London, July 27.
Mr. George Bernard Shaw passed into the group of octogenarians yes~ terday, when he celebrated his 80th birthday. He spent the day quietly at Malvern, Worcestershire, in the famous hills surrounding the ttle town, 'The well-known writer apparently was of the opinion that achieving the Jage of 80 years would make lit difference in his daily. life, He refused to accept birthday gifts which cost over threepence, but was pleased at being entertained' by the perform= ance of one of his own plays, "Saint Joan," which was staged specially for him by the Malvern Festival Com= pany—Havas,
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