George Ade war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem für die humoristischen Fables in Slang bekannt ist. Wikipedia
“MORAL: If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.”
The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough http://books.google.com/books?id=2_ssAAAAYAAJ&q=%22MORAL+If+it+were+not+for+the+presents+an+elopement+would+be+preferable%22&pg=PA218#v=onepage, Forty Modern Fables (1901)
True Bills http://books.google.com/books?id=aZ4VAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Early+to+Bed+and+Early+to+Rise+is+a+Bad+Rule+for+any+one+who+wishes+to+become+acquainted+with+our+most+Prominent+and+Influential+People%22&pg=PA153#v=onepage (1904)
Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1928
“MORAL: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.”
The Through Train http://books.google.com/books?id=YVMhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22MORAL+When+Wealth+walks+in+at+the+Door+the+Press+Agent+comes+in+through+the+Window%22&pg=PA133#v=onepage, Knocking the Neighbors (1912)
“Moral: In uplifting, get underneath.”
The Fable of the Good Fairy with the Lorgnette, and why She Got it Good
“A Piker always has his entire Stock of Goods in the Show Window.”
The Fable of the Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went
