That IS precisely what Mr. George Marion,
who staged many of the Ade plays would do when
he was spending few days at the farm last summer
He would walk brsky up the road for mile and
back again to make the two miles that he thinks
man should walk before eating breakfast. Farmers
would offer to give him lIft but he'd tell them he
preferred TO walk Which gave rise 10 the suspicion
that Mr. Ade's guest was crazy. who works
the Indiana fields for living cannot always 0ppre-
ciate the point of view Of the man who deliberately
walks when he could ride. one morning Mr. Marion
saw Mr. Ades chauffeur starting toward Brook in a
machine after the morning mail. Mr. Marion climbed
into the car rode to The Village and then dostrottod
the distance Back the farm. after which he sot
down To breakfast and ate right heartily. That after
noon a native from Brook came to Mr. Ade.
Couldn't Catch Up.
George" said this man. 81 don't spose It's any
of nv business but 1 feel that ought to tell Won
about something that happened this morning You
kno,v that fellow that's visiting you: Well your
mantle chauf-thc fellow that runs the automo
bile. h,s,icd him into town and then come away and
left him The other fellow ran and tried to catch
m, but YOU know yourself a man on foot hosn,r
an, chancc to oycrtake O. them automobiles
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remarks Mr.. Ade by way OF explaining the corpu
lence of the itnerant diner"
Now were at Brook. Three hours are supposed
to have elapsed
Grouped up stage the platform about the bun
station villagers, tearstcrs. peasants innocent
bystanderS and others. Several greet Neghbor Ade
cordially. He smiles and his hand He stops
to inquire of Jim Somebody II that Of his got all
right again and then hurries the highway, where
awaits big passenger automobile that FIVE or
six of his plays earned for him evening while he
slept.
Thence we proceed two miles to Hazelden Farm.
The name Hazelden, 10y the way, suggested by
the presence Of hazel trees hazel bushes whatever
1t is that hazel nuts grow on although there's lot Of
them there, but it is family name, the maiden
of Mr.. Ades grandmother.
The Electricians Scheme.
Speaking Of names reminds George Of story.
These men that put up the electric signs in front ot
theatres get paid by the letter" he says "rhey all
hate me, of There isn't much graft for them
In 61s name like Adc. They would like Hazelden
better But what 1 started 10 tell you was thiS=Tbe
last time was in New York of these electric sign
men came up 70 and, George says he I've got a
great scheme and want YOU to help me out on it,
want TO have some manager arrange with Madame
ALA Nazimova TO play The Fool Hath Said in His
Heart There Is no God" Think Of sign with her full
''''N Il
fortune"
wonderful grove of mighty oaks stands in front OF
Mr.. AIDES house.
by the way Mr.. Ade," inquiries the obscrvant
visitor "how's 1t come that you
Il know what you're going to ask" breaks In Mr
Ade. "Hou're going to ask how 1t comes that ever
escaped calling this place The Oaks l suppose il
I'd been John Il. McCutcheon this would now be
The Oaks instead Of Hazcldcp. Years ago Nc
Cutcheon and had little hall bedroom in Chicago.
containing thinly vanished oak bedroom set, a
snarly radiator and few chromos on the wall taken
from Sunday newspapers. He decided that the place
ought 10 have name. the the homes Of ar
lists you read about in the magazines. So he named
our home The Oaks"
At the front door OF the AIDE home are two smiling,
pleasant faced colcs. that trace their lineage
back TO Mr.. j. Picrpont Morcan's kennels. They
come romplng up and wipe their feet our
lapels in friendly fashion, by way of impartmg the
sense of hospitality that pervodes Hazelden One OF
them is named Artle, after "one OF children that
u'dnt live" as Mr., Ade refers TO the play by that
tue. and the other is called ort the name OF Il
friend
we iind a quiet elegance about the grounds at
liazedcn that makes think OF a page out oe
Country Life in America" Inside subducd elegance
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scrptions on the ny leaves to Mr. Ade from tue au-
'hors II the works Of either of the Browninss are
incre they are not in plain view. For wn'c" CIR
cpmstancc 1t may be pardonablc TO pause at tn''
)uncture Tor a subdued murmur of delight mere
and there Is book by George AIDE The author
never opens them. Hc like most authors, Is weary
Of his own writings by the tine they land pet"ec"
covers. But they there part of the setting
Round the House.
The walls OF NIr. Ade's bedroom arc covered with
pictures of the Ade brain children. scenes from his
plays and photographs actors that played the lead
Ing characters in and out of costume. From tho I'm
personator to the originator is a familiar phrase
penned on these photographs. Or II he likes variety
Mr.. Ade look the window across his vast eN-
panse OF farm with his flower gardens in The fore
ground and covered arbor OF sassafras logs inc
whole comprising scene that is a tribute to the
skill Of the landscape gardener.
Adjoining the dining room the first floor is Mr.
Ade's worroom or office or Whatever may desire
10 call it Happily. he himself does not refer to it as
his den. Ii is here that he writes his plays. prepar-
Ing them In pen and Ink for the most part OCCASION
ally debating paee two. and later making rcvis-
ions In the copy after 1t has been typcwrittcn Nhep
he needs inspiration all he has to do is to glance
over at neatly typewriter label one drawer OF a
big mahogany fling case. The label says
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game at Hazeldcn-oayground bal-in an im
promptu league Mr.. Ade has organized between
Brook, Kcntlsnd, Goodlond and other nearby towns
The attendance usually TO five hundred
While here the subject of games and pastimes
is good place any to pay one tribute TO Mr.
Ade without which no article concerning him would
be complete.
The tribute is as follows:-Mr. Adc does not play
bridge whist.
on his trip abroad last year persons would approach
him on Shipboard and ask him TO sit I'm game OF
bridge, and when he told them that he had never
learned thc game they looked at him il he'd said
thnt he bad never learned read. But he stuck
out.
About the only card game Mr. Adc cares much about
Is double solitaire.
Those Eleven Guns.
Probably the biggest lawn party held at Hazel
den was when Mr. William III. Taft and some twenty
thousand other persons went there I'm the fall of 100.
for the opening OF the republican campaign.
Mention of that event makes Mr.. Adc think Of i
story illustrative OF something other. When ar
rangements bad been made for Mr. TafrS visit 20
the farm the playwright conceived the Idea Of hay
Ing number OF bombs In readiness and exploding
them at the proper time to notify the crowd that
the Presidential nominee was approaching. The drd
matte, theatrc effect rather appealed to him He
went TO a place In Chicago and priced bombs. The
dealer said they came In lots OF dozen.
"All right" said Mr.. Adc; that's more than
need. but I'll take Dozen
When he got the things home he touched one oil
TO make sure they worked all right.
The day of the big meeting, when be learned that
Mr. Taft was approaching down the road a quarter
of mile, the host had the remaining eleven bombs
set off
In few minutes old soldier came bobblIug up
TO the author
"Mr Adc" he begnn, al want to congratulate you
on thing never saw anything like your attcn-
tion to small details. There isn't man Il thou
sand that knows that would stop to think II he
did know, that eleven guns is the proper salute for
the Secretary of War"
"Ob. pShaww said Mr., AIDE. modcstly; 81 supposed
everybody knew that"
At present there is just one thing that at times
makes NIr Ade's life worth living 1t IS that re-
pOrtcrS sIl persist occasionally IN publishing sup
posed interviews with him all done in slang, is II
Cblmmio Faddcn had just come To town-"just blew
into Your town this morning and, say this hotel Is
swell Joint" and all that.
Il never used snng" says the author of Tables in
Slang" In II hurt tone. except when obliged
rs II mems OF making living"
Also, Mr.. Ade has secret-be hopes to write The
Great American Novel
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oEoX oFFIcE srArENIENTs. "

