The Fable of the Day's Work and the Morning After

George Ade was "one of the sharpest and most realistic commentators we have ever produced," says Jean Shepherd, who edited The America of George Ade. This piece (reprinted by permission of G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers) was written around 1900--before Prohibition and before AA, but not before Eating, Drinking, and the Effects Thereof were invented.