Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28
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COOLING THE AMERICAN HOME
The time Is coming, boys and
girls. when people will close the
windows on q hot July day to keep
cool. During an August sizzler they
win stay In the kitchen to avoid
the heat. An invitation TO 80 TO
the seashore during the hottest spell
OF summer will bring the response:
why, I wouldn't think OF leaving
the apartment during a record heat
wave like thisl"
Home cooling systems are being
rapidly perfected. Already for q
price a home owner may install the
necessary gadgets which will lake
1t possible for him to refrigerate the
house, and 1t Is only a matter of
time before the average household
CIR will be turning on the ice" In
summer Just rs ne turns on the
heat In winter. It's q great age, hot
or cold.
Twenty degrees cooler insidel"
may soon be the cry OF every home
owner.
No more hot night OF sleeping
under sheets. No more leaning out
Of the window and gasping for air.
No more lOlling around the house
In shirt sleeves. When II seems a
little warm Pop will 90 downstairs to
stoke up the ice or rap on the radia-
tor for the janitor to send up an
immediate drop OF Is degrees.
You will hear Mrs. Wezzeloff de-
cla-ing. with reference to a certain
apartment house. Il wouldn't think
OF living there IL they gave 1t 10
me. Whenever there Is a terrific hot
spell In the summer the rooms are
so warm you have to open the win
dows to keep cooll Fancy that. nowl"
The test OF the up-to-date apart
ment will be whether or not the
tenants can stay In 1t all summer
without remarking: ITS warm. isn't
it?"
IT Is even possible that In the best
equipped homes an entire family
may wake UP some August morning
SO thoroughly chilled that II may
be necessary to "defFost" 1t.
The drive to make the Great
American Home comfortable In sum-
met is being vigorously pushed.
After the perfection Of the cooling
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swimming pool 70 tit any house.
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Once q man can make his home
cool In summer by pressing a but
ton ne will want to extend the illu-
sion by sprinkling beach sand and
broken bottles on the apartment
floors and installing an artificial
sunburn instrument In every room.
Then there win be nothing else
TO do except put In a line OF hot
dogs and get some interior decora-
tor to give the house an aroma Of
clamflats.
Altogether now, pulleazel
Away at the beach breezes touch
me in vain.
Oh. give me my lovely matched
cottage again
The ice-cold apartment. the push
button which,
Gave me comfort the moment I
turned on the SWITCH
The naming Of a plane the Jus
tice to Hungary contains the germ
OF a great idea. 1t may usher IN an
era Of planes with a purpose, and
with a clear statement or the pur-
pose prominently displayed. How
about a few American transatlantic
planes christened "An Even Break
For Herbert Hoover" or The No
More Loans To Europe"
II Lindbergh had only thought Of
IL he might have hoped TO Paris
in a ship bearing the inscription
Fair Play For The American Ham
Sandwich"
"Stopl" cried a detected looking
man as the crOoner rendered the
new song hit: Il Found A Million
Dollar Baby In q Five and Ten Cent
Store"
"Whatzamattah?" cried the star
tied singer.
I'm the fellow that lost herr"
barked the stranger. a queer wild
look In his eyes.
Gasoline Is so cheap this summer
that even Scotchmen are leaving the
engine running while they make a
call.
Mr.. Theodore Dreisier has obtain
ed an injunction against a moving
picture company's production OF IAN
American Tragedy" charging that
10 is nothing like his novel. In fact
the picture version is SO superficial
that he doesn't think the director