New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25
THE SLOT MACHINE IN SOCIETY.
Finn The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The nickel in.the,lot machine has great future lure
beorr i The following o encouragement 1incH from i"'
al an elegant private german given in a town
near Boston the other night, the men went up TO $40,
ipo @t IN DAINTY roll Of chocolate with
the Of his partner on The Wrapper reliability
! Of this somewhat ungrammatical statement with the
single exception of nat portion 81 to re nsera no a
| this distance why such an opportunity Tor turning
honest penny should be allowed to pass py n.n
getting Probably it wasn't. II j. not beyond the
bounds of possibility that Tie Iraveltri ldf Ths %
lore If it be taken for granted that each guest sup
Piled - own nickel and put It IN tine so' t as ex 9
pcn,cs Of the entertainments the entire story can
THIS innovation more important than Is apparent
the face Of the returns hue b ia, one has
good many notion, III net na5 b f' ab"nt IT, II
afrr fair tlial the slot machine Is FOUND u work
well Boston ,ocicy tlier Is no COCA Tta,gn TS
cite, az Chicago and New York. for instance III one
or another the guest can De 70 e i realized to
vppunio when he enters the door a nickel in the
i"t NAV be- made to producc an order for an at
tcndant to conduct him 10 the cloak room w%re h ~!
ny pnshnr the machine for all that it is wortl-and
the osonan, can he relied upon 10 SCI the pMce.SS
dance Another machine would supply him with
ticket Of admission 70 nc supper room aG ny
him Any delicqcics not on the regular hll OF iatc
might be supplied by udiciouS use 81 CONS iamens
mcnt another nickel would grant him permission 10
" 'I can be seen that the possibilities are simply
unbonndcd but II Is not the intention at TINS line
10 enter into elaborate details for collecting r9i1n
lions All these can mach better be intrlN"d To tne
ncopIe Of Boston. We desire simply tn call atten,
ton the various channels Of n,ctmSI ana p pst
viii give them thorough trial not ONLY i'm the select
and elegant" entertainments Of the nature described
O"I W. ~ " 'ee no reason why they should not become
eXcsed9gy poRgaTt II 6c pTcs TE roG% Of tho,
Embellishments. II Monday. by way NJ Illustration,
were Goldfish day the boarder as ne enieGd Iie
dining room, would find himself confronted by 'hiS
'S Pit nickel in the slot pull out the drawer and
o'' cup Of coffee could he supplied by dropping
nickel in another slot and turning faucet, While
still another machine would run the Ss,intict M
desserts. changed daily from haSty puddn through
far famed New England pnnkin. Just think Of the
heaps Of abuse the stale Jokes about the strength OF
the butter and kindred cutting remarks that me land
lady wonld escape Instead Of listening mildly to
the walls OF dcrision when beans come on III pace OF
tho cxpected turkey she would cnScOncc herself com
rtahv I'm the back parlor with the latest mover or
peer through a crack in the kitchen wall and enjoy the
the summons Of the deep mOuhed bell. should ma
the sign f.arng them in the face; A.. -. 49,,
"'i The beans might be scorched and burned beyond
nair bu the hoarderS could vent their spit" onN on
themselves. There might be too much molaN>eS IN
them but she wouldni he there to apologize 70 the
cook They might be swimming in pork tat; nut wnat
nossibc difference could that make Ia her ne
boarers would simply wait themselves take what
they wanted and the rest and their shafts OF
sarcasm could not penetrate beyond the walls. !.
nud he necessary Of course. at the end OF the week
IN deduct the collections made from the board nl',
hut even in this arran cement the andladv w'uid be
snre IN come ont ahead. for by possibility could an
evil dSposcd person lump his boari bill entire: u"
mist leave something behind or 60 beanleSS ana cod-
nshless. ,,. -. ..,, .ho, pos,o,
has struck a lead that Is we'll worth deve'oping Is
10 he hoped for the sake of some other ces' that she
won't insist patent rights.