Automatic Age

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the trade. A s an illustration, the
Universal V en din g C om pany operate
all o f the gum and peanut m achines
on the C h icago E levated platform s
and Mr. H all o f that con cern recen tly
told the w riter that at least seventy-
five percen t o f those bu yin g peanuts
and gum
fr o m th eir vending m a­
chines are repeat custom ers. T h ey
have fou n d to o that it pays to vend
quality m erchandise.
Mr. Jennings is n ow fo rty -e ig h t
years y ou n g and th irty years ag o he
was one o f the pion eer vending m a­
chine operators. H e know s the bus­
iness fro m all angles and
every
operator w ould do w ell to fo llo w his
advice on the v en din g o f qu ality m er­
chandise.
A New Picture M a­
chine that Gets
the Money
Operators have always wanted a
small drop picture machine that
Five S#t* of Pictures
Would rtand up and g et a steady play
all the year ’round.
The new P H O -
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A ge
T O S C O P E ju st put on the m arket b y
the E xh ibit Supply Com pany, 4222-30
W est Lake Street, C h icago, fills the
bill— it bristles with m on ey m aking
points.
E v ery practical featu re re­
quired by operators has been put into
this little m achine.
It is com pact,
sturdy, and w ell finished. T he display
sign is m ade especially attractive to
catch the (-ye and g e t the coins. T h e
P H O T O S C O P E is fitted w ith the
popu lar E x h ib it sliding slot w hich is
practically slug p r o o f and made either
fo r l c or 5c play. T o start the m a­
chine the player sim ply places a coin
in the slot and slides it forw ard. T he
m achine w ill then run a com plete set
o f pictures b efore stopping. A stron g
clock w ork provides the m otive pow er.
L ig h t enters the cabinet through one-
fou rth inch thick prism glass. A com ­
partm ent is provided f o r batteries i f
electric ligh t is required. The cash
box holds $15.00 in pennies and has
a stron g iron d oor with separate lock.
The P H O T O S C O P E on ly takes about
ten-inch square coun ter space.
T he main feature that will appeal
to operators is the fa c t that the
the P H O T O S C O P E is backed up by
the E x h ib it’s large, w onderfu l line o f
genuine ph oto stereo view s— Com ics,
A r t M odels, Bathers, kiddy pictures,
etc. T he E xh ibit people specialize in
the produ ction o f stereo view s and
have a b ig line to select from . The
machine holds five sets o f pictures
and the reel can be qu ick ly changed
from one m achine to another.
A
large descriptive circu lar illustrating
the P H O T O S C O P E and listing hun­
dreds o f rets o f pictures, will be
mailed all readers o f T he A u tom atic
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