Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
Former Operator
Develops An
Ideal Scale
Mr. L. H. Stark, founder o f the
Ideal W eighing Machine Company o f
Los Angeles, after many years spent
in operating many types o f penny
weighing scales, and being confronted
with the difficulty o f finding loca­
tions in the congested districts,
where room is a large factor, set
about to find a scale that was small
enough, yet attractive and accurate.
He purchased several, but could npt
get the right one.
About 14 years ago he started to
experiment and after spending much
time and money, offers to the public
what he considers the best small
scale on the market and equal to any
large scale as to accuracy and de­
pendability.
No money has been
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spared to make the ID E A L all that
the name implies.
A large operator o f weighing ma­
chines in Europe spent the winter in
Los Angeles, and late last spring he
saw one o f the Ideal Scales in one
o f the downtown hotel lobbies. He
was so impressed that he immediately
went to the factory and spent several
days watching the manufacture o f
these machines. Before leaving fo r
Europe he arranged to take the dis­
tribution o f the Ideal fo r several
countries in Europe.
Teacher was trying to explain the
use o f adverbs as applied to speed.
W alking across the room very rapid­
ly she turned and asked: “ Now, how
would you say I walked then, chil­
dren?”
With one accord, and without a
smile, they all shouted: “ Bow-leg­
g e d !” — Boston Transcript.
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