Evening journal., 1892-11-01
A PENINSULA GENIUS.
An Eastern shore Belle Wins Distinction
In New York Through Many Valuable
Inventions-So Some of Her Recent Work. |

An Eastern shore Belle Wins Distinction
In New York Through Many Valuable
Inventions-Some of Her Recent Work.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEW York, Nov. Lit will interest
EVENING JOURNAL readers, especially
those on the Peninsula, to learn that
Mrs. Ella Nelson Gaillard, in her youth
belle of che Eastern Shore Of Maryland,
and descendant Of the Dawsons and
Nelson's, leading families Of Maryland,
is now attracting considerable attention
by inventions Of many curious and valu-
able devices.
One Ct Mrs Gaillard's frst inventions
was an automaton toy which gained
large sale on the steeets. The amusing
toy consists of figures Of an lrishman
and an African engaged in fight
Another invention is an eyeless needle,
almost universally used by surgeons and
which is useful to many other people a
more ambitious effort was the invention
of a musical toy which, while spinning
IN the ordinary way, plays an entire
tune. Although none Of these inven-
tions brought Mrs. Gaillard much money
she was undeterred from perfecting
other inventions.
Among recent patents are folding
basin for travellers, a folding fiat iron,
novel bird cage chain and fountain
which gives forth delightful music while
throwing d stream Of water with such
precision that not drop falls outside
the receptacle from beautiful
statuette.
Mrs. Gaillard's more important inven-
tiOns are dress shield, sweat band
for hats and carriage telephone. The
dress shield and Init band are made Of
animal membrane through perfected
process of the inyentress which makes
the membrane specially serviceable for
the two purposes After treatment the
membrane is absolutely imperyious to
perspiration and is exceeding
ly light. flexible and durable.
Heretofore oiled silk and rubber
were the only articles from which dress
shields We're made. Oiled silk is not
durable and the offensive and penetrating
odor emanating from the rubber makes
il Objectionable Ii is also necessarily
cumbersome For years fruitless efforts
were made to find a substitute. At last
the problem was solved by Mrs Gaillard,
whose flexible membrane is as light as
air, as pliable and durable as the
old-time material and is absolutely odor-
less.
The hat band is Of a heavier weight
of membrane The supply of the new
material is practically inexhaustable and
can be manufactured more economically
than can that now used In the manu-
facture Of dress shields and hat bands
The membrane is also valuable substi.
tute for oiled silk and light rubber cloth
in enyeloping dresses ON ocean voyages
and for making baby bibs and protec-
tors
The carriage telephone is purely me
chanical aud not liable to get out Of order.
IL is a speaking tube attached to an an
nunciator, by means of which the occu-
pant of a carriage can talk with the
driver without having to lean out Of the
window or poking his head up through
hole in the roof Of the vehicle. The
telephone can be attached to any con
veyance for about 81 and will last as
long as the carriage.
Mrs. Gaillard has invented lock and
key which enables any one to determine
whether the door is safely locked by
looking at the key, which registers the
locking. A musical paper weight in
the form OF stem winding watch with
a calendar attachment is an invention
which is expected to prove a valuable
advertising medium The face Of the
weight indicates the day, month and
year.
An electric illuminator is another Of
Mrs Gaillard's devices 1t is 20 shed
light on the location of street numbers,
keyholes etc, which people out ut night
have difficulty in lapnfinu