Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
47
Norris Brings Out New
Cigarette Machines
Machine
Not Permitted
The Morris Manufacturing Com­
in Kansas
Comes the owner o f cigarette vend­
ing machines and petitions the fed­
eral court fo r permission to operate
in Kansas in violation o f the Kansas
law. It looks like “ a bay horse case”
with the recent granting by the fe d ­
eral court o f a petition o f a slot ma­
chine owner to operate in Kansas.
There is, however, this distinction:
The slot machine device purported to
sell lawful merchandise. In both
cases the petitions were based on the
interstate commerce character o f the
business. This character was recog­
nized in the slot machine ruling and
resulted in the criminal laws o f Kan­
sas being openly flouted fo r more
than a year. But in the case o f the
cigarette venders, the court held that
it was on its face a scheme to thwart
the Kansas law and denied the peti­
tion on that ground. However, the
peititoner went away with the com­
fort o f having elicited ^rom the court
a veiled criticism o f the Kansas anti­
cigarette law as being oppressive and
as being permitted to remain on the
statute books only because o f a lack
o f courage on the part o f legislators
to repeal it.
Perfume Machines
Appear in New York
A new type o f slot machine is tak­
ing possession o f New York. It is a
dime perfume dispensary.
It is becoming as common in hotels,
theater lounges and beauty parlors
as gum machines are on subway plat­
forms. Nearly 1,000 have been in­
stalled.
The dime brings a tiny glass tube,
carrying the aroma o f $20 worth o f
orchids or a dozen premiers.
A fter the Ball is over— what a re­
lief it is to get out o f the starched
shirt.
© International Arcade Museum
pany, o f Columbus, Ohio, have per­
fected a new type o f machine, one
that vends combs. It is a neat at­
tractive machine, made o f highly pol­
ished aluminum, and equipped with
mirror. It is practically impossible
to get mechanism out o f order as
construction is so simple, and it is
also positive in operation.
An individual Comb Vender gives
patrons the satisfaction o f obtaining
a sanitary comb just at the time it is
needed. This vender not only adds
service to patrons, but it is also a
source o f profit fo r the proprietor.
The Master Comb Machine is dis­
pensable to proprietors o f Hotels,
Cafes, Theatres, Office Buildings, De­
partment Stores, Restaurants, Billiard
Parlors, Railroad Stations, Dance
Halls, Swimming Pools, etc.
The Norris Manufacturing Com­
pany are the manufacturers o f the
Famous Master Ball Gum and Peanut
Machines, also Pistol Target Prac­
tice.
On a Slow Train
Thru Arkansas
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New Shoe Shiner
A L ong Beach, Calif., inventor
hopes to make a fortune out o f a
mechanical shoe-shining device. You
drop a nickel in the slot, designate
what color shine you want, and the
machine does the rest.
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