Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1910 — General Public Will Not Be Admitted at the Ade Picnic. [ARTICLE]

General Public Will Not Be Admitted at the Ade Picnic.

The Republican editors are in receipt of invitations to the picnic to be held at George Ade’s home near Brook, Saturday, June 25th, by the Indiana Society of Chicago. This society is composed of Hoosiers who have attained success or made for themselves a name in some line of endeavor. The membership includes many who are prominent in the business affairs of Chicago, literary lights, artists and jurists. Among the invited guests will be" Governor Marshall, Senator Beveridge, former Vice-Presi-dent Fairbanks, James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson, Charles Major, and others whose names are associated with the greatness of Indiana. The program of entertainment will embrace all forms of out door sports, and a big picnic dinner will be served on the lawn. Admission to the grounds will be by card, and to correct the impression that the picnic is open to the public, George Ade hands out the following statement for publication: “Several persons have inquired regarding the Indiana Society picnic at Hazelden Farm on June 25th. I regret to announce that I cannot issue any general Invitation to the public. The grounds have been turned over to the Indiana Society of Chicago for that day, and it is not my picnic at all. The society has issued tickets of admission and will admit only those regularly invited and holding tickets. • “I make this announcement so there will be no apprehension. “The Indiana Society is a comparatively small private organization of Hoosiers now living in Chicago. If we open the gates to the general public on the day of the picnic, the Society might get lost in the crowd.”