Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17
The Once Over
q OWN REVIEWS
By II. I. PHILLIPS

Copyright, 1929, by The Associated Newspapersl
NO. calvin COOLIDGES LIFE STORY
This IS a story that win interest grown ups and not
offend children. It IL the work OF Mr.. Calvin Cool
idge, o rising young author who seeks to do for YER
mont what Bret Harte did for California. Thornton
wilder for Peru and Ernest Heminway for Spain.
Mr.. Coolidge was quite well known even before he
turned to literature, he having spent q number Of
years In washington as President OF the United
him even when he was serving as President. and the
high hopes OF his admirers would now seem to have
been realized by his first book.
The book rather battles description. 1t Il not pure
romance, nor does 1t come under the head OF travel,
history. hunting big game in Africa or psycho-analys-
is. Perhaps It may be best described rs Just a book.
not too thick and not too thin, with most OF the
pages cut.
Mr.. Coolidge chooses for his hero o man named
Steve. or possibly it Il Gus. and the story opens In q
small Vermont town at the height OF the Money Mar
di Gras or Coin Scramble. an annual fete In which
all the natives participate and give themselves over 70
a riotous tossing away Of silver dollars. In this
quaint frolic It is the endeavor Of each Vermont man
to throw away more coins than the other. The man
who throws away the greatest sum OF money is
crowned King of the Spendthrifts and wheeled
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Spirit OF Extravaganza. He is the envy Of all true
vermonters.
II Is ut the Coin Scramble that the hero meets Joan
Lowell, q sea captain who Is In love with Trader
Horn, q brother Of O ukelele-player known as "Mu-
steal" Horn. It Is q case Of love ut first sight and he
takes her into the village store and buys for her the
gifts which Vermont custom prescribes must be CIV
en- BY any Vermont boy to the girl Of his choice.
They are q Rclls-Royce. o player-piano and two 80
foot yachts.
Here there q d terrific clap Of thunder (Which Is
no wonderl and lightning flashes In the skies. The
Vermont hero takes Joan in his arms and signs the
theme song. "Oh to be q ~vagabond and never have o
dime" This Is Immediately followed. naturally. by q
hurricane. which sweeps the hero and heroine into
the Yale bowl with Nathalie Crane. Sinclair Lewis.
two fishing guides and Q big life insurance company
es
From this point the author seems to ramble a BIT.
ana there n O lot Of narrative prose concerning the
Hollywood diet. daylight saving and the Boston po-
lice strike. There Is q duel between the hero and a
cowboy, who wants him 70 toss up and play Indiana,
While they are fighting IL out. the heroine Is caught
In three-alarm fire, which later turns out to be O
stock market crash She is saved by John D. Rookie
teller. who climbs up q ladder and announces, My
son and I are buying ct these levels"
EVERYBODY Is then reunited and the closing number
Is America I love you"
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There Is q preface on the maple sugar industry and
many ~footnotes on Woodworking, most Of them quite
subtle.
All In all. Mr.. Coolidge has done quite well and
should be heard from later. unless the Boston censors
do something about IL oil.
TT WILL COME IN I'M
A football expert predicts that professional football
win eventually have a greater public appeal than col
lege football. All that pro- football lacks now IS a
corresponding enthusiasm for drinking from TASKS.
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