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Fan, issue 6, February 1946
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FAN As to the personal idiosyncracies of le Fern, a vast, new field of psychological research can be oponed up. On one occasion Fern was observed to sit down in mid-air while reading a copy of Astounding, and to retain this position to the end of the story. Another equally alarming occasion, Fern was atop a small stool, the better to reach his large and complicated radio set which formerly adorned the top of one of the bookcases of the LASFS. After making certain necessary adjustments, he took a glance at the Astounding in his hand, and became so interested that he remained standing atop the stool for some time twenty minutes until someone called attention to his dangerous position. Often while reading, Fern's glasses get in the way, and thus they spend a great part of the time in a doffed position high on his forehead. This same phenomenon occurs when Fern is stenciling. In fact, the only time that his glasses are not shifting from high to low is those occasions when fern is walking, or in transit from place to place. Naturally, on these occasions, he has use for his eyes other than general steering purposes, and his glasses do not bother him. Like Sam Russell, Mr. Fern's pockets seem to be of the specie Hoover Vacumus, in that all manner of objects and articles find their way into them and remain there until specifically called for. Thus it was that at one time Mr. Yerke deposited some camera accessories in these blank vaults, forgetting later in the day to requisition them back. They remained safe for over a week, after which the owner, free from worry, collected them back. Among the itens which may be found at any time in Fern's pickets are Railway, bus and street-car maps, shortwave station tables, codes, pencils, everybody's mail, official government mailings, and occasionally.....Mike Fern. Traits like these, far from being outre, are perhaps commendable, and when one gradually has to become used to the sight of le Fern sitting in mid-air engrossed in a Bellflower-Santa Ana Timetable, it may be said that such little habits assist Fern over the rough spots of life. They serve to keep this inquisitive little creature from delving into such unsolvable mysteries as, for instance, women. Someday the Little Man with the Big Briefcase is going to meet a woman, there will be a whirlwind courtship on the H car, and then they'll settle down and spend the rest of their lives trying to figure each other out. Meanwhile, Mr. Fern, who resided temporarily at Tendril Towers, finally had opportunity to get passage back to Hawaii, where he will eventually be found with his pockets full of crudimentia, as Astounding in one hand, and of course, his briefcase. -Carlton J. Fassbeinder. 11
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FAN As to the personal idiosyncracies of le Fern, a vast, new field of psychological research can be oponed up. On one occasion Fern was observed to sit down in mid-air while reading a copy of Astounding, and to retain this position to the end of the story. Another equally alarming occasion, Fern was atop a small stool, the better to reach his large and complicated radio set which formerly adorned the top of one of the bookcases of the LASFS. After making certain necessary adjustments, he took a glance at the Astounding in his hand, and became so interested that he remained standing atop the stool for some time twenty minutes until someone called attention to his dangerous position. Often while reading, Fern's glasses get in the way, and thus they spend a great part of the time in a doffed position high on his forehead. This same phenomenon occurs when Fern is stenciling. In fact, the only time that his glasses are not shifting from high to low is those occasions when fern is walking, or in transit from place to place. Naturally, on these occasions, he has use for his eyes other than general steering purposes, and his glasses do not bother him. Like Sam Russell, Mr. Fern's pockets seem to be of the specie Hoover Vacumus, in that all manner of objects and articles find their way into them and remain there until specifically called for. Thus it was that at one time Mr. Yerke deposited some camera accessories in these blank vaults, forgetting later in the day to requisition them back. They remained safe for over a week, after which the owner, free from worry, collected them back. Among the itens which may be found at any time in Fern's pickets are Railway, bus and street-car maps, shortwave station tables, codes, pencils, everybody's mail, official government mailings, and occasionally.....Mike Fern. Traits like these, far from being outre, are perhaps commendable, and when one gradually has to become used to the sight of le Fern sitting in mid-air engrossed in a Bellflower-Santa Ana Timetable, it may be said that such little habits assist Fern over the rough spots of life. They serve to keep this inquisitive little creature from delving into such unsolvable mysteries as, for instance, women. Someday the Little Man with the Big Briefcase is going to meet a woman, there will be a whirlwind courtship on the H car, and then they'll settle down and spend the rest of their lives trying to figure each other out. Meanwhile, Mr. Fern, who resided temporarily at Tendril Towers, finally had opportunity to get passage back to Hawaii, where he will eventually be found with his pockets full of crudimentia, as Astounding in one hand, and of course, his briefcase. -Carlton J. Fassbeinder. 11
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