Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1914)

io8 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Meets long-felt need for better box-office system THE moving-picture and amusement business has long waited for a system which would safeguard money received for admissions. This protection is now provided by the "National" Ticket-Issuing Register. A strong box-office system is essential The difference between a strong and a weak box-office system may mean the dift'erence between continuing in business with financial success or retiring from business with financial loss. The protective feature of the "National" Ticket-Issuing" Register makes the proprietor's success more certain. It insures him the proper amount of cash for every person who enters the theatre. Some advantages of the new "National" System Tickets cannot be duplicated or resold. A new ticket is issued for each admission. The register makes a positive, unchangeable record of each ticket issued; and the amount received for it. This record is under lock and key inside MAY -4 100 ADMIT ONE TH E MAJESTIC GOOD TODAY ONLY Ticket issued by National Ticket-Issuing Regrister. the register. The customer takes the ticket from the machine. The cashier need only to press the keys and make change. A continuous audit At any time — morning, afternoon, or evening — the proprietor can tell exactly how many tickets have been sold and how much should have been received for them. He can demand the exact amount from the cashier. An instant audit of the day's business is obtained and the proprietor knows that he gets all his money. Tickets recorded and printed at one operation Tickets are printed and recorded as issued. There is no waste in unused or lost ticket rolls. It is the fastest admission system ever devised. Crowds are handled quickly and without confusion. "National" System can be used in many businesses This system can also be used in other businesses, such as — • Lectures. Circuses. Exhibitions. Race meets. Ferry boats. Toll bridges. Lunch counters. Excursion boats. Subway railways. Elevated railways. Unreserved galleries. Dance halls and pavilions. Fairgrounds and concessions. Baseball and athletic associations. Summer gardens and concessions. Soda fountains in drug and department stores. This register was shown at the New York Exposition and will be on display at the Toronto and Dayton conventions. Let our representative tell you more about how this register stops worry and losses, removes temptation, and increases profits. The National Ticket-Issuing Register. Quick, easy and economical to operate. 1 1 stops losses and protects your money. Register lias ten keys in two banks of five each. Lefthand bank controls the number of tickets issued, the right-hand bank governs the price of the tickets issued. The keys in the left-hand bank are as follows: 5-4-3-2-R. When five tickets are wanted, the "5" key is pressed. When four are wanted, the "4" key is pressed, etc. The "R" key is a release key, used to release the key pressed, if an error is made. The register is 10 5^ inches wide, 10 5^ inches deep, and 10% inches high. The top of the machine has a flange which extends over the sides 'A inch on three sides, and on the front side, 14 inch. This makes the top of the register 11 inches wide and 11 H inches deep. Cabinet is of pressed steel and is finished in black enamel. The printing mechanism is contained in the left-hand side of the machine, and the motor is in the right-hand side of the machine. Both sides have a large door. The stands are, in all cases, furnished with the register. The register is guaranteed against breakage, or getting out of order, due to ordinary wear, for a period of two years, the same as all National Cash Registers. It is a perfect-working machine, and is as carefully made in every detail as our highest-priced cash registers. The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio