Telegram-herald., 1890-01-24

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they g4se mach tho-g1t - ProsLs-0zls
ror hcFns comferk T1s hau uling q a.
spiunizx wosei an8 tie l11escribaoie
uus1c of EAs trades sE1 - -tt-s - t1e
AsnE lsolu Foeallzs every P-g7 q hls-
terry froua tie 3ATs Of the patrlzrchs d
tks tine q Arzsright sDa ofsens 49,
ehere = Mstis re-s9n ~ do1b- th@E so1a-
a. performed most q t1e lntelis,t--t
as sell 4s physieSi sork 81 clothing al
tenuDz she family until other tlAt
hand power aas employed 10 th-s n1-
~ Industrial s1ort. Il modern tlmes.
ko~ever, and especially ~1thln TIE las
hundred years, TIE records s1o@ thaf
uls1 inventors have been uen. slthoUF1
women lave been gaining ground rap
- "a the later decades. IL = sho~n
by sac P4tsnt Oe3ee documents that. IA
ths ( niss1 States. from l.so up 70 Jlly,
1873, over $500 pslents have been
granted 20 woH1n. The first patent
granted 70 a woman wzs for straw wesY-
ing - "a six or thread Ia 1870 - Mar
Keis Ia 1918 Nay Brush received
patent f0r = corseti sophia Usher FOL
lowed II 1919 With cream q tartar car
donated liquid; Julia Phantom IN le22
-sltu a foot stove After that date the
entries are annual with the exception Ot
the yea IS 1927, 1893, $50. 1889. 1885, 1859
IS44, $40, 1852 and Is54-55. The first
page embraces al OF the half-eentury
lsO9-5S. Ia which time there were
precisely hfty patents granted. BY
1865 The entries filed full page; by
1851, tWo pages; by ISIS, three pages.
The native patentee whose address Is
recorded Is Agdelsna q. Goodman, DuVal
County, Fla, FOR improvement in broom
brushes in 1s49. She and one other
woman were the only SOutherners up TO
the outbreak OF the cival war 70 whom
patents were granted. These patents
ara not by any means confined 10 do
mestio objects or the dress and adcrn-
ment of women. They range over
broad field from pin-cushion 10 a ship
of war; from lantern 10 car-wheel;
from a corset 10 fre-ladder; from cos
metics to agricultural implements; In
short, from elegant triies 70 the hard
pan of strict utilitsrianism. Row many
of women's inventions are hidden under
the names of fathers, husbands, broth
ers and sons we can not, of course, know,
but IL Is by no means unlikely that
many thousands Of such conceal
.ments exist "a the lists Of patents
granted. It is still more probable that
suggestions of women have helped many
man 10 the development OF patentable
devices, and IL is known Fact that the
loving faith Of good wife has kept up
the courage and her industry supplied
bread for tho poor inventor in thousands
OF instances while he has struggled
on toward success or failure to-
ward happiness or despair. As won-
an has become moro and more
prominene in all departments Of bust
moss, she is naturally making a better
showing in the records OF the Patent Of
fee. The 1000 patents now standing TO
her credit will soon be multiplied by
ten, and the fame and fortune annually
reaped by inventors will be moro eouit-
ably divided between the sexes 1t
would be scarcely permissible to close
this article without reference to the
obligations OF woman 10 invention. Her
life has been relieved OF most OF its
drudgery by patentdevices. The wooden
mill, the cotton factory, the sewing ma
chine, machinery for the laundry AID
the dairy. mechanical appliances for do
ing all the hard work OF urban or rural
homes-these have opened up new and
better life for the mothers, wives and
sisters OF to-day. Other Inventions
such as telegraphy, the typewriter and
tho telephone, have created new occupa-
tions for thousands of women, while ia
ventious in music and art have made
embellishments possible 70 even the
r0orest sewing girl. The new times are
better than the cid in all respects, but
in no other direction is the imnrove-