HUMOUR OF "G. 8.5."
WHY HE DECLINED DINNER, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw recently sent to Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., the following letter:— • 5 " My dear T.P.—Absence from town and a strong sense of humour will prevent me from accepting your invitation to dine in acknowledgment of the political eminence of Ramsay Mac Donald. Considering that the man has' been Prime Minister of England, and cut a considerable figure in that capacity, I should have thought that his eminence had been noticed. If the dinner is a success I suggest that it be followed by anothbr to acknowledge the piety of the Pope, yet another to emphasise the mathematical talent of Einstein, and a final one to call attention to the existence of milestones on the Dover road. " If you could throw i?:< a lunch to remind people that I am rather good at writing plays, all tho better. Those meals would have come in more handily 50 years ago. Still, they are well meant, and I hope you will all enjoy yourselves very much."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19061, 4 July 1925, Page 5 (Supplement)
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175HUMOUR OF "G.B.S." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19061, 4 July 1925, Page 5 (Supplement)
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