Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
PREFER LONELINESS.
Celebrities Who Hate Even the Sight
of Man.
n the London Answers.

From the London Answers
OF all the famous people with an undying
hatred of being looked at or having strang-
ers round them Rudyard Kipiipg is one of
the chief. He takes extraordinary pains
to avoid the usual consequences OF fame
so much that he has recently given up
the house he had lived in so long and was
SC attached to. and fed from the face of
man. He settled years ago in secluded
house in the little village of Nottingham
near the Brighton. hoping to escape the
world at large. But he was soon found and
besieged by admirers.
Finally, char-a-banc owners took to rum
ming special Kipling excursions from Brfgh-
ton, bringing wagonloads of people to see
the house and plot to get view of its
owner This was so exactly opposite to the
tastes and wishes of the famous author that
he recently stole away inland-much as he
loves the sea-to a spot among the Sussex
hills. near Burwash. far from any road or
railway station, where he bought a fine old
farmstead. buried in the depths of the
country. Every year he goes to South
Africa for a spell and avoids society as
much as possible. He has the name for be-
ing rude and curt which belief arises solely
from his horror of being pestered.
Another strong director to fame and in
spection and fuss of any kind is Marconi.
the electrical genius of the day. His pet
method is to take remote country cottage
for holiday or for study. and hide himself
completely, so that no interviewer or pho
tOgrapher can rout him out and torture
him. If one abode becomes known he shifts
to another, and does nearly all his work
either alone or with single colleague He
is so followed up"-especially when in
America-that he sometimes finds the pa
pers publish his intentions of going away
TO some retreat for a day or two, upon
which he quietly goes in practically ou-
direction. bav
even declared that he drops hints of his
intentions of going to certain place and
then quietly chuckles to himself and goes
elsewhere leaving the pursuers lamenting.
The greatest lover of solitude in Britain
however, is Lord Salisbury who inherits the
popularity, in addition to acquiring it,
When he was not forced to be in the center
of the wheels-even then he was far lone
lier than most Notwithstanding his
premiership, he used to steal away in a
little brougham-often four-wheeled cab
to Kings Cross, and bury himself in the
recesses of Hatfield as long as possible
The place itself is sternly secluded; and
even when political garden parties had to
be given there the eX-premier often contriv-
ed to escape and get away by himself lis
father was an even stronger lover OF soil
tude, and had all the windows ani outlets
e by which 1t was possible TO see any part
OF the house from outside the ground brick
ed up or covered in. and no one but mem
bers of the household staff was allowed in
side the gates
hofu odiiSpury gets carriage reserved
for him when travelling by rail on any ar
ranged journey. and when travelling a short
distance in public carriage bushes himself
In a book. and is often not noticed at all
by the other travellers
But of all famous people who detest being
surrounded is Rockefeller, the oil king and
the richest man in the world He passes
from one house to another. often seeking
solitude in the little cottages built for him
In the Adirondacks and other semi-wild
districts. seeking always to keep away from
the world at large. His chief exercise is
digging. at which he never misses at least
one hours work day and he goes into
large cities as little possible.
Having good many enemes-on paper
at least-he has often been warned against
the danger of isolating himself for il Is
said he gets-or used to get--an average of
two letters a week whose writers threatened
to shoot him. To these and the warnings
he pays not the slightest attention but IL
he finds himself worried by curious people
In one spot, simply moves to another