logue No. 10, where they claim to have another 

 regulator this time on the outside, they forget to 

 mention the mischievous rat, or the meddling chil- 

 dren ; but such an important character as Mr. Rat 

 should be made to play his part to the end of the 

 farce) 



THIRD ACT (from Catalogue No. 6, later edition.) 



"As TO THE MATTER OF REGULATION." The 



Incubator has been on the market NINE 



consecutive years. (Glance back to beginning of 

 second act.) Its growth in public favor has been 

 rapid. It is to-day the most popular incubator in 

 existence. It has won this high rank strictly on its 

 merits. Its wide-spread popularity is, we claim, 

 absolute proof of its merits of its real value as a 

 hatcher. The proof of the pudding is in the eat- 

 ing ! In reply to all envious assertions made by 

 competitors, we have this to say : Mere assertion is 

 one thing ; actual results, as described and sworn 

 to by men and women who have bought and are 



now using hatchers, are very different 



things. The one is the boasting of men who have 

 something to sell ; the others are the disinterested 

 statements of persons who have paid out their 

 good money for artificial hatchers and have put 

 them to the test. ****** The real 

 safety of the heat governor on a successful incu- 

 bator depends upon the amount of water used. 



That is the secret of success. The holds 



twenty gallons of water, 200 egg capacity. (Here 

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