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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947.

you

SAW,

BY JOVE!

THIS IS A

NICE TENDER

PIECE OF LIVER,

MY DEAR!

TELL ME

ABOUT

THAT ESKIMO

FILM

FOR FOOD..

HE HARPOONED MESTRACHEY

WELL, LIKE YOU,

NANOOK WAS A

WELL.

HE

HE BUILT A HOUSE FOR

GREAT HUNTER

COULD

GIVE

SEALS WALRUS' AND SALMON

TO FEED HIS

FEW POINTS!

HIS FAMILY WITH SNOW

BLOCK'S. ALL. WITHIN A COUPLE OF

HOURS.TOO-

WHAT

A GOOD HOUSING MINISTER

HE'D MAKE!

FAMILY.

WITH HIS COLLECTION FANCY

OF FOX, SEAL AND

POLAR BEAR FURS

HE SOLVED HIS

DOLLAR PROBLEM WITH THE AMERICAN

TRADERS -

WITHOUT ARTICLE

NINE!

BRINGING

HOME

A SABLE

SKIN EVERY NIGHT-

AND NO

BUT HOW ANYONE CAN EAT SEAL

MEAT BEATS

WELL, γούντ JUST FINISHED

COUPONS..

ME!

NANJOK MRS.

THE OF

SOUTH

The extraordinary experiences of a man whose soul

goes wande

YOUR

FIRST

WHALE STEAH!

AND

LIKED

CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR

A doctor suggested recently that a vivid dream may have caused the forma- tion of a clot of blood which killed a woman in her sleep.

Another theory to explain such sudden, and at times inexplicable, deaths

is

that the "astral body" of a human being can leave the physical body in sleep, and for some rea- son fail to return, the re- sult being death so far as the physical body is con- cerned..

In this article William Ger- hardi, the novelist, tells of

of his own strange experiences of this kind

some

n

HAD been dreaming dream so ridiculous that, suddenly, it came over me: I must he dreaming.

a

out

'"Now awake,” I said, "and find there is no need to worry, dream. because it is only And I awoke.

But I awoke with a start. For I had stretched

niy hand to press the switch of the lamp on the book-shelf over my bed, and instead found my- void, while self grasping the suspended precariously in mid- air, on a level with the book

case.

MILKY LIGHT

All around me

The room, except for the light of the electric stove, was in darkness, but all around me was a milky pellucid light, like

steam.

WHAT

WHALE MEAT

Once, while in my psychle double, I saw the face and form of a friend recently dead. I was so frightened that I came back with a bang.

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BODY IN SLEEP? Pepto-Bismol

The shock I had when I did.

it for the first time

BY WILLIAM GERHARDI

It was myself, not dead, but breathing peacefully, my mouth slightly open.

My cheeks were flushed, as if I must have felt hot under those blankets and ciderdown drawn over my shoulders.

My hair, lifted by the pres sure of the pillow presented an aspect of my face not familiar to me, never before having seen myself asleep.

The face, lying sideways and deeply sunk into the pillow, was pathetic and touching in its vacant innocence of expres sion; and here was I, outside it, watching it with a thrill of joy and fear.

I was awed and not a little frightened to think that I was. in the body of my resurrection.

'MY MOULD'

Travels in space

But I was not dead, I con- soled myself; my physical body was sleeping peacefully, while 1 was apparently on my feet and as good as before.

Yet it wasn't my accustomed Relf. It was as if my mould was walking through a murky, heavy space which,

gave way

emptiness.

however, easily before my

I had in this mould' of mine into its native that moment fully transgressed i was awake and s fully conscious fourth dimension, leaving its doubt my contents, so to speak, in the as 1 have third,

amazed to

that I could not

senses, astonished

never been before,

If I did not come back soon the point of proud exhilaration. this contents shaken out of the mould and lying on the bed may begin to lose its shape.

It was as if I were being held up by a steal arm which held me rigid-myself, 'in compari-. son, as light as a feather.

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Next the force which held me rigid was electrified to bout of energy by the sudden apprehension which succeeded of delighted my first moment astonishment.

I

The swiftness with which wàs seized, pushed out hori- zontally, placed on my feet and thrust forward with the gentle-

monitor firm band of the

There you are, my good man, now you can proceed on your own" was something in the highest degree incredible, yet which, I cannot doubt, having

question reason, to sanity.

ΠΟ

THE COIL

A strange appendage

my

The my body checked its turned -outward movement;

round. And turning, I became aware for the first time of n strange appendage.

At the back of me was a coil of light. like a luminous garden hose resembling the strong broad ray of dusty light at the back of a dark cinema project- ing on the screen in front.

To my utter astonishment, that broad coble, of Hght at the back of me illumined the very face on the pillows I recognised as my own, as if attached to the brow of the sleeper,

But there was this uncanny tape between us, like the um- bilical cord, by means of which the body on the bed was kept alive, while its mould wandered about the flat through space which seemed $13 densc 35 water.

the uncertainly to I staggered door. I felt the handle, but to my I could not turn it; discomfiture there was no grip in my hand.

