Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
Manager, was in Buffalo that
day and I did not get to see him.
This company occupies an old
church building that has been
remodeled and makes a splen­
did factory and office building.
A few miles further is North
Tonawanda, where I called on
"the Wurlitzer Manufacturing
Company, makers of automatic
pianos. There I met Mr, Peter­
ing, an old acquaintance of
twenty years ago and had his
assurance that the Automatic
Age would be on their next ad­
vertising list.
At Cleveland conditions seem
to be very good. Here is a live
town and while there are some
signs of business depression in
some places, Cleveland looks
very normal. There will be an­
other article about my visit
here.
Two more weeks will elapse before
the Government liquor stores will
open for business. In the meantime
the stuff is aging. Hamilton (Ontar­
io) Spectator.
Canada may be wet, but she has
her scruples.
Swimmers entering
Toronto’s $50,000 water marathon
must wear bathing suits.— Cleveland
News.
Government statistics show that it
will take a few more prophecies to
put noble horse out of business.— Rut­
land Herald.
The Father o f waters doesn’t seem
behave much better than some other
parents when he gets full.— Kansas
City Star.
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New Amusement
Machine
A new amusement machine
has been invented by Henry T.
Yates of Ohio, which is in the
form of a circus enclosed in an
upright glass case similar to a
piano. Insertion of a nickel re­
leases the mechanism which
starts the circus into action,
which includes negro dancers, a
pair of prize fighters, different
animals doing stunts, Maggie
swatting Jiggs with a rolling
pin, a full orchestra with a very
comical drummer and a lot of
other stunts.
We inserted a nickel into the
machine which started the mu­
sic playing while the circus per­
formers were doing their stunts.
Immediately a crowd of people
came running to see the per­
formance. One would naturally
think that the objection to this
is the fact that everybody can
see it for the price of five cents,
however, that is not the case.
The machine is so amusing that
someone else in the crowd would
put a nickel in and so on as long
as it keeps playing, new comers
will gather and those who have
seen it two or three times will
go on their way. It looks like a
money maker for public places.
Some people wish to get out o f
China and others want to get all they
can out of China. There’s a slight
but important difference.— Los An­
geles Times.
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