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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
By the Short
By MATTE BARNES.


.TtTts'1fs'l''F'ss-.'sft "'3ff''.'.4' -. F'|"F'
Sparville was grateful to Henry Girls
void. Not since the engagement OF
McMahon's MINISTRIES two months be
fore had the town had so much to
talk about
Nine wears ago Hank Griswold had
gone to the city in his Sunday pepper
ard salt suit. with cowhide boots and
cloth cap to complete his costume.
Now he had returned Henry Griswold,
and to the spendors of well tailored
clothes he added the magnificence of
fur lined coat and shoes and hat
equally glossy. ~
Sparville was accustomed to fur
coats. but with the fur outside while
Henry showed only the cloth. Patent
leather shoes. too, every day in the
week were regarded with awe not I'M
mixed with envy.
Even more interesting was the evil
dent interest Griswold displayed in
Nellie Morrison. They had been sweet
hearts in the old school days and had
kept up correspondence. a fact dis
seminated by the postmaster but it
was evident that Griswold had come
home with the intention of cutting out
Ben Pierce. who escorted Nell home
from church Sunday evenings and 9th
erwise gave evidence of ultimate seri-
Gus intentions.
Public sentiment was largely in ia
vor of Ben. Had Sparville been so
frivolously minded as to indulge in
betting the odds would have been
about three to one in his favor, for
| Henry had seemed to lose interest in
skating and coasting and other winter
sports in which Sparville delighted.
He visited the pond and the coasting
hill but merely as spectator, and at
such times Nell. fully conscious that
the exercise brought stronger glow
to her cheeks and an added sparkle
to her eyes. was most inclined to hec-
tor him.
GriSwold ascribed her treatment to q
desire to display her powers of co
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
Commercial Printing.

For years we have paid much
attention to the wants of the
business firms in this city and
county and feel that we can offer
them our experience for theii
money. 1t will be a fair trade.
Our line Of Office stationery is
in style AMI finish the best that
can be had. This embraces
everything used in correspon.
dence or in the office or store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22

If you have any printing of
any kind to do, if it is only one
copy or million, come to US and
talk it over. We will be glad
to see you even if we do not get
the work, and that will not be
likely, if price and quality cuts
any figure. Call to see us with
or without an order.
G. H. BAUGHMAN & SON,
Frederick. Md
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
JOB PRINTING.

In general we can do anything
in this line, at prices that will
command your attention and
your orders. We have tasty and
attractive ideas that we will be
happy to show you if you call
or write.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make speciality of Book
and Pamphlet Printing and can
show samples of our work in
this line that must interest you.
We also do newspaper and mag
azine work and general compo.
sition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
List of Those Who Hold Of
fee in City and County,
Elective and Appointive.
FREDERICK CITY.

Frederick City-Mayor, George Ed.
Smith.
Register and Tax Collector-Miehael A.
Mccartney.
Aldermen-DaviG Lowenstein, Lewis II.
Fraley, Henry A. Hahn, James Gambrill,
Jr., George Z. Wilcoxon. Clerk, Jacob
Schmidt. Board meets third Wednesday
of every month.
City Health Ofcer-Dr. Ira J. Nc
Curdy.
Policemen-James A. Jones, chief; Geo.
Breugle, Edward Herwig Harry Deeter,
John Hobbs, George Stull, Dudley Straws-
berger William King
Electric Light Engineer Edward Tit
low
Fireman-Samuel Abrecht.
Electric Light Linemen-Frank Ridgely,
George Wallace.
Market Master-Wm Dansberger.
Superintendent of Water Works-George
Neiner.
Police Justices Christian II. Eckstein,
John Francis Smith and j. Alfred Ritter.
City Attorney-Ed J. Smith.
City Election Supervisors-Ca Carlton s.
Stull, Henry J. d. Hagan, Democrats
Shaffer T. Rhodes, Republican. c. Thoma.
Eckstein. Clerk.
FREDERICK COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Chief Judge Glenn II
.Worthington. Asso judas, John c. Mot
Ter and James r. Henderson. Court meet.
at Frederick City, first Monday in Feb
ruary and September for Grand Jury
Terms, December, petit jury term: May
non-jury term.
Clerk of the Circuit Court-Dr. Samue
7. Haffner. Deputy Clerks, Adolphu
Fearhake, I. S. Albaugh, l. n. 10y, NJ
N. Nusz Eli G. Haugh, Harry E. Chap
line and Ward C. Haffner
States Attorney D. Willard.
CnerlH-OeOISe EuWdIu myers.
Orphans Court-William II. Pearre
Chief Judge; John E. Phleeger, George II
Whitmore. Orphans Cout meets ever
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of eacl
week
Register of Wills-Wm. B. Cutshall
Deputies, NJ. A. E. Biser, Markwoo
Harp and Edward Toms.
County Commissioners WIN. II. liz
garth, President; Ii. Milton Kefauvel
Lincoln iG. Dinterman, Lewis H. Bowlu
]. Stewart Amman. Eugene II. Albaugh
Clerk; George r. Dennis, Jr., Attorney.
School Commissioners-Isaac NJ. Mottel
President L. T. Brien, II. b. Gross, VIM
R. Young J. II. Stokes and C.. w. Wright
Jacob Rshfback, attorney.
Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner
Oscar B. Coblentz; Assistant, S. N
Young.
Supervisors of Elections-John w
Humm, Democrat, President; Samuel
Doll, Republican,; Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Democrat; Clerk, II. Dorsey Etchison.
Surveyor-Rufus A. Rager
Deputy Surveyor-Oscar B. Coblentz
County Treasurer-George w. Crum
Deputy Treasurer. w. w. Doub.
County Health Oficer-Dr. Charles !
oodell
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22

