Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
latest in Cigarette Vendors
being used in Europe
difficult to make a large number
Machines pay a good income in a
®°Untry where the average earning
0v?er of the masses is low, and
IJ
where most machines work with an
English penny (2 cents American
money). One can see on these piers,
rows and rows of people, old and
young, who come out for the day,
hire a beach chair for three pence
(6 cents) a day, and just sit and sun­
burn themselves all day, while listen­
ing to free music.
Another thing detrimental to auto­
matic coin operated machines in
Germany is the new coin which is
issued on the gold basis of exchange.
The new coin is different from the
old (which is now valueless) in read­
ing matter, and not much in size or
construction. This enables the player
to use up all his worthless coins on
vending machines, which can not be
made so fine as to determine the dif­
ference between the old and new
coins, even though the government
has attempted to do so, in its postage
stamp machines, which are very ac­
curate.
In practically every foreign coun­
try stamps are not sold at the coun­
ter inside the Post Office, but through
vending machines which sell stamps
at the regular price and eliminate the
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^ scene in an
European
Penny
Arcade
Note that
they are
called
Amusement
Saloons
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