"Now, how will I get out?"

sadness more thought with fear,

1 than

The same moment I was pushed forward, the door passed through me or I through the door.

Space (of another order) prevents me from describing minutely the servations which followed.

I WAS ALONE In the darkness

Avidly I went from room to room, trying

to collect what proof 1 Lould. I was alone In the flat, which was in darkness except for the murky light which seemed to emanate from my own body.

I could not hold anything in my hand... or displace the lightest of objects, and all I could do was to note carefully the position of things; which curtains were open or drawn. the time by the clock in the dining- room; and things of the sort. Which all proved correct when I checked them afterwords.

E

And suddenly this strange power began to play pranks with me. was being pushed up like a half-

led balloon.

Out flew through the front door

and hovered there in the air,

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feeling of extraordinary lightness 1 knew of heart overtaking me. that I could transport myself ni will, but a feeling of caution Inter- vaned, of far the something might, happen and sover my link-the

"silver cord"-with

the

sleeping

book When I published my "Resurrection,'

truo containing R account of my first experience "out of my body. I had a bigger mail than with all my other books put together

on

rc- the

My correspondents included sober doctors who, when.I met them, can- fessed that in their medical

they worked searches body to which I wanted to return.

hypothesis of a psychle double pro- jecting under an anaesthelle away "Enough for the first time. me get back." So I argued with from the physical body, locked in

for the duration of catalepsy projection.

my will.

Let

the

An- min

My conscious will communicating One doctor had had personal ex- in that sense with my rather bossy periences similar to my own. agent, my body after a moment of other

# experimented with hesitation flew back rapidly and who projected his psychic double hovered over my bed.

into a recording cabinet. A third photographed the psychic double of animals in the act of leaving their natural bodles under. an unaesthetic, or at the moment death.

Here my consciousness became if n dimmed. It seemed to me as dozen coolies, among much screech ing and throbbing, were lowering with the utmost precaution under expert direction from a noisy crane, which seemed to reverberate in my own brain, some predous burden which was myself, into some vessel which presently became mysel.

same

Now I knew I had not got off my It, stiff, but was lying on bed cataleptie, unable to move a muscle.

steady that "Steady; monitor who had directed my ex- ploit seemed to be saying, and then, a Jerk which shook me as with though the machinery dropped into my bowels weighed n ton, I opened my eyes.

Since then I have had several other projections.

On one occasion I actually visited a friend at Hastings and obtained irrefutable proof of having been in his room.

On another I have visited re- lations of a friend living at Tun- bridge Wells and described them to with accuracy, without my her ever having seen them before.

FRIGHTENED

Came back with bang

1 recently made a point of visiting In my psychic double a trlend who, waking in her psychle double, saw me standing by har bedside, the room lit dimly by the astral cord or psychle ray reflected in the mirror behind me.

of

These doctors were scathing about the intelligence of doubting Thomases in their own profession. But they walked a little in fear of their re- putations for medical orthodoxy-. like herciles under the Spanish Inquisition.

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

IT is said that "Hamlet" is to

modern dress, I sincerely hope. Hamlet in a bowler, swinging Ophelia, in a bathing-suit, by the feet, while Polonius, in flannels, makes strokes with a tennis racket, ought to give us what is called "a new angle on Shakespeare."

But I don't quite understand the Introduction of performing dog, or what is meant by "twelve, oil wo- men who will advance slowly from ne back of the stage to form a hu- the famous man pyramid during

She then woke up in her natural | soliloquy." Probably I am out of body into complete darkness, switch-touch with the best contemporary ed on the light to find the room | thought." empty. My physical body had not left my bed.

Valuable City Sites Wasted

HOW can the Colony help Britain? How can gold dollars be saved? As far as

Comment bby **Candidus”?

the second poser is concerned, is it not obvious that the virtual flooding of the Colony with non- essentials, luxuries-ves-and many foodstuffs, might very dollars are lying useless, just be

from the early days of Gowns, cause casily be curtailed?

ploneering in Hongkong, the Ser- cormetles, apparel of wido nssortment yes and motor cooned the best parts of the

Colony

Hundreds of acres, the from the sale of which vehicles, beer, spirits, cigarettes proceeds

all these must take

a would put the Colony on its finan- fairly heavy wad of U.S. gold! etal feet (and build a cross-harbour

tunnel in the bargain). My line of thought today is But the old order persistelli-and

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created by the announcement that

those of us who wonder and wonder: Ore Hongkong, Cricket Club ground has been thrown.open to the pubile Why? remain wondering and for half an hour or so through the dering why? kindness of the Comm£lteaf

Crown

land, nearly worth its weight in the

1

invaluable

gold which makes the US dollars THINK of Murray Parade Ground

or the Cricket Cround as EO: Undesirable to us from on eco-

parks. Sacrilege, will say the die nomic point of view!

