The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
CLEVER WOMEN INVENTORS.
MORE AVID NORE rLTESTS TfKES
orr ny IHEM or IITY

seventy.h,. Per Cent. OF the Patents Said
Their Inventions " id" Iirld at THOR
Ingenuity FIRST Woman rntcntrr.
Men acquainted with tie field say that fully
- rcr cent %! the patents taken cat 10y
women IN a." last five years Hfr ,cld.ng profit
able returns The woman WHO invented satchrl
bUitum"d pHp"r bags inr instance had an otter
1850 ono tuf the Patent before she lrtW aShlngtuu.
\ simrl" glow hu,ionrr = bring To- the woman
inventor an income Il SitSO % year \ woman
clerk IN n department store invented parcel
delivery system which nrl,ci substantial returns
one New England wlillnrr. hcr-l! an inventor
enjoys the right to several PATENTS tAni represent
the ingenuity 81 the women operatives IN her
employ. She shares profits Win ~" inventors
and one "i III" devices FIRST mt ~ operation IN
this factory brings IN so 900 u year
II often happens that q woman cmplryrr from
familiarity with II" mar''urr, ur business
methods IN u,r, thinks cut ~umc tine ani labor
saving scheme She show, the u.alrl to the
manager 81 her department he tells the firm
ot Its merits and they arrange WITH the employee
for the exclusive use 81 the invention The EN-
ployee goes on quietly WITH her work IN the store
or mill The public never hears 81 her but sue
cess has been n stimulus, and ST." KEEPS on the
lockout for further invru,v" opportunity.
Much Of w"man'S present activity IN invrn
tons Is h~Crlhrd tu th" better educational tnclil
ties now "btnlnhhlr III" ,rll"gr standard N
high and popular courses m SluNd and manual
training hay" taught women TO- tlS' their hands
as we'll as brains notwithstanding ihis u large
proportion ui the more Surrt'.,iul women IuNrn
tors ARE thuS" who have hGduul> medium or hm
I'D educational adNanaErS. hut have been daily
tollcrs in the various linz, 81 industry \ Rhode
Island woman Invented au improved button
hole cutting machine that measures the distance
between III" button h'rr automatically, with
much profit and r"nmnrnr" Co. garment nlnE
w"mans invention. also letter box for the
outside 81 homes that shows u higurl when ihrf"
is a letter inside for the rnSIman 10 collect an
invention now in constant ne \ woman kAs
Just perfected y valuable apparatus Tor removing
wool from SKINS hy "ln,'rIrI'N, showing that We
men are quick To- adopt the modern facilities
oil The az" IL practical purpose.
The woman inventor must never lose sight
ofpraclicaliiy II she would Sucrr", Orhcr women
brain workers may at times indulge in dreaming
and th""rInE, hut III" woman inventor, however
high h"r flights ~ fancy must always come
arr submitted To- the Patent Once accompanied
by elaborate models, hut So CunsIiruouslv lark
ing in same vltal principle aS 10 h. uunyaillnr.
good many ar" rejected IN the score 81 ah>ur,lity
but according Ia official testimony, the women
aspirants d" not differ from the men IN this r.
SprcL Many women submit practical Spccinca
tons and fHl ~ score success not from lack 81
originality hut because the inventor was ignorant
Of previous patents covering the same point
sam h" INISrl I" search thoroughly the Patent
once rrrurdS before making n model some
NpltH INV Wh'n hlll llNr ana SlN patents ipr
widely different purppS"S \ california woman
whose hrS invention, In catlT youth. wHS n CNr
get, has lately patented several inventions rrln
tlng Ia reservoirs and IRRIGATION
The Northwest, the Middle and the Eastern
States heNc produced the most active women In
ventors, tn" South has welded the frwcs' mum
her hut the Southern women who hive entered
y" field al nll hHyr been financially success .tul.
TWO impottnn aids ~ agriculture Wrrc inr iuVcu.
tiun Of an NlAhawN women \ vol ING woman
IN North Carolina succeeded Win culinary IN
N"nlion. \ Florida malrnn uN'cnlrd u useful
car heating nppHtotuS. \ TrNHs wOnIu ~.
vented n novel folding tent Hud another South
en- woman u hngrr exercising device, Ui value
10 musicians, Western widow patented n
method Il dcsulumlrilinC urcs. arulh"r Inverted
CnmnoSiiiun solder ~ usr ~ METAL worker.
Women Inventors fru" the hg cities hive n.
most invariably patented articles r,r'aiuing To
the clcEanC" II dress and house furnishings
have been active in the waT # drCSS drafting
patterns, novel Device fpT . iNuSting IOt'crrs
and curtnlnS. md rnt"utS us"iul in the manu-
faCturc Of nr's'icTuuds any facilities Tor clerical
use have been patented by city women, such ~
safety c0vClurCS improved tyicNTiiing Huuli
anCes, COPY holders, letter uicncTs Sc. Most
Of these women were cmUlnvcd ~ some time as
clerks In business Offices and felt the lack Of con
vcnienccs which they Afterwards SUI piled
A number Oi women SChUulraChcTS are success
ful inventors. and have patented educational SvS
tens and devices also kindergarten implements
eraSrrS school hAgH and book rests Women
from the small towns in Wisconsin, Minnesota
Dakota and Illinois have been prolific In invcntiDg
household convenience washing and cleaning
apparatus, facilities Tor sanitation, garment bind