Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1912 — TRIP ABRO AD TOLD OF BY WILL H. ADE [ARTICLE]

TRIP ABRO AD TOLD OF BY WILL H. ADE

Brother of Author Spent Much of His Time Studying Farming Methods of the Belgians. Will 11. Ade, of Kentland, a brother of George Ade, recently returned from a trip abroad and last Sunday afternoon at the M. E. church at Kentland he addressed the brotherhood of the cnurch on his trip, talking entertainingly for more than an Hour. The Enterprise said: “Mr. Ade delighted the large audience with his description of the ocean voyage, a bird’s-eye view of Plymouth and London, in England, and Brussels, in Belgium, and the battlefield of Waterloo. He took his hearers out into the farming districts of Belgium. where he spent the greater part of his time. The home life of these sturdy people, their habits, modes of living, their superiority in stock raising and intensified agriculture on the one hand and their lack of advancement on the other were treated fully and most entertainingly by Mr. Ade. Raising crops that yield two or three times greater the amount than the same ..-crops in this country, and doing the work with implements that were discarded in other countries a thousand years ago, the making of five acres produce what forty acres would pro* duce in this country, the low wages paid, the simple life of the country people, and other phases of life in Belgium were well covered.”