Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Manufactories, Invention, Amusement, Aesthetics, Gender, Patronage, Domestic Economy

    Discusses an American invention of a 'mechanical curl-paper' which allows for the production of systematically arranged hair ringlets, and which Punch regards as 'a great improvement'. Wishes to see a patent taken out for an invention that 'would enable ladies to put their bonnets on in less than five minutes', an invention that Punch expects every husband would purchase.