Automatic Age

T he
A u t o m a t ic
of the 1927 season we manu­
factured a group of macnine .3 that
c°st several thousand dollars. One
°f these machines, the Novelty Elec­
tee Piano, proved to be very popu-
^ar- This instrument is operated with
a nickel and plays for one minute,
^hree automatons, illustrated in this
Article, keep time to the music, the
^ m m e r playing a snare and base
the center figure being a for-
teller, and the one on the left a
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above mentioned. Another high class
machinc, the new Automatic Pool
Table, will appeal to the game-loving
public and attract a desirable class of
patrons.
Bar Indecent Pictures
Views for the p'cture machines
must be selected with great care. Do
not, Under any circumstances, use
licentious, suggestive or immoral
views that have a tendency to de-
An attractive Arcadc front
da;
doll. These figures are verv
hfe-Uke as their
• eyeo move, mouths
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and close and their heads move
ab out.
to achines
like the “ Hoot-Mon”
Same which attracted wide at-
thntio* at the Amusement Park and
q
Vending
Machne Operators’
entions in Ch cago are the type
that
will attract the better class of
Pat;
Nonage to an arcade. I wish to
ess on every arcade owner the
stance of celecting machines as
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moralize or depres;-. In another issue
I will mention some of the trouble
that has resulted from displaying pic­
tures of this nature.
With regard to the care of arcade
equipment, an attendant with me­
chanical experience should be held
responsible for this.
There are many details which I
will write about in a later issue, and
in conclusion I wish to warn pros­
pective arcade operators about one
important matter. That is: the first
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