Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

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slot of cable road. an adding machine, a
number of coin controlled machines,
burglar alarms, acetylene gas generators
and many other strange things.
Perhaps woman cannot sharpen a pencil,
but she has invented numerous pencil
sharpeners. Since she found her way into
offices she has invented a fountain pen
and desk appliances. She has invented
hlndreds Of machines and industrial pro-
cesses in which no one would have imag-
ined her to nave a hand. Among these a
process for creating dimples'' comes in
with delicious effect.
Beehives were one of the earliest things
outside the house to engage the attention
of women inventors. A device patented by
Frances A. Durham is one of the most
valuable agricultural inventions ever made.
1t is a patent comb foundation, which
saves the bees half the labor of construc-
ton. This is simple. The ingenious thing
about it is that the cells are all made
worker size, so that only worker bees and
no drones are produced.
Mrs. Emma D. Mills invented a type
writer attachment for the manufacture of
which no tools existed. She made the tools.
then established her own factory for the
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Philadelphia woman invented a machine
which made possible an enormous increase
in the output of ready made barrels.
The modern paper bag. with bottom like
a satchel, was invented by a woman. So
were the typewriter and the slate for
the blind. The modern way of packing
eggs for market, each in its separate paste
board compartment, a simple thing which
has saved large sums in breakage, was the
idea Of a farmers daughter.
Another woman, while twisting yarn,
conceived an idea for twisting wire fol
cables, which she sold later for $1,000
and royalties. Mrs. Martha ]. Coston'i
pyrotechnic system used on ships fol
night signalling. is we'll known, and Mrs
Bertha Ayrton. member of the British In
stitute of Electrical Engineers. is now re
ceiving the recognition Of the scientific
bodies Of England for her new searchllght
Woman has not forgotten man while ex
e~rcising her inventive powers, She has in
vented mustache spoons and cups, stud
and collar buttons, shirts and shirt fronts
! appliances for hanging and shaping hi
clothes. She has invented an armchai
with an attachment for keepinI
flies off a bald-headed man.
: In all the centuries that he had wori
shirts and collars man never thought I
: detach one from the other till wOmal
: Shove him how. 1t was Hannah Montagu
u who. lived in Troy in 1917. who did Il
She was the daughter Of William A. Lord
7 a revolutionary officer and author o
, Lords Tactics" used by the early mill
! tia.
g Hannah was a careful housewife an
loved TO see her husband spotless and i'm
y maculate. With every soiled collar OF
y had TO come the shirt and into the wash
n tub, and no laundries or washing machine
a invented. Mrs. Montagu then and there in
g vented the detached linen collar for mer
a Mr.. Montagu was so delighted with
that he told all his friends, and Troy wive
came TO Mrs. Montagu 10 learn the ar.
Eventually a Troy man saw the value G
the idea, opened a little shop. began t
make mems linen collars by hand. ana s
d the article became a necessary Of life.
Many articles commercially valuable tc