Show Rudyard Kipling 61 Last Thursday Likes Seclusion LO LONDON DON Jan 1 United Press Rudyard Kipling one of the last of the Imperialistic school of British writers was 61 years old last Thursday Since his Illness wIth pneumonia last w wInter the occasions of hiS hi'S emergence from the of his beautiful home In the quiet Sussex MIls hills near Bur Burwash Into tIre light of public utterances or writings writings writ writ- ings have been comparatively few tew TwIce in the last nine months he has given addresses s in London on English literature Once he was provoked to an attack on the invasion Of his quiet countryside countryside country country- side hy by endless lines of motorists Probably his most startling contribution contribution con con- of the year was his assault assault as- as sault on American his poem The Vineyard During the year rear he published only one new volume a collection of short storiES storiE'S which had mostly appeared In American and British maga- maga zincs Except for a Mediterranean trip while convalescent cent from his illness and a sh shOrt rt stay In southern France Kipling durIng the past year had spen t practically all of his time on his acre Sussex farm which prospers under the efficient management of his wife formerly miss Caroline Starr St. Bal Bal- a rIch American woman |