Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-18
Once Ooer
BY II. /. PHILLIPS
THE y AMERICA

NooAAsA9' SN~
observed il possibly
There's coming back to senses and
to plain
%frugality;
Through the nation there's a feel:
ing that a
palace IN the skies
Is a silly thing to bank on when
the storm
begins to rise:
There's a drifting back 70 notions
that fer
years have seemed TO trk.
Gas. for instance, the assumption
that success
results from work.:
There's a feeling being silly isn't
all the fun
it seems
And that nothing's quite as futile
as pursuing
idle dreams;
There's a tendency to wonder as
the folks look back today.
How. possessing any horse sense,
they could
ever "get that way:
There's con-entment IN the knoWl-
edge as they
nurse Their bruises sore
That the big parade Is ended, and
the five-ring circus Ger.
II.
There's a movement through the
nation quite apparent all around
To stop reaching for the rainbow
and get back on solid ground:
Folks are busting NJ perSpectives
with an energy intense
All the indications favor a return
to common sense.
Money once again is money, which
n fellow has 70 earn,
N1t 4 lot or colored paper that It's
leaps of fun TO burn,
Dollars once again are dollars not
brought IN on vagrant breeze
Uttered IS the quaint Illusion
that they grow on pretty trees;
Quarters. long held cheap and pet
tv. in the present crisis seem
Once again 70 be regarded with a
rather high esteem:
Dimes. SO long appraised as bird
seed. now appear to be ten cents.
And q nickel is a nickel land viii
be for some time hence
III.
S.vmied ~ the orgy r bunkered
IS the &c OF Jazz
Common sense and rhine and
reason now no longer get the razz,
Guests 10 longer through the eve
ming Sit and while the time away
With recitals Of the fortunes that
they made that very day;
On the golf links every foursome
hasn't three disgusting guys
VINO have c0-nered Steel or
Motors and are holding for the
rise;
At the office unencountered are
the clerk and dOorman who
Have Just made a million dollars
and n ont 70 make u two:
Elevator men are running elevators,
that is all.
Ana no niger seeking fortunes in
the street that's known a Wall;
Looking all around the country
there is now a p0rtent grand
Folks are paying close attention 70
the job they have in hand!
Nv.
Everywhere you look or listen folks
Are getting back 70 earth,
To admi. you have q budget doesn't
stir your friends % m.rth.
Mothers playing bridge less often
And It doesn't disappoint
Her 10 know that she is playing for
one--anth a cent q point:
Fathers cutting out the ball pools
and at poker he's content
TO play steadily all evening when
the limit Is a cent,
Sister Eva has a fellow cts the
strangest cas- by far
Brother Eddie at the office now
does Wha. he's asked To do
Not III months has Little Eddie up
and threatened to get through;
Changed completely arc their view
points. as is shown by all their
acts
THEY'RE unanimous in wanting 70
get back to simple facts
n.
Take the man next door. he used
to talk in millions all the while,
And he wouldn't wear a golf suit II
it hadn't class and style;
He PLAYED dollar balls entirely. and
y new one on each hole.
And he'd give them to the caddy If
he didn't like their roll:
He had tees made TO his order with
his dainty monogram.
For expenses on the golf links he
Just didn't give a damn:
He'd a bag Of Russian leather with
a lot ol straps and locks
All his sweaters were imported and
he ore ten-dollar socks;
would bet vOu $50 he could sink
a ten-yard putt,
And there never was a moment
when MS great big mouth was
shut.
But today you'd never know him
he buys repaintS n by one,
LOOKS fer lost balls quite intently
ana Will Diav YOU lust for fun
THE UNUSUAL MRS. LINDBERGH
Mrs. Lindbergh must be a woman
women. She has flown
thousands Of miles SO far without
ever having 70 go back for some
thing she forgot TO pack.
"Icvs' Diamond Found Guilty"
There must have been
s0nefh nF wrong with the jurors.
Dill, HILL