The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-27
THE TIMES DsrATcH RcHMovD VA YJ.Y NOVEMBER a. 1910

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as II he had swallowed his friezc cloah
and as IL his doll we're stuffed with
sawdust. But of course IL would haVo
seemed what 1t was. small mae a,,s
" he could have imagined what o. in.s
was in store for the beautiful city ~
was living in. Now that we have c9n
qucred the air. perhaps the invenus,
energy of the world may be diyertea
INTO fresh channels, some OF them ~. ~
more important than either the Sortn
Pole or the South Pole or nviauon,
into, say, How to cure At once tle , IL
Nothing Is more common except ponnd
erty and nothing more depressing anu
the worst of ii is that nobody cares
pin about yeur cold; every man 10 10
the head, shivering fits. congestess'
total and spirits blue as indigo.
thing that has troubled" human pc
irgs for seventeen centuries Is lnnn ,'
worth scientific research and remeu,s,
ing il would bring the s,iccesss,,u.
genius who did 1t something pct.rt
than fame, than gold---a touching, per
feet immortality, endangering nopouai
life or limb. pure good and great gan
In every case. TO use q Creole prov, "
erb: AS many hats will be lifted III
heartfelt saltites when he makes
promenade as though he had oeau.ir
full young daughter on his arm.
H,arvey and Jenner %ill both ,,a be c@ ys,l
before we knew OF the circulation OF
the blood, and smallpox only very o.
casional1y comes our way. But itN'
a winter comes or goes without mi
iiy-rending, misunderstanding. perfectly
intrlctable. abominable colds
1, Inventors. =,
The inventors all belong TO an oio
and honorable tribe. Archytas invent
ed rattles for babies. and did the. world
a good turn He made some OF them
in the image OF human, beings, VIII VIII
small stones inside; aud others % sari
tolses and hares. SO the current,
phrase by which an empty headed CIR!
is described In England as "a livsag
rattle is really we'll founded. For
that matter everything we use was
once only a thought, and ~ gift from
the Divine Intelligence. 1t is peeu-
Their very babies must improve on bot
ties and basinettes in their cradles.
Charles Dickens told my mother wnen
he was IN this country that nothing
his visit 70 the Patent once IN Wasn-
'ngton. II came away" he said, win
my head SO full of pistons and rods
and cranks and wheels and DANCES and
screws and plvots and boilers and an
the rest of inc so bursting with amor
nous engines and thresling machines
and cider mills and grain elevators tha ,t
there was no room tor my usual seil
at all. and IL had to walk nome, wnlle
the new tenant took an omnibus. not
being able to find a train. southern
there is a lady In Georgia whose very
dreams are all Inventions. some OF
which have been found valuable ana lla
patented. She sold her fire escane Tor
100000 1t was the most sensible and
womaniy one that one could imagine
She told me about It and OF It's orlHin
II got thinking one day of IRE escapes,
and of how terrible 1t was for old
people and inyalids and children, TO be
walked at midnight by such horror
and to CLIMB out on suffering or jump
ried down long, swaying, ladders by
tiremen or be perhaus THROWN down
burning staircases, wrapoed in bundles
of blankets. And I wondered If all this
my fire escape shaped itself in my mind.
and | was so delighted that promnt-
~ built one. 1t was the simplest thing
in the world. and it WORKED to a charm
swung ON four iron pillars, operated by
pullevs and cogs. You couli nit very
family on four doors of big building
ON FIRE on the /verandas comfortaoly
and turn four coEs NJ signal ana
have each veranda slip down as cas-.
as an elevator does. with far es'
engers could disemhark ana the We.
randas be sent up again for other-
as long as the walls stood. she .oto
me. 1t seemed an admirable thing
that have remembered her exact
technical terms but the idea impres 60
me after having recently lost my OVID
home BY fire.
Adam is credited by Mark Twain
with having built the first house t'
protect himself from pouring rain
And how comically he paints the "she
creature who so annoyed him by IN
sisting upon not getting wet, too;
who would come in, and would stay.
All we'll Il was only house TIL she
got there, and no doubt Ewes pretty
head was as full as Dickens,s In ftve
minutes of inventions for making 1t
home | haven't the slightest doubt
that carpets trushesl and curtains
(moss) and beds tof tree truhks) ana
chairs (of tree stumpsl and tables to
leaf saucers and shells and stones for
brio brac began right there In ine
Swiss Family Robinson and Roblnsop
Crusoe style: also that glass and VIM
and that a bunch Of flowers was put
in something that did duty for vase.
. of bark, while Mrs. Adam ran her feet
off finding, fetching. and placing
things, tipsy with delight, and got only
snubs when she burst out with, Isn't
that nice. dear?" or Doesn't that look
beautiful" or do look at the effect
of those sumac boughs against the
logs, love! o. am so happy to have
a snug, safe, sweet place of my own:
I hate that great big outdoors, and all
the creeping. crawling things out there
are so horrid; they keep me awake
every night for fear they'll get in my
ears Dear you are SO clever! See
what place you've made: That's be,
cause you are SO big and strong. Don
you think it would be nice to sort OF
pile up things, SO the tigers can't get
at us or the elephants trample down
our new shelter? Nv. how did You
think of it? 1t is just wonderful.
am so proud OF you. And couldn't you
make me a warm cloak out of some
beastie and strap something on, my
feet? The stones and thorns hurt
me-" One sees that fences and ilnerS
began right there. and the children OF
men have been seeking, out 'inven-
tions' ever since. What woman In
vented. or rather inspired, aeroplanes?
"Cherchoz la femmef-.another Eve.
RccoilinE backwards.
There was a queer. lons-haired m
ventor in Washington some years ago,
who perslstently haunted the govern
ment offices and officers in his fixed
determination to sell his model gun.
Poor soul! He knew nothing about
firearms. but living in the. country,
he had got hold of something that
seemed to resemble an idea as rare
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