Judge, 1906-04-28 · page 15 of 16
Judge — April 28, 1906 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical comic snippets at the top, followed by a large real-estate advertisement for Edgerton Park in New Jersey. The comics mock everyday absurdities: a deaf man appreciating music ironically; a woman's heroism in resisting Easter hat purchases; practical jokers testing acquaintances' manners; and vagrants' pragmatic advice about displaying rugs. The dominant content is a speculative real-estate advertisement promising enormous returns—lots will be "worth THREE TIMES OUR PRESENT PRICES" once the North River Tunnel completes. It targets small investors with minimal down payments ($5 down, $5 monthly) and free life insurance. The ad emphasizes proximity to New York City, pure air, good schools, and appeals to working-class aspiration through language about "compels you to save and teaches you economy." This likely reflects the early-20th-century suburban land boom and speculative fever that preceded the 1920s real-estate crash. Judge magazine's juxtaposition of brief satirical cynicism above this earnest advertisement may itself be ironic commentary on contemporary speculation.
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ONE VIEW OF IT. | A BETTER INDICATOR. ONE OF THOSE PRACTICAL JOKERS, ‘THE RUG AND THE SON OF REST, « That fellow has a good ear for music.) Ste//a—* Did she tell him to read his! Hicks—* 1 don’t like Gillison at all.” Weary Willie— What would you do {wish I had it,” said the old curmudgeon. | answer in the stars ?” Wicks—" Why not ?” if a woman showed you a rug? «Nonsense! He's stone deaf.” | Bella— Yes; but her father read it in| Hicks—"'Oh, he always squeezes your| Dusty Rhodes—* Beat it."—New York «Well, then he’s got the best kind of] the gas-meter.” ; |hand hard when he shakes hands with| Sun. an ear for most music.""—Philadelphia —— }sou, if he has noticed that you have a Ledger. ‘A MODERN HEROINE. ting on."—Somerville Fournal, THEIR NAMES IN THE PAPER. — There is something heroic about the at Joe Sober, the reverend Gripe, Henry A fair exchange is no robbery, even | woman who can view the display of Eas-| The average man’s opinions are gener-| Stud, Grandma Roof and Charlie Love- when a man trades his money for expe-| ter millinery and then go home and trim | ally of more value to himself than to any |Iess all got their names in the Thomas over last season's hat.—£x, Jone else. | Zribune this week.—Enid Eagle, rience. i Do You Want to Make Money in Real Estate ? New ‘York City is getting more crowded, more congested every year, and there is no more likely suburb of the city than EDGERTON PARK DUNELLEN, NEW JERSEY Nearer to City Hall than lots in the Bronx. When the North River Tunnel is completed will be worth THREE TIMES OUR PRESENT PRICES. High Ground, Healthy Section, Fine Views, Pure Air, Refined Surroundings. Electric Light, Gas and Water guaranteed. Free Title Policy issued by the Lawyers’ Title Guaranty Company, of Newark, N. J. EDGERTON PARK Lies between Newmarket on the Lehigh Valley R. R. and Dunellen on the Central R. R., and is ONLY THREE MILES BEYOND PLAINFIELD STATION WITH A POPULATION OF 40,000 PEOPLE Five minutes’ walk from trolley lines. We are selling lots here at $100. $200. and $300. each Go where there is pure mountain air, Good Schools and Churches of all denominations. If you buy lots on installments it compels you to save and teaches you economy. Terms are within the reach of all, only $5.00 down and $5.00 monthly. No Interest. No Taxes. Free Life Insurance “if you should die before your lots are paid for we will give a deed of the property free to your heirs without any further payment. The Next Boom in Real Estate Will Be In New Jersey The fortunes of our multi-millionaires can almost all be traced to judicious invest- ment in Real Estate. TO BUILDERS: Builders who will erect houses at Edgerton Park can sell them as fast as completed. The demand is good and there are no houses now for either sale or rent. For further particulars and maps apply to ROBERT APPLETON, 7 PINE STREET, NEW YORK