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SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed ("G.B.S.") to "Emeral", 7 April 1946. 1 page, 8vo, on Shaw's personal stationery, matted and framed.
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SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed ("G.B.S.") to "Emeral", 7 April 1946. 1 page, 8vo, on Shaw's personal stationery, matted and framed.
ELDERLY SHAW'S CONTINUED WIT. George Bernard Shaw, who once called himself "a writing machine," sends a note to friend Emeral in the United States: "What did you send me all that tasty grub for? You don't imagine that I am starving and half naked, do you? Lots of Americans do: they send me food and old clothes which ought to go to La Guardia. I have far more than I need of everything purchasable. My extra rations of cheese and butter as a vegetarian and an aged person are thrown away on me: I don't eat them. I have clothes enough to keep me decent for the rest of my life." Shaw's humor, which he used as the vehicle by which he made social commentaries, was still fresh despite his nearly ninety years: "Two days fast every week will do America a lot of good. 'Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long'." In the last years of his life, Shaw retired to the solitude of a country estate at Ayot St. Lawrence.
ELDERLY SHAW'S CONTINUED WIT. George Bernard Shaw, who once called himself "a writing machine," sends a note to friend Emeral in the United States: "What did you send me all that tasty grub for? You don't imagine that I am starving and half naked, do you? Lots of Americans do: they send me food and old clothes which ought to go to La Guardia. I have far more than I need of everything purchasable. My extra rations of cheese and butter as a vegetarian and an aged person are thrown away on me: I don't eat them. I have clothes enough to keep me decent for the rest of my life." Shaw's humor, which he used as the vehicle by which he made social commentaries, was still fresh despite his nearly ninety years: "Two days fast every week will do America a lot of good. 'Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long'." In the last years of his life, Shaw retired to the solitude of a country estate at Ayot St. Lawrence.