Automatic Age

June , 193 -4
A U T O M A T IC A G E
107
To Test a Man, First Test
His Coins
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A u t o m a t ic A g e :
In England the public is reproved
by the press for its cruel treatment
of coin machines. “ For too many
years,” says The London Times edi­
torially, “have automatic slots stood
a great deal from violence and bully
of the human race,” and so it rejoices
in the advent of the outcast Ameri­
can machine in the following lan­
guage :
“Now from America, comes the ma­
chine which will st^nd no nonsense.
Instead of suffering bad coins, or
merely resisting passively by getting
blocked up, this machine shouts man­
ly abuse of the 'Stop Thief’ type, and,
w hat is more comes up with its malet
and strikes a blow for business in ­
tegrity, aim ing where the head of the
offender is mechanically calculated to
be. I t does not stop there. It tips a
bucket of water over the would-be
cheat, and, last and best of all, it
opens a trap-door under his feet and
swallows him up.
“ The seaside is a great place not
only for slots but for courting, and
those new slots will greatly help. The
manly courage which men like to
show in courtship will not be re­
stricted any longer to a Red Indian
demeanor on the switchback, even at
the steepest descents, or to sangfroid
among the other diversions. The slots
will be the real test, to prove that a
young man either has good coins or
the heart of a lion.
“Whatever truth there is in the
dictum of social observers that a
growing measure of chaperonage
awaits the young miss of tomorrow,
here is a new peril for unwanted
thirds, who will be asked to get
matches or chocolate or scent from
the attractive machine near by, and
who will then disappear until the
police at the end of the day, have
cleared the slots and removed the
trapped booby to the cells.”
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N a t h a n G o ld e n , N . Y .
Si Snodgrass was hammering away
at the old car, which had balked on
a muddy road 40 miles from home.
Si hit his thumb a hard crack— and
his wife was shocked at the language
he used on the subject. She protested
to him, saying, “ Silas Snodgrass, you
ought to be ashamed of yourself to
swear that w ay!”
“Betsy Ann,” vociferated Si; “if
you can think of any better way to do
it, now is the time to tell me.”
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