Hazeden Farm Is under the direct supervision IT
Mr. Joseph Ade another brother. who, By the way Is
also n bachelor: it to run In the family. Joe
Ade Is just proud OF the farm as George Is. He
points to the big crib which at the time of this visit is
filled to the caves with corn and oats, awaiting the
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ana good taste reign. The house fairly out-Shackie-
tons Robert and Elizabeth Shacsetcn. When Mr..
Ade furnished his place most OF his shopping was
supervised by woman acauainfance In Chicago who
makes business Of selecting household equipment
FOR those who arc willing to pay for discriminating
taste. She also directed the arrangement OF fur
nlShngs In the house But even at tbet. one won
ders how every detail OF the household arrangement
can retain its lacquer of simple refinement and cou-
spcuous absence Of dilettnnteism. when inhabited
by bachelor or Mr. AIDES manly masculine type.
Everything seems TO indicate the deft. cultivated
touch of woman-not housekeeper bur womau
vino lmparts something Of herself to a home because
It Is hers.
A6out this time Is moved to exclaim. "Gceml-
nently. George, Funny you never got married.
He Just smiles 1t is a noteworthy fact that there Is
conspicuous absence of wolnen's photographs about
the house. About the only arc autographed por-
traits of who have taken leading parts In Mr.
AIDES plays, Dorothy Tcnnant. Elsie Janis and few
others. but these found his dressing table
his desk. They nre the wall and apparently
there is romance attached to them than to the
pictures of Mr. Macllyn Arbucklc and Mr.. Willis r.
Swcatnam, Yet Mr. Ade Is woman hnter:
over he Is n great Of children Here md there
pictures of little belonging TO his friends and
he points them and braes about what ne children
they
Tales OF Marriage Told.
"You ought to have a bunch OF youngsters playing
around big house like this. George" remarked
visitor not long ago.
BE great place for them. wouldn't IT." replies
George seriously.
Every little while press agent marries Mr. Ade
to Of his leading women, but with the exception
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The Ade Family.

