Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Visit to the United States Patent Office.

mouth, the full and plump effect Of the
youthful face win In time be restored.
10 aHect this, Il couple of disks,
mounted on prongs, are made to press
thc inside 1.-the cheeks and uush them
out by means of a spring attached TO
ine teeth. ! presume that care must
ne taken ana not press too much and
produce the eject Of the humps, and
10 unscrew the thing when eating, 40
as 70 avoid swallowing the continuance
ana making an enlargement of the
stomach instead of the spot intended
a Philadelphia lady, Mortified by tho
unbecomlngness OF the ordinary pre-
server which once saved her life Mt
sea, has designed a shapely life-pre-
serving corset. to he worn by either sex
when boating accidents are npprehend-
ed. Thus lady or gentleman going to
Europe may literally steel" him or
her self against an unpleasant inter-
view with Neptune by reason of burn
ing ships or raging storms
And there are nearly as many de-
vices Tor enchanting masculine beauty
proNing that vanity Is not confined to
the weaker sex. In the line of mus
tache guards alone there are upwards
OF 100 patents. Some take the form of
metal contrivance for the cup, or rlnss
one is gold plate. with n spring
which may he attached to any drinking
Nessel at n moments notice. one is
especially designed for beer glasses. A
tube connected with II goes down dcep
into the beer. SO that the imbiber gets
no foam on his lips. Similar devices
are applied to spoons. Other guards
OF fine wire nets. have wires attached
winch pass back Of the ears like sDec-
tacles and hold the contrivance on:
while Others are merely pair of
springs. In the form OF helix, one
OF which is made to gently lift each
side OF the hirsute appendage away
MO
that the enterprislne citizen of u. C.
VINO invented and Is now manufactur-
Ing artificial straws, through which to
suck lemonade, etc, has grown very
rich thereon--though one would think
the natural straws would he cheaper
The District of Columbia, by the way.
already takes high rank as the seat of
inventive genius-perhaps because peo-
pies ideas are stimulated here by see
Ing SO many things in the patent office.
The annual report of the commissioner
OF patents embraces n tabular state
ment showing the number of patents
issued during the year to each state
ana territory, and the ratio between
the patents issued and the population
Very naturally, having the largest
population. New York receives more
patents than any other state-357l.
Next to New York come the great state
of Pennsylvania, with 2.034: next Mas
sachusetts, with 2.S46; next Illinois
with 1,09S, and next Ohio. with 1901
patents But the proportion of patents
to population is more significant In
the preceding report of the commits
sioner Connecticut led the list with the
District of Columbia following. but the
report for the entire year of 1875 re-
verses the order and places the Dis
trict in the van. In the District the
table shows that a patent was issued
to every G15, and In Connecticut to
every l61 of the entire population.
Massachusetts stands third In the list.
the proportion being one to every ISL.
Rhode Island follows with one -to-every
e43 The least inventive state, as shown
by the table, is Arkansas. which re-
ceived but one patent to every 44.0i2 of
her population.
The inventions of women cover a
very wide field, from beauty improvers
to behy-iumpers. from devices for les
SEEMING the work of the housekeeper to
the most intricate of scientific instru-
ments, textils machinery, electrical ap-
paratus. telescopes, firearme, etc IT
is estimated that up to date Uncle
Samuel has granted something over
$4,000 patents, about one-fourth of
them having been applied for by
women. 81 OF them lived In Washington
and 400 in New York City. The first
female inventor on record i'm the Y. $.
was Mary Kies, of Connecticut, who In
the year 1909. invented Il process of
weaving straw with silk. II was a
woman who brought cream of tartar
into the market; and 1t goes with say
ing that the same sex introduced the
hustle. and the quaint headgear called
"calach." The advancement OF women
can perhaps be measured as well by
the number and kind of their inven-
tons as by any other Standard there
fore 1t is encouraging to know that
since 1891 they have received as many
patents as all the previous years put |
together. and that they represent de- |
partments in science and art into |
which they have never before ventured. |
proof of the public recognition |
of their ability is in the respect now |
paid to the models of their inventions. |
which have lately been gathered into |
one exhibit and placed In n conspicuous |
position in the Patent Office. To wo-
men are due many of the improvements |
which make travel less dangerous and |
today than In the time |
Of our grandmothera They have in |
vented car-couplings which do not |
mash so many train hands, heaters |
not to set the cars on fire. |