Rev.J. w. Kiracofe, pastor of
the United Brethren Church, this
city, and wife, left on the f. &
NJ. Trolley for Benevola, Wash
ington county, to be present at
semi centennial service, VIII ic b
was held in the United Brethren
Church, at that place. Rev. Mr..
Kiracofe preached the anniyers-
airy sermon.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22

ANOTHER PROPOSITION.
We also succeeded in getting number of two volume sets
of "THE NEW CENTURY HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
The history is by Charles Morris LID and embeshed
with over 300 engravngs illustrating all that interesting and
inspiring in our history.
The period embraced in its pages from the first visit of
the Nortmen thousand ago. the with Cuba
and the acquisition of the Philippines and Porto Rico The
history of the United States complete from the time of the
early discoveries to almost the present time
THE CITIZEN is all know the Democratic organ of Fred
eck county and the only Democratic newspaper published in
the county
All loyal Democrats should be subscribers and word from
will suffice their Try how easy is
sample'of the look be this office will be sent
postpaid by mail or receipt of $125.
1t is work that will be acceptable any person. especially
to school boys and girls
We will give this history to sending eight full
paid subscriptions THE CITIZEN and include yearly
subscription THE CITIZEN This work can at
this office.
Address all letters
THE CITIZEN,
Frederick, Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
A SIiuht Diversion.

Anything new at the reception last
EVENING""
"Well, yes The genial host and the
amiable hostess quarreled informally
kansas City Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22

The calamity of the blind is i'm.
mense, irreparable But it does not
take away our share of the things that
count-service. friendship. humor, inn
aglnation. wisdom 1t is the secret
inner will that controls ones fate. We
are capable of willing to be good, of
loving and being loved, of thinking to
the end that we may be wiser We
possess these spirit born forces equally
with all Gods children Therefore
we, too, see the lightnings and hear the
thunders of Sinai We, too, march
through the wilderness and the solitary
place that shall be glad for us, and as
we pass God maketh the desert to bios
som like the rose. We, too, go in unto
the promised land to possess the treas
ures Of the spirit. the unseen Derma-
nence of life and nature HsisR M
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
Had Fraetieed.

Cardinal RicheHeu once listened to
an earnest sermon by a shoemaker.
The man was simple and unaffected
and apparently not at all dismayed by
the presence of the cardinal.
. How could you preach to me with
so much confidence" Richelieu asked
him in evident surprise.
"Monsigneur," replied the shoemaker,
IT learned my sermon by reciting it to
field of cabbage heads in the midst
of which was one red one. and this
practice enabled me to preach to you
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
e Proposition
We want more subscribers.

We subscribers.
We willing reward anyone for their help toward this
end
We have number of excellent COOK BOOKS bought at
bargain, and easily worth anybodys dollar.
We will give one of these COOK BOOKS for THREE NEW
FULL PAID NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO THE CITIZEN
There strings to this offer. 1t is bona fde. You
easily your Democratic friends and them subscribe
The offer is opened to any man, child in the
county.
worth working for
If you satisfied with the Cook Book will make
restitution
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
THE
STANDARD BOOK
OF RECIPES

is an Illuminated cloth bound book
of 2O6 pages, comprising a COM
plete Cook Book, Practical House
hold Recipes, Aids and Hints or
Household Decorations, the Care
of Domestic Plants and Animals,
Hints to the Practical Mechanic,
and is also a complete Doctor
Book. The volume is edited by
such notables as Alice A. John
son, graduate in Domestic Science
of Drexel Institute, Philadelphia;
Mrs Janat MIX ap1ia Hill adi+or
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Things For Men.