Over ut Kentland lives Brother Bill Ade a prosper.
Gus farmer himself, and married WITH family.
He has acted buying agent and chief adviser to
George In all his purchases of farm land He also is
man OF considerable Importance in the community Not
long ago there was a home talent production Kent
land of "The County Chairman" by Mr. George AIDE
and Mr. William II. Ade, who has several times been
county chairman in Newton county, played the title
role 1t would be futile task to try TO convince any
resident OF Kentand. Ind that Mr.. Macklyn Ar
buckle filed that part as satisfactorily as Bill
Ade did.
1t was not until few years ago that the playwright
decided to live of his farm possessions. Ho
was finding much necessity for quiet place to write
He had been trying to work In n room ln Chicago
book agents, statesmen of Honduras Rubber Company
of his desk and talk. His intention was TO build lit
lie place costing not than $500 But the archi-
tect kept making little suggestions and the plans grew
until the house that actually built is a country
mansion OF the old English dcsign-a place that would
be pretcntous except for its elaborate simplicity.
The farm Is eighty miles from Chicago. Trains
make the run in about three hours. 1t would be an
even shorter trip than that, but, Mr. Adc says
"thc stations about eighty feet apart and the
train stops at them all"
AT Momence-oh. It's no miSprlnti that's the name
Of the place-thc diner IS added to the train The
diner consists of remarkably fat boy who carries
large basket of sandwiches and "homc made pies"
and who goes through the train saying "Iun-chuh,
In quiet tone OF fnality like the casplns shut OF
catch a Saratoga trunk.
You see, they make him cat all he can't SELL
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-29
BY FRED C. KELLY

