Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
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THOUGHTS DRIVING HOME ON
LABOR DAY

THOUGHTS DRIVING HOME ON
LABOR DAY
1t doesn't seem possible. Labor
Day and homeward bound. :
summer season overi... What yer
became of July and August?. lit
seems only yesterday that the boys
were gathering wood for the Fourth
OF July seaside bonfires. !. Some
things gotta be dor to slow up
the seasons. -. They're geared too
high. "A feller steps into June
and before he knows 1t he has
crashed into September head-on..
Voice from the Back Seat:
"PreiVice. look outl You nearly hit
that truck Do be carefuli")
September 7th?. There must be
some mistake. 1t can't be Sep
tember It'll as soon as this. ...Y Yes
terday 1t was only July 7th....or
maybe August 7th.... Think OF II,
the old summer cottage all closed
and barred. lit seems only q few
days ago that we took down the
shutters and opened her up.... It's
all done by mirrors.
Voice from the Back Seat:
Look You passed a red light Do
you wanna get us all arrested? !
never saw such drivingl")
Gotta 20 I'D next week to stow
away all the screens for the winter
Gosh, we just put EN- upi....
The place TO live Is Florida. -.
Nice country, Florida. -. Summer
doesn't run out on you overnight
down there. 1t isn't over before
you get the awnings up.... Sum-
mer down there has poise and
control. 1t doesn't act Like Cap
tain Hawkes. or Twenty Grand.
Ecu get your moneys worth out Of
\ pair OF white flannels in that
country.
Voice from the Back Seat, and
quite shrill, too: Don't put on
your brakes like that!.... You
threw me out of the seatl He held
out his hand to show he was going
to turn. You act as If you were
half asleep. Please be careful')
Gee, 1t was only a few days ago
that I was raving about the humid
ity and sleeping in the raw by an
open window. And now the pa
per says light frostS tonight. -.
Covering the geraniums SO soonl..
1t must be an optical Illusion.
Theren be snow before We know
Ii. ..Ughl... CALIFORNIA; the place
to live. Summer stays with you
reasonably long,.
Voice from the Rear Seat: MY
goodnessl You almost sideswiped
that bus. You're too far over on
the road. I tell you you always drive
too far over. / wish I'd come home
by train.")
Aw noodles,....I wish I'd gone
home by train, too. That's the
trouble - You drive to the shore
through heavy traffic and just as
you get sunburned and feeling
pretty good you discover Labor Day
Is here and you've gotta Jump In
and drive back In even worse traf-
fic. Cuba must be a nice place
TO live....No fly by night summers
there.
Voice From the Rear: Prentice
Milliken, what's the matter with
you? You're asleep at the Wheel.
The bell was ringing at that rail-
road crossing for five minutes.
You missed the train by a foot.
You'll be the death Of all OF us.")
Heigh hoi... Back in the city
and on the job tomorrow and wear
ing heavy underwear before I know
10. Sleeping under quilts, too.
And only a little while back I was
In swimming every spare minute.
Summer season, eh?.... Why II
doesn't last long enough for a mar
to get good and.
(There is a loud crash. mingled
with the screams OF women. The
next the Summer V%acationist knows
he is in a hospitaD
Nurse: DO you feel all right now?
Vacationist: Where am I? What
happened?
Nurse: 1t seems you turned out
in the returning traffic Jam and
got hit head-on by a bus or some
thing.
Vacationist Oimply): Thasso?