Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-09
Women AS Inventors.

lhe United States government has Just issued
bulky volume of nearly 500 pages, containing 2500
patents granted to women. Mary Kies is the first
under date 1800 for ''straw weaving with silk or
thread and the first patent chroncled as granted
to a native was to Agdalena Goodman, of Duval
county, Florida, for an Improvement in broom
brushes. ;" In 1915 a Mary Brush supplied a
"corset, }" four years later Sophia Usher has cream
of tartar, carbonated liquid chroncled in the
register, and sfoot stove' stands to the credit
of Julia Phantom in 1922.
Then in 1864, Mary Jane Montgomery patented
an 'improved war vessel" and several other
equally ingenious Inventions; a veritable curiosity
is that of a "moustache SPOON" by lady of
Philadelphia; whilst an Iowa lady shows the inter
est she takes in smoking by bringing out ''an i'm
provement in cigars,
But coming nearer home Mrs. Wood is re-
garded as the most prolific of our women invent
ors. She has invented some eight or nine things,
one being an excellent composition for painting the
sides of ships and not only does she utilize her
brain in this direction but also looks after some of
the companies formed for introducing her ideas.
Bristol lady gives us 'double-lipped sauce
pam" Mrs. May amuses us with game of lawn
bagatelle; another English lady hasinvented an in
genious instrument for dividing straight line ac-
curately into definite number of equal parts an
other, "a sleeve attachments" whilst scores of
patents in the way of clothing have emanated from
women. Thus Mrs. Parnell, who has several large
houses in Australia is responsible for perforated
underclothing and bed clothing, her contention be-
ing that clothing so made allows the perspiration
to escape, and that the chances of catching rheu-
matism and lumbago are much lessened by its use.
The very latest thing is doube-pointed nail,
clever idea of Mrs. Emily Durrans. The thought
occurred to her owing to portion of her dressing
table falling to pieces and carpenter being called
in, he Immediately set to work TO remedy the de-
feet by driving two French wire nails into the
wood, leaving their heads exposed to view, which
considerably disfgured the table. A double
pointed nail was suggested to her mind, which Sc
curely fastens two pieces of wood together, with
out showing how they have been joined. A large
sum of money was offered for the patent, but re-
fused, and now syndicate has been formed and
the nail has already proved highly satisfactory.
Some time ago Madame Dulong Tuyssusan,
after experimenting for over eighteen years, which
proves that the softer sex are patient in bringing
their ideas to successful ISSUE constructed ma
chine which will cut metal plates of considerable
thickness to any design or pattern, however elab-
crate
The we-known actress, Mrs. Kendall, has
patented an artistic candle shade, and has also de-
signed novel fan; it is of black lace, of ordinary
size, elegantly mounted in ebony, but upon being
examined pencil case, glove buttoner, scissors,
mirror, powder puff, hair pins, and even a time
piece are found within its folds.
| could add thousand others, but these will
prove that women are by no means wanting in in
ventive powers, and hardly week passes without
something new being registered at the Patent Office
as the result of hard work and much thought by
those who are not generally supposed to be blessed
with too much genius tending towards this partcu-
lar channel [Iit-Bits. .
When you make mistake, don't look back at it
long. Take the reason of the thing into your