Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-03
The Once Over
THE RETURN FROM II SUMMER COTTAGE
Copyright, 1880, by The Associated Newspapers)

Up at 6 a. m. to get early start. Told cnLdren 70
stick around cottage and help with packing. Tied
deg to tree SO we could locate him when we started
back to city. Sprained back hauling rowboat up from
beach to back steps. Smashed thumb boarding up
front windows. Started packing car at $40. Theory
that correct way to pack car Is to put luggage, etc.
in first and family in afterwards proved all wrong.
Unpacked car at 800.
Looked for children but couldn't find them. Two
hour search revealed them out in a canoe with dos
Hot araur,ent with wife over falling TO keep them
around the house. Started packing car again, put
ting family III first. Placed Willie and dog IN front
seat: wife. Jennie. Luke and the baby in rear seat
Looked over suit cases. baskets. boxes, barrels, etc, on
ground for about a half-hour unable to determine
what TO do next.
Decided to put radio cabinet. bridge table. box
Of dishes and wash-boiler full Of cooking utensils
on floor OF car in rear and pack smaller luggage on
TOP Of It. Flglired out that six big suit-cases, fishing
tackle box and three bundles Of wooden blankets
could be put III front with me, Willie and the dog.
Found after loading car to capacity ! had two
suit leases. one box dishes, three rolls OF bedding, two
Golf bags. a floor lamp, a crate Of bric-a-brac and
Wilie's canoe with cupboard motor left over. Lashed
suit-cases. boxes. golf bags and crate to top OF car
but found this left no space for canoe and floor
lamp.
Now nearly noon. Decided canoe would have to be
strapped to top of car first and other stuff packed
around 1t. Put foot through roof Of car dragging
canoe up. Family very critical. Found / would
need stouter rope to hold canoe. Asked Il anybody
knew where there was any rope. Nobody did. Stole
piece from clothesline Of people in next cottage who
were away for the day. Decided would have to de-
tach cupboard rotor from canoe and get wife to hold
M Al. 5000 - - --1~-tlv vro+@ad Family ftnaNi-
nous in proposal 1 put cupboard motor in front seat
and sit on 1t.
wife found radio cabinet was hurting her knees
and would have to be put somewhere else. Necessary
to unpack luggage in rear of car to get at cabinet.
Rearranged packing considerably. Found I still
lacked room for a barrel Of dishes. the golf bags
floor lamp and two suit-cases. Willie. lodest boy
said I didn't know how to pack a car and offered to
unpack It and do 1t right. Walked down to Seaview
Hotel for a bottle Of beer.
Returned at l o'clock and found car ~repacked &C
cording to Oldest sons idea. Everything fine except
no room for the dog, six s~uit-cases. radio cabinet and
the wife. I suggested that we get going and leave
the wife and suit-cases for second trip sometime
IN October, If ever.
Car finally packed at $40 with exception OF two
bags and a barrel OF dishes. which we decided to leave
leave until later. All set to 90 when we discovered
we had a flat tire. I went slightly mad and bit the
dos. Everybody quite dellrious.
We decided to stay over another day and hire a
truck.
Add Rush Hour Statistics
DRESS LOST in subway between Times Square
and Flfty-ninth street. so Eighth avenue."-New
York World.
IT must have been a comparatively uncrowded train,
81 thai.
Why Go all women at bridge tables talk like Floyd
Gibbons?
With the football season In the offing. one Of the
big problem Of the day is what will TAXI bantam
cars out Of a raccoon coat?
G. d. RS idea Of a fellow in a tough spot Is q