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THE CHINA EMAIL,

SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1961...

THE MAN WHO TRIED TO LIVE LIKE

[E arrived lustily in

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this world in the And be

EA HIS HEROES

heat of July.

has left it in July, 19 days before his 63rd birthday.

Death has come to him. Ap- propriately with a shot-gun. In- appropriately in the morning.

Death in the morning for Ernest Hemingway.

The ironic ending he would have Inughed about but probably rejected for his work as altogether too melo- dramatic, loo pal.

THE MILLIONS

Out!

He will be mourned by mil- Nong readers and most of the writers of the Inst two generations--the people tools are words.

whose

was his wife, Mary Welsh, who once asid to me: “Of course, he's a diMcult man to live with at times. Ilo's in conflict like all great writers. Part of himself he keeps to himself."

(Hemingway said

her: of "When she is away I live in ♫ vacuum that is as lonely as D radio tube when the batteries are dend and there is no current to plug inte").

By

LOGAN GOURLAY

I saw him last in Paris where notion, the Intrepid bu¡lighters he hud started his literary and big-gomo hunters. enreer back in the *twenties ofter working as a cub reporter and wor correspondent American newspapers,

for

But his sun tan was feding. and his once virile beard was stubby white, lite bleached dry grass in the African bush.

I joined a party that he took to the races at Longchamp.' He was gruff and reticent about himself, saying: "I'm bored to of hell with all this,"

WRO very much the Ilterary legend, the celebrated Hemingway, still trying to Few people knew Heming- the embodiment of all way Intimately. One who did heroes, the musculor men

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1 Wage that spiralsi

5 Fruit.

0 Author.

10 Complains of birds?

11 Think.

12 Something brewing, perhaps,

13 Cank,

14 Modelled.

10 Free.

18 Race.

21 It may be feathered.

23 Writings.

20 "Do it again."

29 What the driver needs.

31 Exclamation.

32 Short girl.

34 Youth.

36 Fabric,

37 Thorn.

38 Live.

39 Beast. 40 Repaired,

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2 Deal' with the vestment?

3 Rules.

4 Force from.

Encore.

6 Intoxicant.

Old emperor.

8 Undress in the outhouse?

15 The capital of Eungary!

17 Wrath.

19 Put away.

20 Nuither.

22 Animal.

24 Toothy!

23 Did wrong.

37 Lowest paint.

20 Fertile spots.

28 Gratuities.

30 Besides.

33 River.

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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD—Across: 3 Tissues, 7 Saturn, Angelic, Asps, 11 Hips, 12 Stole, 15 Bone, 10 Hacd, 17 Ibaen, 18 Bets, 19 Hods, 21 Trailer. 22 Recall, 23 Rangers. Down Asia, 2 Strains, 3 Traps, 4 Inns, 5 Sheathed, 0 Sacked. 10 Speeding, 11 Hub, 13 Outstay, 14 Les, 15 Bitter, 18 Borcs, 19 Herr, 20 Kit.

n ASAHI

Kentar

So chorpetarjetically he pulled ost a book and read it in the stand! One of his own, but not his best, "To Have and Hove Not."

'STINKER

of writing. Either you have the juice up or you don't"

Sure, he was, an prrogant mun, and he had reason.

Without doubt he was the moet influential writer of his age.

'American

He sel à distinctly new style, storted. now cycle in Hera- turd, hammered oui his own Individuaf rhythm in prose. But it wasn't inhinilable. It saldonų

When he was writing his Arst The same thing happened short stories 'and setung tilo when they showed him a style the young Hemingway. Ins version of one of his own books. fluenced by Gertrude Stein (A "The, Sun Also Rises," saying: roso is a rose is ; rose), rebelled «I've gotta remind myself that against the baroque, against the

mandarins the book was good."

who wave, gurplu passages and choked themselves in adjectives.

He walked out of a private showing of another, "The Old Man and the Sco." When I saw him afterwards he said: "Not the worst fim I've seen. I think that other 'slinker was

worse,

The Sun Also Rises.' Popinjaya, that's what they are, these film folk, idols. Have nothing to do with them, san."

He walked out of "The Snows not able to sit through it."

BY THE Kilimanjaro was

WAY

by Beachcomber

Never the fancy phrase, the unnecessary word for Heming- way. He was incante, succinct, lithe.

HARSH

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"People think," Hemingway once said. "that I'm ignorant: that I don't know the 10-dollar

He wasn't oven impressed by words. I know the 10-dollar words. There are older and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," the

better words which if you ar- film adaptation of his book

range them in the proper coin- pbout the Spanish Civil War in

bmation you make it stick. which he took an active part.

He

who once sald

"Remember, to me, with

anybody apologies to John Donne: "Ash pulip his erudition on you hasn't THE Macaroon of Macaroon not for whom the bell tolls, any."

celebrated his birthday last Äfter that epic they tolled for week at Shrillwillie.

me." As a surprise, and sluce it Arthur stag party, Sir Ennomore-Emties ltd in a sing from the slopes of Ben Buttoch, and the Laird o' Kilcockrabbin tried to ride it round the tablo In the great hall, thrown.

wps

cume

but wds

ARROGANT

What he said about the dim version of his best novel "Fare- From the minstrels' gallery well to Arms" is unprintabic, bagpipe music. "Foul-except on his own writing pad, enough, entangled in the pipes, which he balanced on a lectern was trying to play "Jelly Old and stood before every morning at six a.m. in khaki shorts Captali Ginger."

In the servants' hall the re-writing, and rewriting, chisel- Lainers were also celebrating.ing towards perfection in prose. and of dawn a mixture of por- ridge and bacon was served in an ice-bucket by, old Angus Turagi, the butler.

Letter from a spy SPYING and counter - spying

are becoming so complicated! that spice will soon be forced No methods. Secret Service man would sus- pect a letter posted in the ordin- nry way

to use simpler

Dear Kosch, Enclosed you will find the blue-p.ints for the new dying submarine which I promised you. I told them. yesterday while the security men were looking for #ny cameras under the carpets. When you send the viuff to our head- quarters, tell them to write to me here under mi own name. They only suspect lotters in code hidden ui the back of. clocks"

At the theatre

MAN returned to his stall from the bar for the third act of the play. Suddenly he rose from his seat and shouted: "Is there a docler in the house"" A man sitting near him rose arți made his way to him. "I'm a doctor," he said. "What's the matter?" "Oh, doctor," said the patient, "Isn't this a damned awful play?"

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He wrote about the harsh things of life-war and violent depth-and he wrote about -- them harshly, as honestly as he couldd.

His last novel "The Old Man and the Sea" won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Inevitably the imitators came realistic along-all the terze writers OI the twenties and

thirules-to try

his to repeat success,

Death in the morning.

by his own style until he almost strange; wa destroy them. In establishments, their wives, and

became a parody of himself.

And his success was bitter in his beard.

He once wrote about Ameri- authors: "We do not have con great writers. Something hop- pena to our good writers at a certain age.

minny ways.

"First. economically. They make money.

so on, and they write slop.

"It is slop not on pur-

because they

"It is only by hazard that a pose, but because it is writer makes marcy, although a hurried, good book always makes money write when there is eventually.

"Then our writers, when they nothing to say or when there is no water in the

have made some

In- Money, crease their standard of living and they are caught. They have well. very to syrite to keep HP their

WC "You see;

make онг Into choked wrliers partly

something

Towards the end Hemingway Hemingway said: "I don't be- Heve in the so-called mystique may have been

MOTORING

by Vivien Batchelor

I find another

Miss Worsley:

speed girl

of the

T the big summer.

AT

30's...

"The M.G. Midget of those

meeting at Silver- days was slightly smaller in engine capacity than the new one, It was 850-e.c. the Duke of Kent's new (The one announced today.

stone recently, was

SAME

aunt-in-law, Mrs Roland is 948 c.c.). What fun the CAR30

King-Farlow, formerly lucky young people of today Miss Victoria Worsley. have in store for them,” Her husband WAS a Another famous ex-racing marshal at the meeting. driver whom I found

gozing

rather wistfully ot the new Aunt Victoria can tell her M.G. Midget is "Mr IM.G." new nephew-in-law a thing Captain George Eyston, who or two about motor racing. in the old days ala more For in the 30s he was 1 to put the M.G, on the map than wellknown racing driver at any other Individual. Brocklands.

