New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13

Fort s,..bs.v Air Cpoper-Chaiwlck was out
shooting In thc hprc ~ rciung some dinner. ard
rested for q momclt. standing with h'ih hau'H
placed over tie nuxzlc 81 the sun and ms mead
leaning forward ono barrel he BAD carolesslf 'efi
on full cock. ani one of she dogs "pp'rcntY imp
IN" trigger. Win o." d-tstlpd, result titt p'i u
Ana whom hc cailci AMI saw me. and told %" his
sad story. asked him 10 lc; me think the matter
out ~ once SCI a-tninkns ho" could inhNc n.
necessary app.nnces NaiiIay kecPnS ~, -'''0S -
In my thoughts thht necessity is IN" n''h'I OF
invention IDEAS soon began 10 develop.
The great idea ai tn outset 81 TINS cas- plS ,i,
solfappncatlon 81 in" whole APPARATUS my hlst Az"
would III the body closely ana Yet possess extra pl,
ability This brought about hy Inserting broad
necessary to 10. 50 plan for holding the upper-arm
sockets To do this TWO leather straps are atHNcd
To the front OF the Nntoodt ~ you Sec ana TWO to
the back. And nov 10 equip mos M,n"u, n. :
al that Is necessary is 20 get som person 20 DncHe
only point where help is required. Ana TINS donr
they are hAel i9e upper sockeia. I I, ~ .;.'
uppar-arm socket the person without EhndS places
his arm. at The same time slipping the forearm mo
TIA, the lower bucket g. carefully moulded To the
lower part OF the stump ~ tn arm. 50 thai the
tAlned 70 tho uuper-arm socket two aNldl steers
are attached the ends corresponding to me = DOW
Joint and this Arrangement by following me tornla-
non V trc a. ~ "''"" mo h,rdIess man can
men nsn on rs mt "n hts own behalf Hc viii
have his bag OF apparatus mt hand. ana into the
socket al to end Of The forearm ne VIZ! Press sI'
mns, herc sh,v. von fhc end ~ the little nstru
mcntn fac al the instruments wi,f III IL ' ms
sockot At the bottom OF the lower bucket. Trey do
no, screw m IN 9'y M, P H'I rn the rgeT Of INV which
may b. r1se1 or p3sh'l n1Sh Tho cdr OF table
or a chair or Lv me end Of the bucket attached to
the other arm The iittc crook once m the SUBJECT
plsr~ This upper arm socket. ycu will notice. Is
formed partly 81 elastic and partly OF leather Down
side is Of buttons or rather stnds "a, sole
two rows Of holes in IT, one behind the other into
and s used as a lever 10 pull the holes Of the sec
ond row the studs. and thus Is me arine' ou,
toned The other arm is man.puated IN me same me
way and then It H. only question OF chlngng one
apparatus for another TINS IS readiy zone ny IN
ing the littie trisger nave SHOWN 20" ~ inc oo''
Now Mr. Ernst, what are the disable apnara tvs
which yon have invented to make the everyday HE
OF a handless person livable2
There are a. the e Cro3 rH nass %sn too s fsr
through the buttonho,es for buttonng the armlets.
and nook o hs and shuts so hat
when the person wearing II is riding he should I'M
Fortunately s pf Would open in the Of lady
being thrown from her horse c2 knife and an fork
eap s%o' q, new instIgmen for holding class;
g. hairs S, n;eodsT o conhoder Ghs has an
expanding fit In It. which enables the wearer 20
pick up small or larse e sD the wearsr
omen an ordinary door; dD writing materlals-oe-
sides other hooks for ordinary use As you say the
moment-actually a years patient perseverance, put
must admit that Mr.. Cooper-c Chadwick proved also
a most patient and perseverinS patient: with thls
set of apparatus YOU can see what MI "COPPER"
vyic, car do Here Is letter from him. written
nv himself lust recently You see he SAYS that inc
a1paraius are readily disable by him They all act
andd answer 10 their individual purposes. He can
dress himself. feed himself, ride and write You
know his entertaining little book Three Years
With Tobengua' extending to upward or l'o pages
~ "tterpress: ii was word for word written by him
aftcr his terrible accident with n pen tied 70 the
a,n,n, nm, here is a specimen OF his haniwr ting
written with my apparatus You see 1t IL perfectly
Clear and MIR Cooper Chadwick writes even more
distinctly and more boldly now than when he wrote
the specimen which YOU give; and IN ms regard
might cav that Mr.. Cooper-Chadwick tells me that
II Ia a mistake to think that he writes slowly In
Fac, his letter SAYS: 1 write much the same as