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Leprechaun, v. 1, issue 3, Summer 1942
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12 LEPRECHAUN it's the editor's privilege to chop up readers' letters, unless he's asked specifically not to publish it in condensed form. ((Agreed.-ed.)) Thanks for the neat arrangement of my article. I'm wondering whether it just happened to fill two pages so perfectly or whether you cut enough to make it fit. I'm too lazy to check with the carbon copy and find out. ((No cutting necessary.--ed)) HARRY SCHMARJE 318 Stewart Road Muscatine, Iowa "Just-a-mere stf fan", says: Reporting (or retorting) on the second ish of Leppy, I want to say you are doing a marvelous job of editing. You show fine taste in the material you select. ((Mainly luck; we haven't had much choice.--ed)) ... I might say that Bob "Bok" Tucker's column "Blastings from Bloomington" is the most amusing revelation the loveable Bob has made about himself in months. Bob Must be complimented. ... Washington is rather humorous when he says something about "Winchell and Miske",,,I sometimes think Washington is a born humorous writer, ((Could be.--ed.)) although I believe he was actually trying to be serious in that bit of fiction (I call it fiction, although the Websters would have a different name for it). ... Warner's subtle hinting about the "Musings" author amuses me somewhat. But D.B. Thompson! I am sorry I'm misjudged him...he's a right guy, the most refreshing fellow to hit semi-prodom in years. ... Another fine chap, Leonard Marlow, is to be congratulated for having stood by me enough so as to give my pure stinko "Musings" four stars. I was deeply touched by both Marlow and Thompson. I am writing them personally, but will you print what I say here too. ... I not only like music, brother, I prefer classical music. You should hear my version of Rimsky-Korsikow's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the clarinet. ((Shaw sez: Judging from this letter, and other indications, Harry seems to have reformed completely, and to be sincerely trying to show that he is a right guy. We are very willing to believe that he means well and we want to help change the wrong opinion that many fans have of him. He is not going to be "barred" from Leprechaun, definitely not.)) RAYM WASHINGTON, JR Live Oak, Florida of the Star-Flecked Cosmos, types: However, there's two impressions one gains from the foto that aren't correct. My jaw isn't heavy at all, as shown in the picture. My stomach doesn't bulge out either...that's just the jacket. See? Ya' might mention this somewhere in 3rd Lep. ...Cover was distinctive, Larry, but paper was bad. Glad you'll give us better paper in the future. By the way -- notice the two tiny crossed white streaks a few inches from my chest. In front of the oak tree in the background -- a little to one side. Almost over the roof of the house shown darkly in the background. See those two white streaks? ... THEY ARE THE GLOUTY! ... Laugh then, dammit. JOHN L. GERGEN 221 Melbourne Ave SE Minneapolis, Minn. editor of TYCHO, gives out: Cover layout good. Foto obviously clear and all that, but I didn't like it. For one thing, he has on tennis-shoes, and I hate tennis-shoes. Another; it is Florida, with that heavy jacket? Third; his hair is uncombed. I hate guys that do not comb their hair. (gulp) Fourth; there is no grass on the lawn, Mpls grass is much nicer. Fifth; the house is white. I like originality, why didn't he paint it blue? Sixth; he has his hands in the pockets, very, very bad! Tch tch. Sev- -- well, anyway, it was a good foto. ... Now, I demand you leave printing off the back sheet. On the inside, ok. But not on the back. Looks like hell. ((Sorry, sir. Picture okay?--ed))
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12 LEPRECHAUN it's the editor's privilege to chop up readers' letters, unless he's asked specifically not to publish it in condensed form. ((Agreed.-ed.)) Thanks for the neat arrangement of my article. I'm wondering whether it just happened to fill two pages so perfectly or whether you cut enough to make it fit. I'm too lazy to check with the carbon copy and find out. ((No cutting necessary.--ed)) HARRY SCHMARJE 318 Stewart Road Muscatine, Iowa "Just-a-mere stf fan", says: Reporting (or retorting) on the second ish of Leppy, I want to say you are doing a marvelous job of editing. You show fine taste in the material you select. ((Mainly luck; we haven't had much choice.--ed)) ... I might say that Bob "Bok" Tucker's column "Blastings from Bloomington" is the most amusing revelation the loveable Bob has made about himself in months. Bob Must be complimented. ... Washington is rather humorous when he says something about "Winchell and Miske",,,I sometimes think Washington is a born humorous writer, ((Could be.--ed.)) although I believe he was actually trying to be serious in that bit of fiction (I call it fiction, although the Websters would have a different name for it). ... Warner's subtle hinting about the "Musings" author amuses me somewhat. But D.B. Thompson! I am sorry I'm misjudged him...he's a right guy, the most refreshing fellow to hit semi-prodom in years. ... Another fine chap, Leonard Marlow, is to be congratulated for having stood by me enough so as to give my pure stinko "Musings" four stars. I was deeply touched by both Marlow and Thompson. I am writing them personally, but will you print what I say here too. ... I not only like music, brother, I prefer classical music. You should hear my version of Rimsky-Korsikow's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the clarinet. ((Shaw sez: Judging from this letter, and other indications, Harry seems to have reformed completely, and to be sincerely trying to show that he is a right guy. We are very willing to believe that he means well and we want to help change the wrong opinion that many fans have of him. He is not going to be "barred" from Leprechaun, definitely not.)) RAYM WASHINGTON, JR Live Oak, Florida of the Star-Flecked Cosmos, types: However, there's two impressions one gains from the foto that aren't correct. My jaw isn't heavy at all, as shown in the picture. My stomach doesn't bulge out either...that's just the jacket. See? Ya' might mention this somewhere in 3rd Lep. ...Cover was distinctive, Larry, but paper was bad. Glad you'll give us better paper in the future. By the way -- notice the two tiny crossed white streaks a few inches from my chest. In front of the oak tree in the background -- a little to one side. Almost over the roof of the house shown darkly in the background. See those two white streaks? ... THEY ARE THE GLOUTY! ... Laugh then, dammit. JOHN L. GERGEN 221 Melbourne Ave SE Minneapolis, Minn. editor of TYCHO, gives out: Cover layout good. Foto obviously clear and all that, but I didn't like it. For one thing, he has on tennis-shoes, and I hate tennis-shoes. Another; it is Florida, with that heavy jacket? Third; his hair is uncombed. I hate guys that do not comb their hair. (gulp) Fourth; there is no grass on the lawn, Mpls grass is much nicer. Fifth; the house is white. I like originality, why didn't he paint it blue? Sixth; he has his hands in the pockets, very, very bad! Tch tch. Sev- -- well, anyway, it was a good foto. ... Now, I demand you leave printing off the back sheet. On the inside, ok. But not on the back. Looks like hell. ((Sorry, sir. Picture okay?--ed))
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