The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04
WOMEN INVENTORS.
,,,nrRANGE OF PATENTS SECURED
BY THEM.


Of higher EducatiOn-Rapid Devcl-
oomeut of the Inventive Faculty
since the Civil War.
rrom The New York Post.
Tin TO ten wears ago women had contri-
..,l.l but slightly to the sum total of in
a ,,,,,.,os recorded at Washington. A wo-
,,.,,. name did not appear in the list OF
....,,s granted more than three or four
,os , ycar. To-day there is scarcely
MARI. or the official list of patents which
Haze moi record some woman's success in
Il .,,. limo If effort In addition 10 those on
n r..ord there arc each year an increasing
,.rbor of successful women inventors
,,osc inventions are not patented in their
avn names. hut bought outright by manu-
.serrrins and business firms, who them
d selves secure the patent. New toys, games
n .nzzes articles cassigfied as novelties,
medical 3pp}iaucos, and dress and house
n rolj facilities are some of the popular in
n ,s1.ionz bought up by business firms, the
A .r,ontors beng glad to dispose of their
n rahts for q fair sum.
ID sometimes happens that a woman en-
10 N 4
7orIse iuNtuts some improvements on the
machinery and methods in use by the firm.
She shows the model or drawing to the
manager. who makes the firm acquainted
4 with its merits, and they arrange with
mc inventor for the exclusive use of the
Improvement. The inventor goes on quiet
4 J. with her every day work in the mill,
n and The public never hears of her achieve
4 m,ut. hut encouraged by that success, she
continues her experiments and keeps on
lhe lookout for further invention
woman clerk in a New York store in
vented lately parcel-deliverY system,
4 which uetted her substantial returns. One
N Now England halloween, herself an in
n ,cntor enjoys the right to several pat
q cnts that represent the ingenuity of the
4 women operators in her employ. She
Il s5res profits with the inventors, and one
d of the devices. first used in this mill,
q btilgs in over 100000 a year.
Men acquainted with the field say that
fully one hundred of the patents taken out
a IN women within the last five years are
A yielding unusually large returns TO the in
yeutors. and that others not Vet put on
4 the market are destined TO be equally sue
A cssiuf 4 law of coutraTiety seems to gov
en The chances in the matter notwith-
andins, for while many of the best pat
9U~-those hat show real genius and
knowledge in the inventor-bring in only
small returns, others, seemingly trivial,
make The inventor rich. The woman VINO
invented STRAIGHTFORWARD paper bags, for
instance. was Offered $4,000 for the patent
before she left Washington. A simple
-'0Ve-outtoner is yielding the woman in
Nenior 5000 year. A patented adjustable
Nalsl-supporter has made the inventor in
dependent A device for opening letters
Has proved exceedingly profitable, and the
young woman from Georgia who invented
convenient travcling-baS has made mon
ey enough TO set herself up in business.
Inc Northwest the Middle, and Eastern
states have produced the most active wo-
men inventors The South is behind in
nus regard although the few women from
'idt Sc llon VINO have made inventions are
Usually IN very practical lines. An Ala
"aIld woman farmer has invented two i'm
ieI'an' aids TO agriculture. A North Car
"Nn' working woman has had success with
'"llIdly invention, and a Florida Wo-
man mas patented a useful car-heating an
pW'euahcr' vale Texas woman has pat
oHte1 novel folding tent, and another
9yV'hern woman a fnger-exercising device
OF value to musicians. unique method
VI aesulphurizing ores is the invention of a
'dIlofni1 woman, and another Western
woman has patented several inventions re-
lnins to irrigation.
IJ Is noticeable that the women inventors
I7-lS'ered from the larger cities of the
country have almost invariably patented
fucies pertaining to the elegancies Of
'''Ss and household furnishing, while in
NfnlV9 faculty in the country districts and
FhASes has been directed to convenience :
ana .alor-saving devices in similar lines.
women from tie big cities have invented
unique ortss-drafting patterns, novel ways
SOW adjusting portieres and curtains, and
"''0lS r-ltug to the various fields of
w. ana The manufacture of artistic goods
ivy wjmcu have also devised aud secured
PARENTS IA numerous articles for clerical
'7'' safety envelopes. improved ivpewrit-
'- aIHii1uces copy-holders, etc, as well
eau -
number Of women school teachers are
t'eooSsful inventors. and have patente I
moro OF less Valuable educational meth
ana devices. also Kindergarten devices
iI ARTICLES of school-room furniture.
'SNS book-rests, blackboard erasers.
noo'-hass. etc. Women from the small
OWNS IN Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota.
ana Illinois have been prolific In ,inven-
1oh- relating 10 the household arts, wash
uS ana cleaning apparatus, facilities Cor
9llon' garment bindings. protectors,
t"'''ds Wristbands, supporters, fastenings,
they have invented butter-workers.
cunning appliances dish-was hers,
N'Slos for cleaning upholstery. and com
lo'I'lons for kindling fires, and scores OF
'slgles calculated 10 tighten the burden
'hC housekeeper in kitchen any pantry
40" England women have invented MANY
,'Neniences for factory use, and n mum
'I OF practical attachments and inn
'oNomenis that have 10 do with harnesses
"'' vehicles and the various needs OF the
warm and garden.
Many of the patents applied for by wo-
men are rejected on the score of absurditv
NV 90 lhis respect the woman aspirants
''' moi differ from the men. since. accord
- 10 official testimony, more silly and
.'''IaeiicaDle inventions are sent 10 the
F'.,n' office every week than can he de-
''n'd Others there are accompsnied
n.y. most elaborabe models and dra wings
so conspicuously lacking, in some vita,
"''pc that tho whole is stamped as Tho
Tx OF "A visionary with no wcll-founda ID
10 work upon. More and more wa.
tach year arc submitting practical
'l'a ions, and the failure TO score su,.
- moi owing 10 any lack OF original.
"'V 10 tho inventors ignorance of pre.
''- patents covering the same point. The
nat inony minds work out the Same
''I.s along given lines is well auther.
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