Il IS noticeable that -Ee Inventions
OF women tn q larse percentage Of IN
stances have the comfort OF men
IN view. FOR instance. it e a WON
an Wit has patent a device for low
ering a latchkey from a window
This ought 20 De- greet help 60 isls-
hands kept or Iatc al night AT
q iodgs meeting or by the duty or
sitting up with a sick friend Other
things in the same general line
are a combined beer and water cooler
a lantern that can be TUNED into a
dinUe--patl, s perspiratiOE-proOt shirt,
a pocket sptttoon FOR tobacc0-chewers
a moustsche spoon. several styles OF
mustache guards. 20 keep the mascu-
line ornament out Of the soup o. cof-
Zee. aud mustache trainers" 10 be
worn ar night
A Chicago woman has invented
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4 LOng-FeIt Want.

one woman has filed a Iong-feIt
want by devising a window sash that
VIII not stuck. Another offers e trunk
that may be transformed into a bed.
Yet another has patented a trunk that
can be folded up when empty. These
are contrivances OF obvious usefulness
IN fats. az are likewise a bureau that
becomes a writing table. a travelling
bag that turns into bathtub. and
dressing table which. when pulled out
from :he wall. reveals a tub and all
the ether equipments OF a bathroom.
Most women ara very much afraid
OF fire. and thus Il IS not surprising
70 discove- that they have patented
3 good many rre-ezcapes Some OF
these take on queer disgziEss. 0DS az
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OF STARS Sn'r sss Vol.

Let the reader try to imagine that IN
every smallest speck OF protOpIasm that
goes TO make no his being. and IN every
smallest particle OF matter he knows OF,
there exists a universe ike the terres-
trial universe which modern science de-
scribes TO US, with syst ms OF sun, stars,
and planets
Let Us also try 20 imagine that be-
yOnd the terrestrial universe there IS
another universe so much larger than
the terrestrial universe as the terres-
trial universe is larger than the mini
tesinsI universe limited above. And be-
yOnd that other universes each just as
much larger than the next below It.
What them
Then he will have some faint concep-
tion or the astounding theory or
worlds within worlds. which E. K.
Fournie- d'Abbe, an Irish scientist. ao-
vances In his remarkable book. Two
New Worlds recently published In
London.
The modern theory OF atoms and cleo
irons IS. OF course. that the electrons re-
volve around the atom exactly as the
earth revoIves around the sun Mr.
d'Abbe computes (the ahstruse compU-
tstion must be omitted here that the
earth Is 1880 trillion times larger han
the elsctron. But the relation Of the
earth TO the sun IS ulathenstically ex-
actly that OF the electron 70 the atom
with which II is associated.
II. on the other hand. the terrestrial
universe were enlarged 1900 triIIioa
tinsE Ne EhsEla hays-Esl- - t1s
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tury's attachment between two breth-
rem.
The inexperienced viii unreservedly
state that there Is some abnormal
weakness in a friendship. so easily al
fected. 0ur inexpIicabIe as 1t may
seem the fact remains that sooner or
later such tests prove disastrous.
Have we not all heard such re-
marks as That family owes its sue
cuss IN life 10 my fathers generosityT''
and no matter how punctIlious the
said family may have been in their
payments and notwithstanding what
numerous evidences OF gratitude may
have been shown. there is almost al
ways an insescrtbaoly latent feeling Of
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ploy a trust and lean company rather
than appeal TO a friend. for in the
former instance, there is no obllga-
ton, whereas in the latter. it can no-
be reckoned. for there IS no known
power or standard surdcientIv subtle
10 equalize sentiment and tte[ ma
terial; so e VIII be well for all to
bear in mind that q forfeited friend
ship IS = far dearer form Of interest
10 pay than the highest commercial
percentage.
The quotation, The way 70 lose a
friend Is 10 lend him money" has al
most become q provsrb and Tnackeray
speaks % TIE way IN which q Ave
peund note VII break ID a half esr-
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over benefcence on the part OF one.
while the other IS ever conscious OF a
sense Of debt. impossible 10 liquidate.
Like all things love an5 f-ie sdsbip
have their limit and there IS no surer
means Of undermining their fait,i than
by taxing unnecessary liberties and in
proportion the depth and sacredness
OF love should be properly guarded
and in all conditions OF life private,
domestic. and public it IS well TO re-
member;
Neither borrower nor a lender be
For loan oft loses both itself and
friend
And borrowing duIs the edge % hug
oancry Shakespeare
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
SOu1e Of Their Inventions.

