| Show london Is threatened with a new development of the penny ln ID the slot machine around battersea park a hitherto neglected spot across the thames from chelsea there are rapidly springing into existence a great number of new streets with small but attractive houses bouses suited to the requirements of people in moderate circumstances in addition to electric bells bath rooms and stationary washstands wash stands the latest modern convenience Is a slot blot in the neighboring lamp post you drop droll in a penny nud and out comes a gallon of boll ing water it is said that illuminating gas la Is soon to be conducted into come of the cheaper houses bouses to be paid for in the same way the possibilities in this line when fully developed are almost unlimited with fl a few more compartments part ments to the lamp post tired shoppers might be provided with hot teal tea or coffee in winter and ice fee creams in I 1 summer other lamp posts might be adapted for supplying compressed air to bicycles and automatic carriages no doubt before long the suburban resident previous to winging his bis way home will turn to the friendly lamp post for a supply of hydrogen with which to inflate his flying apparatus A penny in the slot and up and away he goes des in those happy days every lamp post will contain an automatic photographing apparatus which will faithfully reproduce all accidents and fix the blame impartially where it be longs angs |
