MR. BERNARD SHAW
BUYS AN ISLAND TO ESCAPE FROM GAZE OF HUMANITY (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. September 4, 10.15 p.m.) Paris, September 4. Mr. Bernard Shaw has bought the island Isola S. Joanna, in Lake Maggiore, Italy, in order to escape the gaze of humanity, and henceforth will occupy tire sole seventeenth century villa for his summer holidays, instead of going to the largest hotel, at Stressa, where he became the principal sight of the town. The manager of the hotel said sadly: “They used to bring hordes in motor coaches to inspect Mr. Shaw. Now lie is coming no more.” Thus Stressa has been deprived of its staple industry. Mr. Shaw is not the first author to seek island seclusion. Mr. Compton MacKenzie owns Jethou, one of the Channel Islands.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 11
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