Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1914 — George Ade Declares That America is the Best. [ARTICLE]

George Ade Declares That America is the Best.

Lafayette Courier. Speaking before a capacity audience at Fowler hall Thursday morning on the subject, “Lessons -of Travel,” George 4dc, Purdue trustee, alumnus and celebrity, told a large assembly of students, faculty members and townspeople that America was the best place in the world. His address was punctuated with humor, also contained pathos and much substantial information as. well, linked with the quaint philosophy for which Mr; Ade’s utterances are famous. He told of his travels with John McOutc'beon and without McCuteheon, moralized to some extent on his observations, compared the people of other lands with the people of the United States and pointed out some of the striking incidents of his numerous journeys abroad. He was impressed with the successful law enforcement in England’s colonies, great industrial advancement of Germany and was everywhere impressed with the fact that the great mass of humanity is far better off in America than anywhere else in the world, this being especially true of the poor.