He was the first man ever in

In 1930- Bho won the do 100 miles-an-hour in ́» car Junior Car Club. British of its clean and at Montlhery in Double Twelve Hour race, 1931 the M.G. Midget driven by driving an M.G. Midget, the Captain Eysion set up a world's forbear of the now M.G.' record. He was also the first Midget announced today. man to do 100 miles in an hour,

again in un M.G. Midget. She was a little nostalgic when I talked to her about the new baby sports car.

LOOKED UP

the new baby than we had," he "There's a bit more room in

sald. "People want some, space to carry luggage these days."

MG Although he drives an saloon these days George Eyston milli hankers for rucing. "How I should lova one if-

In 1957 he was team manager only I was a little younger when Stirling Moas did 247 she said. "But I'am afaid mph. with an MG at Bonhe- these days we go in for ville Salt Flats and Was With something a bit larger, I Phil HUT when he did 204 m.p.h. remember that race so well. In 1909. We rneed for 12 hourą, thon · the car was locked up for 12 hours so that no one could make any alterations to it, and then we rood for BN- other 12 hours. My sp driver wan Derek Foster, the cricketer

“WE ARE BUYING fewer new care than we did a year ago.

*,

The Ministry of Transport -

April

$1,397 kara Were-Wegistered

YEARS

ON

A NEW "baby" ha

come

on to the car market baby with a proad heritage, Lo carry on one of the most famous names in British car

history.

After-

It

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-{Lumdon Express Service).

BROOKLANDS 19301 MISS VISTONIA WORSLEY

WITH

WINNING 5.0.MIDORT.

THE NEW M.O. MIDGET OUT TODAY,

for the hood, hood stays and side windows is provided as are windscreen washers. The rack and pinion steering is

light and

*prlogi: and wishbone typo - šioke" controijed by, bydraulle dampers, The rear has elliptie leaf springs with lever type

hydraplip dampers, z The overall gear ration are first

19.504, second 8.975, third 0.726, and joy, 6.23, 17.561 1 1.

Ruverse

It has aluminium alloy pistons with ona oll control and three conpremien fings.

a lapse of more than a quarter of a century, the M.G. Aildget is back on the road,

has been designed, bulit and tested at Abingdon-on-Thames. which has been thờ traditions) home of the MG. since 1927. The new M.G. Budget 1# slightly higher powered than Ita forebear (which was the flist 750 ce car over to do 19! A ray counter is fitted on the mph). It is powered by the twin-carburetior version of the

DMO “A” trựő four-cylinder Obv. vagipa of 048 Opacity.

配料

A two-doos, two-seater, with à

"shelf" seat on whishta third. person could presch if small. it will sell in Britain for. £009 15% 104, including tax,

Roy counter

The compression ratio of 9 to I develops 18.8 kh.p. si 5500 r.p.m.

brakes are.

responsive.hito- gether for the young and for home not so young who bank- er for a reasonable priced sports car the M.G. is a DE- clling newcomer for some and a return to youth for others.

COOL FOR COMFORT. ..

dashboard. The

COOL head 44..carantial- for Lockheed hydraulie with Vin

Griytag, but my cook seat druns front and rear with makes for comfort: 1, hapës been central handbrake lever with trying out a new type of car

a press-bation ratchet which cushion which includes a backs - I found easy to get oui and off. rest.

Both sexts are illfed with safety

beit anchorsges,

It lay mado of coil springs The little car alte sleek and low fabric and allows se air to covered with ореть Weave ... the_ground with a clear- circulate all round "your body

ance of five inches.

while driving. No more atleking The *floorin rabber, covered clothes and perspiration, marks

which is a great advantage in on the fabrio of ear avots, There is a hoot with a jockable. AN ODON SAP where the floor,

It costs 364. for the starciard Hd and the bucket seals are: ¦ pets wat und dirty and carpet model. Willionc, thịn bãok past it adjustable. The detachable is “MiMopit to clean. Each is -17%, SARANG Mie, Windows, bro, siding: and v. deor. la Dited with a good A NEW transistor par radio the hood and hooN=SM75 BED, "open" | Dreket for taking thich taker a dress of only a separata for vány klawisz? GEMANG SAă bars.

little over, bue; amp; from" "the"

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