Automatic Age

. . . A coin man whose hobby
is candid camera-ing is so busy
he hasn’t time to enlarge and de­
velop his pictures. He shouldn’t
kick, as long as his business does
the enlarging and developing.
RUMOR HOARD
C o n d u c te d by A . RIND
(This new department is all in fun
— and no name-calling allowed. Send
us “ rumors” about any phase of the
industry. No company or personal
names will be used. We supply the
wisecracks.)
IT IS RUMORED THAT—-
. . . C oin-operated bowling
alleys have invaded Cape Cod.
Ah-h-h-, a new atmosphere at
last for the artists and fisher­
men. Poor fellows must be tired
of doing nothing but painting
and catching fish, after 300
years of it.
. . . A would-be equestrian
coinman’s friends pepper him
with advice on how to stay on
the horse. Maybe they should
give the horse a few pointers.
. . . Business is reported fall­
ing off in a southern town be­
cause the people are too hot to
be amused. Swell chance for
operators to team up with the
ice man.
. . . Everytime a certain fel­
low packs his bags for an out-of­
town trip, he gets so rushed with
business that he can’t break
away. He might try putting on
his pajamas under his suit, stick
a toothbrush in his pocket, and
run.
. . . A fisherman passed out
20-inch pike to his friends. He’s
no piker.
. . . Three partners in the
business are too busy to get out
in the sunshine. Orange juice
vendors take notice, because the
boys need their vitamin D.
. . . You can install a coin de­
vice on your front doorbell so
no one can ring your bell with­
out first dropping in a nickel.
What if opportunity hasn’t a
nickel?
. . . Carmen Miranda’s records
go over big with French-Cana-
dian phonograph patrons. You
don’t have to be a Latin from
Manhattan to appreciate this
gal.
&
. . . An Eastern man is plan­
ning to vacation in Alaska.
There comes finally someone to
sell a coin machine to an Eskimo!
&
. . . An inven tor fin a lly
caught up with fishermen. The
latest is a pocket-sized coin
machine that stamps the weight
on the fish as it comes out of the
water. The inventor is lobbying
in Congress to have the device
made compulsory on every fish­
ing line, on the grounds that it
will strengthen the moral fiber
of the American male by making
him less of a fibber.
. . . Operator takes his vaca­
tion by playing jokes on other
operators who visit him. He’d
better watch out when they get
their vacations— there’s only one
of him and lots of them.
. . . Two salesmen for the same
company are having a sales con­
test between themselves, on two
different machines. Would any­
one be sorry if all customers
bought both machines?
. . . A coin company has a
coat of arms. Just another way
of playing Boy Scout — being
prepared.
&
. . . Someone entered the in­
dustry for fresh air and sunlight
—now there is something new
under the sun.
The M A R IN E R O O M , A ir p o r t T a vern , C le v e la n d , O h io , is all e q u ip p e d w ith Packard P la -M o r
rem ote c o n tro l in stallatio ns.
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AUTOMATIC AGE
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July, 1941
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