Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
MARIONETTES
y AND
MIMEOGRAPHS
Rv j L JoNEs


exposition grounds seeking 1ome
thing new to write, the thought sud
denly struck me that indoors was the
place for real story material The
TTylon and Perisphere, the mammoth
cOlorful buildings, the landscapine
and shch things are good window
dressing, but IL is the exhibits after
all that make a worlds fair. People
don't go to the circus to see the
maintOp or to a ball game to admire
the grandstand; the main reason
folks are coming from all parts OF
the world is to see what American
enterprise and American ingenuity
have accomplished. The exhibitors
tell this story.
Being hard by the Business Sys-
TENS and Insurance Building, turn
cd in, feeling that this was a good
place to test the theory that the true
epic of Americas commercial great
ness was to be found among the ex-
hibits. An attendant handed me a
small attractive news sheet called
'Mimeo Flashes" and read that this
was Westinghouse Day at the Fair
- that the dedication of the Czecho-
sloVakian Pavilion by DR.. Eduard
Benes had been postponed three days,
and that the Cherry Blossom Ballet
n the Hall of Music was highly worth
while"
Nice of the Fair, l thought, to keep
me up TO date with such timely bull
letins. l must look in on the ballet
later on. But wait a minute! "MimeO
Flashes" explains itself further with
the modest statement: --latest news
of Today reproduced at the World of
Tomorrow on the Monograph Duplf
Gator. Issued daily at the A. b. Dick
Company exhibit" So it wasn't the
exposition after all, but an exhibitor
chat was doing this for the benefit of
Fair visitors. That's good sportsman
ship.
The A. B. Dick Company having
welcomed me to the building, | felt it
only fair for me to visit its exhibit
early. II wasn't hard to find for this
great Chicago concern really has an
imposing showing of its products.
This exhibitor is the worlds largest
manufacturer of stencil duplicating
machines. All sizes and types of
MimeOgraph duplicators are on show
toO-from the little, inexpensive mo-
dels for the smallest Office needs 10
the big masterful fellows designed
to meet the heaviest demands of big
business.
e But the A. B. Dick Company does
not rely upon its machinery-even
handsome, efficient modern Office ma
chinery that performs the work of
hundreds of typists, and does it bet
ter-tO attract and hold the public's
attention. 1t presents the progress
of business letter writing through the
ages in a whimsical marionette show |
entitled Writers Cramp," and as
they say in the theatrical press, il is |
Packing 'em in" / managed to |
myself through the crowd |
and enjoyed the performance of the |
hugely. Everybody does!
Father Time, a veteran master OB
sets the stage in a con-
with Grover Whalen, head |
man of the exposition. Il learned af-
terward that thia is the only Whalen
script used ON the grounds, and has
dorse it? The Fair was publicized via
The history of writing and COM
is depicted by marion
cites from the Stone Age when prim-
tive man chiseled his mail on a gran
tie tablet. Stone gives way to paper
and pens and type replace the ham
ner, but still it is all too slow for
Mr.. Whalen. At leagth the typewriter
appears, but even that device is lag
lard in Mr.. Whalens' opinion. Final I
y the AlimeOgraph, and Growers per-
Jlexities are solved. His blessing is
given in the verse:
Take note to my stan
That the Mimeograph
Is the worlds fairest writing machine"
Exhibiting at worlds fairs is by no /
means an experiment with the A. B.
Dick Company. Almost half century
go, at the Worlds Columbian Expo
itiOn, Chicago 1898. its duplicating
were shown TO an awe
truck world. The machines produe- I
ID by this company which were call
d marvellous in the gay nineties ap-
eared ridiculOusly clumsy and out L
NODDED beside the MimeogFaph dupli-
ators shown at A Century of Pro-
ress, Chicago, 1933-34. And am
old that the past five years have o
rought many improvements and in
ovations TO the line. particularly
Is new streamlined designs, thus c
hOwing that within a single COM
any, products pass from 'the COW 81
red wagon to the Diesel-motored .
tages with the years. II is this con-
nual advancement and refinment in
he things America produces that
lakes a worlds fair exhibit so fas-
mating to me. and to many millions
visitors who will pass through the d,
Irnstiles of New York's Worlds E
air this summer. You may go to the
air for entertainment or relaxation
r change. but don't forget the real
value will come from the
Ihibits you have seen. If you have
ny interests at all which touch upon
lsiness methods, | strongly urge
)u to see the exhibit of this COM
my that is making a real contribu-
On to modern business efficiency. Sc