Judge — September 17, 1927 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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You can have a living room like this if you want it. Lf You Had This Living Room What Would You Do With It? By Amy Wixsomr Watrus know how the the picture and many’s the good laugh FORE you answer my ques- on sit down a minute and close your eyes. Relax. Think of a number—a good number, like Peggy Joyce or “The End of a Perfect Day.” Double it, catch it at the shoulder with one of those chiffon flowers all the girls are screaming for and place in a moderately hot oven. There! You do feel better, don’t you? You can open your eyes now. No! No! Don't crawl under the bed. That’s only the nurse. Suppose I told you that if you already haven’t you could have a living room just like this. You would probably sock me with that scoop leaning against the sofa, wouldn’t you? Well, go ahead and sock. The owner of this made-over smoke house put very little into it to begin with. The floor and the walls and the windows were there when he got it, and most of the other things just hap- pened. To this day he doesn’t h—ll that horse got into all three of us have had over it. The stork brought the little baby, and so forth and so on. You know how things accumulate. Nevertheless, if you wish to repro- duce the charm of this sunny day A simple little bedroom corner. 16 nursery (and why shouldn’t you?), you can actually do it for a sum ranging anywhere from fifty thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars exclusive of lawyer’s fees. Take the rug, for in- stance. That’s what the owner did, but the house detective caught him at the door. But it’s a good rug—it sends back money to the home folks every week. The sofa was picked up along upper Broadway. If you have a car, it’s no trick at all. On a warm evening sofas literally climb in over the wind- shields and you can take your pick. A little time and patience, a dash of paprika, the heart of a man to the heart of a maid, and before you know it you have a charming interior, replete with harmonious values. Fabrics may cost as little or as much as you please, accessories may be shopped for, or lifted out of some hotel washroom, and the extra finishing touches, the last fine un- essentials, may be delayed as long as need be. comicbooks.com