Ade. GEORGE (1866- ), an American humorist, playwright and author, born at Kentland, Ind. He graduated at Purdue University and did newspaper work in Lafayette, Ind., and in Chicago, where he became known for his sketches of street-life. Among other books he published two volumes of Fables in Slang, remarkable for their wit and knowledge of human failings. Of his later works, The Sultan of Sulu, Peggy from Paris and The Sho-gun are light operas, marked by the same qualities as his earlier works; and he has exhibited the same characteristics in several popular comedies, including The College Widow, The County Chairman and Just Out of College.