Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
The Once Over


OL1 Ut me FAST
"a baby carriage has been placed In the smithson-
ian Institute.-News Item)
Guide-On our left we have Exhibit J-7649. rnfan-
tum gcoartalorum-known IN the early DAYS on the
American continent as q baby carriage, II + am not
mistaken.
Lady sightseer On amazement)-A baby c~arriagel
Guide-That was the name, for It, 7 believe. 7 never
saw one myself. but ! remember my sreat-grand-
mother speaking OF such a vehicle.
Lady Sightseer (peering at it)-An my life I'VE
wanted to see one OF those things. and to think r
should find 10 now.
Her husband-What does he say Il is. dear7
Lady-He says it's a baby carriage. Artemus.
Husband tvaguelyl-A what?
Lady-Baby carriage. =. for Bridgeport. A for An
sonia. , for Bridgeport again. z for yodel. g for
calliope, A for apple. two RS for radish, I for ~.
Husband-Oh. q baby carriage: not really7
~Guide-That's what II says In the catalogue. str.
Husband-Do you think It's authentic? I didn't
suppose there was one left in the country.
Guide-Its genuine. str.
Lady-Wherever do you suppose they managed to
find such a thing?
Husband-r remember reading about one or those
Psychologists or somebody digging one UP In the East
some months back. They were looking for fossils. Could
this be il?
G~uide-very likely, sir. III read what 1t says on
the card here.
LADY, never thought I'd live to see such a won
derful relic.
Observation-Disclosures curious vehicle was known
in the early days or American civilization as a baby
carriage. II was at one time rather common to the
American home. According to historians, In fact,
there was a period in American life when nearly
every household had one. This one. a very rare speci-
- rawNn - 4Hn ~ tHwrerN Ahn NTfwrnfn .
willetts Exploration Group. 1t IS not a reproduction.
Lady-There was a woman way back in my family
who had a baby carriage once.
Husband-What did she use 1t for?
LADY, believe the custom was to wheel a baby In
it.
Husband-whatsa baby?
LADY, don't know positively. but ! understand they
were quite common In the old days.
Husband-dto guide)-Have they such a thing In
the museum?
Guide-Not yet. sir. but 7 understand we're going to
put one in next month.
Hushand-An American baby7
Guide-Oh, hardly that. STR!
RELIEF
President Hoover has barred dial telephones from
the White House after a years trial. There are limits
even to what a President must stand for.
1dlt has ~ ShtittGH % a DAOltDSduiuS 1@oFooTNV
years old, and r. +. r. Is cynical enough TO write In
and suggest that Eli could get the same general ef-
feet by stuffing some or its football strategy.
DO YOU REstEMBER
Away back when they didn't call a bathing suit q
swim frock7
"Shean To Try is Lawyers"-headline. Trying even
one lawyer is generally experience enough for most
OF us.
pope To R0ce AZ Reno--headline in New York
Telegraph. Just another bit Or mean propaganda BY
Mussolini, no doubt.
Master Charles Augustus Lindbergh Is a year old
and must be q little backward. inasmuch as has as
vet made no attempt 10 fly the crib or ci-,e the
nursery in a high chair.
Have you heard about the Reno Judge who was
crushed TO death when he was caught under the
papers IN the divorces granted BY him In a single
afternoon?
Copyright. 1891, by The Associated Newspapers
Copyright. 1881. by The Associated Newspapers
Copyright 1881. BY The Associated Newspapers
Actress Better After Poisoning headline In New
York Herald.
Telegram. Well. II could be 50.