Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

rows for a corn planter.
M. B. Kendis is musical in his Ieanings as al inventor. and
some practical merchandise of a musical nature bears his name.
ever, has to do with cards, not cards that are called when someone
is running a bluff, but just ordinary calling cards. Needing some
of the engraved kind one day, and being told he would have to wait
until a plate could be made, Kendis grew impatient and determined
he would turn out a machine to engrave cards while you wait. After
much tribulation and stubborn tusseling with the innards that are
so complex a to make their achievements look astonlshlngly simple
when they are set to work by the proper touch, Mr.. Kendis has
about got to the point where the ordinary man can pass up the hand
engraver. He will put on the market shortly a machine three feet
long and eighteen inches high. Sighting one, and wanting some
cards. you walk up, drop in a cent, spell out your name in the kind
of type you fancy, by means OF keys or buttons, and In a tify you
have five cards of neatly engraved character. For 5 cents you can
thus get twenty-five cards Mr.. Kendis says he ear sell the machine
for $25, and expects to make a stake from it to buy all the sinkers
and java he will need for the balance of his life.
Ever put up a clothes line for your wife on wash day, and have
a little twtch Or two reaching up and tying knots on nails or the
limbs of trees? Yes, of course. Well, Kendis he has put out an in
vention to hold the entente cordiale at an easy level between man
and wife, even n wash day. He took a little wire, some brain powder,
a modicum of patience. a few smiles at putting one over g easily, and
today several hundred thousand of the resulting contrivances are in
use throughout the country, with Kendis drawing spending money
steadily. His musical inventions touch on the easement of bass
drums and the instant changing of a cOrnet tone from A to B flat
Some Minor Inventions
Harry B. Brown is a kid in years, but the inventive affatus
is his. He lives at 4911 Underwood avenue, and his particular pride
is an envelope in which the pay of employees is to be placed. with
small cards or discs carrying advertising. The trick in this envelope
is a slip of paper with a gummed flap to be fastened down, holding
the advertising matter. The envelopes are then delivered free to
large firms and in the free division they place the pay. As soon as
the envelope is torn the advertisements fall into the hand with
the money, and perforce, are examined and read. Mr.. Brown has
refused a substantial sum for his patent.
Charles Trobec of 11O5 South Thirteenth street is a railroad
baggage man who was made to realize that, If the travellers had
seemingly unbearable troubles the man behind the counter also
could lay claim to a bit of aggrayation himself now and again. To
avoid mistakes and minimize possible "llukes' in delivering bag
gage, Mr.. Trobec produced a machine to cut holes in metal or paste
board baggage checks, and to get the pieces of impedimenta claimed
the traveller or expressman must present a check that will exactly
match in perforatons the house check. Mr.. Trobec expects his de-
vice to come into general use sooner or later.
B. A. Karr, with the Sunderland Roofing and Supply company,
Tenth and Douglas streets, is working on a machine which COM
bines the principles of the looptheloop. leap-the-gap. Ferris wheel,
scenic railway and swttchback all combined. He has been figuring
on his invention for over a year, but now expects to have It COM
pleted very soon and will place it n one of the amusement parks.
Several bids for the continuance have been received by the inventor,
who has patented his work nj every stage. Mr.. Karr says his ma
chimes means a new thrill for lovers who take park outings.
G. A. Wtcks is an Omaha man who has devoted a lot of atten-
ton to perfecting various devices for advertising In street airs
among others a mobile endless canvas scheme, operated by a small
electric motor. 1t will be turning continually and bringing new ad-
verusements into sight all the time.
In this review undoubtedly some Omaha inventors have been
overlooked; but enough have been named to indicate that original
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