Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-06
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What! No Great Men Whistle?
Persons who whistle are morons,
devoid Of moral stamina. No great
or successful man eve whistles.
Can you think OF Einstein. Edison
or Mussolini tuning up to Which
the Moon Comes Over the Noun
tain? Can you imagine President
Hoover whistling?"-From an ad-
dress by Professor G. @. Shaw Of
New York University.
Certainly we can think Of Elm
stein, Edison and Mussolini whist
ling. Professor Einstein Is, accord
ing to this departments scouts. one
of the best whistlers among the
great scientists. Mussolini, If ad-
vices are to be believed, Is the out
standing bathroom whistler Of the
old world. Herbert Hoover doesn't
whistle openly, of course, and he
doesn't whistle rs much as he did
before his election, but he can hold
his own In the best whistling COM
pany.
Think OF Einstein whistling?"
demanded Frau Einstein today
when told OF the professors speech.
why, he has Us all crazy with his
whistling! He's got a new tune now.
I think it's called Love Is Just q
Bowl of Cherries He goes around
the house whistling 1t all the time.
I can always tell when he has q
new theory coming on. he
whistles the silliest airsl"
Nobody could be found today
who would be quoted on Mussolini
as a ground and lofty whistler,
but from q palace spokesman 1t
was learned that there are times
when nothing will stop him whist
ling except mention Of Smedley
Butler and Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., "I1l Get BY" Is his favorite
among the new tunes but he's
pretty strong for ballads like
when the Moon Comes Over the
Mountain" which he invariably
whistles between ultimatums to
England, France, Germany and the
United States.
President Hoover is pretty secre-
tive about his whistling, because
somebody once told him 1t Fuckers
his face too much, but Washington
correspondents say he whistles a
lot at the Rapidan camp. his IA
yorite Just now being "The Best
Little Things In Life are Free.
and the theme song Of the re-
publican party this year Il Can't
Give You Anything but Love-"
There are no really first-class
whistlers in the present administra-
ton, however.
Calvin Coolidge is q fair to
middlin' whistler. These bracing
mornings the neighbors car hear
him whistling I'm Back in Cir
culation Again" for miles around.
Professor Shaw, you're all wrong.
All great and successful men have
their whistling moments. You take
Gandhi-all the way through that
British tour he whistled Button
Up Your Overcoat" with gusto and
feeling.
Mayor Walker Is a whistler. He
likes Let a Little Pleasure Inter-
fere With Business"
They all whistle, professor. And.
on the level, wasn't that you the
neighbors heard rendering when
Yuba Plays the Tuba Down in
Cuba" the other morning?
Another Weather Guess
That light frost recently report
ed down Washington way probably
was influenced by the meeting OF
President Hoover and SECRETARY
Mellon Immediately after the news
that the Aluminium Company Of
America had cut wages.
Soviet gasoline Is being dumped
in America. "Oh. that's the kind
with the red tintl" says Ina Dodo.
This little old planet seems to
have adopted a new slogan-Keep |
Cussablel
Merely An Interpretation
France and Germany CLASH
Hands In Crisis."-headline. Each
to herself. IF / dared to let
go ] know I'd get a sock In the