Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-11
The Once Over


Copyright. 1890. by The Associated Newspapers.

CCopyrighf, lSSO, by Inc Associated NewspapersJ
Reasons for the widespread reversals are not hard
to find. Unemployment and prohibition played a big
part In the upsets. of course, but there were q thou
sand and one other causes Of real unrest in American
life. This department today attempts to set them
down:
/. Excessive Bridge Lessons.
Slowly but surely the people Of America have been
working up to q point OF revolt against the How to
Play Bridge articles. by newspaper, magazine and ra-
dio. This wasn't so bad when O handful Of authorities
on the subject were giving the instructions. but dur
ing the past two years there have been as many teach
es as players. The people could not be expected 70
endure this sort Of thing forever.
z. Radio Time Signals.
1t has become practically impossible in these United
States to turn a radio dial without being told to look
at your watch. await the tingle Of six little bells and
get the correct time. The Republicans have failed to
realize that there are millions OF Americans who know
what time it is and almost as many others who do
not care to know.
3. Tom Thumb Golf Courses.
Has President Hoover lifted a finger to cure the
country Of this form of insanity? Has a Republican
Congress ever turned a hair to keep every corner lot
in the country from becoming a booby-hatch? Has
any q. 0. p. leader as much as expressed the opinion
they should be limited to at least four to a city block'
No. And again no.
4 Policy With Respect to Tree and Flagpole Sit
ting.
During the past summer America was swept by an
epidemic Of tree and flagpole sitting. Along about
August Is it got on the nerves of every adult. 1t was
one Of the major contributing causes to unrest. Did
the Hoover administration take any courageous action
to abolish the custom? Very well. then.
5. The Return Of Backgammon.
The ablest editors in the country are failing TO see
in this a reason for the recent landslide. This is a
serious reflection on their powers OF analysis. 1t was
a ~foregone conclusion that any party that sanctioned
or permitted the resurrection Of this antediluvian
pastime would feel the peoples wrath. SO be 1t.
G. Tie Football Games.
IL may seem silly at first thought TO suggest that
the American people feel any resentment over the
many tie contests in major football games. But
you ask anybody.
Z. African Hunt Pictures and Duplicated News
Reels.
II has become impossible to go into a picture house
without seeing two things: An African hunt picture
taken in Baycnne. N. j. and the same pictures Of
the battleships Texas that you saw in five other the
aires. There was just bound to be a public uprising.
g.. The Lighter Golf Ball.
Ask any golfer who has tried the new ball if 1t help
ed his game any? Well, then. what could you expect
when he got a chance to get even at the polls by
smashing somebody?
These are but a few causes of the upset. Among
others may be listed musical horns. paper drinking
cups, adagio dancers, Edison queStionnaires. inferior
razor blades. twenty-cent orangeades. animated car
toons, paper towels mad defective openers on sardine
cans.