Just over the way is the Murray hards! There can be no reason to-.

day why these two Parade Ground, on which, nearly public areas should not be devoted every evening, buxom lassics are to to the pubile, who, in the last ano- be scon matching their skill and stamina against the troops of the lysis, own them. The people who enjoy their afternoon tennis could garrison in hockey matches,

be caally accommodated elsewhere, and the came with the troops who carry out squad drill on an acre in THINK for one moment what the the heart of the city, Troops would value of the land occupied by be, far, better of quartered in 20 the Navy and Amy represents it outskirts of the city, and the Mill- calculated from the basis of urgent tary Police would not have to keep ly needed building sites today. The, nwake at night to prevent women centre of the Colony, a taken up from entering barracks (vide S. C. with barracks, storehouses, dumps M. Post),!

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ote, and the same applies to Nathan The trouble with Hongkong Road, Kowloon. Untold snillions of that there are too many out-of-date

Passed to you, fleas

To set off the nineteen unclaimed baroneteles, there are possibly seven hundred and forty-one claime: without the slightest justification. As In the case of the Baron who won his way to a simple girl's heart by talk- ing of the old days in Vienna, the walls. the suppers at Sacher's, and so minds controlling its destiny. Very on. She said that this was all very husband who much out-of-dat!! Men of vision well, but she wanted and initiative are not welcome, and I would do something out of the or

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lot of ficas Cheir

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from a circus friend, took a room at upparently,

a West End hotel, and loosed the Does London realise that the Bri- little creatures. ifo, then created a tirh Navy and Army in Hongkong secne by proclaiming loudly in the was packed are stifling the Colony's progress by lounge that his room occupying the fuest sites? Has the with fleas. He had arranged for the

In Press to arrive almost at once. question been pit to London? the past, yes, and for some reason the Admiralty and War Offles blaffed Something out of their way through. Is it not pos sthle to reopen the question and in- aist that the so-called Military and Naval lands are needed-not in the distant future, but now It Hong- kong is to be able to develop?

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Tried To Get Rich Quick On Beetles

the ordinary TEXT. morning the girt read such headlines as Austrian. Baron Hits Out At Socialite Luxuridrome: Bitten Uninvited Guests; What's Hapsburg Playboy? Foreign May- fairite Describes Night Of Horror; HARBOUR tunnel is a necessity, Flea Drama In West End: "Like u Ait we are to commence

the Swarm

Of Locusts Disgusting.

Austrian Nobleman; and, further Avera march of progressi

West End; "Fica-

In May, a London morning news- more, the railway must he modern- Aristocrat Bitten la

Dis- Accusation: ised. An airport is not a matter Ridden

Dump"

Foreigner

Victim. Of

the pollco Motorists who bought gadgets and paper offered. £10 reward for each Any longer for dry-as-dust confer- tinguished

by

Bombshell For Austrian no Burs; take ences

mixtures guaranteed to give cars Colorado beatle taken to people who

up Duelist. When the Baron next met racasure of time. The cry goes up

more mileage and a quick getaway throughout Britain, by the U.S.

The beetle in n dendly pest which for experts, and when we get dhe her, beaming with pride, his pockets: have been warned experts, to realise that they shall stuffed with cuttings, she said: "Yes, National Bureau of Standards. not be driven to a zlate of mental but that wasn't quite what I meant The so-called "economisers are attacks crops and potatoes.

mixture

Birotingham, Rogar Gallot, af merely a thinned petrol atrophy and indifference due to by doing something out of the or-

poorer went to France, where his mother which often resulta in being over-ridden by those who do dinary?” not understand the meaning of the

performance and increased wear,lives, and found plenty of Coloradoes He took four In her back garden. word progress. -

stated the bureau.

Most "gamling dopes which are back to England to collect the ro dropped into petrol lanka are only ward. napthalene, and they are to make Customs, officers found the beetles, plus leaves for them to eat in a Un-box in Gallet'i pockets. ......

Sussex magistrates fined Guilot. 10 for kooping live Colorado beetles in captivity.

The bottleneck to

It Government would carry out o valuation and assessment of land at present occupied by the Services, IT has

end bottlenecks

for some Ume been the and present to London a statement fashion to explain shortages by of what the Colony is losing, and bottlenecks. C. Suot, Esq., is evolv how it is handicapped by such - Ing a scheme to produce a bottleneck pation, I am willing to wager that in bottlenecks, so that there could be there would be but one answer. no more bottlenecka (except for the

bottleneck in bottlenecks). Commoncise suppiles it.

the fuel smell better.

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Though fuel-savers are now. ad vertised as "a development of the atomic age, electronic or superchat gord," they bro no better than those of 1910, which were valuelosa,