Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-01

riety of bandages are among the patents
taken out by women for conveniences for
the sick ROOM
The business woman frequently develops
an inventive genius. Mrs. Sophie Huel-
br1n of Illinois recently has devised a
simple little machine which will open 400
letters a minute. She was in charge of a
large mail-order department, and the pos
sibiiity of lessening her work gave her
the incentive for the invention. which it
is predicted will ultimately make her a
rich woman. A number of typewriter ap-
pllances have been invented by women.
including a guide shield. a new reel and
several varieties of pads designed to les
sen the noise
Women continually inyenting new
things in the way of wearing apparel, al
though it is
Invent New Things stillnoteworthy
in Wearing Apparel. t tns' ar ruS Of Of
clothing for women are patented by men.
One of the newest patents has been
awarded to Mrs Jennie Swift for an auto
mobile veil which is adjusted with draw
string. Mrs. Swift secured more than
$tOO from her small patent within few
months. She said: Il was in church when
| thought of 1t and l could hardly wait
until l could get home to try my idea
| really couldn't pay attention to the
sermon | felt so excited over it. When
l tried it 1t seemed SO easy l don't I'M
derstand why some other woman did not
think Of 1t Ing ago.
While men are credited with inventing
Womens clothing, women also have
number of patents which add to the COM
fort of the masculine attire. A woman
in Newark has invented an elastic waist
band to be added to trousers which
number of tailors have used for the coE2-
fort of their customers. Women have
invented pantaloon protectors for bicy-
clists, several kinds of suspenders and at
least one kind Of collar. More import
ant than any of these. however. is the
self-fastening button, which was invented
by woman, and has been a boon to
thousands of lonely bachelors.
Women always have felt the need of
additional heating capacity in their
homes, SO from the time of the first
been eXpending considerable ingenuity
upon this matter A Massachusetts wom-
an secured patent for hot-water heat
ing system as far back as 1882, and in
1874 Agnes McFadyen of Nebraska pat
enfed complete and practical system for
heating and ventilating large building
A chemical composition for the saving of
fuei was patented by Brooklyn woman,
sifters and screens of more or less prac-
teal value. The utilization Of gas as a
heating agent attracted the attention of
several woman inventors. and surely the
woman who devised the little attachment
for an ordinary gas burner which sup
plies the means of heating water or a
curling iron must have evolved the idea
after bitter boarding house experience.
Not all the patents granted by the
United States patent Office to women are
to Americans. a
Foreign Women number of WON.
Also Enterprising. 1 birth have nore fs,'
| the advisability of protecting their ideas
from infringement in this country. Mar.
E. Poepard of London has patented nc
! less than three distinct kinds of horse.
shoes. Catherine lie Clercq of Lima
Peru. has a patent on special awning
of her own design. while Marianne Bend
of Vienna, austria, has protected her de.
sign for bosom protector, Hulda Grun-
berg of Switzerland is the inventor of a
calendar clock and Theoline Guillard OF
| Paris has originated a finger exercising
device for the benefit of piano students.
| The number Of women who have taken
out patents for practical and successful
| inventions in the way of railroad appli-
anceS is remarka BILE. One woman has de-
vised an apparatus for sanding tracks
| which has been adopted by several rail
roads. Several have invented car coup
| lngs. with a view to lessening the danger
! to the men in charge. Car tenders. spikes
| railroad cars and attachments for unload
| ing box cars are among the feminine rat
ents listed. Women are making any mum.
Der of patents upon automobiles.
A New York woman has recently ap
| piled for a patent upon motor which
can be used in water or upon land, and
! it is said that several woman aviators are
preparing to patent original devices fol-
the safety and comfort of different types
of aeroplanes.