Automatic Age

T he A
u t o m a t ic
Diary of a Weighing
Machine
Ju ly 2.— I think I ’m g o in g to like
m y jo b . A ll I have to do when people
step on me is to tell them th eir co r ­
r e ct w eigh t. T h e y ’re goin to set me
out in the street to m o rro w so I can
start w ork.
Ju ly 3.— H ad a lo t o f custom ers t o ­
day.
T o o k in 29 pennies.
P eople
d o n ’t seem to like me, though.
I
w on der w h y th at is.
Ju ly 4.— I ’ve discovered the reason ;
th ey think I d on ’t tell the tru th ! A
thin man g o t on m y pla tform today
and w hen I pointed to his w eigh t he
sh ook me fu riou sly and tried to g et
his pen ny back.
J u ly 5.— G oodness know s I tell the
ex a ct truth, bu t life is becom in g un­
bea ra ble! I w eighed a fa t lady, and
w hen I told her 260 she called me
“ liar.”
T h at w hat I get fo r being
h on est!
J u ly 6.— I ’m g ettin g tired o f this.
T om orrow I strike. I ’m g o in g to
start lyin g, f o r it doesn ’t do any g ood
to tell th em the truth.
J u ly 7.— Started lying. A thin man
g o t on m y p la tform , and w hen I told
him 175 he ju st grinned and puffed
ou t his chest.
A w om an w eigh in g
ab ou t 20 cam e along, and when I told
h er 180 she told her husband th at she
w as m aking great progress with her
A ge
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reducin g course. I guess I'm n ot
lyin g hard enough.
Ju ly 8.— Started the day n icely b y
tellin g a thin man he w eighed 28
pounds. He gave one look and made
a wild dash across the street to the
d o c to r ’s office. I ’ve g o t them believ­
in g me n o w ! Ju st w ait till I g e t that
fa t w om an w ho called me “ liar.”
Ju ly 9.— I ’m done f o r ! The fa t
w om an stepped on me this m orning
and when I told h er 350, she fainted
and fe ll so hard on m y pla tform that
I lost m y sp rin gs!
Pop-Corn Vender
A t last the p erfected p op -corn ven­
der is on the m arket and it is a beau­
tiful and attractive m achine selling
fo r $1,000. T he on ly hand operation
required is filling the m achine with
raw pop corn on ce a day.
T he m achine is coin conti-olled— a
dim e— and au tom atically pops, bu t­
ters, salts, b ox es and delivers the
finished product. It is said to be a
m oney-m aker and
attracts a big
crow d.
Mills House Organ
The M ills N ov elty C om pany gets
out an in teresting little house organ
fo r their operators w hich they call
“ Spinning R eels.”
It contains som e
g ood reading m atter regarding their
m achines and the trade in general.
Believes in the Automatic Age
“ W e always believed that there was a field for a magazine of
this kind. The only question in my mind is whether you have a
reasonably complete list of operators. No doubt, however, you
have some plan in mind whereby you will in due course augment
the list you have and bring it up to date.
W ith best wishes for the success of the A U T O M A T IC A G E , I
remain,
T H E E X H IB I T S U P P L Y CO.
P. C. Smith.
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