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Phanteur, whole no. 2, Spring 1946

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6               P H A N T E U R           6

(concluded from page 4)
simple activities as moving heavy objects by hand. I mentioned coal-mining specifically, and Fran has undoubtedly presented the probable solution of many of the disagreeable aspects of this perennial source of "labor troubles." (Wonder why such disputes are never called "management troubles"?)
   But our Mr. Laney has failed to give maintenance and repair the important consideration they deserve. These two factors not only make up a surprisingly large part of the work in industry, but they also account for a wholly disproportionate part of the hard work and danger involved in many industries. To mention a simple example, running a steam-driven lift with a 75-foot boom involves very little labor or danger on the part of the operator. But if the cable breaks, havoc results. Preventing such a break means a lot of man-hours devoted to plain hard labor; and stringing in a new cable is no snap. The example isn't particularly good, but it does show the difference in the type of work required to operate the smooth-functioning machine, and the type required to keep it in repair. It seems to me, that so long as we don't have the semi-independent robot, which he (Laney, not the robot) considers beyond the immediate solution of the problem, maintenance and repair are going to be largely hand labor.
                  ---:oo0oo:---

POET'S CORNER -- Useful words and phrases for the embryo poet, illustrated by quotations from the works of modern masters of English as she is spoke:

1. TROCHEE -- "I'm poosah da cart downa street. Alla sudden, 'SMOSH!' -- da trochee bomp ina me, ana cart, she is bus!" (Guiseppe Pagliacci, NYC.)
2. ANAPEST -- "I'm stannin ona corner uv Toid and Moitle, minin m'own bizness, anapest comes up an starts blabbin about his troubles widda dame, an so..." (Foidie MacMoitry, Brooklyn)
3. IAMBUS -- "He keepsa allatima yellin for hizza dough, but I can no pay; Iambus; broka flat lika door-nail!" (Benito Machiavelli, NYC)
4. DACTYL -- "In Maine, it doesn't get dactyl 9:00 P.M. this time of yeah." (Stan Normley, Rockwater, Maine)

   Every young poet should strive to master the simpler rhyme-schemes and forms, before attempting the much more ornate stanzas, such as the Shakespearian Couplet. One of the most valuable of these simpler forms is illustrated with deadly perfection in this masterpiece in triple rhyme:

                  The Gadget-Builder
           An Epitaph in Triple Rhyme

We have noted the publicity
Bestowed upon simplicity
Because of its periodicity
In The Gadget-Builder, Man.

Thus (in the fatal excentricity
Of abnormal atomicity)
Is explained the strange complicity
Of The Gadget-Builder, Man.

This explains, too, the extermination
In a white blast of illumination
(While Martians gazed in fascination)
Of The Gadget-Builder, Man.

   A complete mastery of this and similar cobble-stones in the walls of the House of Poesy is certain to get you into the Editor's hair. This example is, of course, somewhat advanced--even beyond Shakespeare--in that it doesn't mean anything, but we are sure our pupils can master this element readily. We shall be looking forward with heartfelt interest to the first examples submitted by our advanced group (those with I.Q.'s between 38 and 48.5.) Be sure to send the reading fee (a nominal sum of two pounds half-penny per line) with each submissin.
   One more thing; avoid trite rhymes. Instead of rhyming "June" with "Moon" or "Spoon", try "Loon" or "Goon." Originality is always desireable.

Readrecently:Edgeof running water;firstandlastmen;birthanddeathofthesun.Botemtoo.

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6 P H A N T E U R 6 (concluded from page 4) simple activities as moving heavy objects by hand. I mentioned coal-mining specifically, and Fran has undoubtedly presented the probable solution of many of the disagreeable aspects of this perennial source of "labor troubles." (Wonder why such disputes are never called "management troubles"?) But our Mr. Laney has failed to give maintenance and repair the important consideration they deserve. These two factors not only make up a surprisingly large part of the work in industry, but they also account for a wholly disproportionate part of the hard work and danger involved in many industries. To mention a simple example, running a steam-driven lift with a 75-foot boom involves very little labor or danger on the part of the operator. But if the cable breaks, havoc results. Preventing such a break means a lot of man-hours devoted to plain hard labor; and stringing in a new cable is no snap. The example isn't particularly good, but it does show the difference in the type of work required to operate the smooth-functioning machine, and the type required to keep it in repair. It seems to me, that so long as we don't have the semi-independent robot, which he (Laney, not the robot) considers beyond the immediate solution of the problem, maintenance and repair are going to be largely hand labor. ---:oo0oo:--- POET'S CORNER -- Useful words and phrases for the embryo poet, illustrated by quotations from the works of modern masters of English as she is spoke: 1. TROCHEE -- "I'm poosah da cart downa street. Alla sudden, 'SMOSH!' -- da trochee bomp ina me, ana cart, she is bus!" (Guiseppe Pagliacci, NYC.) 2. ANAPEST -- "I'm stannin ona corner uv Toid and Moitle, minin m'own bizness, anapest comes up an starts blabbin about his troubles widda dame, an so..." (Foidie MacMoitry, Brooklyn) 3. IAMBUS -- "He keepsa allatima yellin for hizza dough, but I can no pay; Iambus; broka flat lika door-nail!" (Benito Machiavelli, NYC) 4. DACTYL -- "In Maine, it doesn't get dactyl 9:00 P.M. this time of yeah." (Stan Normley, Rockwater, Maine) Every young poet should strive to master the simpler rhyme-schemes and forms, before attempting the much more ornate stanzas, such as the Shakespearian Couplet. One of the most valuable of these simpler forms is illustrated with deadly perfection in this masterpiece in triple rhyme: The Gadget-Builder An Epitaph in Triple Rhyme We have noted the publicity Bestowed upon simplicity Because of its periodicity In The Gadget-Builder, Man. Thus (in the fatal excentricity Of abnormal atomicity) Is explained the strange complicity Of The Gadget-Builder, Man. This explains, too, the extermination In a white blast of illumination (While Martians gazed in fascination) Of The Gadget-Builder, Man. A complete mastery of this and similar cobble-stones in the walls of the House of Poesy is certain to get you into the Editor's hair. This example is, of course, somewhat advanced--even beyond Shakespeare--in that it doesn't mean anything, but we are sure our pupils can master this element readily. We shall be looking forward with heartfelt interest to the first examples submitted by our advanced group (those with I.Q.'s between 38 and 48.5.) Be sure to send the reading fee (a nominal sum of two pounds half-penny per line) with each submissin. One more thing; avoid trite rhymes. Instead of rhyming "June" with "Moon" or "Spoon", try "Loon" or "Goon." Originality is always desireable. Readrecently:Edgeof running water;firstandlastmen;birthanddeathofthesun.Botemtoo.