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Show L BRUCE IS MAY, RECLUSE There is one man in the British. Isles, at least, to whom the memories of the Titanic disaster are a dread and ever present reality. That man is Bruce Ismay. He was managing director of the White Star line at the time of the Titanic disaster, and was among those saved when the liner sank. He has voluntarily withdraw him-Belf him-Belf into almost complete seclusion. He is a tragie figure whom care and premature age have marked for their own. A great part of the year he passes, oftentimes alone, in Costelloe, one of the most remote, most unfrequented unfre-quented and desolate spots on the west coast of Ireland. Here his sole employment is fishing for days and weeks on end, occasionally with a friend, or perhaps two, but for the greater part of his time accompanied only by his servant. Ismay Is very popular among the cottagers around. He found them sympathetic and friendly, and he has given them employment in many ways in connection with the fishing and his lodge. In fact, whatever drove Bruce Ismay to this remote, inhospitable shore, it was a blessing in disguise to those poor people, and they appreciate his presence very keenly. They don't care whether or not his escape from the Titanic aroused a storm of criticism; for that matter they take no stock in the Titanic story anyway. |