Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-16
The Once Over
ELMER TwITCHEIL, NOTED ECONOMIST. OUT.
LINES BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Nv IL. I. PHILLIPS

wiz I discuss the affects Of the market collapse
on business7" repeated Elmer Twiitchell as q cores
pendent asked the question. MY boy. I win discuss
anything, any time, any place. I do not look Tor
any sudden conversion Of the American consumer
from a two-fisted spender to a parsimonicus penny
pincher. He may for q time stop counting his money
in public. carrying 1t protrudIng from his vest-pock-
cts and using five-dollar bills to record telephone num-
bers, but he viii soon be out there again as a big pur-
chaser OF the things that make him happy.
"He may not charter a taxicab for a trip around the
block. give the manicure girl q fifty-cent tip or take the
wife out to dinner 50 often to save her the trouble OF
preparing pork chops at home but he Is not going 10
become a loud-speaking member Of the Nickle Nursers
Marching Club over night"
Mr.. TwitcheIl then stated that he looked for minor
economies only for a few months and outlined the
probable affects by month as follows:
NOVEMBER
For tie rest Of November there will be less orchid
giving and the girls who had become accustomed to
them will have to be satisfied with holyhocks or some
thing. I look for fewer raccoon coats at the big foot
ball games and a tendency for two men TO travel In one
coat. / anticipate a falling demand for 20-pound tur-
keys and believe the man Of the house will be O little
less p~rofigate with the holiday rye when entertain
ing Thanksgiving guests. There will be fewer long
distance telephone calls on matters that could be at
tended to by postcard.
DECEMBER
women will put up cheaper prizes at their bridge
parties and slice the salami a little thinner for the
sandwiches. Men will not up the poker pot so often
on the chances Of an inside straight and / look for
a slight decline in the enthusiasm over wire haired
terriers, schnauzers and other pet dogs. A lot VT peo-
pie win use last years Christmast-tree ornaments in
stead Of buying new ones Elevator attendants and
doormen VIII get smaller Christmas gratitudes. Boot
f~rrcrr will hn hard hf and ftawa ufi1 Ia o rorn~~1
return to the custom Of making homemade cir.
Girls who order oyster cocktails before dinner and
French pastry after will lose caste with their male es-
corts and parents everywhere will return to the an
cient custom OF making their grown children scrooch
down in railroad trains so they will look like infants
subject to half-fare.
JANUARY
Florida outdoor fight promoters will abandon all
plans for charging SIS a ticket. Golf bali manufac-
turers will reduce the price. Many people will shovel
the snow from their own walks instead OF hiring the
boy next door to do 1t.
That's about all that will happen" concluded Mr..
Twitchell. by February things viii have picked up.
BARRIERS win begin giving stock market tips agajn and
there viii be newspaper stories that Durant has re-
couped his fortune. Radio will 60 up about so points
and there win be announcements OF mergers and split
ups. Everything viii be lovely again BY early spring
and you can tell Babson 7 said So"
y q
WHO?
Better grade postage stamps are now being turned
out by the government. But who has the money to
by them?
A Childs restaurant has put in q stock ticker. Lady,
bring me some buttered toast, a quotation on Gen.
eral Electric. two soft-boled eggs and the latest fig
urss on steel ingot production.
Sixteen passengers jumped from one a~iriplane over
Roosevelt Field near New York Sunday. Well. fits
probably more fun than being pushed out by some
broker.