Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1950 — Page 14

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line in one of Horn & Hardart's would-famous Automats. He dropped his nickel in the slot, pulled the handle all the way to the right and waited for the nice coffee to pour into his cup. Noth-

ing happened.

The man pulled the handle

again. Still no coffee,

He banged the heel of his hand against the slot. No coffee. Someone in line behind him

‘hollered, “What's the

matter?

Let's get this show on the road!”

The little man banged

the slot

again and pulled the handle. Then he saw the sign. It said the world’s best cup of coffee for a nickel now costs two nickels.

Fruitlessly,

he searched his

pockets for another nickel. Finaly, he .eéft the line and went to ‘he change booth to get two for a

dime. When he got back, he had

lost his original 5 eents, his place fn line and his pleasant dispo-

sition. For Bigger Sign

“Why don’t they make a bigger sign? How's. a guy supposed

to know coffee’s a dime

if they!

don’t tell him?” he wailed. |

Similar episodes were recorded |, of the Horn &|

in nearly all Hardart’s

borhood in the*world.

Automats In York's teeming West 30's,

New| the

3 Eas 5 =

it now takes two nickels.

This goggle-eyed customer couldn't believe his glasses when he discovered what happened at the Automat, the place where you used to put in a nickel and get a cup of coffee. After 62 years,

One looked at his table com-

panions and said:

“Yesterday it was beer went up 15 cents. Now this. Ahhh, me.”

A quick check proved the group easily could have moved their headquarters to the swank Walmost Automat-saturated neigh g,.e Astorfa. Coffee there sells

for a dime, too.

In one, an elderly lady pounded | Machines took a beating from! the door of the kitchen scream- | ym patient persons who thought

ing:

“Whatsa matta with the ma-

| they were out of order, the res- | taurant chain was roundly criti-

chine? 1 put in the nickel—n0 | ojzeq for employing the element] of surprise, tempers and nickel A bus boy patiently explained were Irie pe e's that coffee is now 10 cents and |

coffee! Where'sa coffee?”

whatsa matter, you can’t read or | p,

something?

But the worst thing of all, to 0st minds, was the fact that the

nickel just won't do anything

“Well, then gimme Postum!” | gnymore. Unless you have two

she shouted. Most of the confusion

with the first coffee price increase since Mr. Horn and Mr. Hardart opened their first automatic v- Back Seat to Coaches

related |

stro in Philadelphia in 1888 was

caused by the fact that done without fanfare. Nickels in Hand

nickels in hand, first

aware of the boost when they

it was

became

of them.

Science Teachers Take

CEDAR FALLS, Ia. (UP)-—It's| {the atomic age, but the nation’s

schools pay more for athletic i coaches and band instructors than Early shoppers ‘and second-isor sefence teachers. breakfasting office personnel,

Dr. E. W. Goetch, placement ai-|

rector at Towa State Teachers Col-, lege, sald new coaches and band!

dropped their buffalo-backed coin/ instructors who got jobs through.

in the slot without the immediate ,\ placement bureau this fall

result they had always known. | t A high company official says re, salaries ranging from $2900 the advance has been under con- | .

sideration for more than

“We tried to hold the as against rising prices and costs of WINS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

a year. line |

operation in the hope that coffee would come down, The other day, |

there was

The range for beginning science’

teachers was $2700 to $3100.

Times State Service LAFAYETTE, Dec.

22 — The another three-cent ga Borden Agricultural Scholar-'

jump. We had to make the move.” gi, Award has been awarded to Perhaps hardest-hit by the re- Oakley M. Ray Jr. Monroe City.

treat of the nickel from its last phe award is presented for out-

stronghold are the thousands of standing scholarship in dairy hus-. persons who gather daily in the pandry at Purdue University. Mr. __coin - snatching restaurants to Ray has maintained a perfect 6.0 while ‘away & few hours in con< average since entering the univerversation with fellow time-killers. sity,

IES

| 8% Foreteller

Of Naval Reservi

nel will be entertained at

Children of Naval cial guests. '

Capt. F. F. Knachel, inspector-instructor, and

party. 5 REUNION PLANNED

baum Center from 1 to next Friday.

dianapolis, secretary, an Baylis, Hillside, N. J., treasurer.

Set Party for Children

Five hundred children of In-! dianapolis Naval Reserve person-

mas party at 7:45 p. m. tomorrow in the Nayal Armory. |

called to active duty will be spe-| ert Bedwell are in charge of the’

Annual reunion of Big Eaglell and Ki-Wa-Ca camps, sponsored by the Jewish Community Center, Association, will be held at Kirsh-|

sts

a Christ-' Reserves

assistant Lt. Rob-|

5 p. m.|

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