A large automatic musical instrument--a 'penny in the slot' polyphone--resembling a grandfather's clock in shape--stood against one of the partitions and close up to the counter, so that those behind the bar could reach to wind it up.

Hanging on the partition near the polyphone was a board about fifteen inches square, over the surface of which were distributed a number of small hooks, numbered.

At the bottom of the board was a net made of fine twine, extended by means of a semi-circular piece of wire.

In this net several india-rubber rings about three inches in diameter were lying.

There was no table in the place but jutting out from the other partition was a hinged flap about three feet long by twenty inches wide, which could be folded down when not in use.