Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-03
The Once Over
THE Return FROM THE SUMNER CoTTAGi
By Il L PHILLIPS


Up at 9 a. m. to get early start. Told children to
stick around cottage and help with packing. Tied
dog 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 BIO. Theory
that correct way to pack car IS TO put luggage, etc,
in first and family in afterwards proved all wrong
Unpacked car at 600.
Looked for children but couldn't find them. TWO
hour search revealed them out in a canoe with dog.
Hot argument with wife over failing to keep them
around the house. Started packing car again. put
ting family in 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 10 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
ton OF II. Figured out that six big suit-cases. fishing
tackle box and three bundles Of WOODEN blankets
could be put in front with me, Willie and the dog.
Found after loading car to capacity ! had two
suit-cases. one box dishes, three rolls Of bedding, two
golf bags, a floor lamp, a crate Of bric-a-brac ana
Wilies 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 II 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 motor from canoe and get wife to hold
it in her lap. Idea promptly vetoed. Family unani-
nous in proposal 1 put cupboard motor in front seat
and sit on It.
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 s~uit-caseS. Willie. lodest boy,
said ! didn't know how to PACK and offered TO
unpack it and do II right. WI t"vn 70 SeavieW
Hotel for a bottle OF beer.
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Returned at / o'clock and found car repacked &C
cording to oldest sons idea. Everything fine except
no room for the dog. six suit-casos. radio cabinet and
the wife. 7 suggested that we get going and leave
the wife and s~uit-cases for a second trip sometime
IN October. II ever.
Car finally packed at $40 with exception Of two
bags ana q DaTrel II UlSAleS. NiiiCl VIC cN4uCd " &c0'S
leave until later. All set to 90 when we discovered
we had a flat tire. I went slightly mad and bit the
dog. Everybody quite delirious.
we decided to stay over another day and hire .
truck.
Add Rush Hour statistics
DRESS LOST in subway between Times Square
and Fifty-ninth street. 500 Eighth avenue New
York World.
It must have been a comparatively uncrowded train,
at that.
why do all women at bridge tables talk like Floyd
Gibbons?
With the football season i'm the offing. one Of the
big problem Of the day is what will TAXI bantam
cars out Of a raccoon coat?
c. d. RS idea Of a fellow in a tough spot is a
thurbless man trying to test Z canteloupe.
Distinction