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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.
1907. After graduating from the newly built Purdue University, Ade
wrote for some newspapers in Lafayette before moving to Chicago
where he found work at The Morning News, which later became the
Chicago Record. He began publishing his own work in 1896, and kept
writing for the rest of his life. He was well known as a humorist
and for his tongue-in-cheek style of writing. Contents: Woman in
Morovenia; Kalora's Affliction; The Cruelty of Law; The Garden
Party; He Arrives; He Departs; The Only Koldo; By Messenger; As to
Washington, D.C.; On the Wing; An Outing-A Reunion; The Governor
Cables; The Homecoming; and Heroism Rewarded.
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Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now
occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later
decided to be European. The Mohammedan sanctuaries with their
hideous stencil decorations and bulbous domes are jostled by many
new shops with blinking fronts and German merchandise. The orthodox
turn their faces toward Mecca while the enlightened dream of a
journey to Paris. Men of title lately have made the pleasing
discovery that they may drink champagne and still be good
Mussulmans. The red slipper has been succeeded by the tan gaiter.
The voluminous breeches now acknowledge the superior graces of
intimate English trousers. Frock-coats are more conventional than
beaded jackets. The fez remains as a part of the insignia of the
old faith and hereditary devotion to the Sick Man.
1907. After graduating from the newly built Purdue University, Ade
wrote for some newspapers in Lafayette before moving to Chicago
where he found work at The Morning News, which later became the
Chicago Record. He began publishing his own work in 1896, and kept
writing for the rest of his life. He was well known as a humorist
and for his tongue-in-cheek style of writing. Contents: Woman in
Morovenia; Kalora's Affliction; The Cruelty of Law; The Garden
Party; He Arrives; He Departs; The Only Koldo; By Messenger; As to
Washington, D.C.; On the Wing; An Outing-A Reunion; The Governor
Cables; The Homecoming; and Heroism Rewarded.
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