Evening journal., 1900-02-19
OFWOMEN
THEIR FADs. DIVERSIONS AND
INVENTIONS.

Nearly all great women. as we'll as
IA sat men have their fnds. A tad II
r Useful thing 10 many ways. Il serves
, rest the intelligent at times, when
very nerve and brain cell has been
5 srta1ed by the absorbing subject On
lser study.
Queen Victoria's fads are gardening
ID dogs and ponies.
Princess Louise boasts of the mum.
&C OF dishes which she has invented
fhe Queen Of Italy collects gloves.
Dts and shoes which have been worn
royal personages. She has shoes
Itch belonged TO Queen Ann. and a
a. which was the property Of Mary,
,Noen OF Scots.
Tho Queen of Greece Is said 10 be
De finest needlewoman among Euro.
j tan royalty. The Empress OF Ger.
b. my loves to knit The DoWager
lreen OF Portugal, when al her home
ru the seashoro OF Caidas, amuses
.orself by shooting from high win
IVA az bottles placed In the sea for
az purpose.
Maria Theresa OF Bavaria is fond OF
cts and Is always accompanied by
: OF her favorites when she takes q
,lg journey.
The C2arine OF Russia Is fond OF
zee. and a remarkable piece Of Chan
lily was presented 70 her as a birth.
az gift by the French government
80 year.
Many OF Americas favorite women
10 have their tads.
Mrs. Francis MaoVeieh collects
aims. She has one. q dwarf palm.
hioh IL said TO be $50 years old.
Mrs Philip D. Armour. Jr.. collects
lates. and owns more than 1000 ek-
uislte platea
susan y. Anthony has a fad for max.
lg quilts and rugs.
Iandace Wheeler. the veteran art
annoisseur and business woman.
rits. The daughters OF ex-Mayor
3 levitt have q mania for learning how
do things, and recently they even
acrned how to shoe q horse, not only
70 mmcring ont the shoes on the anvil,
llt mailing them to the horses feet.
\ long list OF American women
ave become experts IN the uae OF
Sees and pistols. Among them are
igs. John Jacob Aston. Mrs. Havo.
1ayer Mrs. Alfred Seton, Mrs. Sew
-. .Wehh and Mrs. Valentine Mott
Y of these women by diligent prac-
cc OF their pct fad have routed the
lcient creed that q bulls eye must
the alze OF barn door in order
pf a woman 70 hit H.
Mrs. Charles T. Barnes's collection
tea pots Ia Chicago is one OF the
II Of her lot we're lost In the fire
n destroyed her house
Mrs. ID. Harry Hammer has 10000
uttons which came from all over the
world, and many OF which are inter.
sting as souvenirs OF various wars
overall Of the buttons bear creats OF
.istinguiahed families. among which
are those Of Gladstone, Sir Robert Ma.
rier. Lord Raleigh. the Duke OF AT.
fJll. Count Hatzfeldt and tho Marquis
III Lorne.
IN the inventive world women have
i.It been Idle. Many of the most use.
iul inventions OF to-day were evolved
BY the eternal feminine. Nor do they
pertain to what has been termed tho
'woman's sphere"
SILK weaving was invented by the
wife OF the fourth Chinese Emperor:
rome work by a Japanese woman:
re weaving Of cashmere shawls BY
fCmau OF the Indian harem aud tho
ist secret OF Venetian point lace was
discovered by an Italian woman.
Harriet Hosmer Is mentioned as hav-
sag invented the way to make marble
-nm limestone which | the Italian
government had long been seeking.
9ary kies was the nrst woman In
iinerica TO take out patent and In
% year 1903 she was granted one for
Weaving straw with either silk or
lread"
Mrs. Harriet Strong who began By
rventng corset ended by taking
mt patents for dams aud reservoirs.
Although now an aged woman she
ecently patented a device for storing
fater.
A woman invented n satchel-bot-
rmed paper bag and was offered 500
30 for her patent before she left
Washington. A woman invented the
uFkden process of making horse
hoes. which turns out such rapid
york that Il has saved the country
= 500 600 IN IA years. A number
women's inventions are known Ia
ave been patented under the names
3 their husbands. fathers or BROTH
rs.
The women OF the State Of New
ork. IN point OF numbers OF inven-
i1ns. head the list. with those of
20 New England States following a
lose second, the Northwest and Mid
70 States ranking next
An Illinois woman invented q bal.
lg press. and two from Texas a dig.
ng machine. A Cincinnati woman Is
he inventor OF a method for decora-
lg pottery, and one from San Fran
isco devised tap and faucet: a Phil.
delphia woman a bicycle saddle: q
massachusetts, woman a window
anne and sash: 2 woman from Swift,
.Tland a calendar clock: a California
.oman a method OF and means for
mpounding debris and storing water;
= New York woman a glass jar fruit
PROTECTOR: an English woman a horse
3hce; q Massachusetts woman an alb,
1oninai supporter; a Florida woman
? railroad car; an Illinois. woman a
ar heater: a West Virginia woman
: hcmming attachment for SEWN :
= lachines.
, II tho beginning and toward the
iiddie of this century most Of the In.
ontions patented by women were