ydEh 1910 the Now YoTk Herald Co All Rights RcrcrredD
NNYEHBN Mr. George Adc abandoned fables for
Nv ! farming he adroiHy located his country
VA tatc so that he could not easily become the
wv victim of the pest who .just drops In
The Ado farm is IN the very heart of the
puff railroad station and red water tank section
Indiana 1t Is situated that II anybody starts from
my given point east Of line drawn due north and
south of Kokomo 1t Is necessary to to Chicago be-
fore one can get to Brook which is the of the
Ade establishment The alternative is to change
at LoGansport. SO completely has Mr.. Ade isolated
himself In his native Newton country.
Also Mr. Ade himself does not refer to his big es-
tate as my country place" but just the Farm.
Note carefully the capital F. That's the way he
puts 1t when he has occasion mention it In letter
Since he quit writing Gables the farm is the only
he captalizes except nt the beginning of sentence,
and of names of persons, cities, rivers. &c
see Hurveys English grammar.
Hazelden Farpl-that's the of it-consists OF
4eo acres that lie two miles from Brook Ind, the
nearest railway station four miles from the town
Of Ade, named after George-and which he says has
room to grow to town the size of Chcago-and thir-
teen miles from Kentlaud where George Adc born
February o. 1866 There Georges father, Mr..
John Ade cightytwo years old stn lives after forty
years spent in the banking business from which his
pricd him away about two years ago.
Mr. George AIDE has travelled far around the world
two or three tunes, and, Ike Mr. James j. gtll has
taken note OF the increasing number of persons in
the great wide world 10 be fed and OF the compara-
lively little land sizing up the world n whole that
is really productive. He figured that farm land
certain TO advance in value In 1897 he bought
hundred acres. Now his land holdings in the
county that he left few years ago amount to about
eighteen hundred acres, Hazeden and two other
farms, Most of the land Is worth $3.50 an acre
Prom which one may gather that the playwright may
nv aIIo
and all royalties TO But the royalties keep
pouring in One little fifteen minute playlet now
the road in vaudeville, alone nets the author $50
a week.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
MUST PAY
$4,4SS Death TAX
George Robins Formed Trust to
Avoid Inheritance Levy,
Court Rules

OAKLAND, Oct. 27.-Creating a cor
poration and transferring property to
1t and then giving the stock to heirs
will not defeat the inheritance tax
law If the transactions were made in
contemplation of death. Judge Wells
so ruled today in the matter OF the
estate of the late George H. Robins,
the result of his decision being that
the estate will have to pay s4.4sS.3O to
County Treasurer Kelly.
Robins died at the age of 81 years.
in SEPTEMBER 1908. Just II months
before he had caused the George Robins
company to be Incorporated and to
which he decided property worth $780,
600 few days later. To his wife, An
gel1e Robins, he gave one-third of the
stock, and to his six children, John II.
Percy, Robert M and Georgia Robins,
and Mrs. Louise r. Jeffery and Mrs.
Isabel Burney the remainder. They
cared for him until his death, where
upon they claimed the property he had
given them free from probate and
from inheritance tax.
Judge Wells declares the facts show
Robins formed the corporation in con-
temptation of death and that any ante
mortem gift made in this way shall
be subject to the inheritance tax.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
INSTITUTE Will
GIVE GRAND BALL
Berkeley Young Women to
Hold Brilliant Function To-
night in Masonic Temple

BERKELEY, Oct. 27.-The second an
niversary OF the organization of Berk-
eley institute No. IS. Young Ladies' in
stitute. one Of the most popular OF the
societies connected indirectly with st.
Joseph's church, will be celebrated by
a grand ball in the Masonic temple.
Shattuck avenue and Bancroft way.
tomorrow night.
The big ballroom of the temple will
be beautifully decorated for the affair,
which will be one of the organizations
largest events of the year. Commit
tees of the institute have been working
for several weeks to complete the ar
rangements.
In charge of the program Of dancing
are the following prominent young
women: Miss B. Zelt. Miss e. Creed.
Miss May Nolan. Miss A. Zaniboni, Miss
Ethel Farrell and Miss Marguerite la
Berge.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
PIEDMONT PASTOR
LOSES SCHOOL JOB
Woman Teacher Holds Posi-
tions While Trustees Prefer
Man as Principal


OAKLAND, Oct 27.-Whether or not
Miss Clara Crumpton is to be principal
of the Upper Piedmont school. Rev.
John A Stuchell, whom the Piedmont
school trustees selected to succeed her.
will not. Reluctant about accepting the
position, he seized with avidity today
District Attorney Donahue's opinion
that he was not qualified.
Miss Crumpton's friends. who We're
indignant when it was announced that
the trustees desired a man to act as
principal. and that she was to be merely
a teacher in the school she had ruled,
were joyful today.
The district attorneys opinion came
in answer to a request from the trus-
tees. 1t held that Stuchells could not
act as principal of an Alameda county
public school for the reason that ne
did not hold teachers certificate.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
30 SORORITY GIRLS
ARE BRIDESMAIDS
GLADYS Dewey COurtian Is Bride
of John Alexander BrittOn
Jr. at Home

