Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03
The Once Over
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! believe in the United states OF America.
7 believe in the people OF the United states of
America.
] believe 6lat somewhere the sun Is shining.
! believe that In the long run fair weather over
balances the bad. that the expression Good old
days" Is relative and that everything comes out al
right in she wash.
can be taken straight.
believe in the capacity OF the American industrial
leader and In the common sense or the American
workingman.
I believe that Uncle Sam Is stiIi at the old stand
with a high heart and a clear head and do not
believe he Is in any danger OF losing his pants. coat.
vest or shirt.
7 believe the world Is going to continue to revolve I'm
accordance with the generally accepted schedule, Mr..
Stain Notwithstanding.
I believe In the total inability OF Russia to change
the course OF the stand. to rearrange the general ap-
pearance OF the heavens. TO eliminate the constella-
tons, to discontinue the daily rising cf the sun. to
subject the rainbow to q five-year plan or to make
the American OF normal backbone Jump into A hole
and pull II In after him.
7 believe there are some fair TO middIing brains out
size OF the Soviet Government.
I believe American railroads are worth consider
ably more than n dime a dozen.
j believe the United states steel Corporation. the
American Telephone a. Telegraph Company. the Cen
eral Electric Corporation and other big industrial IN
stitutions viii stay in business and that none Of them
Is In any danger Of having to take on a sideline Of
lead pencils or apples.
! believe that what the country needs more than
anything else Is a restoration Of the duckinr stool for
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and confirmed g~rouches.
] believe In the ability. instinct. capacity and power
OF the average American to fight his way out OF any
difficulty, to scale any reasonable heights, to make the
final payments on the automobile. to put something
in the bank and to look adversely IN the face and
tell II 10 90 10 hell.
I believe the American people XII continue 70 own
and operate automobiles and that there Is not a
Chinaman's chance that conditions viii arise which
will make them decide It Is a good idea 70 20 back
to the bicycle and the buggy.
I believe the American housewife will continue %
have an electric ice box and will never agan be sat
isfied to spend a half day hopping up the kitchen
after the visit of the old-fashioned iceman.
/ believe the old-fashioned washtub has gone FOR
good and that anybody who thinks the American wife
is going back to the old days Of drudgery and incon-
veniences IS two-thirds cookoo and one-third army
mule.
I believe three square meals a day will always be
the American standard. but that even If we miss one
or two II won't hurt lis.
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I believe IN common sense and natural vision as
opposed to the "fidgets' and the use Of smoked glass
es when anything goes wrong.
I believe IN the silver lining. the rainbow after the
storm. the plunge through center, the iniallibility Or
the slogan Never lead with your chin" and the
potency OF the cries Block that kickl" and Hold EN-.
Yalelr
I believe the worst l. over and that II never was as
bad as ii was advertised.