Automatic Age

Issue: 1937 April

C H E R R I E S
ARE
THE
SE C R E T
OF
THE
C H E R R Y
.
BELL
r
.
it’s any of the others, he still knows he may click, and consequently hope continues to spring
eternal till Reel Number Two fails to twin it with Number One. Oranges, bells and plums have
a meaning, sure, but cherries, being the smallest payout, have always had the greatest frequency
and been associated in the player’s mind with live results. In other words, he knows there s far
more likelihood in getting a match on the second when a cherry is up on the first. Zip and
kasush! The action moves over to the second reel and the machine gives that pleasant buzz that
almost tells him it is going to deliver. ^ Heretofore, when the cherries delivered it was a three
payout. Now— amidst all these pleasant machinations— a cherry on the first and a cherry on
the second, he again knows it will deliver— but he’s hot, excited. Ticker is pumping, eyes are
staring, mouth is gaping for
h e
m a y
g et
t e n
in s t e a d
o f t h r e e
.
He may pick up a welcome
tamon or a telling-tolling bell on that third reel. If so— then it’s ten, not three, for little Willie!
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C H E R R I E S
ARE
THE
SECRET
OF
THE
C H E R R Y
BELL
Now, reader, let’s swing back to that first reel stop again. The handle pulled, the discs are
revolving. Click! A cherry appears on the first! The player’s mind, with radio-radial speed makes
mincemeat out of that second of time and jumps all the way to the last reel, e’en before Number
Two pulls up into the depot. See what he’s trying to do in his mind ? Why, he’s simply counting
his chickens before they’re hatched; dealing in futures, he’s rainbowing. He wants his ten before
the machine decrees it shall be so! ^ Yet cherries are the most frequent of all the stops! Cher­
ries, on the Cherry Bell, mean action— not just small action— but promise of big things, of
turkey dinners, of cheese on the apple pie! Every few turns they’re appearing. And always bear­
ing the potent promise of a hefty reward, the special cherry ten payout! ^ Of course, the regu­
lar cherry payout of three occurs most frequently. Averages are averages and two and two still
make four. All that frequency of the minor cherry payout actuates, agitates, stimulates re­
doubled interest in the major payout. The player’s logic, aided by his hope apparatus, craftily
puts the major premise before the minor. ^ So there you have it, boys; it’s simple psychology.
Those frequent, numerous, delicious cherries carry a lot of promise and a new heavy-laden thrill
to the man at the handle. He keeps playing till he gets spots before the eyes— cherry spots.
MILLS NOVELTY COMPANY
4100 FU LLERT O N AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
S-B03-Prlnt«d In U.S.A.
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