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[rhr]

In an article in the American Stationer, Sept 26, 1895, p.550 about the 1895 "Cotton States Exposition" in Atlanta, the Waterman's exhibit is described as comprising of "fountain pens in gold, silver, and jewel mountings, and there are also several novelties, such as cane and hair pin fountain pens".

Well, here's another silly idea that didn't catch on.  The following article bemoans the fact that women's attire has "so little provision for carrying pens".  In other words, as is sometimes true this day as well, their clothing has no pockets.  But this silly pen-notion is just as fashion driven, and requires that a woman's hair style would never change.  She would always have to have a full, thick, 30-inch-long chevelure done up in a mound on the top of her head in order for the hair pin to stay in place.

But the pen does have a nice, curved quill-shape that would fit well into the crook of the hand.  And I wonder what the cane fountain pen looked like.




George Kovalenko.

[rhr]

In order for a woman to wear the pen in her hair, she would have to have hair such as this,




or this.





George Kovalenko.