Judge — September 27, 1930 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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CT} IMIG: LK i No tM THRILED YOURE COMING To LINE ! a uit ME NS Whimsey, Whimsey Me! Te Town House, over at 106 East s8th, has been runt way with itself in the A. A. Milne manner. It has taken to giving human names to the apartments of which it consists. For instance, you rent an apartment there called nthrop.”” You do so because they tell you (in ads) “Win- throp will make a home for you the minute you see him, He's full of un- expected comfort and cheer. He'll rest you at the end of day in his cheer- ful living-room. His bedroom is quiet and la He has a fatherly interest in young business couples. He's there with his nieces and nephews, the 1, 3 partments, He has per- A two-room apartment named Cholmondeley (because it is so Well, it’s a for me. I'd hate, for instance, to move into an apart- tment named Percival Aloysius. I'd ulways be afraid of hurting its feel- ings. Suppose, too, I rented “Win- throp and came home one night to JUDGE CLE WEED 2 find him tight or disgruntled or blue. It'd make things tough. However, if they tell me how to distinguish the sex of artments, [ might reconsider and move in. But then in, it would be embarrassing. Suppose | moved into Eloise nd it got around I was living with what wouldn't people say Personally, I think apartments ought be named to discourage peo- ple from calling. How's “Don't Droppe Inn” for a starter? A maciune has been invented which auto- an apartment named “EUS US A FUNNY SERY— matically serves you with cigarettes in return politely coins and, moreover, says hank you; please One up at Rye, N hank you, that would ceptionally well toc You are looking ex or “I distinet- ly remember you—you made a great impression on’ me the first time I laid eyes on you,” might prove comforting and inspiring to many a lonely man and woman, and send them on their way ina far happier fra after them: Is it warm eno - But that would make the replacement cost of machines rather heavy, I'm afraid. (Continued on page 29) CLuB WITH CABARET AT DEWONICOS fyic~ comicbooks.com