Hurrah!! I have received a reply from the Publisher, Invention, regarding the safety pin and he says that he is decidedly of the opinion that the same is a valuable invention. He encloses a printed form for me to fill up to obtain provisional protection and send remittance 3 pounds 8 shillings. I shall do so at once.
Surely own luck must be turning. We have only bad luck since we married 7 years ago or more. Today, two great starts have been made by Bert and I. I start to obtain provisional protection for my Rubber safety pin whilst Bert has her first lesson in Scientific dress cutting.
TUESDAY 1st MAY 1888
Morning - Office
Afternoon - Gardening
Evening - Walton Villa writing letters etc. Dr Webb gives (unreadable word) hopes of dad's recovery. The poor old chap is worse today.
Afternoon - Gardening
Evening - Walton Villa writing letters etc. Dr Webb gives (unreadable word) hopes of dad's recovery. The poor old chap is worse today.
MONDAY 30th APRIL 1888
Morning - Office inventing a wire letter file.
Afternoon - Out on Beer Business and preparing cash sheet etc.
Afternoon - Out on Beer Business and preparing cash sheet etc.
SATURDAY 28th APRIL 1888
Office - Writing out description of my rubber safety pin for patent office, 54 Fleet Street, London.
Garden spent:
Kent 2 days - 5 shillings
Seeds from Hanley - 2 shillings and 6 pence
... seed potatoes off Grosvenor - 9 pence
yards wire netting from Ralph (John's brother, no charge)
Garden spent:
Kent 2 days - 5 shillings
Seeds from Hanley - 2 shillings and 6 pence
... seed potatoes off Grosvenor - 9 pence
yards wire netting from Ralph (John's brother, no charge)
FRIDAY 27th APRIL 1888
Office - Sundry Business. Posting off Sale Bills Alton to the various stickers etc.
Had Will Kent at work in garden. He planted all seeds today, also some seed potatoes.
Mrs Bostock, Inventor, Staffordshire System Dress Cutting, called to see Bert this morning.
Had Will Kent at work in garden. He planted all seeds today, also some seed potatoes.
Mrs Bostock, Inventor, Staffordshire System Dress Cutting, called to see Bert this morning.
THURSDAY 26th APRIL 1888
To Tean on Brewery Business. Called at Totmonslow to see Railway on return.
This morning I posted letter to "Invention" office regarding my improvement in safety pins, see copy (unfortunately missing).
Bert went to Mrs Bostock's lecture on dress cutting in the Wesleyan School Room tonight. Bert says she will learn the system and go to New Zealand and teach it and perhaps establish a school.
This morning I posted letter to "Invention" office regarding my improvement in safety pins, see copy (unfortunately missing).
Bert went to Mrs Bostock's lecture on dress cutting in the Wesleyan School Room tonight. Bert says she will learn the system and go to New Zealand and teach it and perhaps establish a school.
The school of Scientific Dress Cutting
on the newest Staffordshire System.
on the newest Staffordshire System.
A perfect fit guaranteed from measurements
only, no fitting required.
only, no fitting required.
The complete system taught
with chart etc gratis.
with chart etc gratis.
Terms for the complete course of
Lessons - 2 guineas.
Lessons - 2 guineas.
The New Scientific Dress Cutting Academy on the
"Staffordshire Knot System" (Patent).
"Staffordshire Knot System" (Patent).
The latest and most perfect
system invented.
system invented.
Those who do not wish to learn dress
cutting may have their patterns cut,
cutting may have their patterns cut,
perfect fit guaranteed at
.... (the rest is missing)
.... (the rest is missing)
WENESDAY 25th APRIL 1888
To the Potteries with Bert. Had dinner at Jim Goodwin's. I put Byatt in Kent's hands for Brewery account. Then went up to Hanley and bot some things. To Longton again and had tea at Goodwin's. Then we railed to Blythe Bridge at 9pm amd walked to Cheadle. Bert quite knocked up.
TUESDAY 24th APRIL 1888
Office - .... plan of offices to Cumberland House to be submitted to ... guardians for William.
Inventing the rubber safety pin, it only struck me this morning but it seems a good thing.
Inventing the rubber safety pin, it only struck me this morning but it seems a good thing.
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