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Afro-American
Woman Inventor
Story of How Miss Chloe Etta Johnson Be.
came the Inventor of an Adjustable
Trunk Tray After Hard Experience
and For Which She Was
Awarded Silver Medal.
By N. B. DODSON.
To be gifted in letters, successful in
business, proficient in one’s chosen pro
fession, are all creditable to the great
world of industry, but to have the fac
ulty to invent something of real bene
fit which will alleviate suffering, ob
viate difficulties, save time and labor
in mechanical handicraft and in many
other ways advance the interest of
commercialism or domestic science in
household perplexities is be a real
benefactor. As to the number of use-
MISS CHLOE ETTA JOHNSON.
ful inventions by Afro-Americans, the
records show many which bear the
imprint of years of hard study. We
have the names of 280 Afro-American
inventors of various contrivances,
many of whom are of limited school
education, but whose minds are filled
with inquiry and the desire for origi
nality.
The invention of the adjustable
trunk tray by Miss Chloe Etta John
son of Springfield, Mass., is no doubt
Hie only one of Its kind which has
found marketable value in reputable
business houses. This device greatly
facilitates the orderly packing of
trunks in that it is so adjusted as to
prevent garments In one section from
becoming entangled with others. Sev
eral trays may be used in one trunk,
put in or taken out, lowered or raised,
while the garments in their order will
remain smoothly in their original posi
tion. The directions for packing one
of these trunk trays are very simple.
Once learned, it becomes a pleasurable
art. There is nothing so far so service
able to the maintenance of orderly
wardrobes for travelers and other bus j
or fashionable persons as Johnson's
trunk tray. Miss Johnson in an inter
ylew quite recently said: "I was born
THE STATESMAN, DENVER. COLORADO.
or stave parents m rsotowny county,
Va. There were eight children in the
family, six boys and two girls, all of
whom are living except one brother.
My parents are both dead. My oppor
tunities for gettiug an education were
very limited. I have, however, tried
to gain a little knowledge—here a lit
tle and there a little, as best I could.”
As to how she came to invent the ad
justable trunk tray Miss Johnson said:
“I happened to devise my invention as
tlie result of an experience I had in
ADJUSTABLE TRUNK TRAY.
trunk packing. I had never thought
of inventing anything until one day i
had some packing to do. 1 was very
tired. After finishing my task and my
mind became rested an idea of a bet
ter way of arranging trunk trays came
to me like a flash of light. I went
promptly to work, contrived and per
fected the adjustable trunk tray, fot
which I have been awarded a hand
some silver medal. My invention bean
registered patent mark Aug. 10, 1898.”
Have Made Wise Use of Ballot.
There has been no time since the
Negroes of Maryland have had the
right of franchise that they have not
used if for the very best interests of
the people of the whole state. Can as
much be said by those who are now
trying to rob them of it?
Time For Spendthrifts to Call a Halt.
In our city we have a large number
of young men who are holding good
positions and earning fair salaries.
Many of these young men are spend
thrifts. it is time for these young men
to call a halt and commence preparing
for the future by saving a part of their
earnings regularly. They should learn
a lesson from the penniless foreigners
who by frugal living iu a few years
become independent. The spending of
money for a good time amounts to
uothing in the eud but broken health
and candidates for the poorhouse.—
Savannah (Ua.) Tribune.
Douglass to Appear at Star Recital.
The first star recital of the Carlton
avenue branch of the Young Men’s
Christian association for the fall will
be held at Association hall. Bond and
Fulton streets. Brooklyn, on Thursday
evening. Nov. 11. with Joseph II. Doug
lass. tlie reuowned violinist, as star of
the occasion. Mr. Douglass will be
ably supported by Mine. De Lyon, the
brilliant soprano singer, of New York;
the Academy Male Quartet, the Kureka
Instrumental Trio. Miss Helen Murphy,
elocutlouist. and by I’rofessor .lames
F. R. Wilsou. Hie well known piauist.
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