Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-16

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| M~A..NE purities out OF the
| Nv ~ skin and makes the
| complexion clearer.
| Sun-tan 1t quickly removes, SO IL Is ciaiih-
ed. Another device, for producing dimpies
| Is a woman's idea. 1t is a wire mask ike
| wise to be put on when going to bed. BY
| an arrangement Of screws, pencils OF WOOD,
| very blunt, are made to press upon the
| cheeks and chin at the points where dimples
| are desired. Uncomfortable? Why. OF course.
But, as the French say, 1t is worth while to
suffer for beauty's sake.
| Inventions are on record at the Patent
Office for supplying pretty nearly every
part Of the female form divine Though q
woman may have no more figure than a
broomstick. she can be transformed into a
veritable Juno. so far as outward appear
ances 60. by means Of these devices False
busts, hips and calves are made Of rubber
to be blown up like balloons and in many
other styles, while the young lady Of build
| hopelessly skeletonesQue may produce a
| complete stuffed jacket which fills out her
shape at every point to the extent requisite
| for counterfeiting the desirable degree Of
| embonpoint
II one is SO unfortunate as to lack a nose
| he can obtain a false one Of papier mache
| artfully enameled to initiate the skin. One
kind Of imitation proboscis is attached to a
| specacle frame. SO that the owner puts on
| his counterfeit nasal organ in adjusting his
glasses. Yet another style is intended to be
painted at intervals. When 1t gets shabby.
the wearer has merely to go to some capa-
| BILE artist and have 1t touched up with wa
| ter-colors. Several applications have been
made for patents on processes for setting
| diamonds in the teeth-the front teeth. Of
course-holes being drilled to receive the
gems. Such ornaments must have rather a
ghas~y effect, one would think.
| Dental surgeons have patented processes
] for initiating gold filings in false teeth.
| This Is done by Furnishing gold foil upon
them In the manner commonly termed fire
gliding" Nobody would be likely to sus-
pect that grinders showing signs of repair
| were artificial. A very curious invention is
| device for keeping the mouth open while
| singing. Teachers of vocal music have had
trouble as to this point with their pupils
but 1t may be obviated by employing the
| ccntrivance described, which has spring,
and may be set SO as to expand the jaws at
any angle desired Speaking of the mouth
| and teeth reminds one of a patent that was
| granted only two years ago on an ordinary
| corn-cob OF the pattern familiar in nature.
| Covered with cOrundum paste, ii was to be
| used Tor polishing dental plates.
Blowing Holes In Eggs.
The notion OF getting patent on a corn cob
seems rather absurd. But many queer
things have slipped through the great bu-
reau Of Inventions. owing to carelessness
| In 1878. for example, exclusive rights were
granted in a process which consisted of
| nothing more than punching pin holes in
| hens eggs This device was for the pur-
pose OF letting the inclosed gas out OF pre-
served eggs to prevent them from exploding
| when boiled. A patent applied for, but not
granted, was for using corn husks as wrap
pers for bottles. This was to be done by
| removing the ear from the husk, without
| disturbing the integrity OF the latter unnec-
essarily, and putting the bottle In its place.
| Besides making an excellent wrapper, the
husk thus employed serves as a disguise
very desirable in prohibition communities.
| Masculine vanity is concerned in the gen.
esis OF about eighty patents for various
| kinds OF mustache guards. Some of these
! contrivances take the form of metal at
tachmsnts for the cup or glass. One such
| Is a gold plate with spring, which may be
fastened to any drinking vessel at a mo-
ments notice. Another is specially designed
| for beer glasses. tube connected with 1t
goes down deep into the beer. SO that the
| mustached drinker Is able to avoid the
| foam. Similar devices are applied to spoons
| Other guards are to be worn like spectacles
somewhat, with wires to pass back OF the
ears of the wearer and hold them on. The
shield for the mustache Is OF gold, or silver
1 or OF fine gold-wire net. More simple is a
| pair OF wire springs in the shape OF a
| helix, one Of which is made to encircle each
wing OF the hirsute ornament, keeping it
| away from the mouth
Now and then a man from some out-of-
| the-way part OF the country, who has never
| heard Of the new and improved artificial
limbs. applies for patent on a wooden
| stump. 1t Is granted, If the device has any
| thing novel about 1t. But people are con-
stantly mventing things thought Of long
before. Not long ago a person asked for
| exclusive rights in a peculiar kind of lock-
The examiner to whom the matter was re-
| ferred turned to a book of drawings and
showed him that his lock was merely a
| reproduction Of one that had fastened a
| gate OF Thebes 1000 years ago. The appli-
| cant went away with the impression that
some ancient Theban had stolen his idea
There are many interesting contrivances for
individuals who are MANNED. One of them
| enables the cripple to manipulate knife,
fork and spoon with one hand the ap-
paratus being screwed to the table.
| An Aseptic Suit.
| A rather curious and seemingly useful In
vention is a rubber basin for employment
by BARRIERS in shampooing 1t is fastened
upon the head Of the customer in such a
manner as to encircle the crown. The at
'tachment being water-tight, the tonsorial
| artist Is enabled to give the hair and scalp
a thorough scrubbing with soap and water
while the person under treatment sits In the
| chair and reads a newspaper. A contriv-
| ance Of the same material even more in
| teresting is a disease-proof suit of clothes,
| intended to be worn by an operating sur
| NOR. somewhat resembling divers dress.
Being alright, no germs can enter it, Be
meath each foot Is a small bellows, which,
| being compressed by the action Of walking,
blows fresh air through the armor. The air
| enters and is filtered through a germ proof
| diaphragm under the foot, passing upward
| and out through a similar diaphragm at the
| top of the head. The physician is enabled
| to see by two glass eye-pieces.
| This "aseptic suit as it is called by the
| inventor, bears some resemblance to the
| armor for firemen designed by several other
patentees. The dresses suggested by the
latter are asbestos, being intended to pro-
| tect the wearer against flames and sitting
sncke. Fresh air Is obtained through a
tube. One of the oldest of patented articles
Is a sort of locket of either asbestos or lava
to be carried in the pocket of anybody who
starts on railway journey. II there is an
accident and he is burned up. the locket,
| being of a material indestructible by fire,
| will be found intact with his charred and
! otherwise unrecognizable remains On the
outside 1t Is stamped with the words "Ad-
dress inside" On opening 1t the finder dis
covers the name and address Of the unfor-
tunate traveller. whose BODY, being thus
Identified Is promptly shipped to his home
| device for attachment to tombstone
Is a small nat case containing a photograph
| OF the late lamented. On the cover, which
Is movable are inscribed the words Look
at me and cover my face" very curious
| invention Is a device for irrigating land by
means OF a balloon. The fiying gas bag Is