Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1944 April

The JFuture
and The Arcade
by H. E. GILLES~lE .
G illespie Games Co., Long Beach , Cal.
THE AUTHOR
H. E. Gillespie has been an operator for
a number of years and maintains his head·
quarters in Long Beach , Californ ia. His oper·
afions have covered half of fhe stale of
CaliJornia and in recent years he has special-
ized in Arcades until he is widely referred fo
today as the "Arcade King." In this brief
article Gillespie expresses some valuable
opinions concerning Arcades in the post war
years.
I believe that now is the time to start
looking forward to find what the future
holds for the Arcade business; considering
that the war will be over wi thin the next
two years or that it may be prolonged for
ten; putting; the husiness on an economic
basis; and facing the facts as to what lies
ahead.
Let us recall the cycle or history of the
business before the war. (In the . category
of Arcades may also be included bowling
alleys. ) We cannot deny that the business
is spasmodic or that it runs in cycles, as
does all amusement business. This is no
doubt affected by our economic condi·
tions. The answer to this is population or
percentage. In other words, Arcades are
permanent in largely populated areas, or
seasonal in resort centers. After the war
we cannot expect small cities now support·
ing Arcades to continue to do so wi th the
discontinuance of trade from servicemen
and defense workers.
I .personally would prefer defense cities
right now to ci ties that have large numbers
of service men to depend on for this
reason: the majority of the service men
that we have had have been men without
families. The majority of service men
that we will have in the future will be
men with families and they will 'lot have
the money to spend. I do believe that
large sea port towns will be an excep tion
to the above statement.
I do not mean to convey a pesslmlstlc
outlook on the Arcade business. Quite the
contrary, I believe the Arcade businees is
here to stay and has been greatly benefited
by the war as to educating the public to
a different type of inexpensive amusement.
In all probability the type of amusement
may not be guns after the war, but there
will always be that thrill for a penny
(no t a nickel ) regardless of whether the
thrill is a contest, a picture, a card, an
electric shock, or a game. The profits still
will be good and the business will have a
solid fo undation.
The equipment item shou ld also be
another fac tor to the Arcade man. Facing
facts, there has not been any great amount
of Arcade eq uipment manufactured for
some time and it is my opinion that rna·
terials to manufacture good quality Arcade
equipment will no t be available for at
least one year after the war.
I would therefore aclvise an Arcade man
to main tain his equipment accordingly and
not to sacrifice it at any time; to respect
it as better than money in the bank, as it
has a better earnin g power and has cer·
tainly not depreciated in value and will
not for some time to come.
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"Where didja get the black eye, Cor-
poral ?"
"In the war!"
"What war?"
"The boudoir!"
Servicemen are av-
id Arcade fans as
evid e nced b y th is
photo snapped at an
early hour on Sunday
morning. In the ac-
companying article
H. E. G i ll es p ie
sounds a w a r n in g
about A rcades de-
pending on Service-
men patronage .
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Ant i·Air Cr aft, Ref . .......................... $ 79 . 50
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' 38 Skill Time ...................................... $ 75.00
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A Co lumn Devoted to Good Food and Its
Method of Pre paration for t he guidanc e of
the Ack nowle dg ed Ch efs of t he Co in
Mach ine Fraternity.
Last month we started off this new fea·
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Rabbit Hasenpfeffer and Dumplings - a
delicacy certain to please the palate of the
most discriminating. Maybe some of you
have already tried this delicious dish and,
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We chose a few rabbit recipes to launch
this new department because of the cur·
rent meat situation and the rapidly increas·
ing abundance of wild and domestic rab·
bits in all parts of the country. Now we
want to share with you a highly prized
recipe for old· fashioned Gypsy rabbit din·
nero
In· old England the Gypsies were known
as poachers deluxe. Nothing seemed to
escape their crafty hands and rabbits were
particular favorites with them-and for a
reason . . . the lowly rabbit was the begin·
nings of an exquisite dinner that seemed
worth the risk of stealing them. Here is
our recipe: '

Old· fashioned Gypsy Rabbit Dinner.
Clean and skin a 3·pound rabbit and cut
into serving pieces. Place in a kettle with
an ordinary bouquet garni made with 1
large bay leaf, 3 sprigs green celery leaf
tops, 8 sprigs of parsley, 1 sprig thyme,
and 2 whole cloves, tied together with
kitchen thread, and 5 medium-size onions,
minced, chicken fat the size of a small
egg, 6 crushed peppercorns, and salt to
taste. Cover with equal parts of water
and red wine; bring to a rapid boil, lower
the flame, and let simmer very gently f{)r
2% hours without distlJrbing.
Next add 1% cups diced carrots, · 12
small white onions, 12 small fresh mush·
room caps, peeled, and 18 small raw pota-
to .balls, and continue cookin!1'_ c?vered,
untIl the vegetables are tel]der, 'whlCh re-
quires about 25 minutes.
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Remove the bouquet garni, then thicken
the mixture with 2 tablespoons kneaded
butter (equal parts butter and flour
kneaded together), adding 1 generous
tablespool! finely minced parsley. Continue
simmering for 4 or 5 minutes, then bring
to a full boil, and add the following
dumplings:
Sift together 1 cup flour, 2 teaspoons
baking powder, and a pinch of salt; ' then
add alternately 1 whole fresh egg beaten
until light and enough milk to make a stiff
batter. Drop by small tablespoons atop
the rabbit ragout and let rise; then cover,
and cook for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the
lid, serve the portions along with hot rolls
and marmalade, and enjoy a rabbit dish as
old as Romany itself.
Concluding our superb rabbit recipes
will bring our tried and tested Rabbit en
Terrapin next month. You'll love it, too.
Send in your questions on the prepara·
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to give you our recipes for giving them
new glamor. And, if you have any unusual
recipes, why not share them with us?
We'll be glad to have them.
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