Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-06
INVENTIONS BY WOMEN.
Their Ideas Remarkable for Their PFRc-
tIcRI Character.

] IneiT lOeuh honhEkhDl0 LOT Vn0lf fHhc~
tloRl Character.
Forty-five hundred patents have been
granted to women up to date, says the
New York Journal. One Of the most
notable Of women's inventions is a
deep-sea telescope. With It's aid the
bottom Of the ocean may be examined.
1t has lamp attachment which lights
up the depths so that wrecks and other
distractions may be plainly seen. 1t
Is also very useful to divers. Women
have invented innumerable devices to
enhance beauty. The most ambitious
OF all these patents Is one that is sup
posed to restore general facial symme-
try. Mrs b., whose idea this is, says
that the device Is intended to be used
by persons whose faces are mlsshapen
or who have not pretty mouths. It
consists of spring or springs that can
be attached to or connected with the
teeth. Each spring should press against
the part Of the face that is out of
shape. 1t can easily be seen that II
this were used habitually the part OF
the lips or cheek pressed in would in
course Of time assume the shape of the
object pressing it. Another beautlfer,
which owes its origin to Mrs. b., is the
ear holder. This device is intended to
hold the ears which lop forward or
stand out close to the side Of the head.
1t consists merely Of two pieces Of thin,
fiat steel, reaching from the tip Of one
ear over the head to the tip of the
other ear. These are held together by
loop and are arranged so that they
can be heightened or shortened to suit
the head of the wearer. They are at
tached to the ears by spring clasps.
One fair inventor has designed a nose
improver. This device consists OF a
metal shell the exact size and shape Of
the nose desired. The nose to be
treated should be well bathed and then
rubbed with olive oil or glycerine until
soft. The improver is then fastened on
and the wearer goes to bed. In the
morning 1t Is taken off and the nose is
well bathed In warm water. It will
probably make the organ very sore,
but then what will one not stand for
the sake OF beauty. 1t Is claimed by
the inventor that in this way a nose
may be made to assume any shape that
suits the owner. Women have naturally
devoted a large share of their ideas to
contrivances for saving trouble in the
household. Among these are smooth
ing-iron that heats itself, a trap for
bedbugs, a fish-scaler, a step-ladder
that Is an ironing board in disguise, a
sofa that can be turned into a bath
tub pair of scissors and tape-meas-
ure combined, a perspiration- proot
skirt and folding soap dish. Innum-
cradle patents have been granted for
mechanical dish-washers. The best Of
these contrivances was invented by a
woman in Shelbyville, III. The dishes
are put into crate of wire and hot
water supplied by a boiler is made
to pour upon them from a perforated
pipe. The crate Is arranged with racks
for the dishes, knives, forks and !
spoons, so that they cannot jostle
about, although kept oscillating all the
time. The water is so hot that it
washes the dishes clean and finally
goes off in vapor, leaving the dishes
dry. Women have devised many i'm
provements for sewing machines.
These include needle that does not
have to be threaded and device which
renders 1t possible to thread the needle
while the machine is running. One
woman inventor has devised a motor
for running sewing machines. A wom-
an has devised pocket spittoon. This
article Is designed to pre-
vent the Objectionable habit of indis-
criminate expectoration. Another
invention is a mustache
spoon. This is intended to keep that
ornament, so dear to the |
heart of its possessor, out of the soup.
A "pantaloon tree" for keeping trou-
sers in shape was originated by wom-
an. A new sort Of dinner pail, which is
also dark lantern for the use of
labOring men who are detained after
dark at their work, is feminine in
ventlon.