BERKELEY. Oct. 27.-The wedding
of John Alexander Britton Jr. and Miss
Gladys Dewey Courtian, daughter OF
Mrs. Helen Courtian and a cousin OF
Admiral Dewey, took place at $50
o'clock at the family residence in Derby
street and was attended by large
number of guests Masses Of ferns and
great sprays Of white chrysant nthein ulfls
were used throughout the house.
thirty sorority sisters of the bride,
carving garlands of smilax, formed
the aisle for the bridal procession,
which included Miss Olive Cutter and
Miss Nadge Kamp as bridesmaids and
Miss Irene Flana gan as maid or honor.
The trio Of attendants were similarly
sowned in pale green satin in the en-
pire effect with an overdress of white
satin chiffon. They carried sprays OF
bridesmaids roses.
The wedding robe was OF heavy
white satin with an overdress of dew
drop chiffon. The bodice wes hand
somely trimmed in pearls. coronet OF
orange blossoms fastened the veil TO
the hair. Miss Courtian carried
shower bouquet OF lilies of the valley.
Britton was attended by his brother.
Emmett Britton, best man. The
marriage service was read by Rev.
John Howland Lathrop, minister of the
Unitarian church.
Mr and Mrs. Britton on the return
from their honeymoon Will live In
Linda Vista, Oakland.
The marriage unites two prominent
families. Until q few years ago the
Brittons' home was in Oakland. Then
they went TO San Francisco to live.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Alexander Britton. His
father is a regent of the state univer-
sitv. The bride is a graduate of the
University of California, where she
was identified with the Alpha omicron
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
TERRY CONTRACT
NOT AVAILABLE
Oakland Clubwomen Discover
Document Is Buried in Safe
Deposit Vault

OAKLAND. Oct. 27.-when the di-
rectors of the Oakland club met this
afternoon to take up the question of
contract to pay $1,000 to Ellen Terry
for Shakespearean reading they were
perturbed to find that the document
was not forthcoming
Search after it. disclosed that the
contract was hidden beyond present
reach in the cell of a safe deposit
vault and that the only person who
had access to it was Mrs. John Mole,
treasurer of the club
Unfortunately for the situation. Mrs.
Mole was in Grass Valley, and not un-
til her return can the board act upon
the arrangement
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
BARNARD GUILTY
OF EMDEzZLEMENT
Former Oakland Cashier of
Sperry Flour Company Will
Appeal From Verdict

3 OAKLAND, Oct. 27.-Leland H. Bar
:nard, former cashier in Oakland of the
Sperry flour company, was found guilty
of embezzlement today by the jury in
offense for which Ae was tried and con-
victed was the enbezzling of $500. but
his employers say that he secured in
all about 100000 that belonged to them.
Barnard probably will appeal Judge
Brown announced that he would pass
sentence on him next Monday and the
announcement was met with declara-
tfon by Attorney F. A. Cutler of Hum
boldt. who defended Barnard, that he
would move for new trial
The convicted man comes of a
wealthy Eureka family. He is mar
ried.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-28
MOTHERS CLUB PLANS
A HALLOWEEN PARTY

BERKELEY. Oct. 27.-The children
of the Jefferson school Will give a
halloween party in the school building
tomorrow afternoon and evening under
the auspices of the Mothers club,
Booths, which will be presided over by
the members of the Mothers club. are
as follows:
Candy Mrs. E. Beamen, Mrs. F.
Christoph; coffee-Mrs w. Strachan,
Mrs. H Thompson, Miss H. Swanson;
fancy table-Mrs. George Foss. Mrs.
Mrs. I. Tripp. Mrs. A Hailen; fish pond
Mrs Walter Haywood, Mrs w.
Goerdts, Miss Louise Bergman.