Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-20
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY CHARLES HALL

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OUT OF THE Texas Congress Of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers as
ISOLATION yesterday came a sugges-
tion for action. which, while heard
before. should be pushed until some
by it.
This Is uniforms for high school
girls. With the present trend OF af-
Ialrs in high school dress, 1t is one
81 the most sensible things before
the school public.
Wnile uniforms will give some
Nnat OF a monotony to dress, and
ssprghtly ginghams would be pref
yer. the girls Just will not wear
them. and uniforms are about the
only thing left.
Inis Is true because high school
uress has reached such a stage that
many OF the young Misses 90 there
as though they were dressed for a
party. Chances are the cost of cloth
ing OF the majority OF high school
girls Tar exceeds that OF their
mothers.
With such an atmosphere Of
sleezy" expensive materials that
will not wear, the girl born OF
wealthy parents can "show off but
" only makes for envy among those
unable 10 afford such dresses, al
though the one SO well dressed really
gains no more attention from the
public in general. She just thinks
Sne does. The way some children III
some high schools dress up borders
on the silly.
FOOTBALL IS certainly ranking
hot in the minds OF Brownsville
people these DAYS.
Got invited over 70 the Lions club
yesterday. and everybody there got
70 talking about football. Incident
ally the Eagles this weekend GO
into the district championship game.
That is one big hill and with a
victroy go many honors. But they
are going to find that the farther
they 60 from here on out the hard
er the going. There Is only one men
tai hazard that might be warned
against. That Is that 1t is mighty
nice not to get scored on. but a
team can seemingly be beaten, much
less scored on, and still win.
Football now ranks far above all
other college sports, and Is fast be-
coming a national sport.
There are many sports nowadays
described as the national sport. But
there is one this writer rarely ever
sees in print, yet which is one Of the
hottest in the country. That is rae
ing to the bank with todays pay TO
cover yesterdays check.
AND THE financially small, hard
pressed man, who Is forced TO do
that very thing is criticised. II he
misses the boat, because in so do
ing he breaks the law, which just
shouldn't be done.
But there are one or two big
companies, who have kited loans in
such a matter that make the above
mentioned seem mighty small pota-
toes.
One instance has been cited TO
the engineer of this column, where
a big chain store will draw a draft
say for $4,000, at the home office,
on one Of its many chain units. That
draft is paid by the first unit
by drafting on another unit.
This keeps up until the circle Is
completed and when the draft fin
ally comes back it has been out
about thirty days. and the company
has had the use Of the money, with
out interest.
SINCE COMING down into the
border country, the conductor Of
this column has been attempting to
learn Spanish. One reason he es-
pecially desires to learn II is 70 un-
derstand what some Of these beau
tiful senoritas are saying in some
az those songs they SO often sing SO
beautifully before luncheon clubs.
He has been in the border coun-
try about nine months and wishes
to announce that ne Is cutting up IN
the new language. Here is his vo-
cabulary: