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THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1959.

THE LOCAL SLANT

PASTERNAK MEETS AN AMERICAN

A

By PHIL HARRISON

TOP-FLIGHT American newspaper columnist yesterday described how he evaded Russian

VISIT A WAX

CANDLE

FACTORY

By ELIZABETH FOX

Nearly everyone by now will have seen these lovely wax candle statues that have only recently arrived in the shops.

The other day 1 went along

secret police to become the first Western corres-to the factory where they are pondent to interview Boris Pasternak since the Drade to discover just how it's Zhivago uproar.

JE Jola Morley, whose | the cddress and below, the colour "After Hours" is syndi- words 'Absolutely no admitslon"."

text in nemly 200 papers

Morley said he had managed to clude ermed Russian secret throughout the world.

around the His column on the Pasternak police shitioned Interview-first published in the area, uid had vaulted over the United States only a few duys wall. acu--is heing printed in more Than 500 papers.

In Europe alone more than

| 200 papers are printing the story

and in Japan, 44.

Nobel Prize

J

Endangered

previously I had been told that both my life and poster- nak's would be endangered by trying to see him," he said. Morley said he had next seen wife who came to

Boris Pasternak was award-Pasternaka

was

ed the Nobel Prize in October the rear entrence of the house last year for tis book Brand asked what he wanted.

When

this Zhivago, which was smuggled

asked if ont of RussİK,

Pasternak's house she bolted with four and into the house anxloty written on her face and upon reaching the dour turned

The USSI Jaier banned the book, and ordered Pasternak to

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which contain the wick down the middle, # plece of ordinary string. After three hours that's and out it Miles out in the New Terri- comes and into a bath for

tricks Boak. Next comes the tories, the factory is in an old

part, the part where if you house with rux-itled floors and washed walls. The

and

kil do-it-yourself ('white

everything would go to pot. manager is Mr John M. Ling

because and the assistant manager is

now it has to bo Mr Wellson K. C. Tan. They carved-the mould only gives

the general outline. were both extremely helpful in showing me nround and ex- The carving is done with

various plaining the

processes slender knives, rather like a which are basically very simple. scalpel, by young girl scated rouri table strewn with wax shavings. This takes mything from half an hour for the simpler statues to two hours for the more intricate ones.

In Paris

ם נתנם

"About a year ago in Paris," said Mr Tao, "Me Martin Cole (who now controfs the fac- tory) BUW candles and brought a com- plete set of designs back to Hoorkoor. The factory here

SEX started nine month ago with a six months training period after which production

began in earneɛl"

|

The next stage tan dipping similar in ne wax followed by one a agent to give the a shiny figurines a high gloss with the resull that they look like jade or quartz.

Hanging up to dry by their topknots on rows of hooks, they are ready for their wooden The Mandarin Candle Com-bases in 10 minuten. Made of pany now have their own de-leak, these just have centrat figner, Mr Tse, who thinks up screw fiting into a resin-filled new designa and first modelshote in the base of the candle. them in clay. When I watched Ph extra bit of wich is ent kini ut work he had just finished off anth they are then ready for a beautiful open Illy destined to packing. That's all there is to it. grace someone's (these candles sre, somewhat expensive) dinner table, and was sileing busily at Third Dynasty coin which was about 8 ins by 8 ins-some coin! Good thing we don't have them nowadays.

Exquisite

Some of the statues really are exquisite and their glow- ing colours made the little #lore-room where they stand in row upon row on the floor look like All Baba's cave. The only thing is. ..I can't see anyone ever, ever lighting Wax from India is melted one and watching such a work down, coloured and poured of art melting slowly before Into the fferent moulds | his eyes.

At present the firm has over 50 designs including peacocks, Ming dogs, phoenix, mandarins and various other traditional Chinese men and women,

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John Morley and Pasternak.

Western

newspaperman managed to interview him,

Morley, who in Hongkong for week looking up old acquaintances, talet ne how he managed to find the 70-year-old author and poet, at his wooded retreat 20 miles from Moscow,! only short while ago.

Wi23

in

voice, and said

a shaky. "Pastemak will see no one."

The conversation which followed went like this:

Pasternak: "You are foreigner....French?”

Will Speak

D

"The of my chief recons for

Morley: "No, an Amerleau returning to Russia was to try

correspondent who has been and see Pasternak," he said.

trying for days to get to you “Although all my colleagues-

without HECTRA, 1 care from Time, Life, Associated Press and others--told me $

long way for this visit and I would appreciate

Iow futile, I decided to take a long

minutes of your time." chance and go to his secluded

Pasternak: Peredelkinu to see if

"Since you are house in

But Iron

be here I will speak to you. the

Curtain could

ques- absolutely no political tiens."

Ufted."

No Guide

Morley said that previously

no official Interpreter or guide

Marley said Pasternak WAS speaking in scholarly English all. the time.

He had avolded direct replies to questions about why Dr would even discuss his request "Zhlvágo "WAB suppressed in to see the author.

Russla. He kept repeating the

greatly misunderstood.

He And taken taxi to statement: "Zhivago has been Peredelkina and persuaded the driver to help an And thei house in the wooded section of the outskirts of the elly

Morley said he had asked him if he refused the Nobel prize of his own volition,

*Fortunately the illiterate driver placed no importance on jhonour my request," Morley said.

"No man refuses such an of his own volition," Pasternak replied sternly. ""Too

*Alter innunen ble Inquiries much has been made in the and several hours driving we press about this matter. My were directed to a high gate. In thoughts are in the book-and the centre of an equally high | there they will remain. fence, by 1e girt certainly

Morley had the picture on this

as oblivious as my driver to the page of him and Zhivago token importance of the misslen. to prove the interview tonk

place.

Then a short figure of a mon approached from the garden in an open-neck shirt and slacka. "At once I recognised him as Pasternak," said Morley.

"There

was a metal sign on the gate marked 3 Kapablyka-

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Morley sold, that he believed Pasternak's days were bered:

Take Toll

num-

"AL 70, fear and anxiety take their toll. Not fear for himself, but for his wife nud friends," he said.

"The Russians ouy he cah leave the country any time, but he can't. The police guard proves that.

"I am proud to stand by this Aussion hero and to inve heard him refer to me as a friend es I left his garden."

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