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Among the exhibitors at this convention you will find, coricerhs
hailing from Los Angeles to Boston, and at the next convention
we predict you will see exhibits of some of the splendid vending
machines that dot the populous centers of England, France, Ger
many, and other countries of the world.
We want to say this last word to our friends in the trade; do
your share. Ask yourself when you read this if you have done
your full duty toward this convention, and if you have not, pick
up your telephone and spend a little time among your acquaint
ances in the trade. Bring your man and don't sit idly by wonder
ing what some one else is doing for your benefit.
S-s-s-h I The
Mysterious Gazinkus I
W e thought, also, a good machine
for penny arcades, and outside as well, would be a water squirfer.
When we were a small boy we worked as a printer's devil, and
printers have a trick of showing boobs the type lice. The trick
was to squeeze a sponge of water into the empty space where a
column of type was standing on the stone. The boy was supposed
to get down close to the water in order to see the type lice; then
it was the duty of the printer’s devil to shove the type together
with dexterity, in which case the water would slop all over the
kid’s face.
Every kid that had the trick played on him invariably brought
another kid and there was always a constant stream of boys com
ing to see the mysterious type lice.
The perfume spray machines c6uld be adapted to this plan. A
small hole could be put in the machine with a sign, “ Look inside
and see the Gazinkus.” When a kid dropped his penny in the
slot, water would squirt in his eye.
Right away that kid becomes a hustling salesman for the ma
chine. He won’t rest until he can dig up another penny and an
other kid to play the trick on. It is a 100 per cent profit machine
and there will be a constant stream of kids bringing green-horns
to see the “mysterious Gazinkus” and there would be a lot of fun
in doing it.
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