So many Interesting thinrs Rave
been invented by women. however.
thar f. IS impossible 70 mention no-s
than . few OF them mere. Among them
are a seIf-heatinE sadlron. an tn2,s-
meE- for holding green corn when
one eats Il. a refrigerator with ravolv-
ing shelves tsUrely an excellent tdea}.
a folding car-s-ep 20 render access 70
railroad carB easier for the fat and
elderly. an egg cup thar hts an egg OF
any size. a 6eep-sea telescope for ex-
aiming the ocean bottom fo- wrecks.
a rob6er-proof- chicken coop. a musical
skipping rope, a trap for bedouzs. q
pair OF scissors and tape measure CON
6ined, a steP-iadder that Is an ron
ing board n disguise. g sofa THAI can
be transformed into a barhtub. a ma
chine for hanging vail paper. a rock.
ing chair with automatic attach
Dent for keeping the files on the
heads OF a haId-headed. man. a means
OF detecting tampe-lng with sealed
envelopes. a combined collar and neck
re. door mat that Is also a card re-
ceive-, and a carriage with one wheel
Betsy Jane Martin. OF Pomona, kan.
has invented a hreproof asbestos
suit o. clothes, sewn with asbestos
thread; an6 Augusta II Dodgers, ~
Brooklyn, has patented a loCOmot.ve
which dumps all OF It's cinders on TIE
track behind.
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reader imagine. II he can. after he las
read some OF M d'Abbs's word pic
lures
This fnfnitesimaIly small universe
which 11r- d.Abbs has -'discovsrsd-' re
calls the iufra-wOrld. and the other.
the infinitely large. the supra-worId
Stated IN another way. ar d'Abb- s.
discovery IS that II the scale OF ma
nitude CT spas and time be reduced 10
the snd-millIO1 -nilIiOn-u. 4
Honth part. atoms become suns els.-
irons. planets, and the olc-dve-h-7-
ed-milion-niIlionth Of 4 second =
year, the period OF revolution OF n
e.ecLron around the sun that. none n,
less. absolute velocity remains r1uchsne-
ed ana things would happen IN preil p
Inucl Jne same way, so that We sEol-. d
pe quite unconscious OF the change from.
one scale OF being into the other-E1x-
change
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THE first woman TO whom a pat
ent was granted in this country
/ was Mary Kies. Of Connecticut
"A state which has more in
vontors in proportion TO population
thnn any other IN the Union Her idea
dated 1897 was for weaving straw
with silk thread. The genuer sex had
not become creative at that time, and
six years elapsed before the second
patent was Issued 10 one OF its mem
bers. named Mary Brush. for an i'm
provement IN corsets.
Nearly all OF tho early patents grant
ed 70 women were for impToVem ents
IN articles Of clothing or domestic use
fulness. such as cooking utensils. pic
ture frames. etc. But suddenly q
Philadelphia woman started the ball
rolling IN new direction by invent
ing a beehive. Another. from the
same city. popped up with railway
car-heater. a California woman sug-
Tested a novelty IN the way OF
dumping wagon. a Georgia woman Of
ferrd 4 pillow. and an Ohio woman q
oar-coupIer. A Philadelphia woman
came forward With a Iife-raft. and a
Pittsburg woman with cBr--heel.
Feminine ideas had began TO expand,
and presently a Chicago woman took
out n patent on a process for concen-
tratinr ores. and another from Buf-
falo produced machine for manu-
factur.ng ozone.
Let 20 uot be said that women do not
have practical ideas. they have proved
II by fr..r Inventions Win was r.
who frs r.- -,,- lin. motion, Of evil
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THE LAST STRAW.

The Yong man and the girl were
standing outside the front door. havina
d illat cnat after his evening call. =.
was leaning against the door post taIk-
Ing ll low tones Presently the youuc
lady looked around TO discover her IA
ther IN the doorway. clad IN a 6rsssing
gown
Why, father. what Fl the world e
the natter" she inquired
Jonn-"< said the father. addressing
nlInsetT 70 the young man. you know
nave never complained about your stay
lIs late. and ! am not going 10 co-pl an
or that now but for goodness sake ston
leaning against the pushbutron and L..
Exchange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
LOCOMOTIVE

