Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
The
Once Ooer
By q. I PHILLIPS
MIR. TwitcheIl o. Whissling
Dear Editor:


VIII you do me q favor by get
ting word to Professor Shaw. the
arch foe OF whistling, that all the
great men Of American history
were whistlers, many Of them quite
| objectionably 50. ! have facts to
show that George Washington was a
great whistler, in fact he might be
called the Father Of His Country's
Whistlers. Much Of the ether gen.
erals Jealousy OF Washington was
due to the fact he could out-whistle
any officer in the colonial armies.
There are records to prove that
Washington outwitted CORVALLIS
when he crossed the Delaware by
leaving q peanut-roaster going in
the American camp while his SOL
diers crossed the river. CORVALLIS,
never suspected that George had
crossed to the other side. In Wash
ington's old diary there Is this en-
try:
"Whistled this day for Mrs. X".
1t indicates he was quite a
whistler socially too.
Paul Revere was an illustrious
whistler. You recall that he was
captured by the British, who uick-
ly released him. Why? Because
they couldn't stand his whistling.
Betsy Ross was n Of the first
women whistlers in the country.
She liked snappy numbers and if
alive today would have whistled
things like Everything Is Hotsy
Totsy Now" The neighbors used to
say that every afternoon. as soon
as she had finished her days work
on the flag, she would stick her
head out the window and whistle
until 1t was unbearable.
Barbara Frietchie was a whistler
and when she cried Shoot III You
Must This Old Gray Head the
soldiers nearly accepted the invita-
ton, her whistling was so bad.
General Grant was a grand
whistler and it was from him that
the expression TO wet your
whistle" came. You remember how
other generals complained to Lin
coin that Grant was whistling TO
excess and how Lincoln in his droll
way replied that If that were so all
he could say was that his other
generals did more whistling.
Teddy Roosevelt was a before
breakfast whistler. He even whistled
in bed. His Rough Riders were
recruited from the country's best
whistlers and 1t was the noise they
made going up San Juan Hill that
frightened the Spaniards stiff.
Among famous business men, the
first Commodore Vanderbilt was a
whistler Of merit, and SO were Jim
Fiske, Russell Sage and Jay Gould.
Fisk used to get up what he called
whiStling bees at which all the
leading financiers would gather at
the close Of the market and whistle
till the cows came home.
Regardless OF Professor Shaw. I
claim that all great and successful
men were and always will be
whistlers. And no man should lift
his voice against whistling in this
country today. If the nation ever
needed whistlers 1t needs them
now.
Yours for the truth,
Elmer Twitchell
Mr.. Coolidge's Attitude
Calvin Coolidge feels sorry for
President Hoover but thinks he
ought to be made to run again II
only Is a matter of discipline.
Waiting for the Green Light
Il will not run"
! Said Cal, at ease,
Still calm and cool;
Il viii not run
In days like these
For I'm 70 fool!'
Motorcycle Cop Leaps from Bike
TO Back of Runaway Horse head
line. It's a good trick, but what
we want to see is a motorcycle
policeman leap from a horse to a
runaway motorcycle.
Some people are selling America
SO short that they evidently think
1t a Singer midget.