ADDRESSING MACHINE: see OFFICE APPLIANCES. ADE, GEORGE (1866– ), American author, was born at Kentland, Ind., on Feb. 9, 1866. After graduating from Purdue University in 1887, he took up newspaper work in Lafayette, Ind., and Chicago (1887-1900). Although he belongs to the school of American vernacular humorists, he is definitely an urban product. Many of his early books, such as Artie (1896) and Doc' Horne (1899) were designated as stories "of the streets and town" and were adapted from his newspaper contributions. His best-known book, Fables in Slang (1899), is clever and sophisticated. Ade has written a number of musical comedy librettos, film scenarios, including Back Home and Broke (1922), and plays, the best known of which are The County Chairman (1903), The College Widow (1904) and Father and the Boys (1908).