- NSOTZTS.
SIZE. 80 that they pro1uce only work
O. bees, and no drones.
Who IS there thai has not admired
the ingenious method by which eggs.
as they come u market. are packed in
neat pasteboarJ trays. each one oc-
cuPying a separate compartment Il
was a farmers daughter who hit upon
this idea Then there IS IN, familiar
luggage-ca-rier that fits on the front
OF a bicycle. Il was woman who IN
vented this. To whom, IS 20 be at
tributed the kind OF paper bag in com
mon use which is made with a bottom
Ike that OF a satcheI7 Again. q won
an-NIiss N r knight by name.
It was a woman who invented the
pocket sewing machine-an entirely
practical Continuance. which may be
carried ir the pocket. and which does
very good sewing. indeed. One may
see the original model in the Patent
Office in Washington. With the name
Sally A. RosenthaI. Of Dubuque. Iowa.
attached to #. Apparently. the rea-
son why II has never come into gen
eraI use IS simply that when women
want 10 sew. they usually prefer TO sit
down 90 IL seriously, rather than 20
DC It incidentally to other things.
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BORRUWlNG Almost Always Costs Friends and Does ENDINGt

NONG the daily and trivial
~ customs which so frequently
~ caused Observation-Disclosures
feet friendships and even
wreck affection. none Is so common
and so beutting as the habit OF Dor
rowing. il - douDly piuabie. IN so
mich as il is almost always Unneces-
sary and no matter what the neces-
sity may be. TO 90 without Is gener-
-Hiiy more desirable than to incur feel
tngs OF obligation.
Business loans between friends are
frequently peculiarly unfortunate. be-
cause the bitterness OF possible com
uli-ations IS generally in proportion 70
81 former love and Il IS decidedly the
part o. vision and economy % en-
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colorless sheIlac varnish mixed with
glue. With the point o. a pencil or
pen-holder press the flesh, holding II
until the substance on the face be-
comes dry and hard. The stiHened in
dentation thus retains the exact shape
o. q dimple and little face-pov-
der busted over II VIII conceal the
varnish and glue compound. some
care must be observed not 70 smile
too suddenly, or the dimple may be-
broken. But with ordinary usage .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
ROCKING CHAIQ
FOR 6ALC-HEADEO r1EHs
Z1Ve7te0 6I
HEP ~ IoODE5PD,
2< re-. ~
Z1YSzte0L

scarf-5eveI which IS made u revolvs
by cLockEork mechanism inside Of
The 7ecktie- For keeping pants" IN
shape there are quite number OF
eontr-vaHces devised by persons q
Ee1tlsr sex and one uo-e elabo-ats
affair Of the kind Is described as
garment st-ercher that Stimulates TIE
human form" Women. 100. have pat
euted several Improvements in CT
CARS one OF which consists IN max
ing the weeds" OF eucalyptus leaves
instead OF tobaccr Cigars OF this
kind. the inventor claims. leave
clean and pleasant taste IN the mouth
so much nicer than the disgusting
herb uicotisn- And. II desired. tho
may Be cruubIed up and used for
tooth powder
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ORIGINAL ICE -CPEHN
FREEZER Wne77ea6Y
[X4WCY II. JOHIVaSOH
Pm 4DSL PIN.

viii retain its shape a whole evening,
II not longer" The inventor adds
that her method is mot so available
for chin or bony faces"
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One by Farmer's Daughfer.

One OF the most valuable OF wo-
mems inventions I'D TO date IS a ma
chine for making condemnation for
beehives. patented by Frances A Dun
ham. It saves the bees half the labor
OF comb-constuction by turning out
wax sheets which, suspended IT the
hives serve as basis TO suud the
combs upon. But the most remark
able thing about sc, perhaps, IS that
all the cells are made OF worker
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different nowadays.
More than 5000 patents have been taken out by wOm-
en- up to the present date They the widest magma
bic field and not few of them of great industrial
value Two represent inventions which Of the kind that
mark steps in the upward progress of civilization
One of these is the COston lght-a pyrotechnic
trvance for night signaling purposes which is in use on
board ships and by fe-saving patrols all the world
Washington woman, after whom it named originated
it. The other contrivance is the familiar ice freezer
The ice freezer may not seem to be OF great I'M
porance in our civilization but how should we'ge along
without #? Nothing else has ever been devised that would
serve the purpose The machine today almost exactly the
same as the original which patented long ago as
1913 bv Mrs Nancy NJ Johnson, the widow of naval Off
GER residing in Philadelphia. Her model Is preserved at
the Patent Office among its most highly priced treasures
Mrs johnson sold her invention for $1,000 If she had held
on to it. she might have made 81 100000 of it.
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HERE is no quuestion of the fact that the
women are going in for mechanics. Their
inventions prove it; and they are taking
out greater number of patents every year.
When they first ventured with some timid-
ity into the inventive field, they devoted
their attention almost exclusively to things
which had to do with their everyday en-