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Clubbable?On his first visit to London's exclusive Athenaeum Club, Peter Pan creator Sir James Barrie approached an octogenarian biologist and asked for directions to the dining room. To Barrie's astonishment, the man burst into tears. He had been a member for fifty years, he explained, and no one had ever spoken to him before.
Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860-1937) English journalist and playwright [noted for such varied works as Peter Pan, Better Dead, Auld Licht Idylls, What Every Woman Knows, Farewell Miss Julie Logan, and Adventures in Kensington Gardens]
[Sources: Passing Show, April 23, 1932]More Sir Barrie anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
Directions Clubs Biology Snobbery Crying Loneliness Taciturnity
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