Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
PATENT MODELS
AMUSE GA|CE
Producer Bought 100000
From U. S. and Will
Exhibit Them.
~ the Associated Press.

~ TINS A890ClBtco IEU00s
NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-Amid the
ir1riguing clutter Of more than zoe, 900
patent models, Crosby Cage looked
over his panorama Of American inven-
lions today and wondered where he
could weave this new career Of his
into the dozen or more in which he Is
already successful.
For the more than rs years that he
has been . Broadway theatrical pro-
ducer Cages Unsuitable curiosity has
constantly lured him into many hob
bies that would almost overnight
reveal themselves - new careers for
him.
One hobby decoys him into another
hobby and suddenly both hobbies be-
come business careers. That Is what
10 happening now to this mass Of
patent models that Gaige and Douglas
G. Hertz recently purchased from the
United States Patent Once.
Gaige Is an amateur chef Of re-
nown and has made long studies Of
spices, herbs and other seasonings to
make more tasty his prize dishes which
he cooks for the celebrities that flock
to his Watch Hill estate near Peekskill,
N. Y.
To Exhibit Models.
II learned that in the Patent Once
at Washington there were some
ancient. manufactured models Of
machines that might be quite helpful
IN grinding Spices" Gaige explained
80, on my search for them. found
the Patent Once overlooking with
models Of inventions that were just
clutterihg up Government ONCE space.
So Mr.. Hertz and bought them and
now We are classifying them for exhi-
bition."
Although only 104 Of the 3,25l bar
rels and boxes of patent models in the
collection have 50 far been opened.
already much Of interest has been
revealed.
In the confusion of the hundreds
OF models spread across a wide floor
IN Rockefeller Center Gaige has found
the model of the original Calling gun
AZ well as the models Of hundreds of
other guns, bombs and other weapons
that mutely tell Of the evolution Of
war from the days Of the War OF 1912
up to the Spanish-American War.
Many times there are heartbreaking
stories revealed by the models about
the thousands of inventive minds seek
ing to perfect new discovery. There
Is the model Of = shoe boot. 4 sort of
shoe that goes up 50 high that it
almost becomes . boot. Oliver Safre-
miere applied for a patent on it In
1854. but there is q Government no.
tation on it that patent for q similar
boot had been granted only % DAYS
before the tardy Safremiere had an.
piled for his.
More Buoyant Steamships.
A couple Of ancient safes are in the
patent collection and found in one
OF them when 1t was cracked open
this week was an application for
patent on device designed to make
steamships more buoyant so that they
could pass through shallow water
safely. The applicant for the patent
was Abraham Lincoln, and he applied
for it in 1849.
Gaige. in his few spare moments
between sorting and classifying this
new wealth Of patent models. is still
a theatrical producer. Now he is
reading plays. seeking hits to follow
others which he has presented on
Broadway. such as The Butter and
Egg Man." Little Accident" II Loved
You Wednesday" and The Enemy"
Right now he is specially looking
for drama in which to star Sally
Rand, the erstwhile fan dancer who
at the moment is playing the Jeanne
Eagles-Saefe Thompson role in Rain"
In the summer theaters.
He is also taste authority for the
American Spice Trade Association his
word being final Judgment as to the