Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-30

colony until the American revolution, anc
was found adequate to serve as the consti
tuition of the state until 1918. By al
means, If 1t is not too late, let us hsye the
oaken panel, with the design which should
be the emblem of the state, in honorable
position, to speak of the hardy independ
ence of our forefathers as we'll as of
the artistic taste and skill of our present
day daughters.
In the gallery of honor in the woman'i
building it is proposed to place an IL
Illuminated copy of Whittier's noble Cen
tennial hymn, which in many points IL
as appropriate to the Columbian exposition
as to the great fair of 1876. The illumi.
Wiley of Hardwick, Pa. 1t is painted in
water colors, the letters of the text, which
is in Gothic characters, are in dark blue
the initial being in red with beautifully
and elaborate decorations.
An interesting piece of statuary which
has been secured for exhibition is one by
Mrs. Harriet A. Ketcham of Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, which represents the Peri, who
OF Eden Stood, disconsolate."
It was made in Italy of the purest
marble. and is of unusually delicate work
manship. Mrs. Ketcham studied art in
New York. Washington and Rome, and
has been called by critics the leading
sculptor of her sex in Europe and America
Her design for q soldiers monument was
accepted by the general assembly of Iowa,
being selected from a collection of fifty
submitted plans, and her diligent work in
executing the work is believed to have
fastened her death, which occurred few
months ago.
woMAN's NOTIONS.
Verify, there is no sex in invention. AT
least, in looking over the lists of patents
applied for it would be almost impossible
to judge accurately of the sex of the inven-
tor from the nature of the invention. Wo-
mans wits have been applied of late to the
solution of many practical problems. Do
mestic oonveniences and public improve
ments alike appeal to her ingenuity, and
finding that her powers are not limited
to crimping pins and corsets she
goes boldly on to devise street
sweeping machines and driving wheels
for locomotives. Recent patents granted
to women include q grass catching attach
ment for lawn mowers, flexible hre es-
cape ladder, a rein support. a machine for
hanging wall paper, and foot support
for telegraph poles, and 1t Is said that no.
body but a woman could have invented
the combination dress stand and fire es-
cape which London lady has recently
patented. The combination does not sp-
pear to be q particularly useful one as we
are told that in the excitement consequent
upon the near approach of fire, clothing
seems to acquire the art of vanishing, and
In this case the fire escape might vanish
with it, according to the generally received
doctrine of the total depravity OF insnimate
things. A device which appeals rather
more than this to our admiration is the
happy thought of San Francisco woman.
This Is a carving brace which will hold a
fowl steady while it undergoes the process
of dissection. 1t is clamped to the edge of
the platter and an adjustable fork extends
at right angles from it. Even the young
est apprentice to this branch of art can
thus practice upon the toughest of vener-
able hens with perfect safety to himself
and his guests.
An appliance for keeping cars supplied
with fresh air, minus the attendant annoy
ance of dust and cinders, is working well
on local trains between San Francisco and
Oakland. 1t is the invention of Mrs Hsr-
riet NJ. Plumb of New York, and consists
of cylinder fastened between the windows
of the car, admitting the air, while the
dust is kept out by fine screens at the ends
of the cylinders. A sliding piece of metal
is arranged 30 that the quantity of air can
be regulated or entirely shut off.
A washing machine which in an
hour washes the entire service for four
hundred guests is in use in some of our
large hotels. 1t Is the invention of Mrs.
Josephine Cochrane, who worked at her
model nearly eight years and spent for
fnr of tUanku-6vo fhnnaond ln11oro
it. Small machines for use in private
houses are to be manufactured, and as the
table service of to-day requires a multi
plicity OF dishes, of forms and uses once
unknown, the Useful invention will sbe
welcomed as a labor saver in many house
holds. 1t has been described as dish
washer that "never nicks or chips your
precious plates; has no antipathy to ham
dies on cups; that never loses it's temper,
asks for days off, nights off, or permis-
sion to 20 to relatives funerals; that does not
serve your choicest wines to kitchen callers,
borrow your Sunday things, or give warn
ing when your husbands friends are COM
ing on a visit" There are many house
keepers. however, who, lacking invention,
are not even respecters of things invented.
They never understand the mute, or even
the creaky, appeals of a machine for
proper treatment. For such, even this
skilled domestic might. if it did not go out
on strike, have "spells of witching" as
does neglected sewing machine.
Some patents granted of late to New
York women are for steam cooker, a
machine for sewing fur, and waterproof
cloak which by an ingenious method of
folding its extra length incases the dress
skirt es in a bag, preventing the usual dam
age to the lower edge and facing. Another
woman has patented road cart which re-
lieves the horse of all strain and prevents
the dissgreeable jarring peculiar to this
vehicle. Lastly, Miss Cynthia N. West
over, geologist, linguist, essayist and
woman of business, has now another tri-
umph by inventing an ore-cart for use in
mines. The Inventors Academy of Paris
have made her an honorary member and
have sent her their first class diploma and
gold medal The papers were made out to
Q. NJ. Westover, Esq, which was perhaps
only another way of honoring the gifted
Cynthia, by limiting at a verile mechanical
ability not often acquired by womankind.
HILARY.