Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-11

vcout grapefruit that does not Apply
o bil the variety grown in the Lower
nWp Crande Valley.
cn'he alleged misinformation about
Grapefruit seems to have appeared ir
iivertising purporting TO have been
pawritten by ONE Will Rogers. movie
'ssxTrs sEa4lsez star. jokester, cowboy
rope artist, and annoyer of prominent
people.
The advertising, ii is alleged, is
calculated TO advance the interest Of
a tobacco which has a srecies Of
livestock as its trademark
So the grapefruit department of
the Brownsville chamber has written
TO Mr. Rogers asking that he correct
whatever false impressions about
grapefruit he has fathered. The let
ter. signed BY q. L. Jcssup, says:
Dear Mr.. Rogers | feel sure you
would not Intentionally injure n
i community or a worthy cause but
the fact is, your recent write-up on
grapefruit and --- - tobacco
does a great injustice to both grape
fruit and the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley Of Texas, where real grapefruit
is produced.
"Your mistake is in jumping at a
conclusion when you are familiar
with grapefruit only in Florida and
California. You say Abriham Lincoln
was forced TO eat prunes. Your ar
ticle leads me to conclude that you
have reached the saturation point
on the same dict You say Burbank
produced grapefruit by crossing six
lemons. two orange and a squirt gun.
The truth Is, grapefruit was intro
duced into this country by the
Spaniards long before Purbahx was
born and. poor man. he died without
ever seeing a real grapefruit, for he
lived in California.
"You say grapefruit Is not food.
but scientists tell US that more vita
mines are TO be found in a cubic
inch of grapefruit than almost any
other place of the same size in the
@orld | don't know what vtamines
are. but they are something that puts
courage in your bosom, iron in your
blood and uprightness in your back
bone; very important food con-
tent
prior to 1860 bathtubs were illegal
in Boston and were denounced BY the
medical profession, but today a bath
tub in the home marks the line be-
tween civilized and barbaric peoples
There are still some folks in America
who do not know how to appreciate
grapefruit. but the kind we grow in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley Of
Texas enjoys the same prestige in
the epicuroan world that - -
thinks il does among smokers.
"Please give this communication
the publicity that is necessary 20
atone for the injury done Next
winter will send you box Of sure
enough grapefruit. and you will never
again write about this luscious food
4 in the same column with . -
] tobacco. You said you were familiar
with both Florida and Ollifornia
You haven's seen much yet: come
see a real country. We will show
you a good time"
The request Of the Brownsville po-
lice department to business and pro-
fessional men who habitually bring
their cars into town and park them
ail day. to leave their cars at home
on Saturday so that parking space
will be available to shoppers, has at
tracted outside attention.
The Corpus Christi Caller. com
menting on the request. said:
+Brownsville recently conducted a
npions>lso far as We know " expert
ment. SStu-day IN Brownsville as as
in Corpus Christi and almost all
towns OF similar size. Is the "big
day" for shopping. Folks from the
nearby communities come In on that
day to do their shopping.
"As n consequence there is usually
n Jea-th of parking space. Browns
willie faced the problem and decided
10 experiment with this plan
Brownsville citizens were urged to
leave their automobiles at home on
Saturday, and thereby provide ad-
ditional parking space for out-of
town shoppers. The experiment Ii
said &C have panned out well.
AT first glance. one is inclined e
seoff at the idea. why" the citizen
will ask. should we leave our auto
mobiles at home? The streets are
/ ours: why haven't we as much right
fo them as have the folks from
other communities The question
l Of course. isn't ono of rights, Il Is Z
question Of expediency.
"Corpus Christi's hour-parking Law
helps somewhat in relieving the situa
tion. At that. anyone knows that j
Is a difficult and tedious task 4
find a parking place, even for few
minutes, in the downtown section
on Saturday. II would be impossible
20 ascertain what effect this has OF
business: probably il has quite bit
"Brownsville's experiment might b.
tried out in Corpus Christi for few
weeks. The residents of the citl
wouldn't suffer any, certainly. Per
haps II would engender more
friendly feeling on the part Of oui
nsighbors, and that would be de
|. cidedly worth while"