Show women lag in inventive skill london discovers london Is it true that women have little constructive or inventive ability the proportion of women applying for patents for inventions seems to point to this As against 3 men there are only women and although women are engaged in almost every trade and profession and are numbered in the thou sands as drivers of motor cars their inventions are almost entirely domestic and labor saving men on the other hand contribute ideas that range from a new afe saving raft complete with cabin for rough weather to a hair clasp for attaching a switch they too however have some bright ideas on domestic problems one mac has invented a new dust receptacle which opens and closes automatically and Is so designed that the dust from the head of the mop cannot escape into the room perhaps one of the most welcome inventions of 1928 Is iodine in a new form solidified and contained in a small case it will be invaluable for traveling and can quite well be carried in a handbag where it Is hoped it will not be confused with a lipstick gardeners will delight in a weapon tor the destruction of dandelion roots it Is on the principle of a BUG alon cork extractor and lifts out the whole root most effectively an electric kettle that automatically cuts off the current when it la beginning to boll dry will be a boon to the absent minded and a preventative 0 alre |